Okay well then it's the fault of the owner of the parking deck for not making the spaces wide enough. I could see your point if the vehicle were parked in a compact space, but it is parked within the lines. It just so happens that the space is very narrow.
Please explain this behavior to me.
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It could also be that they saw you have a clean car, and figured if they parked near you that they wouldn't have theirs damaged. I've done this myself instead of parking way far away where I'm shopping cart bait in a parking lot, and instead parked next to someone with a car that looks well taken care of.
I have no idea though, people are strange. Some guy basically did the equivalent to me today in the urinals.
Well, I am weird Californian; I do try to not be aggressive.... Door dings are a part of life. So are scratches, nails in expensive tires and earthquakes.
Nobody likes that stuff. Here's what happened to a friend's car when he was parked at work:
I'd love to be able to tell this woman, whoever she is, that she's started a thread on a forum that's absolutely exploding in its first hour without her even suspecting a thing or having any idea what she's done lol...
That's officially worse. Ewww.It could also be that they saw you have a clean car, and figured if they parked near you that they wouldn't have theirs damaged. I've done this myself instead of parking way far away where I'm shopping cart bait in a parking lot, and instead parked next to someone with a car that looks well taken care of.
I have no idea though, people are strange. Some guy basically did the equivalent to me today in the urinals.
Did I miss the point where we determined it's a she?
I don't think it has been, I'm just going off of what was posted lol...
I definitely see the problem. It's the Mustang. It belongs at home. In its place should be a 1997 Chevy Cavalier. Then it won't matter who or what parks next to it and the Mustang will be pristine for all non-garage outings.
I'm extremely sympathetic to the OP. While I would NEVER condone violence or vandalism, I have left very direct notes on windshields telling people they park like jackwads, and that would be appropriate here. It appears here, the OP has a nice car and the garage spots are tight, so he purposefully parked in the farthest spot. The garage was otherwise relatively vacant, and someone else snugged up against him making door dings more likely and for a more difficult exit. This other driver behavior drives me nuts. Unfortunately there's a lot of dumb, oblivious, or rude inconsiderate people in society to deal with. I have parked in the back 40 empty spots before, and had people snug up against me. I've seen idiots who insist on parking their monster pickups, right up tight in the front rows where they are obnoxiously inappropriate.
I like my personal space, and try to give myself space and others space. I don't understand the mental illness of people needing to occupy the spot on this earth, I am in. It happens in grocery stores, big box stores, parking lots, you name it, someone is always on my *** and needs to be in my footprint. I don't get it.
One of my examples. I was returning something to Lowes and I parked way out in the lot where nobody was. I pulled forward as I normally do for easier exit. I was getting the item out of my car trunk. As I'm leaning into my trunk, some jackwad in a monster Suburban decides, of the 300 empty spaces way out in the lot, he has to pull right up on my rear!!!
We had words. He parked somewhere else.
I like my personal space, and try to give myself space and others space. I don't understand the mental illness of people needing to occupy the spot on this earth, I am in. It happens in grocery stores, big box stores, parking lots, you name it, someone is always on my *** and needs to be in my footprint. I don't get it.
One of my examples. I was returning something to Lowes and I parked way out in the lot where nobody was. I pulled forward as I normally do for easier exit. I was getting the item out of my car trunk. As I'm leaning into my trunk, some jackwad in a monster Suburban decides, of the 300 empty spaces way out in the lot, he has to pull right up on my rear!!!
We had words. He parked somewhere else.
Another example. I went to ACE hardware for a really obscure fitting on a weekday morning where I suspected low traffic. I was the only customer in the store, in an obscure aisle, looking thru fittings. Some guy comes in, and decides he needs to be attached to my hip, looking at these same fittings. I could feel his breath on my ear. I just walked away. We are doomed. People in society ... I just shake my head.
I apologize if I conveyed that I condone vandalism, because I really don't, but when people park like this, the temptation is to just let my door hit their car when I open it, because they don't seem to care if that happens or not. The risk of my getting dinged by accident is pretty great in this situation, and this person doesn't seem to really care about that either. The tales of my escapades in my younger years are greatly exaggerated. Sorry if folks on this forum now feel like I'm a dangerous criminal now, I guess that's the risk you run of voicing your opinion here. Sorry.
We need more lawyers.
Imagine if the OP had parked way out in the furthest spot, because he needed to help a disabled person into his passenger seat, or he was going to be bringing out some large item he wanted to put in passenger seat. And he wanted to ensure he had clear open access, so he parked way out far away to almost surely not be boxed in.
Then this oblivion rolls up, snugs right up to him. So now, the OP would need to move his car to gain access to the passenger side.
There just really is NO justification for snugging up to someone in a vacant lot who CLEARLY sends a message of "I don't want others parked next to me" by parking on top of him like this. Totally unjustified.
It's the equivalent of seeing a woman out in a park wearing headphones and reading a book or exercising by herself, and going up to her to hit on her. It's just not appropriate behavior in society.
Then this oblivion rolls up, snugs right up to him. So now, the OP would need to move his car to gain access to the passenger side.
There just really is NO justification for snugging up to someone in a vacant lot who CLEARLY sends a message of "I don't want others parked next to me" by parking on top of him like this. Totally unjustified.
It's the equivalent of seeing a woman out in a park wearing headphones and reading a book or exercising by herself, and going up to her to hit on her. It's just not appropriate behavior in society.
It's also not justified to make things up. If the driver has a disabled person in the vehicle then one would not park here in the first place. Imagine if someone did that, they should expect problems in this spot regardless of who parks next to them or not. This spot is not "way out in the furthest spot."
The person next to them did not roll up and "snugs right up to him", any more than the facility made the spots close together. A spot "way out in the furthest" area will presumably have the same slot spacing.
Again it isn't snugged up. You keep saying that but perhaps that's how you would portray it in court rather than explaining what is actually being seen in the photograph.
Literally would've walked to my car, made a small comment to myself, and forgotten all about it because...who cares?
How do you know the driver of the car is a "she"?
Did it ever occur to you that there may be a legitimate reason for this person to park where they did, apart from it being a legal space and that they are using it appropriately?
If there were but 3 inches between the cars, how would the driver of the offending vehicle exit "her" car? I'd think that three inches would leave insufficient space for that.
Now it's 8 inches from your car. I cannot help but think you're engaging in some hyperbole, making up numbers to support your position.
I see this, too just about every time I go to/from Atlanta on I-75. Must the human pack/herd mentality, I guess. It get worse where there is a police officer around...everybody gets bunched up...safety in numbers? I guess they've never seen a NASCAR race on a super speedway...I think I get it. That’s happened to me a few times where I’m the only car in the garage, and the very next car that comes and parks exactly next to me, even when I parked in the south 40. Just seems a little weird, but I’ve had the same thing happened on the freeway. I’ll be driving along as the only one on the desert floor, and here comes another car and paces me in the next lane. My first instinct is what the hell?
But as for the original post, I don't see anything wrong...no one is being a A hole taking up 1 and half or 2 spaces...
I'm not going to lie I'm annoyed when this happens to me too. I wouldn't damage the other car though. I don't understand why if there are empty spots all over that someone would park directly beside another car. Personally I would always leave at least one space in between. I don't think those other spots are handicapped spots, if they are that is not a handicap symbol I recall seeing before.
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