[redwitch]

I got blocked in last week. Fortunately, we both had Yamahas and I simply used my key, pulled the gentleman's cart out, moved my cart and was ready to pull his cart back into the spot when he came running out, yelling his fool head off. Turns out he wasn't in a hurry and wasn't being rude or inconsiderate. He thought he was parked behind his friend's cart -- only noticed the color, didn't look at anything else. Dumb, yup; but nothing more heinous than that. We both got a good laugh over it (and I did admit that I was hoping someone would block him in as I was getting ready to pull his cart back into my spot).

As to parking so no one can park behind you, I don't agree with this idea. It has always been considered the courteous way to park was to be sure that the driver of a car could get in and out of their vehicle. So, the right side of space parks towards the back of the space, the left (passenger door of vehicle) parks towards the front. This also makes it easier for the car to get out of the spot and less risk of your cart getting hit.