There is something I have never understood…parking lots. By definition,
they are a place to park cars. If only it were that simple. It seems
like people enter parking lots in their cars and totally forget the rules of the
road. They speed down the lanes and risk accidents in order to secure a
parking spot 4 places closer to the door of the retail establishment. Stop
signs are treated as suggestions. And what is with the angled lines
in the parking slots. Nothing is more frustrating than looking for a spot
at a busy mall only to find it is in a lane going the other way. Then you
have to drive around and try to claim it before someone else does. Some
people turn it into a race. It’s just a parking spot.
Why can’t all the lines be straight like they used to be, anyway? Wasn’t
that a happier time? You could come from the left or you could come from
the right. Either way you came, you could pull into the spot. That
brings up the next problem: people who either do not know how to park or simply
do not care. Take for example, the person with the shiny car or truck who
parks in the middle of two spots. What that person is saying is, “Hey, my
vehicle is so precious that I am willing to waste space in order for no one to
touch it.” Don’t you just hope a bird leaves a big fat dropping on
the windshield of that vehicle? I can’t be the only one to think
this. When did parking become so difficult? One person can’t stay in
the lines so everyone else must park at the edge of their spot on down the
row. Once you make it into your slot, there always seems to be a bumper
hanging in your area or worse, the dreaded trailer hitch sticking out a foot and
a half from their truck. When you pull in, you can’t see it any more over
your own hood. So all you can do is pull in the least amount possible and
pray that hunk of metal doesn’t go through your grill. I’m surprised
more accidents between cars and people don’t happen. People in parking
lots act oblivious to the danger around them. They walk out in front of
you and just expect that you will see them. Well, what if you are
searching for a parking spot and you don’t see them? These pedestrians act
like they are unable to be harmed. News flash: If a car and a person
collide, the car always wins. Then you try to leave and your reverse
lights are on. The same people walk behind your car like cattle wandering
in a meadow. Can they not see the lights? A driver can’t see the
person until they are in the rearview mirror and by then it could be too
late. It makes you want to get back on the open road where there is at
least the semblance of order.
they are a place to park cars. If only it were that simple. It seems
like people enter parking lots in their cars and totally forget the rules of the
road. They speed down the lanes and risk accidents in order to secure a
parking spot 4 places closer to the door of the retail establishment. Stop
signs are treated as suggestions. And what is with the angled lines
in the parking slots. Nothing is more frustrating than looking for a spot
at a busy mall only to find it is in a lane going the other way. Then you
have to drive around and try to claim it before someone else does. Some
people turn it into a race. It’s just a parking spot.
Why can’t all the lines be straight like they used to be, anyway? Wasn’t
that a happier time? You could come from the left or you could come from
the right. Either way you came, you could pull into the spot. That
brings up the next problem: people who either do not know how to park or simply
do not care. Take for example, the person with the shiny car or truck who
parks in the middle of two spots. What that person is saying is, “Hey, my
vehicle is so precious that I am willing to waste space in order for no one to
touch it.” Don’t you just hope a bird leaves a big fat dropping on
the windshield of that vehicle? I can’t be the only one to think
this. When did parking become so difficult? One person can’t stay in
the lines so everyone else must park at the edge of their spot on down the
row. Once you make it into your slot, there always seems to be a bumper
hanging in your area or worse, the dreaded trailer hitch sticking out a foot and
a half from their truck. When you pull in, you can’t see it any more over
your own hood. So all you can do is pull in the least amount possible and
pray that hunk of metal doesn’t go through your grill. I’m surprised
more accidents between cars and people don’t happen. People in parking
lots act oblivious to the danger around them. They walk out in front of
you and just expect that you will see them. Well, what if you are
searching for a parking spot and you don’t see them? These pedestrians act
like they are unable to be harmed. News flash: If a car and a person
collide, the car always wins. Then you try to leave and your reverse
lights are on. The same people walk behind your car like cattle wandering
in a meadow. Can they not see the lights? A driver can’t see the
person until they are in the rearview mirror and by then it could be too
late. It makes you want to get back on the open road where there is at
least the semblance of order.
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