You probably don't deal with a couple thousand strangers a day.

Another "Didsly or not" that just happened.

How long do you think it's acceptable to wait for a parking spot (there are plenty of spots in the mall available, but all maybe 30 feet away from the entrance) when somebody is waiting behind you?

'Cause I strongly believe that the answer is "you don't wait, somebody is behind you, you give up the space you're creeping on and move". The lady in front of me felt the need to get out of her van and act like I was a crazy person after I nicely honked once, and then leaned hard maybe 5-10 seconds later. (I just told her "you don't get to just block traffic, find another spot", which she was about to do until the person she was waiting on actually pulled out and ruined it).

I really hate spot creeping, to the point where if I know somebody is waiting for me to pull out, I'll just camp until they move sometimes.

No, it's really not. There's nothing at all weird about not wanting strangers in your personal space. You're probably better off for not having that aversion, but it's awfully normal. It's one of the ways our brains are programed to avoid danger.

there's nothing wrong with waiting for a spot as long as you're not blocking the lane. how could you not go around?

No room- the lanes in the mall just aren't wide enough even if she wasn't right in the middle. Obv I'd just go around if I could- but in this spot I just had to wait.

How far out does your personal space go? Mine pretty much ends at the table I'm at. That restaurant looks like they have the tables pretty close though, so there's that.

The closer the spot is to the front of the venue the longer I'll wait for someone to get out of it. Waiting is part of life in a parking lot so I don't worry about the people behind me too much.

BUBBLE!

**** that. Your lazy ass can walk. Just ****ing selfish bull****. The only people that need to park close have spots reserved for their gimp asses.

Speaking of impatient people, this morning some jerk made a right at a red light, went across the 4 lanes and took a right, cutting me off and went speeding away. Playing frogger with regular speed traffic. Don't be that guy.

Yeah- usually I'd say a table would be reasonable, but that place is just nutty (although it makes sense, lots of single lunch folks) with that setup.

Deep breathes, like with weed but let out the hatred.

how are the lanes not wide enough to fit 2 cars side by side? are they one way? if she was in the middle then yeah clearly she's an *******. but come on, how can 2 cars not fit?

I obviously don't agree with Dids on this, but in Denver they have malls that don't have lanes wide enough for two cars to pass.

When I was an angrier man one of the things I would do was get to the mall early on a Christmas shopping weekend and nab a prime spot. When the mall opened I would then make a purchase and walk out to my car. As the spot creepers swarmed I would place my purchase in the trunk and then head back into the mall. Lololololol repeat allllllllllll day, son.

I was just parallel parking. Tight spot so I had to maneuver a bit. Backed up, pulled forward a bit, and then as I start backing up again a ****ing pedestrian walks out behind me and stands a couple of feet away from my bumper while he's waiting for a break in traffic so he can jaywalk. 90% of people over 65 don't even see him and run into him. I wish I'd been over 65.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=north...en&sa=N&tab=wl

If you follow that link, it's the lane heading towards the Chipotle. she was waiting on the spot the yellow car is in. I think it looks wider than it even is, because there were a bunch of larger SUV sticking out and shrinking the lane.

The mall is alternating one way lanes.

We sure are a well adjusted bunch

lolDids,



In this case, your brother is everyone that is not you. That lady was right to suspect you might be crazy. Non-crazy people don't mind waiting a couple of minutes in the situation you described.

Dids is a wonderful combination of overly conscious and neurotic. I dislike in him what I dislike most about myself.

I can't stand AsianDids either.

That joke didn't really work and could have used some chingchong in there but whateva.

wow.. very similar thing happened to me this past weekend. i had pulled over in a busy area to pick up some people. i was right on a corner and had to pull up close to the car in front of me so i wouldn't be blocking the side street. anyway i pick up the people and we are about to leave. i'm driving a honda cr-v. i put it in reverse to back up and pull away and i turn around to look behind me for cars. the coast looks clear and i'm ready to go but then i see a little tiny sliver of something in the bottom of the back window. i'm like wtf? then she stands up. a moron with a bicycle was bent over doing something or other directly behind the car, completely out of sight. no way to see her with mirrors or through the back window. just pure insanity.

only way i get pissed in that spot is if its some guy, especially some guy with a chic passenger.

but some random lady? for all i know she's picking up a soccer team from that mall.

def BUBBLE!

I'll grant you I might be impatient, but waiting MINUTES is insane.

Typically, I am a subway stander unless the train is nearly empty, but when I see one of those guys contorting their body to take up 2-3 seats, I make a beeline to sit right next to them.

Also, Dids - i somehow forgot to mention in my previous anecdote that the Schultzy's menu stated that there was something like a $50 deposit required for use the 2L glasses. Which was part of the puzzle to me.