Unbelievable Parking Job

[Villager Dude]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?

[NYGUY]

Boy you see a lot of that around here...scarry!!:ohdear:

[Miles42]

What can I say some people will never get the hang of parking. One can only picture this driver attempting to parallel park. LOL

[Topspinmo]

At least you had room to get in the driver's door. I was down at the colony plaza parked prefectly between the lines. Some Ah in 3/4 ton truck pull so close I had to crawl over form the passage side.

[rubicon]

What the OP captured is "attitude" "Attitude" abounds around here. Its name is "I am retired/old" and hence entitled so don't get in my way. Its evident on the streets, on multi-modal pathways on golf courses in stores and at the town squares. I can do what I want to do, I can go as fast or as slow as I chose and my needs come first

My wife and I were at ALDI's one day cashing out when a woman came up to the cashier set her purchases down and said please check me out. the cashier said of course I would be glad to but please go to the back of the line and the line was indeed way back....that's attitude

A woman at MVP walked up to another member and told him to get off the machine because she needed to use it and stood there trying to intimidate the guy to leaving...that's attitude

Yesterday I proceed into a intersection on a frontage road when workmen stopped me and were redirecting traffic. a guy coming in the opposite direction was trying to make a right hand turn and screaming at me to move but ignoring the fact that construction was the cause....that's attitude

Thankfully most of us leave our attitude at home

Personal Best Regards:

[jblum315]

I was waiting to check out at Joann one day, long line. Woman ahead of me is already checked out, takes a sandwich out of her bag, eats it, then takes out a candy bar, eats half of it, wraps the uneaten part and puts it back in her bag and finally picks up her purchase and leaves the store. Wow.

[RickeyD]

At Southern Trace the other day.



My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.



Really ?




What do you think ?


Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.

[Chatbrat]

Many years ago during the go-go 80's, I was following my wife's car when a person in a BMW cut her off & almost forced her into a drainage ditch. I waved her on & followed the person into the Madison,YMCA parking lot-out stepped a person wearing suspenders & carrying a gym bag, I said,"do you always drive like that"--He said,"I don't have time to talk to you"

In there era before security cameras, & checking that no-one was around , I promptly cut off all 4 of his tires valves with a pair of diagonal pliers

Guess he had to spend plenty of TIME getting his car towed & tires repaired.

[asianthree]

There was sale going on in the grocery. No time to park between the lines

[Jima64]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?

I would just let it go. You know what they say about kharma. His turn will come eventually.

[coalminer]

One day this week a guy stopped at the end of a tunnel. He had the tunnel blocked

and interfered with the traffic going by the tunnel. He was talking on his phone.

[graciegirl]

Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.



No. Both me and your mother wouldn't like it.

[fred53]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?

how the car to the left was parked prior to the alleged idiot next to you.

[outlaw]

Many years ago during the go-go 80's, I was following my wife's car when a person in a BMW cut her off & almost forced her into a drainage ditch. I waved her on & followed the person into the Madison,YMCA parking lot-out stepped a person wearing suspenders & carrying a gym bag, I said,"do you always drive like that"--He said,"I don't have time to talk to you"

In there era before security cameras, & checking that no-one was around , I promptly cut off all 4 of his tires valves with a pair of diagonal pliers

Guess he had to spend plenty of TIME getting his car towed & tires repaired.

This is reason number 7 for remaining anonymous on forums.

[fred53]

Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.

never heard the phrase "two wrongs don't make a right" or you choose to ignore it. In any case breaking the law for something so small is small minded.

[rustyp]

We are so lucky to live in a place with parking spaces and there is no charge. Still living the dream.

[bagboy]

Unbelievable...and not a good parking job either.

[Walter123]

Maybe there was a car parked incorrectly on the other side of him and he had to fit his car in there like that.

[Gerald]

I don't see the problem. That person has every right to park anyway he or she wants. That car belongs to the next person to visit heaven.

[looneycat]

No. Both me and your mother wouldn't like it.

:clap2::clap2:

[TrudyM]

At least you had room to get in the driver's door. I was down at the colony plaza parked prefectly between the lines. Some Ah in 3/4 ton truck pull so close I had to crawl over form the passage side.

A lot of parking lots now have mostly compact spaces and even when they clearly mark larger parking spots the people in large vechicles don't use them. I had to crawl through the trunk to get into my Honda Accord more than once when picking it up from the park and ride when I worked.
Those of you who have to wait while my hubby backs up and shifts so the car will be perfect in-between the lines also seem to get impatient.

[Barefoot]

Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.


In there era before security cameras, & checking that no-one was around , I promptly cut off all 4 of his tires valves with a pair of diagonal pliers.

IMHO, it's wisest to keep calm and believe that Karma will prevail.

[RickeyD]

No. Both me and your mother wouldn't like it.


True, but I had a father too.

[graciegirl]

True, but I had a father too.



The father in our house was a cop. He damned well wouldn't like it.

[Chellybean]

at southern trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?

yikes that was you, l.o.l. Just kidding

[RickeyD]

The father in our house was a cop. He damned well wouldn't like it.


Guess he wasn't a NYC cop.

[Retiring]

Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.

Not saying you would but please don�t. That driver may truly have not realized he or she parked on an angle. It�s not always a case of �it�s all about me,� even if it is in this case � please don�t.

It�s ok to think it, but please don�t act on it. It all has to start somewhere, a vandalism here, a vandalism there and before you know it TV is no different than downtown Detroit or Chicago. We don�t live in a vacuum. Thanks.

[Bonny]

Wow, reading a couple of these posts and it makes me very uneasy. Vigilantes scare me. Just sayin' :sad:

[Villager Dude]

Well I am not vindictive . I just shook my head along with others walking to and from their cars. Would never damage others property.

I almost thought this was amusing that someone would actually park that way and leave the car like that. The lady came out and moved her car and was so very embarrassed with all the bystanders watching her.

Oh Well

[rubicon]

One day this week a guy stopped at the end of a tunnel. He had the tunnel blocked

and interfered with the traffic going by the tunnel. He was talking on his phone.

That's another example of "attitude" that I referenced above. the feels entitled to stop wherever he chooses.

[rubicon]

We are so lucky to live in a place with parking spaces and there is no charge. Still living the dream.

Geeezzz don't give them ideas

[e-flyer]

The parking photo gives you sense of the "entitlement" many Villagers feel they deserve. My wife got screamed at from someone in our neighborhood this morning at 7:30am because our 3 lb. dog stepped 12" into his yard from the curb. Waiting to meet up with him, so we can have a little talk about manners and respect, and to thank him for the verbal abuse my wife suffered. So much for America's Friendliest Hometown, what a nice way to start the morning! Oh wait, that's another story……

[tomwed]

Might a been a guy in a hurry doing the best he could. Haven't we all been there?

[kcrazorbackfan]

"They're" baaaaaaaaaaack!

[Chi-Town]

I don't think there was any ulterior motive or afore or after thought. Just a little sloppy. Thankfully, we have the widest parking spaces I've seen. BTW, entitled is when someone parks their cart behind your cart at the Square and walks away.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Not saying you would but please don�t. That driver may truly have not realized he or she parked on an angle. It�s not always a case of �it�s all about me,� even if it is in this case � please don�t.

It�s ok to think it, but please don�t act on it. It all has to start somewhere, a vandalism here, a vandalism there and before you know it TV is no different than downtown Detroit or Chicago. We don�t live in a vacuum. Thanks.

Please don't anyone vandalize any property (unless you want your pic to end up on the online news site). Karma will rear its ugly head on people that do you, or any other person, wrong. Retiring is right, let's not let our hamlet become a place people hate to be in. Trust me, the three of us (myself, my wife and son) have arrested many that started down that path of just doing something as petty as vandalism.

[CFrance]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?
What comes to my mind immediately is that the person on the left (I'd say it was my husband, but our cars are black) doesn't care to take the time to straighten out his (or my, in the black car case) car so IT WON'T GET HIt!!! WHY? Who would leave a car parked like that, interfering with others and putting his own car in danger of being dinged? I mean, what do you think, money grows on the bottlebrush tree in the backyard, Ron? Sheesh.

... Oh, sorry, it wasn't about Ron's parking skills. I momentarily forgot myself there, Villager Dude. He IS a good pickle ball player if your friend ever returns. just don't park anywhere near him.:laugh:

[mrdarcy]

Many times this is where an automobile key provides parking lot justice.

Ah...In the 3 years I've lived here I've learned that The Villages, "America's Friendliest Hometown", most definitely has an underbelly. Here's a glimpse of it on display. Dark-hearted revenge. Property damage in response to a slight.

[john1953]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?
You be thankful he or she didn`t damage your car and move on. Really what are you going to do,wait for them to come back and beat the crap out of them.I don`t think so.Just move on and let it be.

[Doro22]

"Entitled" people are everywhere, & all ages. About five years ago in South Florida I was getting take-out at a Chinese restaurant & a car pulled in next to my driver's side with the entire passenger side of her vehicle in my space. So when I squeezed out of my door to go into the restaurant my door lightly 'bumped' her car. Driver leaps out & begins yelling at me: "Why you hit my car?" I calmly pointed out that she was in my parking space. Yikes! So I go in to pick up my food, when I realize that the people in the car that was in my space were waiting in their car and...they worked at this restaurant. So I called my hubby & said I'm afraid to leave in my car. So he comes right over & we switched cars in the parking lot & he squeezes into my car through the passenger side & drives home. P.S. - the girl & her boyfriend were still sitting there in the car. Also they were young. Quite frankly I was apprehensive, this being S. Florida, you just never know.

[tomwed]

What comes to my mind immediately is that the person on the left (I'd say it was my husband, but our cars are black) doesn't care to take the time to straighten out his (or my, in the black car case) car so IT WON'T GET HIt!!! WHY? Who would leave a car parked like that, interfering with others and putting his own car in danger of being dinged? I mean, what do you think, money grows on the bottlebrush tree in the backyard, Ron? Sheesh.

... Oh, sorry, it wasn't about Ron's parking skills. I momentarily forgot myself there, Villager Dude. He IS a good pickle ball player if your friend ever returns. just don't park anywhere near him.:laugh:
I've seen Ron's parking. She's not kidding.

[Walter123]

Ah...In the 3 years I've lived here I've learned that The Villages, "America's Friendliest Hometown", most definitely has an underbelly. Here's a glimpse of it on display. Dark-hearted revenge. Property damage in response to a slight.

Why don't we knock off the "Florida's Most Friendly Hometown" stuff. Every place has it's ups and downs. Stop trying cause trouble. Silly......

[tomwed]

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?
Maybe he was making a K-Turn and ran out of gas.

[tomwed]

Ah...In the 3 years I've lived here I've learned that The Villages, "America's Friendliest Hometown", most definitely has an underbelly. Here's a glimpse of it on display. Dark-hearted revenge. Property damage in response to a slight.
Yea, stop causing trouble. Besides, from what I can see, mostly we have overbellys.

[looneycat]

Guess he wasn't a NYC cop.

I grew up in the bronx, when a teenage kid decided it would be fun to key my father's new car he was grabbed from behind before the key hit the side of the car and popped in the nose...by the local cop on the beat, nope even nyc cops don't like it!

[graciegirl]

Why don't we knock off the "Florida's Most Friendly Hometown" stuff. Every place has it's ups and downs. Stop trying cause trouble. Silly......


Some of us think it is a worthwhile goal to strive for. And some of us are like the occasional little kid that once were in my classes and now they are all grown up and not changed at all.


You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[RickeyD]

I grew up in the bronx, when a teenage kid decided it would be fun to key my father's new car he was grabbed from behind before the key hit the side of the car and popped in the nose...by the local cop on the beat, nope even nyc cops don't like it!

Many things have changed in 60 years. One is the Bronx and another are NYC cops. I could site tens more specific to the five boroughs... :spoken:

[joldnol]

What the OP captured is "attitude" "Attitude" abounds around here. Its name is "I am retired/old" and hence entitled so don't get in my way. Its evident on the streets, on multi-modal pathways on golf courses in stores and at the town squares. I can do what I want to do, I can go as fast or as slow as I chose and my needs come first

My wife and I were at ALDI's one day cashing out when a woman came up to the cashier set her purchases down and said please check me out. the cashier said of course I would be glad to but please go to the back of the line and the line was indeed way back....that's attitude

A woman at MVP walked up to another member and told him to get off the machine because she needed to use it and stood there trying to intimidate the guy to leaving...that's attitude

Yesterday I proceed into a intersection on a frontage road when workmen stopped me and were redirecting traffic. a guy coming in the opposite direction was trying to make a right hand turn and screaming at me to move but ignoring the fact that construction was the cause....that's attitude

Thankfully most of us leave our attitude at home

Personal Best Regards:

We definitely have an entitled minority.....We were in Lowes Thursday night talking to an associate in plumbing. A lady walked up and said "I bought a shower head here last night for 39 dollars and can't find another one." The employee pointed to the shower head display and she got smarmy and said "it's not there!" He explained there were also some on end caps. He then asked her what part of the store she had gotten the previous one and she responded with a raised voice "It's a big store and I have know idea where I was". He explained he was in the middle of dealing with us and asked her to wait. She yelled " don't have time to wait!". We finished our business and when exiting the lady was in customer service loudly exclaiming that no one in the store would help her.

Today we were taking the dogs on a cart ride and as we rounded the MM curve facing Belglade we came across two carts parked two abreast on the path (on the curve) and the occupants were talking. I came to a stop and after a second tapped the horn. I said "not a good plan to stop and block the path on a curve". The one driver started yelling at me for being so rude and then sped off followed by the second cart.

[Walter123]

Some of us think it is a worthwhile goal to strive for. And some of us are like the occasional little kid that once were in my classes and now they are all grown up and not changed at all.


You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Not sure you know what I meant. I don't know what your point is and how it relates to what I said.
I'm tired of people saying things like "So much for Florida's Friendliest Home Town" whenever something bad happens here. Maybe you misunderstood me.

[graciegirl]

Not sure you know what I meant. I don't know what your point is and how it relates to what I said.
I'm tired of people saying things like "So much for Florida's Friendliest Home Town" whenever something bad happens here. Maybe you misunderstood me.


I am glad I did. Glad you meant it the other way.

[rustyp]

It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood today. All the cars are parked between the lines as far as I can see. Another dream come true.

[MelZ]

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................

[Polar Bear]

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................

Sounds a little pessimistic to me. I would think it would be closer to 2 than 20.

[Bonny]

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................
Thank goodness I haven't run into that many of them !