I was at a coffee shop in a rich neighbourhood. Someone left the shop and then came back in speaking loudly to everyone. “Who here has the Mercedes with the license plate that starts with M?” They asked.
Someone raised their hand.
“You need to move your car” The entitled man demanded.
“But I parked in the middle of the spot.” The Mercedes owner replied.
“I can’t get in to my car”
It turns out the entitled guy had a Rolls Royce that he parked over the line. The Mercedes driver parked next to him, but inside the lines. The Rolls Royce driver didn’t accept that he was the one who parked terribly. He just demanded that the other person needed to move their car. Not politely asking, just a demand.
To add to it, this place only has about 8 spots and it’s always busy. The idea that no one should park next to him is the epitome of entitled.
When I see someone parked awfully, I do give them the benefit of the doubt that they might have parked where there was room, and someone else before them parked even more absurdly bad.
But I wouldn’t if they show up making that kind of a scene.
Funny, I recently had a similar story at work. We’re in a building with several companies, so the “Rolls Royce” guy of your story was someone from another company, and the “Mercedes” guy was one of our colleagues. Exact same thing, the other guy was badly parked whereas our colleague was within the marks (although slightly misaligned TBF, but still in the marks). Some people…
I was at a coffee shop in a rich neighbourhood. Someone left the shop and then came back in speaking loudly to everyone. “Who here has the Mercedes with the license plate that starts with M?” They asked.
Someone raised their hand.
“You need to move your car” The entitled man demanded.
“But I parked in the middle of the spot.” The Mercedes owner replied.
“I can’t get in to my car”
It turns out the entitled guy had a Rolls Royce that he parked over the line. The Mercedes driver parked next to him, but inside the lines. The Rolls Royce driver didn’t accept that he was the one who parked terribly. He just demanded that the other person needed to move their car. Not politely asking, just a demand.
To add to it, this place only has about 8 spots and it’s always busy. The idea that no one should park next to him is the epitome of entitled.
When I see someone parked awfully, I do give them the benefit of the doubt that they might have parked where there was room, and someone else before them parked even more absurdly bad.
But I wouldn’t if they show up making that kind of a scene.
There is a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode about just this.
Funny, I recently had a similar story at work. We’re in a building with several companies, so the “Rolls Royce” guy of your story was someone from another company, and the “Mercedes” guy was one of our colleagues. Exact same thing, the other guy was badly parked whereas our colleague was within the marks (although slightly misaligned TBF, but still in the marks). Some people…
If I see someone parked over the lines I assume they are gonna hit my car wh their door or while they are backing out, so I go somewhere else.