Parking Lot Pet Peeves

Here comes another rant. Nothing complicated today, just venting.

When I left work today, I walked to the parking lot to find a giant rusty truck parked next to my Jeep. Normally, this is no big deal, as everyone knows my Jeep is special looking itself. However, this truck decided to park extremely close to the driver's side of my Jeep. And by close I mean there was no way I was possibly going to be able to get inside. It was amazing he did not take off my sideview mirror. Literally, there may have been an inch between my mirror and the truck.

So I stared at it for a moment, contemplating my options: become super skinny and slink in the door, be spiteful and beat the truck to hell with my door, or climb in the passenger side and crawl over to my seat. Unfortunately sense took over and a climbed in the passenger side. It was dicey to even pull out of the parking spot without scraping the truck. Really??

I understand we get in a hurry, but seriously people, common sense is a virtue. Why are people so rude? And some days it just seems worse in a parking lot. People park too closely, park too crooked in the space, etc. But it can be even more than that: Look before you back out. If you are walking across the lot, think about the fact that between you and my Jeep, my Jeep will win. Do not act like you do not see a giant black mass rolling toward you. (Really, I may run over a student one day.) If you have a small car, and you know who you are, park so people can see you and not think there is a spot. If backing into a space is clearly more complicated than parking, or clearly more complicated than you can handle in the first place, do not do it. If you pull through a space to leave, pay attention.

And one of my biggest aggravations: do NOT leave your shopping cart in a parking space, or in the lot at all. They put those little cart corral things there for a reason. It will not kill you nor take that much of your precious time to walk the cart to one or even back to at least the storefront. Even in a median is better than nothing. I am pretty sure that most people who do it would be the first to be upset that their car was dented by a rouge cart. I do not even care about that (seriously, if you know my Jeep...it is special...). Just stop being so lazy!

Okay. I am done. Thanks.