Odd behavior of parking vultures

[Daskinor]

So I was in the checkout lane at a large popular store before x-mas. It was freezing cold, and I am a wimp. So I used my ultra long range car starter to warm up my car at the checkout. I was there allot longer then I thought I would be.

Well, once I got outside there was this woman in a SUV apparently waiting for me to pull out. Anyway, once she saw me come up and unlock my car. She gave me the largest "Cat But" face I even seen. And could tell she was cursing at me. I thought this was hilarious so, I droped off my junk and walked over to starbucks. I did turn my car back off.

[MaggieTheCat]

My husband hates people who wait for others to pull out of a "good" parking spot just to take the spot that's closer to the store. These people often times hold up traffic for a spot that is maybe 20 feet closer than the next spot, sometimes for over a minute, in which time they could have gotten another spot, parked, and gotten in the store instead of waiting. If he sees someone waiting for his spot, he will purposely take as long as he can to put his stuff in his car and back out.

[muses_nightmare]

I hate that, my boyfriend always insists on sitting in the car until they go away.

The ones that actually leave us room to pull out sure, but there are a lot of people here who insist on making it impossible to pull out of a spot that piss me off.

[Peppergirl]

And could tell she was cursing at me. I thought this was hilarious so, I droped off my junk and walked over to starbucks. I did turn my car back off.

This.

I wish there was a 'you rock' smiley over here, because you soooo deserve it for this one.

I love pissing these people off too.

[tabbyblack13]

I have dealt with parking vultures too. I will sit in my car waiting for it to cool off from sitting in the hot AZ sun. With a low power AC unit that can take awhile. The sad thing is they will be so focused on that one spot you have they will miss the other spots they are driving past.

[guywithashovel]

The selective laziness that these people have is really weird, isn't it? Think about it. They're about to go into the store, where they're probably going to end up doing quite a bit of walking, yet walking an extra twenty, thirty, or forty feet in the parking lot is just unthinkable.

[Dreamstalker]

What about the vultures that pull up so close that you can't really move the car yet they expect you to be able to get out anyway. GAHH. Mom will always try to outwait those jerks (can't do much else anyway).

[blas87]

There are people who pull that kind of shit at the GYM. Shows how motivated they are, eh?

I find it so amusing that if it's chilly or rainy or flurrying, retards will circle and circle and circle parking lots until they get the closest spots next to the handicapped ones.

I have done it before to people, seen them waiting for my spot and I'll fiddle around in my car or not leave for a bit.

[Greenday]

I've had people sit in their cars doing God knows what while waiting to take their spot. When it comes down to waiting for that first spot or just taking the last spot in the parking lot and it's below freezing, you're damn right I'm waiting. So if forcing someone to wait because you think it's funny is how you get your kicks...wow...

[kibbles]

So if forcing someone to wait because you think it's funny is how you get your kicks...wow...

I agree that this behavior is childish and immature unless it's done to someone waiting who is giving the person dirty looks, looking impatient, or not giving the person room to even get out.

A person just waiting patiently and someone does that for fun is just being a dolt. Doing it to someone who is wearing a cat butt face because you aren't moving fast enough deserves it

[Cat]

If they don't give me a great deal of room to pull out, damn straight I'll make 'em wait to move.

Then again, this rarely happens, I usually park far from the store/gym and just walk so I don't have to deal anyone.

[blas87]

I do it on purpose sometimes because I have been followed to my parking spot before (seen walking down the aisle and immediately followed by some retard, even though odds are that my car is probably NOT parked anywhere close to the entrance) or I have gotten in my car and some moron just parks it and sits and waits and waits for me, or like others have said, they've left me with barely any room to get out.

That and it just creeps me out that I'm being watched and waited for because some lazy slobbering moron can't be bothered to walk a little further. Like they are the only person who doesn't want to walk in the cold or snow or rain. Because they are the only person affected by it, right?

And as I said before, usually, I'm not even that close, unless I get to the mall a little later. I'm not a parking wars type of person. I don't fight with everyone to park as close as possible. I'm willing to settle for somewhere else.

[Greenday]

I do it on purpose sometimes because I have been followed to my parking spot before (seen walking down the aisle and immediately followed by some retard, even though odds are that my car is probably NOT parked anywhere close to the entrance) or I have gotten in my car and some moron just parks it and sits and waits and waits for me, or like others have said, they've left me with barely any room to get out.

That and it just creeps me out that I'm being watched and waited for because some lazy slobbering moron can't be bothered to walk a little further. Like they are the only person who doesn't want to walk in the cold or snow or rain. Because they are the only person affected by it, right?

If the parking lot is half empty, I could understand. It'd be faster to just park further down. But when the parking lot is full, you can bet your ass I'm going to follow someone walking down an aisle so I can get a spot instead of circling around another 10 minutes.

[blas87]

And you can bet your ass that I'm the type of person who gets creeped out by being followed, and will do whatever I can to annoy the living hell out of that person and hope that they just give up and leave me alone.

Edit to add: I understand 9 times out of 10, that person is just following me because they want my spot, and maybe I am overly paranoid, but anyone who has ever been stalked, even after time has passed, still has the tendency to freak over being followed. I've had a few stalkers in my life and I naturally feel creeped and scared if I feel someone is following me. I may be playing a game and being immature by trying to piss them off, but someone following me to MY CAR, is enough to freak me out, and generally, reality setting in "Oh, that person wasn't after ME, they wanted my spot" doesn't happen until I get back home.

I know not everyone is a former stalking victim or overly paranoid girl, but that's my reasoning. I HATE being followed. I don't care if it's cold or you want my spot, don't follow me.

[Greenday]

I know not everyone is a former stalking victim or overly paranoid girl, but that's my reasoning. I HATE being followed. I don't care if it's cold or you want my spot, don't follow me.

I'm just curious, if you really feel like you are being followed in a bad way, wouldn't getting the hell out of there be a better idea than just sitting there?