Can't Read or DGAF: Royal Farms Edition

"Aremmes" (aremmes) 10/20/2019 at 18:40 • Filed to: parking is hard, Royal Farms

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There are about four or five parking spaces in a row with signs that read “For Cars Only — No Vans, Trucks, or SUVs.” Karen didn’t give a shit, she wanted to speak to the manager.

Bonus Royal Farms content: sugar colors.

“Green sugar”, “yellow sugar”, sugar, “pink sugar”. Another tub on the right had “blue sugar”.

ranwhenparked > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 19:07

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I got trapped in a parking space at a Royal Farms  for almost half an hour one time, because some guy towing a boat to the beaches decided to pull into the spot next to me, completely forgetting he had a trailer behind him - it was swung over about 90 degrees, amazing he didn’t hit me. No one in the store would own up to it being theirs, eventually he came out with an embarrassed expression and said he never towed a trailer before and forgot he couldn’t just pull into a normal spot with it. Must have been in the bathroom the whole time.

The Snowman > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 19:07

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Those spots are suburban sized. I would probably park there just to defy the sign.

Aremmes > ranwhenparked 10/20/2019 at 19:24

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I would’ve unhitched the boat and left it there for Mr. Oblivious McBoattrailer to deal with.

Aremmes > The Snowman 10/20/2019 at 19:26

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Those marked spaces are narrower than the rest. A Suburban would be very likely to hit the cars next to it with its doors if parked there. This Yukon was riding the line to its right, too.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > ranwhenparked 10/20/2019 at 19:47

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If he never towed before, how many tries did it take for him to reverse out of the spot??

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 20:17

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Parked within the lines, though.

ranwhenparked > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 10/20/2019 at 20:25

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He got out pretty quick, but probably not in the direction he wanted to go. 

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 22:06

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Spots like that are marked so the clerk s can see the pumps.

Urambo Tauro > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 22:12

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It’s sad that m y first instinct is to think “meh, plenty of room”. I’m afraid I’ve been conditioned to also think that this space is “Suburban-sized”. I guess I’ve grown all too accustomed to having to deal with parking lots that were designed to maximize capacity. It’s like nobody designs spots with wiggle room any more... in my area, at least.

Urambo Tauro > Aremmes 10/20/2019 at 22:30

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FOR CARS ONLY
NO VANS TRUCKS, or SUV’ S

The grammar hurts my brain. No comma between VANS and TRUCKS ? W hat’s a “vans truck”, then ? Why the apostrophe in   SUV’S making the second S possessive ? And since “or” is in lower-case, w hy not use lower-case in “for” as well? Heck, if they really wanted a possessive S in SUV’S , maybe the latter S should be lower-case, too. Either capitalize everything, or be more selective about which words ought to be capitalized for emphasis.

Like this:

For CARS ONLY
NO VANS, TRUCKS, or SUVs

InFierority Complex > Urambo Tauro 10/20/2019 at 23:14

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A Vans truck.

The apostrophe to pluralize words is one of my biggest pet peeves. I guess it has uses sometimes but so many people use it for every plural, it’s crazy.

Aremmes > Urambo Tauro 10/20/2019 at 23:46

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Do you want Bob The Angry Flower? Because that’s how you get Bob The Angry Flower.

Aremmes > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/20/2019 at 23:47

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‘Xactly.