A few years ago, I was going to a work holiday party at a pizza restaurant in a small strip mall. When I got there, the lot was packed. I didn’t want to use the valet, and there was one open spot: a spot in the “compact” section, bordered on each side by a large vehicle that came up to or over the line. I drove a Smart Car, one of the most compact vehicles you can get, so I thought, challenge accepted! I parked exactly in the middle of the compact spot and could just barely squeeze out of the driver’s side door, and I knew that the person to my right had no prayer of getting in the driver’s side door of their BMW. And because there was another car parked too close on their passenger side, they wouldn’t be able to slip in that way either. But that is not my problem.
After a couple hours of eating pizza and socializing, I went out to my car. The driver of the BMW was there waiting for me. “Oh good, you’re here!” he said. He didn’t seem mad, I guess he accepted that he broke the rules and I followed them. He went back into the store he had been at to get his things or whatever as I pulled out my Smart car. Unfortunately for him, the second I pulled out , a Prius pulled in, blocking him in again. Sorry, pal, I guess you’ll be waiting awhile longer!
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Did the same at a commuter parking lot. Came back after work to find another sub-compact on the other side of the car that was parked right in the middle of two spaces.
He asked for it, he got it.
Yes! Bad parkers are literally my biggest pet peeve.
Lol, that brings back a memory of tight parking. A BMW had parked like a toddler’s crayon creation. I sliced into the only available space that left him millimetres.
When I got back, he was gone, but he’d left a rather large ball of spit and mucus in the middle of my side window.
Yep. My pet peeves too. And also cars that park in two spaces. That’s when I’m glad I drive a very old car.
His mistake was not being ready to roll.
Was it in Maryland? the worst parkers are in Maryland i swear…
Reminds me of the time the only parking spot was between 2 Hummers. I had a VW Beetle convertible (put the top down and climbed out), so no problem for me. But when I left, the first car to try to take the spot…. was another Hummer.
Ummm…if YOU were squeezed in so tightly in the compact space, how on earth did a Prius fit in after you vacated it?
I have a handicap tag on my car, so I often end up parking in one of those “Van accessible” spots that has extra room on either side so someone with a wheelchair can get in and out of their vehicles. The parking garage I use for work has a very limited amount of handicap spaces, Several times now people have been pulling into the “Van accessible” extra spaces, making it impossible for someone with a wheelchair, walker, or crutches to access their car doors. Yesterday a lady with a big SUV parked in the “extra space”, and it irked me quite a bit. So, Today I purposely parked in the van accessible spot, but over the lines by a few inches so no one could park in the the extra space. 😀
I’ve been the overly large car parked in the compact spot. The difference is I accepted my fate and got in and out through the trunk. At no point was I going to expect someone else to move for me, lol. And for the record I was inside the lines so I was not inconveniencing anyone else.
Well played. Big cars should stay in their lanes.
I want this to happen to the monster trucks that park in the ones at the grocery store. But they’d probably just grind their piece of shit truck down the side of your car for shits and giggles
I drive a Mini, work downtown and use a parking garage. The first row of spots are clearly marked Compact but it normally looks like a used SUV lot. It’s my absolute joy to park about an inch away from the drivers door as much as possible.
BTW, the spots are actually compact size so a full size SUV takes up the entire spot, right up to the yellow line. They usually back in. I just back in as well and get right up against that yellow line. Have fun crawling over your center console to get in IF someone doesn’t do the same on the other side. 🤣
Great story!
Oh I hate meter readers! I parked a bit over the line like the 3 or 4 cars next to me. An out of towner started the whole business by parking over the line. All of us locals got a ticket but not the tourist. Small town in Colorado.