A**hole Parking - Revenge on those who take up two spaces with their fancy wheels

[flamingdem]

.. just a little chalk

[madaboutharry]

1. Some people are very selfish.

[flamingdem]

2. .. so true. Chances are these narcissists don't carry weapons

but that would be the downside with this chalk technique!!

[sharp_stick]

3. A long time ago

I always enjoyed parking right up next to them with my '73 GMC 3/4 ton.

[BobbyBoring]

15. Yeah!

And banging the door in to them!

[sharp_stick]

33. Oh no, I'd never even touch them

I'd make damn sure that I didn't so much as rub dust on the car. Piss them off to no end just by watching them try to get out without scratching the pretty little things.

[happyslug]

41. If I still had my 1982 GMC 3/4 ton truck, I being doing the same.

Never touch them, but leave them see what a REAL HAULING VEHICLE Looks like, At stop lights pull my truck right up to them (again NOT touching them) and make sure all they see is grill and headlights (I refuse to tail gate, the stopping distance of 3/4 ton trucks are NOT that great).

[AnotherMcIntosh]

4. Too funny.

I hope that he had his girlfriend with him.

[demosincebirth]

5. some people do that and their car get keyed from front to back

[jrs99]

70. Someone got killed for that.

Totally. I once saw someone get stabbed and killed for doing that. But the surveillance video showed that the driver had no choice. The other cars all parked a little bit over the line, and that was the only spot left. he squeezed in.

This other time, some guy got shot (but survived) for doing that. He said there were over 10,000 parking lots and there were only two cars in the entire parking lot and he was in a rush so he just parked there. The guy in the other car just shot him, but luckily he survived.

[gopiscrap]

71. welcome to DU

[demosincebirth]

72. Geez, you must live in a combat zone. nt

[newfie11]

6. Lol. Nt

[frylock]

7. really? this dick thinks a 370-zed is worthy of taking up two spaces?!

keys are equally as effective. your mileage may vary.

[flamingdem]

10. That car is perfect example of ego overinflation!

And RED to make sure everyone notices .. including the police.

[frylock]

11. untinted windows too i'm sure so that everyone can observe them in their super-awesome Z!

[BlueToTheBone]

67. The chalk revenge is far greater than the key revenge.

Pointing out someone is an asshole is not the same thing as damaging. Different levels of karma.

[JoePhilly]

8. Last night I saw a pickup truck parked EXACTLY the same way.

Now I wish I had some chalk at the time.

[Riftaxe]

9. Where were the other cars located

when he parked?

Reminds me of the assholes who key cars in the handicapped spot because there is no tag dangling from the rear view mirror, but are to fucking lazy to look at the license plate with the little wheel chair logo on it.

[rhett o rick]

12. Yeah, like cars on both sides were over the line.

Rationalization is the key to happiness.

[Riftaxe]

58. Well some prefer idiotic assumptions

such as the chalk bandit for instance, among others.

[rhett o rick]

60. Actually the whole thing is a set up for the internetz. nm

[Ilsa]

14. Exactly. So what if he took two spots if

He was the only one within 20 yards of the spot. Maybe they want to enjoy the fresh paintjob on the new car for awhile before it's dented by a shopping cart or other car door.

A friend's car had its wiper blades destroyed when she had foot surgery. She was seen exiting her vehicle, parked in handicap, wearing her special boot, but her pants covered it. She had a temporary handicap placard.

[tblue]

30. Yeah. This is ugly and unnecessary.

I don't look at that and think, 'asshole.' I think, 'That driver is super protective of this car.' That's all. I don't know his story. Maybe it's not his car. Maybe it's his inlaws'. Maybe he barely was able to afford it and saved his money for years to buy it. Just leave a damn note on the car if you've got something to say to the driver. And go do something worthwhile. Why make yourself the asshole and the driver the victim? That's just tacky and childish.

[bvar22]

13. If someone wants to park their special baby ...

...Waaaay Out on the edge of a large parking lot, where nobody else is parking,
and take up extra space or park sideways,
and walk their special ass ALL the way across an uncrowded lot,
then I have no problem with it.

When the above is done in a crowded lot,
and denies someone else a parking space,
then they deserve what they get.

Many people LOVE their cars, and thats OK.
I love the old classics,
and would hate to see an old beauty messed up with door dings and parking lot Oopsies.
If I owned one, I would never park it in a crowded Parking Lot.

My personal philosophy in Car Ownership:
*Never, EVER buy a NEW Car.

*If you are worried about keeping your Paint Job looking Brand New,
go out today and side swipe a tree along both sides,
and then stop worrying about your Paint Job.

[NewJeffCT]

17. agree

If the parking lot is not crowded and they park at the far end of the lot, I have no problem with taking up two spaces or parking sideways. Otherwise, you're an ass.

[rhett o rick]

47. But if you are way out in an uncrowded area, you dont need two spots. nm

[Whoopdedoo]

43. Ha!

You just reminded me of my dad. He bought a new pair of shoes and promptly scuffed one on the nose. I asked him why he did that and he said "Now I don't have to worry about being careful not to get them scuffed." The logic never left me on that idea.

[tenormadness1]

16. For a piece of shit Datsun?

Really?

[matt819]

18. It is a pretty nice car, though

The joke would be, of course, if the next person to park had a small car and squeezed into the space on the left and still stayed within the lines.

[RC]

55. I have observed motorcyclist do that to a car.

Nice road machines on both sides. Those car doors weren't opening for a while.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

66. There's a solution for that too.

It involves the heel of a boot and a bike over on its side.

[MotherPetrie]

19. The real assholes are the people who thoughtlessly shove open their huge SUV doors right into

YOUR car and ding it up before it is a day old!

Unless there were only two parking places left in the lot when this guy parked there, I don't consider him an asshole at all. He's not taking a thing away from anyone.

[Niceguy1]

48. are suv doors worse

Than regular ones?

[MotherPetrie]

56. Yes, because I hate SUV's

[fitman]

57. Suv's

Came out of the Post Office one day to find one parked 8 inches from my car door. had to climb in the passenger side and work my way over..hard to do with bucket seats and small car.


When I get a new car if I don't want someone dinging my door I park way out in the open and walk. 3 months later when the newness wears off i don't give a shit.

[robbob]

20. Often late at night

...on the Plateau in Montreal I'll spend 10 minutes or more trying to find parking. I will see 3-4 cars parked with MASSIVE amounts of room in front and behind where they have parked but not enough room to squeeze my vehicle in. I get angry, thinking that if those 3-4 drivers had just moved forward to a reasonable distance from the car in front of them there would be room for 1, maybe even 2 more cars to park.

...then I realize that, over the course of the day cars have come and gone, little cars, big trucks, who knows what the street might have looked like hours earlier, and who knows if these drivers, who's parking job look very selfish as I'm walking by might have been squeezed into a perfect fit hours earlier.

Of course, that really doesn't explain the ass above...

[TrollBuster9090]

21. I guess he was worried that his $200 000 penis extension would get SCRATCHED?

That's hilarious.

Okay,now contrast the mindset of somebody who'd own a car like that, to somebody who'd own a car like THIS...

One car: Two spaces
Two cars: One space

[happyslug]

45. Looks like a Dealer, and he should get at least five tickets

The reason is the first five SMART cars are on, what looks to be a Pedestrian walk lane. Yes Smart cars do NOT take up that much room, but that does NOT give them the right to park over a lane reserved for Pedestrians (i.e. it is like parking on a sidewalk).

Sample of other Pedestrian lanes:



https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUW_oVF6yg-LRmPgX6DfSMsM8Btz53IKgKfI0CPc7L-q52iWI7


https://www.google.com/search?q=pedestrian+lane+signs&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS529US529&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=N72nUcPZFcLM0AH5pYDwCw&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=673

[TrollBuster9090]

62. Okay, then how about THIS one?

One car: Two spots
vs
One spot: Four cars

[TrollBuster9090]

63. As opposed to THIS

[happyslug]

64. Parking for Eight vs Parking for 12 to 14, maybe even 16? I have to go with the pickup

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Each Smart car can only have two people, the driver and a passenger, Thus the four Smart cars can fit only eight people. The Dodge Ram, can bit three in its front seat, Two to three in its rear seat and Six to eight (Sometimes ten) people in its bed (It is NOT illegal for adults or even teenagers to ride in the bed of the pickup, many states require anyone under age 12 to have a seat belt, but no seat belt is required for adults riding in the bed of a pickup).

Sorry the SMART car still loses, if ALL the vehicles are used to their maximum passenger level.

Just try to do with with a SMART car:


If you want to go to a slightly larger truck, here is a story of two trucks that between then had 513 people on them (try to do THAT with a SMART car):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388125/Police-513-migrants-stuffed-2-trucks-starting-18-hour-dash-US-border.html

[defacto7]

22. It's a perfect reaction.

because there's no reason not to park in a designated parking spot in case the situation changes while the driver is away. There's no reason to park between spots except to make a point or they have low driving skills. It is a reflection of the drivers personality either way... you have respect for people, or you think you're entitled.

[aggiesal]

23. I have no problem with drivers parking like this . . .

If they are in the back of an empty lot.

Otherwise I think I'll start carrying some chalk.

Great idea. Thanks!

[Auggie]

29. I don't either. My car has been dinged several times,

even though it's a sub-compact.

[markiv]

42. door slobs get to me too

more than once, I've looked at the arc of the car's door next to me to see if it made a ding

it does tick me off when someone parks super close to you when there's no need for it

i always pass on a tight spot, will walk further for a better spot, and center it

hate cart slobs too, people who leave their cars in the lot instead of taking them to carrals, espeacially on windy days - gotta e a real lazy slob to do that

[SheilaT]

24. I have never keyed a car for taking up two spaces, but I've often been tempted.

Trust me. Your car is no more precious to you than mine is to me.

[tblue]

26. Don't do it. Cameras are everywhere.

I can see leaving a note, but don't damage someone else's property unless you don't mind getting caught.

[Ready4Change]

25. What does the value of his car have to do with anything?

You've no idea what his finances are like. Hundred thousand dollar super car or $500 jalopy, a person can love their car and not want it to be harmed by other, more careless owners. Pointing out the dollar value betrays class envy, which to me is just as ridiculous as class superiority.

I used to drive a cute little, but rusty as all get out, sports cars. It was worth far less than a basic family sedan of that time. However, people were always screwing with it, no matter where I parked it. I'd find trash in it, notes under the windshield telling me what a pretentious snob I must be for driving such a car. I got keyed. I never used two spaces to park, even when parking in the boonies. Yet still, on many occasions, I'd find a car parked in close on my drivers door, because some jack off thought that was such a hoot. Pickup trucks loved tailgating that car and yelling obscentities. I could go on.

And that car was JUNK. But it looked neat, so it became a target for small minded people who felt it was their right and duty to mess with it, and me.

Park like a normal human being, then mind your own damn business.

About the picture above? Too many cars around for this to be in the boonies, therefore not a spot for double parking. Chalk outline? Fine, non-harmful, sends the right message. Good by me.

[markiv]

36. that's really bazzarre, what kind of car was it?

and where were you, if you dont mind telling - sounds like you got way out of line treatment

[zipplewrath]

27. Love it but...

I could be a little worried that he just parked between two poorly parked vehices and didn't really notice the yellow line. I parallel parked once between two small cars, left significant room between both. When I came back, some honkin' SUV had parked behind me and left the impression that I had back right up to his bumper.

[klyon]

28. news flash people are assholes

really? really.

[rdharma]

34. Why are there so many a-holes?

One possible explanation.......

[Salviati]

40. Of course, the assholes unscrewed the lid from the inside...

...because they're a bunch of assholes...

[Just Saying]

51. I love this comic so much!

I have a theory that any group contains a certain percentage of assholes and we all just have to deal with them.

I have no problem with the chalk outline but there's no reason to damage someone's property. Don't let that asshole make you the asshole!

[markiv]

31. i'd like to park an old beater pickup 3 inches from his door nt

[louis-t]

32. A guy I grew up with bought a brand new '75 Firebird.

He used to park diagonally and actually took up 3 spaces. One day we came out of the Big Boy and his car had a huge crease all the way down the driver's side. You have NEVER seen anyone so mad....

[markiv]

38. i've always thought of double spaces as 'trans-am' parking

since it was usually trans ams parking that way

as someone who once owned the firebird's twin of that era, the camaro, i can tell you that they are perhaps one of the most impractical cars ever made, actually quite large, with less interior space than a vega, espeacially in back, with that tailbone killer middle space in the back

and the front seats sat so low that your legs were almost straight out, which got uncomfortable in a ride over 2 1/2 hours

[louis-t]

54. Actually, I think it was a Trans Am.

I seem to remember the eagle on the hood and the spoiler. It was only 38 years ago, so...

[reflection]

35. Love it.

Gets the point across without resorting to vandalism or putting crappy notes under the windshield.

[sybylla]

37. Guilty as charged.

Except I take up two spaces not because I have a fancy car I'm protecting, but I have a baby and other things I need to get out of the back seat of my pick-up, which has back doors that open like suicide doors. That means in the dinky parking spots in most parking lots, I cannot get into my back seat, nor get things in or out of them when vehicles park close to me. If I don't have the baby, I park in no-man's-land so it doesn't bother anyone. But, when I have the baby, I take two spots at a more reasonable distance to the door.

Just understand, for some of us it's not about being assholes.

[TRoN33]

39. I've see four times and never forget all of them...

94' Impala SS, Porsche (I'm certain this one to be in 90'-95' 928 model), Ford Raptor SVT, and famous car for the douchebag, the 80's Ferrari.

Airheads!

[greiner3]

44. I'll bet;

My old Chevette would just about fit on the driver's side space.

If not, I'll bet I'd have a lot of fun trying!

[DesertFlower]

46. if he did that in new york he'd come out to

find a flat tire.

[Historic NY]

49. I'm the guy that parks in the south 40......

to avoid other cars but for some reason the further away I park some one alway parks next to me....I did that in Va. and someone hit my fender. I found they actually hit rim on my truck enough so it wore out the tires on the right. Its expensive lesson even if you park to avoid cars 4 tires and the frame shop was over 700.....I would have normally not replaced them for another 1 1/2 yrs and 20k.

[knixphan]

50. Valid

and also, #cardio helps take away the aggression, etc.

[Tace]

52. I Pulled Into A Dunkin Donuts Lot Several Weeks Ago...

I pulled into a crowded Dunkin Donuts lot several weeks ago in New Hampshire where nobody was paying any attention to the painted lines.

I worked on my laptop inside for about an hour and came out to find my pickup truck parked just about like the vehicle in the OP.

It crossed my mind that people might think I was an asshole.

This thread has proven without a doubt that there are a lot of people who are very quick to judge a situation that they don't know anything about.

I'm considering how much respect I owe such people.

--Tace

[Bay Boy]

53. Now let's talk about...

...using lawn chairs to reserve our streetside parking spots in the winter.

[harun]

68. You don't want to go there.

From an East Coaster.

[Bay Boy]

69. I don't think it was at DU

but I've read some interesting threads about that situation. People get heated enough that they could melt snow.

[benld74]

59. I keep business sized cards in my vehicle and when I see BAD parking, I slip one under

the wiper blade,

They have Micky Mouse flipping the bird and the caption beneath it stating:

If you F*ck
they way you park
You'll NEVER
get it in!!!!

[DeSwiss]

61. Obviously needs the extra space.....

...for his ego.

- K&R

[flamingdem]

65. True, it's flowing out on either side and could drown

an innocent bystander!