Why do people do this?

"wagon guy now drives a boostang" (wagonguy) 02/09/2015 at 17:20 • Filed to: Dumbassery

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So I needed to hit the grocery (HEB for the Texans among us) and when I got there I parked at the back of the lot, without a single car anywhere near me. Like in this crude drawing <—.

When I came back out after an hour I find myself surrounded by giant trucks.

But what really gets me is that there were still a ton of spots closer to the doors and we were in a little island of cars in the middle of an empty lot.

And yes, I was in the middle of my spot and they were all infringing on my parking spot in some way...

Just Why?

TheHondaBro > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:20

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Bro.

bob and john > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:21

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probably some assholes fucking with you.

deflate 1 tire one each, job done.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:23

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Ultra-tall vehicle = easier to gauge parking position relative to another vehicle than trying to guess how far into the slot you should pull or how close you are to lines you can't actually see. Yes, not craning one's neck and/or learning the size of one's vehicle really well is the height of laziness, but that's why people do this.

Textured Soy Protein > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:28

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jariten1781 > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:28

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Some people (my wife has this problem) park by aligning themselves relative to other cars rather than the lines. So if they pull into a lot that's only got one car in it they'll park directly next to it since if they parked in the open area they'd totally miss their spot.

With my wife, parking in an open lot is hilariously time consuming. She'll pull into the line of parking. Get out. Check and, yup, split two parking spots. Get back in and adjust. Get out, yup...one wheel is still over. Get back in, adjust. Get out, well, now she's at an odd angle, but she's fully in the spot...good enough. If there's another car (or an island or cart return or something) she doesn't have that issue. However, if the other car is poorly parked (far to the side in the spot, at an odd angle, whatever) she'll end up mirroring whatever they did.

It's bizzare...but meh.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:30

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Adding to my previous comment, it's also way easier to align yourself to a car on one side of the brodozer with lots of empty space around than it is to align closer to the door. You're the perfect target: single alignment pylon, lots of empty space all around so nobody will threaten the brodozer with their doors and they can swing into the space in a single motion, not giving a fuck.

Mongo > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:33

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Illuminati

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:36

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People who drive big trucks are lemmings? I don't know that is strange and happens to me all the time.

Xyl0c41n3 > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:37

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HEB, FTW!!! #TexasForever

Asshole bro trucks... GRRRRR!!!

I drive a teeny, tiny Fiesta, so I feel your pain.

What gets even more annoying, though, is that once you're finally trying to leave, you're now partially/momentarily blind while reversing because of how long and how high the bro-trucks are. So, you're reversing carefully, but some other asshole in the aisle sees your reverse lights, doesn't care, and zooms past you anyway. *Shakes fist in the air* It's very much an unfriendly, un-Texan thing to do.

Xyl0c41n3 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 17:44

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Dude.... *sigh* That's what I don't get at all. So they don't want to swivel their heads or crane their necks to see if they're inside the lines? Fine. I get that. It's stupid, but I get it. But most vehicles come with power mirrors. How hard is it to tilt the mirrors down for a second to check that you're inside the lines?

And as for people who refuse to learn the dimensions of their vehicles and how to maneuver them accordingly... It's one of my biggest pet peeves. Watching someone turn a simple reverse out of an angled parking space into some ridiculous 6 point turn (yes, I have actually seen someone reverse/forward/reverse/forward that many times to get out of a space) makes me ragey. If I can go from a teeny sub-compact sedan to a full-sized van that's a rolling blind spot on four wheels, and back again, then so can they.

Xyl0c41n3 > TheHondaBro 02/09/2015 at 17:44

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Bruh.

Rico > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 17:44

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Valve stem removal tool. I also hate when people do this, that's why I try to park near the island so people can't park on at least one side.

Rico > Xyl0c41n3 02/09/2015 at 17:45

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I hate when I'm reversing and people and cars don't care.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Xyl0c41n3 02/09/2015 at 17:50

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If not knowing where they are bothered them that much, it would make sense to park "in the wild" completely rather than next to somebody, but reference-aligning on somebody else is quicker. I've been known to reference-align on people in my Benz when in a rush, but it's a vehicle that I then *know where it is*, and that doesn't block people's lines of sight.
I do have a vehicle that could take a six point turn to get out of a spot, though - my Rover. Poor visibility isn't as much an issue as comically awful turning radius. Wide-set leaf springs are not my friend, neither is the long-ish wheelbase relative to length. I'm not a fan of putting the side of the truck into something.

Xyl0c41n3 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2015 at 17:58

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Dude, I understand a vehicle with a shitty turning radius. By all means, do what you gotta do. But I'm talking about more pedestrian vehicles like an Expedition or Suburban or an F-150. They're big, but not THAT big and unwieldy. And I've never had a problem maneuvering an Expedition in and out of standard spaces or parallel parking or whatnot. Some people just can't drive the vehicles they choose to have. Those people also tend to be the same ones who are less than courteous to other drivers, and it's annoying.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Xyl0c41n3 02/09/2015 at 18:02

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The Rover also has what my dad calls "Power Steering by Armstrong", hurr hurr. But back to more normal vehicles, if I can park my mom's 80s squarebody 4wd Suburban in a normal spot without a hitch (just as she can, and has for 20 years), then anyone who can't really might ought to FOAD.

Funktheduck > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 18:02

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I've known people who would be the person to do that as a joke. They see the nice car parked by themselves and if there were a few of them they'd all park around it like asshats.

In high school I dailied my truck. It's a long bed so the wheelbase made a lot of spots difficult so I would park near the back where I knew I'd fit easier.

Tapas > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 18:25

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Looks like people just did that to piss you off...

wagon guy now drives a boostang > Tapas 02/09/2015 at 18:27

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Well, at least to annoy me...

Tapas > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 18:28

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Yep. Do you drive a Ferrari or a nice car by any chance?

Cos people tend to do that to those guys a lot lol

Funktheduck > Xyl0c41n3 02/09/2015 at 18:30

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I'm collecting terrible pictures of bro trucks to post. It's hard to get them despite seeing tons everyday because I usually see them on the road. Hard to get a sense of how ridiculous they are when they're not parked next to a normal vehicle.

Example. This one isn't as bad but they're so common here you'd think it was a law

wagon guy now drives a boostang > Tapas 02/09/2015 at 18:30

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Nope, pretty normal Ford Focus. But it's still new and I'd still like to avoid door dings whenever possible, and I don't mind walking from the back of the lot.

Xyl0c41n3 > Funktheduck 02/09/2015 at 18:39

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I wish I had a photo of the chromed out black F-650 I used to see driving around. That thing was ridiculous.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/09/2015 at 19:04

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And that's why I always try to park next to an island.

Funktheduck > Xyl0c41n3 02/09/2015 at 19:44

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I'm waiting for what I feel is enough for a post. I have a couple that will make most people want to burn them to the ground. I wish I was able to take a picture of one. It was an 80s to early 90s model japanese pick up, so the small kind, and it was jacked up so high that the cars he was tailgating roofline was at his bumper. He was driving like a complete jack hole. Massive tires and tiny little brakes in wet conditions and was only a couple feet off the bumpers of people. He turned when we got to a light where I could snap a pic. I was disappointed.

Tapas > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/10/2015 at 01:28

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Huh...

I hate door dings too man. Although they have been unavoidable in Houston.

A lot of them are from my company's parking lot, which happens to be a multi billion dollar multinational...

wagon guy now drives a boostang > Tapas 02/10/2015 at 15:10

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I can see that. I work overnights so the company parking lot is empty until I'm leaving in the morning. I usually manage to park on the end of a row with a coworker next to me, so no door dings there...

Tapas > wagon guy now drives a boostang 02/10/2015 at 21:08

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That what I've started doing too . people at my office have some nice cars too, but they're in reserved spots (managers, directors whatnot)