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I hate people who signal and wait for parking spots
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Parking, especially when it's sparse, is a really tough situation for both parties man. We've all been the person who's driven around the parking lot twice looking for an empty spot, and to me it seems pretty inconsiderate to dilly dally on your phone while someone's waiting for you to pull out of your open spot. You're being selfish in public in a way that makes it inconvenient for everyone but you.
In my country there is very little space for parking. So if you go drive around in circles then you just loop around to that one person sitting in his car just driving away but someone else already is standing on front now taking up that place. So you would be pretty dumb to do that. And as such in my country its more rude if you go chill in your car like that and make others wait.
Community college was fun. For the most part classes started at the same time and one building had a smallish parking lot with a half mile walk to the other lot. Let me tell you watch things go down in the parking lot at five minutes to 8am 11am and 2pm was amazing. Great theater.
Should 100% be illegal.
Traffic is meant to continuously flow, these people are monsters, full stop.
All it does is create more frustration and anger on the road, just keep fucking circling garbage person.
Traffic is meant to continuously flow, these people are monsters, full stop.
All it does is create more frustration and anger on the road, just keep fucking circling garbage person.
I had that happen one time with my nephew. I yelled at the chick in the car "You gonna get out and help me?"
Luckily she stayed in her car.
The only problem here is you caring about them. You don't have to rush. If you feel like being nice you can just eat your finger to indicate you're not leaving.
Or when you're walking through a parking lot with a bag, they're following you, and oops, it's just the shortest route to the bus stop, you don't even have a car.
Holy shit. I've never had someone be aggressive towards me. They are usually very courteous. I tell them I got kids and shit to pack or we. They usually either leave or tell me to take my time.
It's happened to me a handful of times. Like, sorry, I'm going as fast as I can you lunatic.
I'm sorry OP but if you have ever experienced the fresh hell that is trying to park at a Costco or a busy shopping mall on a weekend you'd be singing a different time. You do what you have to do to find a spot. I wait but I would never honk though and if someone does that to me I just take my time and give them the bird on my way out.
Even far away spots are packed on the weekends: I get being frustrated with people being dicks and honking that isn't cool but waiting for a spot is normal.
It doesn't bother me as much if I am the one leaving, although if they are blocking the aisle (which the almost always are) by parking their butt there and signaling, it does still irritate me as they give no two shits about blocking others in the aisle just so they can get their spot. And if I am the person that gets stuck behind them, then I am well, more than irritated.
I see this shit at Costco all the time, always busy as fuck.
I see this shit at Costco all the time, always busy as fuck.
The only time it annoys me is when it's a parking garage and the people waiting are just being jerks because they don't want to have to park on a higher level. The parking garage at the hospital people will wait for a spot while more and more cars continue to queue in behind the line. You can end up with 3 or 4 people doing it on your way up to the 7th or 8th floor, plus add in all the jackasses that will insist on backing into a spot with a line of cars behind them, and you can spend 15 to 20 minutes for a drive that should take no more than 2 or 3 minutes.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyep.
You're fucked if you don't do this at Costco. It's a necessity.
I also don't see what the big issue is, and if people are waiting for you to leave but you're not leaving, just give em' a friendly wave. If they're waiting for you to leave and you are leaving, what's the big deal? They're just trying to find a spot.
Lol @ people saying this should be illegal - maybe you just weren't ready to get your license yet.
Can't agree to this. How can you say they are inconsiderate when you are also being inconsiderate, if you are leaving the spot is up for grabs. If you're not then just wave them to let them know you're not, simple as that. When I go to my car and see someone waiting or looking for a spot I always give them a signal to let them know and I leave as soon as possible, I mean, I'm already leaving so why waste my and other people's time.
Well, children shouldn't be driving.
Because, y'know, they're stupid and irresponsible.
At my college this was the difference between a 2 minute walk to class and a 15 minute walk to class because of how their stupid lots are schemed around the building I had to go to.
a few weeks ago I signaled for a spot where the person had to unload their groceries first, then bring back the cart and back to the car again. took minutes while more and more cars had to wait behind me in the garage without a way to pass me.
no regrets, parking is war in my tiny ass country and I know they would all have done the same.
no regrets, parking is war in my tiny ass country and I know they would all have done the same.
if it's a nightmare parking situation like the mall at Xmas as long as they signal, pull in to let folks go around them - and make eye contact with the person leaving it's actually smart. The offensive thing is idiots who know you're waiting for them to leave the spot and don't wave or indicate that they're not actually leaving.
Or nimrods who have space to go around you but won't- sometimes because unbelievably- they want the same spot and are too self absorbed to understand why their honking is unreasonable-
or people who won't leave the spot until they screw around doing tedious stuff in their car that they could do elsewhere and keep the traffic moving. If you're not planning to leave then wave and indicate that to the waiting vehicle.
If people do this — but block the lane backing up traffic and don't actually have a good reason to expect the car is leaving the spot then obviously they're vermin.
When I'm leaving a spot somewhere with crazy parking I always nod to the person waiting or wave to a car creeping towards my spot to tell them I.I am leaving - and I leave quickly and efficiently.
Yeah in my neighborhood you take what you can get. I've literally circled my apartment for over 30 minutes before. If I see a person who looks like they may possibly leave, you bet I'm going to wait to see if they're leaving. It could literally be the difference between getting home 5 minutes from then and 40 minutes from then.
These details should be in your original post then because it reads like hitler atm
Wtf is this attitude caused by eating Avocado Toast? I swear some of y'all are straight up misanthropes.
Remember that time you were desperate to park? Try to do an empathy laaawwwd
People looking for a spot should be patient and not pressure the person leaving.
The people leaving should be considerate of their fellow person and not dawdle unnecessarily in a crowded parking lot.
It's not that complicated...generally, people should just try to be good to each other.
The people leaving should be considerate of their fellow person and not dawdle unnecessarily in a crowded parking lot.
It's not that complicated...generally, people should just try to be good to each other.
No one gets mad at someone waiting for a spot in Philly street parking, and this is Philly we're talking about. Part of life.
Hey now, Avocado toast is for milennials. You're likely talking to people way younger.
Hey now, Avocado toast is for milennials. You're likely talking to people way younger.
People who refuse to walk 30 seconds and rather circle around for a parking spot are the worst.
OP is prolly the type of person that writes a check to pay for a couple items in the express lane in the supermarket.
The people that complain about this shouldn't be allowed to operate motor vehicles.
Probably the same people who drive in the passing lane on the highway and don't know how to merge from a freeflow lane.
Probably the same people who drive in the passing lane on the highway and don't know how to merge from a freeflow lane.
I park immediately as soon as I see the potential for there to be a lack of a spot to park. I'm usually going into the store to walk around so I don't get why some people are so worried about the trek up to the store.
Agreed. And it's all about context here.
Grocery store parking lot 3/4 full but plenty of spots left? Yeah, this person can just go fucking park in the back, screw them.
College campus, state fair, Christmas at the mall with zero open spots? Yeah, I'll perform the courtesy of getting in my car get pulling out quickly to free up my space.
It's weird how hostile people get about topics like this.
I think OP is fine in not liking it, and I agree that most of the time it makes more sense to just keep driving and finding a different spot. There are times where waiting makes sense too though, like a lot of people have mentioned with packed parking lots where maybe you don't have a choice.
If you see somebody coming up to wait and you plan to just sit in your car, be polite and wave them along. If you see a parking spot nearby but somebody is walking to their car, consider giving them some space and walk the extra couple of feet.
One thing that annoys me is when somebody waits for a parking spot and holds up a huge line of cars. You parking like 20 feet closer is probably not worth holding up 5 vehicles of people.
I think OP is fine in not liking it, and I agree that most of the time it makes more sense to just keep driving and finding a different spot. There are times where waiting makes sense too though, like a lot of people have mentioned with packed parking lots where maybe you don't have a choice.
If you see somebody coming up to wait and you plan to just sit in your car, be polite and wave them along. If you see a parking spot nearby but somebody is walking to their car, consider giving them some space and walk the extra couple of feet.
One thing that annoys me is when somebody waits for a parking spot and holds up a huge line of cars. You parking like 20 feet closer is probably not worth holding up 5 vehicles of people.
This is it really. It's what it's all about.
Honestly it baffles me that it seems like a lot of people on this site are constantly angry and trying to make life worse for other people by just being incredibly petty about the most basic stuff. And I say this as a person that moved out of the city because I was tired of inconsiderate neighbors.
Just try to be considerate to others, it's not that hard. And maybe stop assuming everybody is trying to be an ass on purpose. People make innocent mistakes sometimes.
This. There's a lot of people proud of acting like assholes. I want to see a Venn diagram with the people in this thread and the spoilers thread.
Such a heated topic for something so benign. It's like the people dawdling out of spite don't realise that some of us have circumcisions to get to.
Like someone posted. It works both ways.
If you aren't leaving signal this to the person waiting for you so they can move on.
If there are plenty of spots available don't hold up traffic just to get that one specific spot.
The latter seems a lot less likely scenario though. The people who stop on a dime when they see someone walking toward their car have usually been circling for awhile or they can see that the lot is pretty full.
Other open spots might be taken by the time they can get to them. That happens often here in LA where parking is scarce in certain areas. People will block lanes to wait to parallel park for example.
If you aren't leaving signal this to the person waiting for you so they can move on.
If there are plenty of spots available don't hold up traffic just to get that one specific spot.
The latter seems a lot less likely scenario though. The people who stop on a dime when they see someone walking toward their car have usually been circling for awhile or they can see that the lot is pretty full.
Other open spots might be taken by the time they can get to them. That happens often here in LA where parking is scarce in certain areas. People will block lanes to wait to parallel park for example.
I thought this thread would be about you waiting in line behind someone waiting for a spot. To find out that it's actually about you sitting in the car and being stressed out about not even leaving your spot is just about the most resetera way this thread could ever unfold.
Some of you guys are real sociopaths. Honestly, seek help. It's not healthy to be carrying around this kind of resentment all the time.
I'm always amazed when I find out Americans still use cheques at retail.
This seems inconsiderate to me? Calm the fuck down. And definitely don't honk/pressure someone into leaving in a hurry because you want to park in their place.
