Ugh-Why are people so rude?

[Sydnie]

I went out to dinner with my mom and my two sons. The restaurant parking lot was super crowded so I dropped my mom at the door and went to find a space. Luckily there was a prime spot available in the front row, so I started to pull in and saw a woman standing in the middle of it chatting on her cell phone. I waited a second for her to move and she waved me off...she was "holding" the space for someone!!!

I ended up circling for ten minutes until I found a space way in the back. I trudged up schlepping my two toddlers and a diaper bag only to see her husband pull in in his nice little convertible and hop out over the side.

What entitled jerks! I can not believe someone would think it is acceptable to hold a spot for over ten minutes, forcing a young family to park on the other side of the lot. When did we get to the point where this kind of selfish behavior is ok?

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent

 

[ladypage]

You have more patience than I do! I would have just sat and stared at her until she moved out of the way!

 

[Sydnie]

You have more patience than I do! I would have just sat and stared at her until she moved out of the way!

I thought about doing that but I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt-I thought maybe she was waiting for her elderly parents or something. The idea it would be her svelte 40-something husband who would come springing out of his convertible didn't even cross my mind

 

[my3sonsagn]

I think I would have pretended to misunderstand and blow the horn until she moved - not like her hubby could pull in with your car there. Last time I checked parking spaces were for cars - not pedestrians.

 

[disneyismyname]

How rude! I would of done a "TOWANDA!"

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I had a similar incident happen to me a few weeks ago. I was trying to find a spot in a packed parking lot. I turned the corner and there was this large SUV parked against the curb...I basically thought 'are you kidding me' because it made it so much harder for anybody to turn into the row. The windows were tinted so I figured there was nobody in the car.

There was a spot opening so I waited for the woman to back out...I started to pull in and the parked SUV laid on it's horn at me. Here, he was waiting for this spot that was about 3 or 4 spots away from where he was 'parked' and he didn't have a turn singnal on. I back out of the spot and pull around just in time for the jerk to get out of his car and stare me down. I kind of put my arms in the air like, what? because I truly had no idea why he was staring at me - I didn't take his spot, I moved like he wanted me to. He starts yelling at me and I stuck my head out the window and in a very polite tone of voice, I said that I didn't know he was taking that spot. Whether or not he heard me or not isn't the point. He was just rude.

My sister (she was with me) and I went into the AT&T store to upgrade our phones...a few minutes later, he comes in and stand directly behind me. I just ignored him and continued to 'figure' out my phone. He finally left, but I just can't believe that he came into the store and didn't look at a single product except to come and try to cause a problem with me.

People are crazy and people are rude.

OP, so about that...it really stinks.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I confess I kinda-sorta did this over the weekend.

We went to Balboa to go whale-watching and to dine out for my mom's birthday. The restaurant's valet was full, the public parking lots were full, and my sister drove around for over an hour (with my cranky gout-stressed mother in her car). We were in another car and drove around for about a half-hour and no parking could be found.

I told my sister (via cell phone via my passenger husband) to take the ferry to Balboa Island to find parking. I was four cars behind her and on another ferry. I found TWO parallel parking spaces next to each other on the island right away so I used my car to block them both. One guy came by, but honestly, I explained that my mother was gimpy and I apologized. He was really nice about it. My sister quickly found us and that was that. I held the spot for the amount of time it took to drive one block.

I still feel bad, thus the confession.

 

[DisneyLoverUSA]

There's no way I would have let a person standing in a parking space stop me from parking there. I would have pulled up right on her and started honking my horn until she moved. Even if it caught the attention of an employee inside and someone came out they would never tell her it was OK to block a spot for someone. Fortunately that's never happened to me.

 

[coolbeans]

i actually saw someone do this while we were at myrtle beach recently. a lady was patiently waiting on a car to leave that was loading kids, she had her turn signal on and everything. it just so happened that the car was pulled into a spot that had a grass median at the front... as the car backed out of the spot a suv jumped the curb and pulled right into the spot. i almost flipped!! the patient lady blew her horn and the suv man just laughed... i wanted to hide, i felt bad for her.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

That was a pretty common thing where we lived on Long Island (holding spots). It was the norm, not considered rude at all. Maybe this person is from a place like that? If businesses were required to provide adequate parking for their patrons,this sort of thing wouldn't be necessary.

 

[GeorgeG]

Well, I'm thinking we've become so "civilized" that people just assume they can get away with being rude and arrogant without consequence, and the laws do protect the arrogant. I have a Disney t-shirt with an angry Donald Duck that says, "I flunked my anger management class." For some reason, people seem nicer to me when I wear that shirt.

 

[*JoGo*]

The problem with pulling into the spot anyway and forcing the person out is that you never know what they will do to your car. So, unfortunately, it's often better to move on than deal with a keyed car and no way to track down the person that did it.

 

[can84]

That's so rude!

That was a pretty common thing where we lived on Long Island (holding spots). It was the norm, not considered rude at all. Maybe this person is from a place like that? If businesses were required to provide adequate parking for their patrons,this sort of thing wouldn't be necessary.

What part of LI? I've lived here almost my entire life and I've never seen anyone do this double park, yes but not hold a spot.

 

[disneychic2]

I had a similar incident happen to me a few weeks ago. I was trying to find a spot in a packed parking lot. I turned the corner and there was this large SUV parked against the curb...I basically thought 'are you kidding me' because it made it so much harder for anybody to turn into the row. The windows were tinted so I figured there was nobody in the car.

There was a spot opening so I waited for the woman to back out...I started to pull in and the parked SUV laid on it's horn at me. Here, he was waiting for this spot that was about 3 or 4 spots away from where he was 'parked' and he didn't have a turn singnal on. I back out of the spot and pull around just in time for the jerk to get out of his car and stare me down. I kind of put my arms in the air like, what? because I truly had no idea why he was staring at me - I didn't take his spot, I moved like he wanted me to. He starts yelling at me and I stuck my head out the window and in a very polite tone of voice, I said that I didn't know he was taking that spot. Whether or not he heard me or not isn't the point. He was just rude.

My sister (she was with me) and I went into the AT&T store to upgrade our phones...a few minutes later, he comes in and stand directly behind me. I just ignored him and continued to 'figure' out my phone. He finally left, but I just can't believe that he came into the store and didn't look at a single product except to come and try to cause a problem with me.

People are crazy and people are rude.

OP, so about that...it really stinks.

Man, that is just scarry!! What a jerk! Sorry that happened to you.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

...What part of LI? I've lived here almost my entire life and I've never seen anyone do this double park, yes but not hold a spot.

I lived in Babylon and Amityville most of the time, but this happened everywhere. I saw it all the time in "downtown" areas, like on Deer Park Ave in Babylon Village. It was also common at Christmas time in the malls. Basically, everywhere that there was a parking shortage, I saw it - including NYC. I noticed it because it wasn't necessary where I grew up (Alabama) - we had no parking shortage. I thought it strange, but accepted it as the norm in those areas.

We drove around in circles looking for spots - that is what most people did - but I can't imagine how many times I saw a car door open and a passenger run to hold a spot while the driver brought the car around. Heck, I have even seen it in really bad weather.

 

[DWGal210]

How rude! I would of done a "TOWANDA!"

I love it!!

 

[krcit]

That's so rude!



What part of LI? I've lived here almost my entire life and I've never seen anyone do this double park, yes but not hold a spot.

I've never seen it either and I've lived here my whole life.

 

[furb & dez]

I went out to dinner with my mom and my two sons. The restaurant parking lot was super crowded so I dropped my mom at the door and went to find a space. Luckily there was a prime spot available in the front row, so I started to pull in and saw a woman standing in the middle of it chatting on her cell phone. I waited a second for her to move and she waved me off...she was "holding" the space for someone!!!

I ended up circling for ten minutes until I found a space way in the back. I trudged up schlepping my two toddlers and a diaper bag only to see her husband pull in in his nice little convertible and hop out over the side.

What entitled jerks! I can not believe someone would think it is acceptable to hold a spot for over ten minutes, forcing a young family to park on the other side of the lot. When did we get to the point where this kind of selfish behavior is ok?

While the lady is obviously a selfish tool, why is the fact that you have two children relevant at all?

 

[Jessica527]

I guess that is just the norm in our area?

 

[alizesmom]

I wouldn't do it but what is the difference between this and using your coat etc to hold seats in a theatre or someplace similar? Why is the woman with the healthy husband acting entitled but you aren't? She found it first. I really get tired of hearing all of the poor me stuff. Walking a bit further never hurt anyone even toting toddlers and a diaper bag. Would you have given up the spot if the car behind you had two eldery people in it? And for what it's worth I live with this all of the time as people take up handicapped parking by using someone else's card or just because. I just park where I can and then take my kids in wheelchairs with all sorts of equipment to my destination. You know something? It's not worth getting upset about it.