Some people make no sense

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 03/25/2014 at 09:42 • Filed to: None

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What you see here is the parking lot of my local YMCA. Please focus your attention to the upper parking lot. The lot is set up fairly well in my opinion for the space they have to work with. Every other row has a no parking zone so that you could zigzag through the lot when looking for a space and would not need to reverse back of the row is full. I have highlighted this with the red line.

When I arrive, the parking lot is maybe 50% full however people will park in those NO PARKING areas. I don't quite understand this. I am assuming that most of the people are here for some sort of exercise. Is that extra walk going to over do it for you?

Party-vi > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/25/2014 at 09:50

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Think of someone you know. Not extremely well, but well enough to judge their intelligence, like a co-worker you see every day. Now, imagine that they are of average intelligence. Then imagine your co-worker's intelligence falls in the middle on a bell curve chart, and that half the population is smarter than your co-worker, and half are dumber.

The people that fall on the dumb side of that chart? They're the ones that park in the NO PARKING areas. Because they're dumb.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Party-vi 03/25/2014 at 09:56

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my initial thought was to attribute it to laziness, but then what are they doing at the gym?

Wurrwulf > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/25/2014 at 10:27

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This is a terrible design for a parking lot. Does it maximize parking spaces per square foot? Sure. However, it relies on the general public to use common sense. This must have been some starry-eyed college grad coming up with this design. The general public does not care to think beyond what is immediately happening. They do not care if you have to back up because they have already parked and are in the gym. Roadways and parking lots have to be designed for the lowest common denominator, not the "ideal average American."

MTY85 > Party-vi 03/25/2014 at 10:38

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If you can save one minute of walking each way each time and you're there five times a week, that's ten minutes a week, or over eight hours per year saved.

Party-vi > MTY85 03/25/2014 at 10:51

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Let's assuming it's 30 seconds each way, or 1 minute each visit. That's 5 minutes a week. You spend more time taking a shit. Hell, you spend more time each week sitting in bed thinking about hitting the snooze button on your alarm clock. You spend more time sitting in your car checking in on Facebook typing "hey I'm at the gym again lol".

MTY85 > Party-vi 03/25/2014 at 10:56

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Maybe YOU spend more time taking a shit. I've mastered the art of sticking my ass out the car window and letting it fly on the highway on the way to work.

Party-vi > MTY85 03/25/2014 at 10:58

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Impressive! Assuming you use the windshield washer nozzles as a bidet?