Car parking for the selfish
02-September-2010
*
* Your Gripe Gripe List Quick Gripe Comments Gripe Poll Resources Contact Us Advertise Home *
* prev
next *
 

Car parking for the selfish

Your Ad Here Post a comment Post a comment 
Related Gripes Related Gripes 
Random Gripe Random Gripe 
Feedburner Gripes by email 
 
 

I work at a site in an industrial area of one of the UK’s new cities.  As the only way to get there is to drive, the company has provided a fairly large car park with lots of spaces for employees.  I still can’t understand why some people have to park in such a selfish manner though.

A car parked okay, and in the bay where it should be

I’m sure everybody has seen examples of the sort of thing I am talking about.  Some people are either really bad at parking or don’t care about others who use the same car park.  We have to hunt around to find another space because these idiots are occupying two, sprawled across both bays like they own the place.  Some even park in the disabled spaces, which is a complete disgrace because we have many visitors to the site, some of which I am sure would need to make use of these spaces.  But no, as far as these selfish people are concerned they got there first and they’ll park wherever they like.

Several times this week I’ve seen this blue BMW parked across two bays instead of parked correctly in a single bay between the white lines.  What gives?  Are they blind or is it the typical BMW drivers ‘I don’t care’ attitude?  There’s no excuse for bad parking, especially as parking in a bay just happens to be part of the driving test!

I have another complaint about the parking habits of some people.  When you’re in a busy car park, for example a supermarket.  You drive round and round looking for a space and you finally spot one.  So you indicate and prepare to manoeuvre into the space, meanwhile some git just nips in there and steals it even though you were first to find it.  Honestly, it’s no wonder that road rage is becoming more and more common. People out there just don’t have any real common decency any more.

www.crap-parking.co.uk - Have you seen any really poor examples of car parrking?  Send in your pictures to crap-parking.co.uk.


Other Related Gripes

Car parked outside my house by selfish neighbour
NCP pay by phone and season tickets
Not enough disabled parking spaces
Neighbour parking in front of my house
Cars that park too close to mine
Parking problems outside my house
Park and Ride bus drivers are spiteful
Idiots who drive on your side of the road
We buy large vehicles for a reason
Parking spot tantrums at work
Nice cars go to the wrong people
We've got idiots on the road
Ticket machines that don't give change
Parking on the pavement
Elderly lady gets a parking ticket
Residents only parking is theft
Dangerous driving on a narrow road
Shopping trolley left in the car park
Stupid things people do at the airport
Car mechanics and used car dealerships
Slow drivers are dangerous too
Car service at your own risk
M25 traffic and the lack of information
School run parents with their 4x4
Car damage caused by potholes
Traffic calming measures





Visitor Comments

Please read this before you post

Enter your comments in the space below

Name or nickname


Remember my name



 
I've parked across the back of a car that dove into a space I was waiting for. When I got out and told the male driver I had waited for 5 minutes for the space, both he and his wife said "tough", smiled and walked off.

They didn't look happy when I returned. "What the effing hell you playing at you ............., I've been waiting for ages to leave". "Tough". Smile happily.
*Chris.  31-May-2010 17:26

 
A common trick at a 'works' car park is to park across 2 bays, a bit later the offenders buddy drives up gets out of his/her car goes to the offending car and finds the offenders keys under the wheel arch or another hidden place. He/she then parks the offending car normally and in the now vacant space parks their own car. Nice way of saving a space for your mates.....So next time you see a car parked across 2 bays, check out the rear wheel arches, find the keys move the car (preferably on the double yellows out side the car park) and put your own car in the vacant space, being very careful to return the offenders keys to whence they came.
*Rider of the Apocalypse  22-Apr-2010 11:02

 
"You drive round and round looking for a space and you finally spot one. So you indicate and prepare to manoeuvre into the space, meanwhile some git just nips in there and steals it even though you were first to find it. Honestly, it’s no wonder that road rage is becoming more and more common."

The 'git' is one of those people that is aware that most other people abide by understood 'social' rules, and in knowing that they take advantage and do as they want. Most gripes are about such people.
*Joanne  15-Apr-2010 13:53

 
I hear shopping trolleys are better than keys, especially weighted full ones, with lots of sharp edges. And if I ever find out who the b'stard was that used it on my car I will remove their entrails very slowly whilst cooking their toes over a charcoal barbeque....Grrrrrrrrgh! and I was parked legitimately with an equal distance between both white lines.....
*Rider of the Apocalypse  15-Apr-2010 10:06

 
My main irritation is the selfish car driver who deliberately takes up two parking spaces at the supermarket ( to protect his / her flash Mercedes / Land Rover / Subaru / BMW / Porche / Etc: car from dents and scratches ? ) while everyone else is hunting for a space . I love my car and keep it prestine but I only take ONE space.
I am often tempted to use my key for more than opening my car door !
*Copper 3T  13-Apr-2010 23:14

 
Walking along the pavement this morning only to find it completely blocked by a big white van. No space between it and the wall so had to walk in the road. Again. The van was still there 3 hours later so you can imagine how many people ended up in the road. If one of us had got hit by a car - would the owner of the van really care? I doubt it somehow or they wouldn't park there in the first place.
*Irate pedestrian  09-Feb-2010 19:12

 
If only it were as simple as the type of car we could make all BMW drivers take an additional test, as part of the purchase conditions. Unfortunately, it's just down to ignorance. Some people seem to live in a forward looking bubble. They don't seem to see, or care about, what is happening around them. This attitude can be witnessed in all areas of British life. The driver who squeezes into the end space on a road, with no thought to how the car in front will get out, is probably the one who sat in front of me on a plane, last week. He fully reclined his seat into my lap and then had to stretch forward to eat his food!
*Skytriker  31-Jan-2010 11:28

 
Just an interesting note about BMW drivers.
A friend of mine was the sales manager in a large BMW dealer in the 70's. Strangely, he drove a company Ford from his groups other francise. Why do you not use a BMW? says I, well, says he, I don't want to be thought of as the kind of person that drives a BMW!
He did not say it as a joke, he was serious!
*Osmodia  28-Oct-2009 21:35

 
Re disabled parking spaces; is there a recommended percentage of spaces in any car park to be designated disabled?
I would love to know as there is a garden centre / farm shop near me which seems to have far too many! If you go there when it's really busy, summer (I wish) or just before Christmas the car park can be packed, except for three quarters of the disabled spaces being empty. This to my mind is proof that there are far too many.
Hopeful shoppers are left with the choice of parking in a disabled space or going away & spending their money elsewhere!
*grumpyoldwoman  11-Sep-2008 09:37

 
In my experience the most dangerous drivers are tarted up chavs and chavettes in hotted up Renault Clitos with whip aerials, chrome exhaust pipes, and loads of other crap hanging off them. These are invariably the ones tailgating, lane changing, or belting past on the motorways at 95 mph in the rain.

Most people who drive quality cars tend to do so responsibly. Urban 4x4's are probably the exception, generally they are arrogant idiots with a complex.
*MikeP  11-Jul-2008 08:01

 
Who causes road rage?
1 Arrogant drivers of Mercedes, BMW, Audi and VW cars - note the pecking order.
2 4x4s who won't move over onto the verge on a tight road.
3 Those who overtake you in a low speed area.
4 Idiots who sit in the middle lane of the motorway.
5 Queue jumpers - again usually BMW.
6 Tailgaiters, from white van man to the blacked out Corsa.
7 Chavs who leisurely swagger across the road in front of you.
8 The oblivious lane changer.
9 The woman on double yellow lines - see no 1.
*Nigel Clark, Lincoln  11-Jul-2008 00:04

 
Have you not noticed that often folks that drive fancy cars like BMW, Mercs and 4X4's just don't care and ignore everyone and just pull out any time and give no thought or care to other drivers or any one on the road. Why?
*Short & Sweet, Middlesex  11-Jul-2008 00:02


View more comments on this gripe


 
*   *
* © 2000-2009 The Weekly Gripe. All rights reserved. Please see our privacy policy and disclaimer.   Site Map *