"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 01/06/2015 at 12:30 • Filed to: None

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They also seem to have the inflated ego to think they can just muscle into spaces and expect everyone else should move or slam on the brakes.

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This comment reminded me of what happened to me last night.

I went to pick up some cheap chinese food last night. In front of the restaurant is several handicapped spaces to the left and "regular" parking spaces to the right. The first regular space was occupied by a toyota highlander which was parked over the line, effectively taking the first two regular spaces. So, I picked the third.

While waiting for our food, two other customers arrived. When I went outside, I discovered an Infinity QX80 occupying the space between my car and the highlander. If you aren't familiar with the QX80, you should know it is the biggest SUV Infinity makes with a width of 6 ft. 7.9 in. (including mirrors). A standard parking space is only 9 ft. wide. With the highlander over the line, there was about 8 ft. to work with. You can see where I am going here, right?

In order to stuff that QX80 into the space and leave enough room to open the door, the driver had to crowd my side of the space. The end result is what you would expect - there was no way I was getting into my car without crawling over a seat or the center console. I did the reasonable thing and went in search of the owner.

It didn't take long (there were only two other customers in the restaurant). The driver was a middle-age chinese lady with wearing way too much makeup. I asked her if the car was hers and if she would move it. On the way out the door, she started to blame me for the situation. Her assumption was that I owned the highlander. I pointed out that a) the highlander wasn't mine, and b) if it were, I could easily get in and move it. That didn't help. She was mad about the inconvenience and was taking it out on me. After she started cursing at me in chinese, I told her that this wouldn't be a problem if she hadn't stuffed her big-ass SUV into the space in the first place, especially considering that there were at least 10 open spots to the right of my car.

She squeezed back into her car and moved it.

Moral of the story - some people can't tell the difference between the size of their car and the size of the space they are trying to stuff it in.

Imirrelephant > TheRealBicycleBuck 01/06/2015 at 12:36

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Moral of the story - some people can't tell the difference between the size of their car and the size of the space they are trying to stuff it in.

I'm gonna go more with not giving a damn about anyone but herself in this case...

TheRealBicycleBuck > Imirrelephant 01/06/2015 at 13:25

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True.

I thought it hilarious that she valued the parking space directly in front of the restaurant door more than the convenience of getting out of her car easily (she said as much when I pointed out the availability of other spaces). She was mad because SHE was inconvenienced. No consideration for the people she inconvenienced with her poor parking skills.