What is it with some people and parking.

Phil.x

I (Honda) parked in an empty part of a car park this morning and come back to see this, I had to put my two year old kid in the back unstrapped until I moved to get some space to open rear door.

grogi

Never gave you the right to publish photos of my car, did I? /s

I love Sean nos

You're very close to the line. Why didn't you give yourself more space on that side?

Cookie_Monster

grogi wrote: »

Never gave you the right to publish photos of my car, did I? /s

Public place. Sweet f-all you can do about it...

martingriff

What were the cars beside that 1 parked maybe it was the only way he/she could get in. You are up very close to the line as someone else said why are you not parked more centrally.

grogi

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Public place. Sweet f-all you can do about it...

/s Nevertheless blurring the plate might be a good idea.

I love Sean nos wrote: »

You're very close to the line. Why didn't you give yourself more space on that side?

martingriff wrote: »

What were the cars beside that 1 parked maybe it was the only way he/she could get in. You are up very close to the line as someone else said why are you not parked more centrally.

OMG. What a typical boards.ie attitude - blame the poster for everything...

I love Sean nos

grogi wrote: »

/s Nevertheless blurring the plate might be a good idea.

For what purpose? No one is going to be surprised by a car in a parking space.

grogi wrote: »

OMG. What a typical boards.ie attitude - blame the poster for everything...

ZOMG! Totes amazeballs! :rolleyes:

CPTM

Just to vent my pet peeve with publishing pictures like this. They always comes with the assumption that the driver of the incorrectly parked car was in control of parking like that.

What if s/he arrived to that parking spot and was forced into that position by a car on the other side that actually parked badly, and which has since driven off. It might have been their only option to park like that if the car park was full.

I agree that if it wasn't the case then they're idiots.

CPTM

martingriff wrote:

What were the cars beside that 1 parked maybe it was the only way he/she could get in. You are up very close to the line as someone else said why are you not parked more centrally.

Ah, beat me to it!

martingriff

grogi wrote: »

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Public place. Sweet f-all you can do about it...

/s Nevertheless blurring the plate might be a good idea.

I love Sean nos wrote: »

You're very close to the line. Why didn't you give yourself more space on that side?

martingriff wrote: »

What were the cars beside that 1 parked maybe it was the only way he/she could get in. You are up very close to the line as someone else said why are you not parked more centrally.

OMG. What a typical boards.ie attitude - blame the poster for everything...

Gvingi out to a poster for parking 2 close to the side while doing the same is a bit hypocritical

Are Am Eye

While parking ineptitude is a constant present problem, car parks are marked with ever tighter spots in a bid to cram as many cars in as possible. They dont carevabout your discomfort or any dings you might get for which they bear no responsibility

Phil.x

martingriff wrote: »

Gvingi out to a poster for parking 2 close to the side while doing the same is a bit hypocritical

I might be close, but his wheel is over my space.

I love Sean nos

Phil.x wrote: »

I might be close, but his wheel is over my space.

Not according to the picture. If that nearside front wheel was a football, that goal wouldn't be allowed.

Phil.x

I love Sean nos wrote: »

Not according to the picture. If that nearside front wheel was a football, that goal wouldn't be allowed.

Good job it's not football then.

If it was a race he'd win though.

Blazer

I was in my local petrol station one day which is generally nightmare for parking.
There are 2 spots near the entrance/exits of which I was in the 2nd one with a a car in front of me.
There's then a yellow junction box between those spots and the pumps to allow traffic to flow through.
Some old git decides to park there with his van and trailer even though there's about 30 spots available 20 yards further down.
Tells him he can't park there..parking is prohibited to allow traffic to flow through and I'm now boxed in and having to reverse back into the entrance flow area. His response "in all my years parking here this is the first time anyone has ever said anything to me about it...it just shows what kind of person you are".
I'm in my BMW so I know he's making assumptions about bmw drivers etc so I reply "I'm not surprised with the way all the assholes park here I say..and the type of person it shows I am is that that I park in a considerate manner towards other drivers.
Fúcking old fart...I hate old people and their crappy parking,.

Big C

Blazer wrote: »

I was in my local petrol station one day which is generally nightmare for parking.
There are 2 spots near the entrance/exits of which I was in the 2nd one with a a car in front of me.
There's then a yellow junction box between those spots and the pumps to allow traffic to flow through.
Some old git decides to park there with his van and trailer even though there's about 30 spots available 20 yards further down.
Tells him he can't park there..parking is prohibited to allow traffic to flow through and I'm now boxed in and having to reverse back into the entrance flow area. His response "in all my years parking here this is the first time anyone has ever said anything to me about it...it just shows what kind of person you are".
I'm in my BMW so I know he's making assumptions about bmw drivers etc so I reply "I'm not surprised with the way all the assholes park here I say..and the type of person it shows I am is that that I park in a considerate manner towards other drivers.
Fúcking old fart...I hate old people and their crappy parking,.

One day you will be that old fart !

Kintarō Hattori

Big C wrote: »

One day you will be that old fart !

Not if he/she dies young in a blaze of glory.

Blazer

Big C wrote: »

One day you will be that old fart !

But I'll still park properly so I won't have young wans giving out to me

I love Sean nos

Blazer wrote: »

I was in my local petrol station one day which is generally nightmare for parking.
There are 2 spots near the entrance/exits of which I was in the 2nd one with a a car in front of me.
There's then a yellow junction box between those spots and the pumps to allow traffic to flow through.
Some old git decides to park there with his van and trailer even though there's about 30 spots available 20 yards further down.
Tells him he can't park there..parking is prohibited to allow traffic to flow through and I'm now boxed in and having to reverse back into the entrance flow area. His response "in all my years parking here this is the first time anyone has ever said anything to me about it...it just shows what kind of person you are".
I'm in my BMW so I know he's making assumptions about bmw drivers etc so I reply "I'm not surprised with the way all the assholes park here I say..and the type of person it shows I am is that that I park in a considerate manner towards other drivers.
Fúcking old fart...I hate old people and their crappy parking,.

The Maxol in Rolestown is like that. Lazy nomarks park right outside the door blocking entry and exit rather than use the parking spaces provided 20m away. :rolleyes:

mikeecho

Phil.x wrote: »

I (Honda) parked in an empty part of a car park this morning and come back to see this, I had to put my two year old kid in the back unstrapped until I moved to get some space to open rear door.

and that's (one of the reasons) why i like to take up two spaces down the arse end of the car park.

ThisRegard

mikeecho wrote: »

and that's (one of the reasons) why i like to take up two spaces down the arse end of the car park.

A couple of years ago coming up to Christmas, not a space to be found bar one in which some clown was trying to take up two spaces, but doing it poorly enough so that you'd squeeze a car in beside him leaving a tighter gap than in the OPs photo. I emptied my passengers and reversed into it, while the owner of the offending car stood watching me do so while having a fag leaning against the wall.

When I got out he came over and asked me how was he supposed to get into his car now? Told him I dunno, but I'm parked between the lines in the one space and walked off.

I did hide behind a pillar for a bit thinking he may exact some revenge but a minute or two later he climbed in through his passenger side and drove off.

A cautionary tale of what may initially appear like an empty carpark and someone as pigheaded as I once was coming along. Wouldn't be bothered by that nonsense anymore.

DaveyDave

Same happened to me a while back. I purposely park away from other cars or near the back because I don't want the car getting damaged. Then this guy parks beside me, making it difficult on himself because I'm on his driver side!

mikeecho

ThisRegard wrote: »

A couple of years ago coming up to Christmas, not a space to be found bar one in which some clown was trying to take up two spaces, but doing it poorly enough so that you'd squeeze a car in beside him leaving a tighter gap than in the OPs photo. I emptied my passengers and reversed into it, while the owner of the offending car stood watching me having a fag leaning against the wall.

When I got out he came over and asked me how was he supposed to get into his car now? Told him I dunno, but I'm it parked between the lines in the one space and walked off.

I did hide behind a pillar for a bit thinking he may exact some revenge but a minute or two later he climbed in through his passenger side and drove off.

A cautionary tale of what may initially appear like an empty carpark and someone as pigheaded as I once was me coming along. Wouldn't be bothered by that nonsense anymore.

This clown goes to the last space at the corner of the car park, and takes up half of each space, sometimes at an angle, so no other clown can squeeze in (unless that other clown is in a smart car)

I wouldn't dream of squeezing my car in somewhere for fear of damage from another inconsiderate clown. I wont park next to what are obviously family cars, you know the ones; with paw prints from sun screen, toys all over them, stickers on the side windows etc


(must start taking pics of my parking.. and start a thread here, showing how to do it)

ThisRegard

Wouldn't make for an interesting thread, anyone can park badly.

mikeecho

ThisRegard wrote: »

Wouldn't make for an interesting thread, anyone can park badly.

There was a thread here not so long ago about bad parking.. pretty popular

SeanHarty

ThisRegard wrote: »

Wouldn't make for an interesting thread, anyone can park badly.

I would have had the same response but after seeing countless people swing there doors open and smash the car beside them and just walk off this is starting to seem like the smart thing to do.

People think it's ok to damage a car and just leave.

mikeecho

SeanHarty wrote: »

I would have had the same response but after seeing countless people swing there doors open and smash the car beside them and just walk off this is starting to seem like the smart thing to do.

People think it's ok to damage a car and just leave.

Ideally, find another car that is taking up a space and a half, and park next to them using a space and a half.
2 cars, 3 spaces, 0 dents

SeanHarty

mikeecho wrote: »

Ideally, find another car that is taking up a space and a half, and park next to them using a space and a half.
2 cars, 3 spaces, 0 dents

I've been driving the same car for ten years now so it's pretty banged up so at the moment I don't mind to much, in January I plan on buying a new car though and I'll definitely be parking to protect it!

The ones giving out are the same dopes bashing there doors off cars and pretending nothing happened.

PixelTrawler

Phil.x wrote: »

I (Honda) parked in an empty part of a car park this morning and come back to see this, I had to put my two year old kid in the back unstrapped until I moved to get some space to open rear door.

Starts a thread complaining about quality of parking, posts a picture with the boot out over the space behind? Your rear wheel is almost on the rear white line.

Fanny Wank

SeanHarty wrote: »

People think it's ok to damage a car and just leave.

At least 5 decent sized marks on my car from morons hitting it and driving

CCTV caught one of them but couldn't make out the reg

Fanny Wank

Here's a white van taking up 4 spaces from earlier today

daveirl

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McCrack

Im not seeing an issue OP

The other car is tight against yours but on it and your passenger sides

Space is tight so it makes sense for the other car to reverse park tight on your off side. (Passenger side).

Pkiernan

I love Sean nos wrote: »

The Maxol in Rolestown is like that. Lazy nomarks park right outside the door blocking entry and exit rather than use the parking spaces provided 20m away. :rolleyes:

Whenever I see them there, I always fill up at pump 3 so they can't get past me!

Dtp1979

daveirl wrote: »

This prick wasn't exactly helpful to me yesterday when I was trying to park my car with my 8.5 months pregnant wife and two year old....

Two big motorbikes Parked each side of that asshole would be no harm

daveirl

daveirl wrote: »

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Straight behind him with the hazard light on and the triangle out

grogi

daveirl wrote: »

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I really don't understand your anger. Two exhaust pipes, two places.

mikeecho

daveirl wrote: »

This prick wasn't exactly helpful to me yesterday when I was trying to park my car with my 8.5 months pregnant wife and two year old....

Obviously two parents with their 2 kids and two exhausts. don't see any problem

Captain Slow IRL

It's a pity I never photographed it, it's a sight.

At the montessori we send our wean to, there's a midwife who abandons the car outside. She'll pull up at a large angle to the kerb, sometimes she'll close the drivers door after her, and pisses off in with her kid. It had come to the point where it was funny - I was expecting her to roll over the bonnet, like something out of a 70's cop show. (FWIW, she drives a ford galaxy as well)

I love Sean nos

Pkiernan wrote: »

Whenever I see them there, I always fill up at pump 3 so they can't get past me!

I used to do that too , but now I'm on the bike and I have to use the other side of the pump.

Miike

grogi wrote: »

OMG. What a typical boards.ie attitude - blame the poster for everything...

Nah, its missing "MOD VOICE..." for anything typical of boards.

The J Stands for Jay

daveirl wrote: »

This prick wasn't exactly helpful to me yesterday when I was trying to park my car with my 8.5 months pregnant wife and two year old....

I would love to get one of those life rafts that they have on airplanes that self inflate when you pull a cord, and stick it under cars parked like this. It'd be great to see the owners face as their car is suddenly flipped over.

Phil.x

PixelTrawler wrote: »

Starts a thread complaining about quality of parking, posts a picture with the boot out over the space behind? Your rear wheel is almost on the rear white line.

Yeah, but the last time I checked you don't enter a car from the booth. 凸(-_-)凸

tritriagain

No but bad parking is a domino effect . If one car parks badly inevitably parking spaces become tighter as the day goes on.

biko

Obnoxious parking thread may or may not happen.

Until then you can use FB pages like for example
Parking Like A Twat In Galway