Tuesday night random question...
I was visiting my friend in Edinburgh for a while recently, and firstly would like to point out the utter bedlam in the city at the moment. It seems every single street is being turned inside out for this tram system. Pure madness!

But my main point of distress was that, being a petrol-head, he takes great pride in his Mark 3 Golf. I know nothing about cars, but it does seem like quite a nice wee number.

So we were cruising around, and popped into McDonalds - I begged him because I hadn't been in about 4 years! So he goes to park his car, I'm slightly concerned to see him parking over 2 parking slots. Half in one and half in the other. So I joked, you better watch out you don't get your car keyed for that - turns out his car has already been keyed!

It also turns out that he parks in this fashion anywhere. Tesco, Asda, Parking blocks, anywhere with parking divisions.

Is this a) reasonable behaviour, b) cuntish behaviour, or c) 'meh' behaviour. Because I'm kinda thinking option *a* here....
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:34, 13 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

B)
All the way.

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/people-who-know-how-to-f*cking-park-on-brink-of-extinction-20070912397/

"Conservationists have blamed the crisis on a combination of poaching, loss of habitat and an unbelievable fucking selfishness by a bunch of total and complete bastards who deserve to die on a spike."
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:38, Reply)

it depends on what you are asking
keying the car of someone who parks like that is reasonable, parking like that is cuntish

however, keying of cars generally is one of the most cunty things anyone can do and should only be done under extreme circumstances
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:40, Reply)

I must admit I'm a bit less cautious when parking in a fairly empty car park.
But usually anyone who parks like that at any time is a cunt. I'm all for a bit of anarchy but not when it stops someone from getting a bloody parking space.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:41, Reply)

Oh yes there is a difference between
say an empty huuuaaage car park at 8pm when you're nipping in for a Big Mac.

But 2pm in the afternoon is taking things way too far. But the first time I saw him do it it did cross my mind that if I saw someone else upto such behaviour then I would be extremely tempted to key their car.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:44, Reply)

xkcd.com/562/
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:50, Reply)

in a small parking lot where you'll only be for a short time is cuntish
but, where I used to work, my car would be parked for 9-12 hours, I'd park like that to avoid cunts speeding in and banging up my car when I'm not around to see.
I also made sure I parked near the back of the parking lot.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:54, Reply)

b or c.
either way naughty.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:13, Reply)

It's clungetarded behaviour.
There's room outside our house to park five cars. Often you can only get three in because the mongers don't park with due consideration.

Bastards.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:16, Reply)

Guy used to do this at work
All the time, despite beging given warnings not to. So we parked his car on top of a skip for him.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:19, Reply)

I would add to this
the people who sit and wait in the disabled parking spaces in the car park down my road. It's a car park, it doesn't matter if you aren't going to be there for long, don't hog the disabled spaces, just use the regular spaces, it's what they're there for.

And the stupid women (and it nearly always is women) who drop their revolting progeny off at the Theatre school over the road and think that parking across the entrance or exit to the car park is acceptable, as they will only be five minutes, there is a special place in hell reserved for you and next time you do it in front of me I will kick your fucking wing mirrors off.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:20, Reply)

What is the etiquette on the "Parent and Child" spaces?
I was at the supermarket with my mum a couple of weeks ago and the car park was jam packed except for the parent and child spaces, despite all my protests she wouldn't park in one of those and instead spent 20 minutes circling the car park until a space opened up at the back.

My arguemnt was that she is my mum, I am her child therefore we qualified for one of those spaces, ok, it might not be in the spirit of the intention but that's their fault for not writing the signs properly. had it said "Parent and child under X" i wouldn't have argued the fact but if they can't decide the rules properly I see no reason why my *Cough* years old mother can't park in one of those spaces with her 27 year old son, still fits the rules guv'!
(bill, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:31, Reply)

I think you have to ask yourself
If I parked there and upon leaving my car I saw a mother with three toddlers struggling across the car park with a huge trolley of shopping would I feel guilty.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:34, Reply)

we had a leaving do
for my manager at a local thai pub the other week, as she was eight and a half months pregnant and off on maternity leave and I almost got into a row with some bloke because I had parked in the disabled parking spot so she could get in and out of the car without any problems.
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 22:41, Reply)