TIFU by parking over the yellow line

r/

I was at a frozen yogurt place with my siblings and some friends, playing card games in the middle of the afternoon. It was just us and one employee in the entire shop.

We were sitting near the back where the yogurt machines are and where you grab your cup. In the middle of an intense game of moose master, a guy walks in, heads over to grab a cup near where we were sitting, picks one up, turns to us, and nonchalantly asks, “Who’s black car is that?”
We pause for a second. I look outside and see that my car is the only black one in the lot, so I say, “It’s mine.”

He doesn’t respond. He just fills his cup with yogurt, looks back at us and says, “You’re parked damn near over the yellow line.”

He proceeds to add toppings to his yogurt, pay for it, and leave as if nothing happened.

Everyone at the table was trying their best not to laugh while it was awkward and quiet while he was still inside. Did he expect me to immediately jump up and say, “Apologies, good sire! I shall tend to this at once!”, and sprint outside to fix it?

I was already inside. There were 20 open parking spots. And yet he chose to park directly next to me.
After he left, I went outside to check and yeah, sure enough, my right tires were sitting right on top of the line. I had parked a little too far to the right, and he parked on the left side of my car. Also, of course, he drove a lifted truck and gave off strong “tailgates you even when you’re already going 10 over in the right lane” energy.

I hope calling me out made his day a little better.

TL;DR: I parked on top the yellow line in the parking lot of a fro-yo place and some random guy came in and passive aggressively scolded me for it, got yogurt, and then left.

Comments

  1. sgafixer Avatar

    Unfortunately, the world is full of jerks.

  2. Deivi_tTerra Avatar

    That’s not really a fuck up, he just had to make his day better by messing up yours. He should get a hobby. 🙄

  3. AllanfromWales1 Avatar

    My problem – and I own it – is that I’m very overweight, and as a result I need to open the door of my car further than most people do just to get in or out. My big fear is that someone will come and park close to me on the driver’s side. If they do I’m stuck, I can’t get back into the car and because of my bulk (and age) I can’t even get in the other side and climb over. So all I can do if that happens is wait around until they come back to their car. Which could be hours.