‘I felt so smug’: Drivers share their pettiest parking ordeals that ended in a standoff

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 30, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

If you are going to drive, then you have to learn how to park. What is with all these people who think parking is just a plus for driving? No, I don't care if you live in an area that always has a driveway or something, you need to learn how to park in the lines in a packed parking lot and you still need to learn how to parallel park. No, the new cars don't just "do it" for you, they might help out, but it's still you knowing what you're doing. Like, come on! Am I taking crazy pills? Apparently not, because Redditors have made it clear that when it comes to parking, there is no level of petty you can exceed. From both sides of the story, the one searching for parking and the one sitting in the parking spot, there is an edict every driver should know… Yet not everyone does. See the petty parking drama stories below! 

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  • 01
    "If you are going to drive... Then learn to park it responsibly."
    via Unsplash+ (and Mitchell Griest)
  • 02
    To the man who almost ran me over I was at lunch and parked in a crowded circular lot, where cars loop around to find parking. After the meal, I came out, and as I stepped out onto the lot, a driver entered, made eye contact, and sped by me, presumably to find and get to my car to wait for me to back out.
    via unicorn-on-fire
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    I usually wouldn't consider myself petty, but he knowingly saw me step into the road and his car came about a foot away from me, all to race me to my spot to make sure no other car got there first. My car was at the end of the loop, and I saw him slow to scan for which car I was getting into. I saw him turn on his blinkers for my spot so I avoided eye contact as I got in the car, pulled out my phone, and started looking very immersed with
    via unicorn-on-fire
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    my phone. After about 60 seconds (if he was pettier or more patient I probably would have given up), he threw his hands up in the air and continued to loop. I waited for another car to come close, and then pulled out of the spot so that driver would get the spot. Such minor revenge but I felt so smug.
    via unicorn-on-fire
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    GirlStiletto I did the sit in the car thing today for a different reason. Went to park at the gas station and one of thos big pickups parked so that his tire was completely covering the line. So, I hugged his side with my minivan and pulled in. Completley between my lines. Realised he must have been one of two people getting breakfast.
    via GirlStiletto
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    Went in, got my food, then went back to the car. Sat there as he came out and looked at the space. No way he could open the driver side door. I had already placed myself so that I was looking in the other direction, just catching him out of the conrer of my eye. Pretended to type an important email while not looking at him at all.
    via GirlStiletto
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    Eventually, he walked over and knocked on my window. "You parked right next to my truck." I got out. Saw the driver of the other car walk out. She stopped to watch us, ealising something was going on. I'm sorry, I thought I parked between the lines.
    via GirlStiletto
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    Oh, I did. Looks like you are the one who parked too close. Don't worry. I'll only be another minute. "What do you mean?" I have to finish this email, then I can pull out for you. Got back in my car and pretended to type.
    via GirlStiletto
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    He swore at me. looked over and saw the other woman. Swore again, put his coffee on his hood and climed into the passenger side to crawl over to teh driver's side. Just as he got situated, I backed out, waving to him. If you are going to drive a "My truck is a consolation for my tiny "sized truck, then learn to park it responsibly.
    via GirlStiletto
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    JustALizzyLife I'm always petty about parking. Follow me to my car in a busy lot, no problem. Honk at me, swear at me, almost hit me, then suddenly I either need to go back into the store for something or have to take a phone call and since our state is hands free, guess I'll just have to sit here to take the call.
    via JustALizzyLife
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    2ndSegmentClimb Back in the day, I had an old beater little pickup truck to get me back and forth to college. Parking was a premium. I scored one day with the last curbside spot just before a fire hydrant. After I parked, there was less than half of a space before the yellow curb started for the fire hydrant. I come back a day later to go to an off campus class. A car had
    via 2ndSegmentClimb
  • 12
    parked within 2 inches of my front bumper and another 4 inches behind me. Ah well, it's a beater with a strong engine. I 'gently' pushed the /twats (have to be inclusive) car in front me, completely in front of the fire hydrant. They later got a parking ticket for blocking the hydrant. I made it to class on time. Smiling the whole way.
    via 2ndSegmentClimb
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    RadioSupply Oh, that's hilarious. Well done. I once tried backing out of my space, but someone was hovering over it that I didn't notice until I tried to back up their way. They wouldn't move to let me back out, so I went back into the spot. I couldn't go the other way as it was a d ad end and no easy way to pull around without doing the Austin Powers golf cart shuffle.
    via RadioSupply
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    So this guy sits there, and I sit there, and he doesn't move. I try to do some hand flapping to show him "back up", but he won't. I'd just finished a Christmas retail shift and thought what the, I'll sit and wait for my car to warm up properly for once. Got out my phone, sipped my coffee, lit a cig (I smoked at the time.)
    via RadioSupply
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    It took him about 5 minutes for him to pull off with a roar of his engine right into the d ad end. I watched from the corner of my eye as his car went from angry zoomies to lurching pissily around the dead end. Then he left, and I could finally pull out.
    via RadioSupply
  • 16
    Jacktheforkie I had someone park in the forklift bays at work, so all 3 forklift drivers blocked him with 4 lifts and went on break leaving no forklift driver available
    via Jacktheforkie
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    night-otter Just yesterday, I pulled into the ADA spot, which was on an angle. Someone in a big- pickup was in the striped area that is NO PARKING. I pulled up so the front corner of my car was nearly touching the truck's passenger door. The passenger looked out, looked angry, and then realized how much in the wrong they were.
    via night-otter

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