Thursday, February 14, 2008

Courteousness

Do you ever get just plain irate because some people lack the ability to be courteous? I walked out of my office building yesterday, got to my truck and noticed the jackass who parked beside me was completely incapable of being courteous. They had parked crooked and ON the line. I knew I wouldn't be able to open the back door to put my bag inside, so I went around to the passenger side and stuffed my things in that way. I walked back around thinking I could squeeze between the two vehicles and get inside, but I was wrong. I couldn't even fit between the cars. I had to get in through the passenger side door and CRAWL over to the driver's side. Now, imagine this, I'm 6 months pregnant. I have a hard enough time getting in my truck like a normal person...on the driver's side. I somehow managed to get in and maneuver my way over the console and get my legs and feet under the steering wheel without hurting myself. Of course, after getting situated, I began yelling obscenities at the car next to me. I resisted the urge to leave a nasty note and also resisted the urge to slam my door into the side of their car. At what point did they think parking that close to another vehicle was a good idea? Common courtesy, people! Come on!

2 comments:

Derrick said...

Notes are the way to go. I once went to write one that said, "learn to park, asshole" only to find that someone had already beat me to it.

brian said...

You mistake discourteousness for crappy, bad driving. Some people are crappy and bad drivers. Do you yel at a retarded person for being "not-as-smart." No. You should understand that these people were born that way and they can't help it.
My dad used to carry around a pad of fake parking tickets that had some long treatise on parking badly. They were great for such situations.