I hate confrontation, so in order for me to say something to a perfect stranger, I either have to be beyond normal ranges for annoyance, or on some mind-altering substance. Just wanted to state that up front.
I had to return a video to Blockbuster before noon today or pay a billion dollars in late fees. Our BB has a quick return slot on the outside of the building, so you can just drive up and put it through the slot from your car. Now normal people approach the building so the driver’s side is next to the slot…because obviously there will always be a driver who can handle putting it in. So I am behind an Expedition waiting for the slot, while some yahoo has pulled in from the other direction so his wife (in the passenger seat) can use the drop. Stupid of him, but he was there first. We could wait. Well, I could. The chick in the Expedition hopped out and dropped hers in. Okay, she’s pulling away and I’m next….and there’s a Jetta parked just close enough to the slot that I cannot pull up to use it without cruching up a foot of his hood. But here’s the kicker…the car is EMPTY and there’s a guy walking toward the store. I think for a moment that he’s just going to drop a box in the slot, but he walks by it. I roll down my window.
“Excuse me, but did you just park there?”
“Ya”
“You parked in front of the drop-off slot!”
He looks at me then walks back, noting that yes, there is a drop-off slot that he JUST WATCHED TWO CARS USE. So he pulls around me and leaves his car to go inside…in FRONT of another store in the fire lane! (I should note that the space in front of the slot is also a fire lane, but people aren’t really stopping there so it’s not a problem.
Can someone PLEASE tell me why a piece of dung like this “human” feels he can inconvenience the UNIVERSE and BREAK LAWS because he is too freaking important to find a parking space? This wasn’t a hop out and hop back in situation…he turned off the car and locked it before going in. And his hands were empty which leads me to believe he was going to actually shop for a movie. HELLO? WHO ARE YOU? I swear, I should have called the cops on him, I was so angry. By the time waited for the light and left the parking lot his car was STILL sitting there.
So be honest…if you are the kind of wanker who thinks the fire lane laws don’t apply to you and that you can abandon your car in front of a store because you’ll only be there a minute could you please defend your actions for me and the rest of the folks who actually use the parking spaces that are provided for PARKING.
