Saving a parking spot.

[Malo83]

The wife and I were in San Diego last weekend for a little RR, we go every year to the Del Mar Fair and visit all our old stomping grounds, Saturday we went to see the USS Midway museum, parking is bad, as we joined the merry go round waiting for someone to pull out, we spotted a Mustang getting ready to pull out, just then this older Chinese lady was standing next to the car yelling at us in Chinese. waving her arms as if to shoo us off, we backed up to let the Mustang out and she moved to the middle of the parking spot thinking she was gonna hold it for somebody else, we told her this is public parking, I'm not sure she understood, the heck with this, I turned into the spot ever so slowly as she stood there, eventually she moved cussing up a storm.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Some people feel entitled.

Not the same, but still funny.

 

[CKN]

That's a tough call. In some situations you would come out and find your vehicle " cosmetically damaged".
Another example of the degrading of behavior in society.
I am familiar with that museum/ parking. They should call it full if it is indeed full.That wharf has finite number of parking spaces. It's a poor setup generally. Parking in downtown San Diego is a major hassle on a good day. Secret- park along the trolley route and take it in.

 

[wander2039]

I’ve seen that move several times over the years and couple fights. The holdee loses typically unless the other doesn’t want drama.

 

[vavavroom]

I saw a damsel of questionable upbringing throw herself to the ground in an effort to save a parking spot for her friend by impersonating an oversized possum playing dead in a soread--eagle, prone position.


*on her belly, facing the ground

 

[Kira]

Cars bring out the best in us...even when parking them.

 

[CKN]

Cars bring out the best in us...even when parking them.

True. But having a parking area as at the Midway inadequate from day one is silly.

 

[gathermewool]

I didn’t agree with it, but my mom (her name is Karen, funny enough) held a spot for pop pop once. I was embarrassed, but it worked. The car she blocked left right away and my dad was right behind them. We all moved on with our lives.

 

[vavavroom]

One of my neighbors puts a few cones in a spot in front of his house to make sure nobody takes "his" spot. It's not like he doesn't have a huge driveway and a four-car garage.

 

[dishdude]

Years ago I was parallel parking - lined up with the car in front, signal on and in reverse. An SUV with CONSTABLE across the front of it shoved it's front end in the spot. I'm still pissed about it and this happened over 20 years ago.

 

[CKN]

One of my neighbors puts a few cones in a spot in front of his house to make sure nobody takes "his" spot. It's not like he doesn't have a huge driveway and a four-car garage.

The he is one of those "entitled people" isn't he? He probably takes the biggest portion of meat at the dinner table too......

 

[vavavroom]

The he is one of those "entitled people" isn't he? He probably takes the biggest portion of meat at the dinner table too......

He dines by himself as far as I know.

 

[CKN]

He dines by himself as far as I know.

Sounds like he should.

 

[y_p_w]

There was this commercial for the San Francisco Chronicle that promised articles about how to find parking in a city that was notorious for being near impossible to find parking. But the premise was that an old lady parks at a red curb, while someone walking by yells out "You can't park there lady!"

After she's parked, she goes to the curb and it's some sort of adhesive rubber and she's just yanking it off, which leaves behind a regular, concrete curb.

 

[vavavroom]

Sounds like he should.

Between bites, he's keeping an eye on his parking spot.