Is this considered bad behavior ?

[Luvchefmic]

The parking CMs don't have time for individual conversations and shouldn't for everyone's safety I don't think it's rude to be told No go to Handicapped parking There are drop off points for a guest then come back around and park in a regular space

OP I see what your husband was trying to do but if you also drive I would have dropped him in the front like I described above I needed a wheel chair for park distances last year and this is what we did

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

To counteract this, walk to your car in the row next to the one your car is in, and then cross over to your car once you reach it. The person "stalking" you can sit there and crawl in their car all they want. In the end, they will realize that they are in the wrong row since your car is one row over!

Perfect. Sometimes if a car is following me walking out I will make as though I am walking to another car and then stop and keep walking. Drives them nuts!

 

[LadyBeBop]

My peeve is when I am leaving a shopping center and get to my car (I see spots 20 feet further on up) yet a car will pull behind me and turn their blinkers on. So I feel compelled to throw whatever I have into the seat and rush to get out. I'm sorry, if me leaving would open the last spot in the lot, perfectly understood, but walk 20 more feet people!

Reminds me of one time at Walmart. DH and I just bought an entertainment center worth several hundred dollars. Our parking place was pretty close to the doors. Just as we got to our car, two cars turned into our row, one right after another. The first car discovered we were leaving and started to wait for our parking place. The second car got inpatient and started blowing his horn, wanting either the first car to move or us to hurry up. The first car wouldn't budge, and we took our time loading the car. We weren't going to hurry and possibly damage the entertainment center.

OP, I understand what DH did. Now whether it was correct or not, I'm not sure. But that is a major walk from the trams to the end of the row. Especially with bad feet. Last trip, I made the trek more than once. Believe me. It hurts.

 

[KorbensMomma]

I personally don't think it is rude. You didn't cut in line you let others in front of you.

Now trying to time it to get close to the trams is a gamble, if it worked maybe I can rub his head for luck the next time I go to Vegas.

With my luck I would miss time it and end up further away.

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

Reminds me of one time at Walmart. DH and I just bought an entertainment center worth several hundred dollars. Our parking place was pretty close to the doors. Just as we got to our car, two cars turned into our row, one right after another. The first car discovered we were leaving and started to wait for our parking place. The second car got inpatient and started blowing his horn, wanting either the first car to move or us to hurry up. The first car wouldn't budge, and we took our time loading the car. We weren't going to hurry and possibly damage the entertainment center.

OP, I understand what DH did. Now whether it was correct or not, I'm not sure. But that is a major walk from the trams to the end of the row. Especially with bad feet. Last trip, I made the trek more than once. Believe me. It hurts.

I definitely wouldn't risk damaging anything I purchased just because some person(s) ae in a hurry. If they want to not walk 20 additional feet, they can wait and the person behind that person can wait too.

 

[LBIJim]

My peeve is when I am leaving a shopping center and get to my car (I see spots 20 feet further on up) yet a car will pull behind me and turn their blinkers on. So I feel compelled to throw whatever I have into the seat and rush to get out. I'm sorry, if me leaving would open the last spot in the lot, perfectly understood, but walk 20 more feet people!

You feel COMPELLED to leave quickly??? No dice. When some feminine-hygiene product pulls the waiting and blinking light manuever, that's when you have to adjust the rear view mirror, fix your lipstick, return a phone call or two, and update your Facebook status. Then, for good measure, suddenly remember that you need to visit another store in the shopping center.

Or you can just shake your head, say "not leaving yet" and take your time.

To counteract this, walk to your car in the row next to the one your car is in, and then cross over to your car once you reach it. The person "stalking" you can sit there and crawl in their car all they want. In the end, they will realize that they are in the wrong row since your car is one row over!

That works too, but you run the risk of chancing upon another stalker when you dart across to your aisle.

As for the original post, yeah, just follow the CM's directions. Yeah, it sucks if they direct you to start a new row, but I don't think it's worth the time and effort to try something else.

 

[bdoyledimou]

Disney World Parkign is the most organised and easy parking on the planet. I love it. and if i happen to get the end spot away from the tram - - so be it .... i have a simple and easy location reminder.

 

[Sandy Fisher]

When we lived down there (just north of Disney), we always went early and usually got a very good parking spot wherever we were going. But DH and I would joke as we saw the CM directing people to the "next" row.
We'd say "Oh, please, I want to park way at the other end!!" Not that the CM could hear, but I swear 9 times out of 10 that's exactly what happened.

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

You feel COMPELLED to leave quickly??? No dice. When some feminine-hygiene product pulls the waiting and blinking light manuever, that's when you have to adjust the rear view mirror, fix your lipstick, return a phone call or two, and update your Facebook status. Then, for good measure, suddenly remember that you need to visit another store in the shopping center.

Or you can just shake your head, say "not leaving yet" and take your time.



That works too, but you run the risk of chancing upon another stalker when you dart across to your aisle.

As for the original post, yeah, just follow the CM's directions. Yeah, it sucks if they direct you to start a new row, but I don't think it's worth the time and effort to try something else.

Well feeling compelled and actually doing it are two different things

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

You feel COMPELLED to leave quickly??? No dice. When some feminine-hygiene product pulls the waiting and blinking light manuever, that's when you have to adjust the rear view mirror, fix your lipstick, return a phone call or two, and update your Facebook status. Then, for good measure, suddenly remember that you need to visit another store in the shopping center.

Or you can just shake your head, say "not leaving yet" and take your time.



That works too, but you run the risk of chancing upon another stalker when you dart across to your aisle.

As for the original post, yeah, just follow the CM's directions. Yeah, it sucks if they direct you to start a new row, but I don't think it's worth the time and effort to try something else.

One time I was with someone at a mall. He had to get a few more things, I needed to get back to the car (I think I wasn't feeling well). I got to the car to sit and rest until he was done. I got in and sure enough, a car was to my right with his blinker on. I assumed he would figure since my car was idle and no reverse lights were on he would figure out I wasn't leaving. And the fact I was lying back on my seat. Nope, a minute later "HONK HONK!" over and over. Normally I am reserved and ignore things. This time, not feeling well and not having a high tolerance for stupidity, I got out and yelled "I thought it was obvious in the fact my car is off, my windows down and my head back that I wasn't leaving yet but obviously not". He got the picture and left.

 

[KimK2006]

Do I think it was rude...no. It didn't hurt anyone by circling around.

When we were down a few weeks ago, we either had really good luck or really bad luck. A couple of the days we had to park at the far end of a row. A couple of the days, we were one of the last cars filling up a row. It feels like Christmas when you get at the "good" end of a row. Not a big deal going in, but it sure is nice when you are leaving!

 

[Sugardimples]

I don't see anything wrong with what your husband did. I'd do it.

 

[Cyrano]

I don't think I would go as far to say it is rude behaviour but definitely dangerous for the CMs and guests.
Most crossing to the trams would be expecting cars to be parking behind them. So a child could easily not be expecting a car to be circling ahead of the line

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I don't think I would go as far to say it is rude behaviour but definitely dangerous for the CMs and guests.
Most crossing to the trams would be expecting cars to be parking behind them. So a child could easily not be expecting a car to be circling ahead of the line

I don't think it's anymore/less dangerous, maybe the person just realized they forgot their passes, camera, sunscreen, whatever and were rushing back to their resort to pick it up. IMO if you are IN a parking lot then you should expect moving vehicles anywhere and look both ways before crossing just as I would expect the moving car to proceed with caution vs. hitting the gas pedal.

As for the OP, I don't think your husband was rude. What he tried to accomplish he did so in an orderly manner. He didn't try to talk the CM's into letting him park in another area, he didn't start his own parking area, he proceeded around to the end of the line. And I don't think of the 50 feet he's saving going INTO the park, I think of the 50 feet he's saving COMING OUT of the park later on in the day when he's tired and ankles are probably swollen and he might be sore. With extenuating circumstances I'd be inclined to try to accomplish what he was, normal days, I don't even think of it. And while it drives me nuts to have parking stalkers at the mall, grocery store, etc.... if the weather is miserable, I "might" try to get a closer spot, otherwise I usually try to park alone.

 

[Love Tink]

You feel COMPELLED to leave quickly??? No dice. When some feminine-hygiene product pulls the waiting and blinking light manuever, that's when you have to adjust the rear view mirror, fix your lipstick, return a phone call or two, and update your Facebook status. Then, for good measure, suddenly remember that you need to visit another store in the shopping center.

There is no part of me that understands this.

The fact that someone is waiting for your spot in a busy parking lot (and turns on their blinker to indicate to other drivers that they are waiting for your spot) is a personal affront to you?

People come to a lot, look for a space, find a space that seems about to be vacated, and wait for it. What part of that makes them a "feminine-hygiene product"? It is normal behavior - especially where I live, where every shopping center is pretty much full to capacity all the time.

What would you like people to do? Do you want everyone in parking lots to just drive around ceaselessly, never stopping, zooming up and down the aisles until they can time it perfectly and pull into a spot just as it empties?

I always assumed that when I waited for a spot and a person took five minutes to leave their space, they were just oblivious. It literally never occurred to me that someone might be offended at the concept that other people need the space when they are done with it. That kind of pissiness takes a level of self regard that seems almost mythological.

 

[triplejen]

There is no part of me that understands this.

The fact that someone is waiting for your spot in a busy parking lot (and turns on their blinker to indicate to other drivers that they are waiting for your spot) is a personal affront to you?

People come to a lot, look for a space, find a space that seems about to be vacated, and wait for it. What part of that makes them a "feminine-hygiene product"? It is normal behavior - especially where I live, where every shopping center is pretty much full to capacity all the time.

What would you like people to do? Do you want everyone in parking lots to just drive around ceaselessly, never stopping, zooming up and down the aisles until they can time it perfectly and pull into a spot just as it empties?

I always assumed that when I waited for a spot and a person took five minutes to leave their space, they were just oblivious. It literally never occurred to me that someone might be offended at the concept that other people need the space when they are done with it. That kind of pissiness takes a level of self regard that seems almost mythological.

This. A million times this.

There is nothing rude about a person waiting appropriately, signal on, for a spot to be vacated. There is a LOT wrong with someone passive-aggressively taking an overly long time to vacate a spot for the sole purpose of being unkind to a stranger.

 

[brettb]

I don't think I would go as far to say it is rude behaviour but definitely dangerous for the CMs and guests.
Most crossing to the trams would be expecting cars to be parking behind them. So a child could easily not be expecting a car to be circling ahead of the line

What I'm picturing doesn't put anybody at risk.

CM directs you to new row, you drive all the way down it and instead of pulling into that last space, you go right to the exit lane.

Even if there were some cars already parked in the row that you'd be driving by, all the pedestrians will have followed the CM's directions (right?) and moved to the front of their cars to walk down to the tram rather than walking up the lane that's being actively parked.

It's the cars that follow the blue line to the handicapped lots that have to watch for pedestrians crossing to the trams.

 

[bumbershoot]

There is no part of me that understands this.

The fact that someone is waiting for your spot in a busy parking lot (and turns on their blinker to indicate to other drivers that they are waiting for your spot) is a personal affront to you?

People come to a lot, look for a space, find a space that seems about to be vacated, and wait for it. ...

That kind of pissiness takes a level of self regard that seems almost mythological.

I agree 100%. Possibly even more.

Waiting for a spot isn't rude. Turning on a signal isn't rude; it is signaling to those behind them what their intentions are, so they aren't waiting 100 years for no reason at all. None of it is rude unless someone starts freaking out.

There is a LOT wrong with someone passive-aggressively taking an overly long time to vacate a spot for the sole purpose of being unkind to a stranger.

And for the sole *reason* that they think the wannabe parker is being rude when they are actually just wanting to park somewhere while letting people around them know what their intentions are.

My peeve is when I am leaving a shopping center and get to my car (I see spots 20 feet further on up) yet a car will pull behind me and turn their blinkers on. So I feel compelled to throw whatever I have into the seat and rush to get out. I'm sorry, if me leaving would open the last spot in the lot, perfectly understood, but walk 20 more feet people!

FWIW, you can't always see, from a driver's seat, what you can see from a standing position. You've also just crossed the lot on foot, possibly from a different direction, and can see different things than the driver can. You have an entirely different perspective and knowledge base than the driver. They just might not see those spots.

Perfect. Sometimes if a car is following me walking out I will make as though I am walking to another car and then stop and keep walking. Drives them nuts!

Why would you do that? Do you expect others to do that to you?

I definitely wouldn't risk damaging anything I purchased just because some person(s) ae in a hurry. If they want to not walk 20 additional feet, they can wait and the person behind that person can wait too.

The honker in the story is the one behind the one waiting for the space. They obviously are confused as to what the situation is. Perhaps the person waiting hasn't left enough room to get around? That's not nice; it's nice to leave room.

...pulls the waiting and blinking light manuever...

It's a maneuver that's called being a polite driver who wants a parking space. It's not passive aggressive or rude or anything like that. I'm just bewildered.

 

[DisUniversal]

There is no part of me that understands this.

The fact that someone is waiting for your spot in a busy parking lot (and turns on their blinker to indicate to other drivers that they are waiting for your spot) is a personal affront to you?

People come to a lot, look for a space, find a space that seems about to be vacated, and wait for it. What part of that makes them a "feminine-hygiene product"? It is normal behavior - especially where I live, where every shopping center is pretty much full to capacity all the time.

What would you like people to do? Do you want everyone in parking lots to just drive around ceaselessly, never stopping, zooming up and down the aisles until they can time it perfectly and pull into a spot just as it empties?

I always assumed that when I waited for a spot and a person took five minutes to leave their space, they were just oblivious. It literally never occurred to me that someone might be offended at the concept that other people need the space when they are done with it. That kind of pissiness takes a level of self regard that seems almost mythological.

Part of you might understand if you read the post the person was responding to. They were responding to someone who said they felt compelled to hurry when a person sat their with their turn signal on when there were other spots 20 feet further. It's one thing if it's a crowded mall parking lot where spots are hard to come by. In those cases, I do my best to get into the car and out of there as quickly as possible if someone was waiting for the spot. However, if the scenario being addressed by the poster you replied to occurs and someone is waiting for my spot just so they don't have to walk another 3 car widths...well, then it is time to check the mirrors, sort the toll road change, check Facebook, etc....

 

[brettb]

Part of you might understand if you read the post the person was responding to. They were responding to someone who said they felt compelled to hurry when a person sat their with their turn signal on when there were other spots 20 feet further. It's one thing if it's a crowded mall parking lot where spots are hard to come by. In those cases, I do my best to get into the car and out of there as quickly as possible if someone was waiting for the spot. However, if the scenario being addressed by the poster you replied to occurs and someone is waiting for my spot just so they don't have to walk another 3 car widths...well, then it is time to check the mirrors, sort the toll road change, check Facebook, etc....

There's a middle ground here, somewhere between CTDisneyfan816 and LBIJim:

You get in your car, you do what you have to do, you pull out. If the lot is full, full, full, you think about how hard a time you had finding a spot yourself and you don't dawdle unnecessarily.

If there are plenty of nearby open spaces, don't worry about the person waiting. You need to program your GPS? Send a text message or phone someone to let them know your on your way? Check your receipt?

It's better to do those things while you're parked right there than while you're driving! Or that you find out something's wrong on your receipt before you get all the way home!

I'll wait or I'll move on if I see other open space or another space opening up sooner. NBD! Don't stress!