Mall parking lot nightmare

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by SUX2BU

I may be wrong, but by the looks of the picture it looks like the parking spaces are separated by double white lines. If that is correct, you are the one that needs lessons on how to park.

Good observation.

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by bluetorp

This.

Also, if you "almost went in the glove box" for your gun, you should probably have your license to carry taken away.

I agree, That's not a reason you should bring out a gun. Nobody has to die over a parking space or car for that matter.

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by RS1017

Sooo..you almost went for your gun because someone parked too close to your 25k Camaro? People like this shouldn't be allowed to CCW because they can't handle it. Damn psycho...get some mental help.

People like you are the reason others have to carry. Lunatic.

Are you talking about me? Lol jk but yea, what he said ^^

[Overflow]

Some people have no respect for other peoples cars. Sometimes I have to fight myself not to ding the other persons car.

[y2k king]

i carry a gun too, but a knife works better in parking problems.

i got one of these to take care of parking idiots.

[2011ss/rs]

I will be keeping copies of Mickey just in case I need it.

The wife and I went to dinner I found the end spot next to a building in the last row of the parking lot and this FN JO parked so close to our G8 the white paint line was under the passenger side of the Mercedes.
I really wanted to get up on the hood of his car and jump up and down on it which would have brought me a lot of joy !! But my wife talked me out it and she climbed over the console to back our car out.

[Toyaholic]

Agreed, he parked a little too far to the right... but he said there was a bollard blocking the other side.
These Camaro doors are fairly long and require a good amount of space to get out. The truck probably needed a larger spot, but too lazy or just had an attitude to park like that. When I park my truck, I think about the others around me.

Yes... I would have parked on the top deck or 1/4 mile away and walked to the mall.... but that's just me.

Ummm..... As far as pulling the firearm... HE WAS JOKING! OP just returned from war. Do you really think a douchbag in a parking lot is going to set him off. I would bet he has a better grasp on heated situations than most of the rest of us. Also, be active duty... Yes he most likely CAN carry a weapon in all 50 states.

Just sayin!

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by NicolasKL

Agreed. And it looks to me like you can even see a bit of the short near-perpendicular line that joins the two long lines in the very bottom of the photograph, which would invalidate his excuse that they repainted the entire lot and moved all the spots 10" over.

And the truck in front of the Camaro looks to be further to the left to me as well.

I believe they call this a FAIL.

[Lazerbrainz2k3]

Originally Posted by Toyaholic

Agreed, he parked a little too far to the right... but he said there was a bollard blocking the other side.
These Camaro doors are fairly long and require a good amount of space to get out. The truck probably needed a larger spot, but too lazy or just had an attitude to park like that. When I park my truck, I think about the others around me.

The lot looks pretty packed, maybe he'd just gotten there and that was the only spot he could find. The truck parked legally and properly - looks like right down the center - so I fail to see how this was his problem. Maybe he assumed the guy in the Camaro was there alone so parking there wouldn't be a problem. That's more reasonable than parking a foot too far to the right and expecting everyone else to exacerbate your bad parking down the line just because you have long doors. And the OP said he got there early when the lot was more empty - if so, and if that spot had an obstruction to the left, then he ought to have found a different spot himself, and parked correctly.

Originally Posted by Toyaholic

Ummm..... As far as pulling the firearm... HE WAS JOKING! OP just returned from war. Do you really think a douchbag in a parking lot is going to set him off. I would bet he has a better grasp on heated situations than most of the rest of us. Also, be active duty... Yes he most likely CAN carry a weapon in all 50 states.

Maybe it's just having grown up in NJ, a may-issue state where the 2nd Amendment only exists for police, celebrities/the wealthy, and private citizens with very good connections, but I think we ought to be able to expect a bit more discretion from our government employees who carry a federal concealed carry permit - especially one which might allow them to go armed into any state. My private citizen one sure doesn't allow that. I appreciate his service, but it's not funny no matter who you are. If I said that in front of a cop I'd probably have my permit taken away from me, at minimum.

[Camaroadub]

You guys need to relax. The gun comment was just a joke. No way he was going for his gun for something ridiculous like this and with his kids with him.

It does look like he didn't park right though and the SUV is technically inside the white lines so you can't be too mad.

[oldfriend]

Originally Posted by ontheaccount

Got to hate it when they design lots like this. Seems to me the guy parked just like you, hugging the lines. Not his fault imo. As long as there was no damage and he/she was respectful there is no need to go ballistic.

+ 0NE

[PlankeySS2]

Wow, I feel for you bro......you were there first and the guy parked way too close! Line/No Line......and the gun comment was a joke. Most of you are exactly why the majority of Americans can't speak their mind OR the truth....get off your self righteous thrones and join the rest of us here on earth where you can joke about stuff! SMH

[PETRA]

Originally Posted by bandier

My wife (or anyone else watching for that matter) thinks I'm a freak. I'll park far away and when we come back if someone parked next to me I'm staring down the side of the car looking for dings.

I do this same thing! But I also park 1/2 mile away from where I am going in hopes that no one parks next to me. Inevitably they do, but if I ever run the risk of parking in a close spot, than I accept that I may get dinged by another car.

Re: The OP - If you park in a parking garage at the mall, regardless of what time of day it is, you will run the risk of getting dinged, or parked this close to. Period.

Just to give you an idea: my camaro is my DD and I work in a huge office building. Everyday I park across the street, rain or shine, even if I am running late, at the far end of a hotel, in hopes to not get dinged on a daily basis. My co-workers think I am nuts, but I had a new jeep previously and in less than a month of parking at my work building, I had door dings out the wazoo.

Not gonna risk it on this girl.

[MARINE1991]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

With the ruckus I made about this, nobody wants to park next to me anymore.

That's ridiculous I would have been pissed too