[Rdholmes]

As for the OP... cursing and insulting someone for parking next to you is likely to get you floored one of these days and if you think about it for a moment, teaching your grandchildren to pick fights with strangers over a parking space is likely to get them floored one day too. Pathetic really..

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l just deleted what I replied to you, you really just are not worth the effort. It wasn't very nice, and I'm not going down to your level.

i'll go back to reading and not posting and leave it all to you. I guess you'll have to say something about this too.

 

[Fat Boy Slim]

It was always a joke when I was living in Spain .

In our little holiday back corner and sleepy hollow of Marbella (the poor part), a quick trip to La Canada and you will see the standard Spanish way of parking is diagonal across two spots, then fling the doors open as hard as they can.

Compare this to France where they do not park, they just stop their cars and get out regardless of where they are.

Makes us almost civilized. I have seen some people at our Asda putting trolleys in the adjacent spots knowing that no one will collect them and most drivers are too lazy to move them.

FBS

 

[Lost it]

Many years ago, I had a Ford Mustang Mach 1, it was a growing up thing..

I took my girlfriend to watch Magnum Force at the Essoldo in Rotherham, parked the beast in the car park opposite, in the middle, plenty of space. Came back after the film and found it boxed in by a Ford Escort at the front just about touching the front and a Mini at the back doing the same, two kids looking on. Loads of space in the car park.

So I put the girl friend in the car, went over to the two lads and asked them if they knew who owned the cars, they laughed out loud so I asked them if they'd kindly move their cars?

Nope.
Well. 351 Cubic inches of torque, General Grabber tyres and 1.5 ton of Mustang had NO problem pushing the Escort into a wall out of the way with a bit of tyre smoke... Or a Mini. I think I may have hit that a bit harder though.

I think they were too stunned to react. Didn't even dent the bumpers on the muzzy. The bumpers were used to jack the thing up. My girlfriend was laughing out loud.

As to Supermarket car park spaces, the marketing people only worry about how many spaces they can advertise, so they are less than optimal for modern cars. Only Sainsbury's and Morrison have car park spaces that are more based on the size of cars in my experience...

 

[Stravinsky]

In our little holiday back corner and sleepy hollow of Marbella (the poor part), a quick trip to La Canada and you will see the standard Spanish way of parking is diagonal across two spots, then fling the doors open as hard as they can.

Compare this to France where they do not park, they just stop their cars and get out regardless of where they are.

Makes us almost civilized. I have seen some people at our Asda putting trolleys in the adjacent spots knowing that no one will collect them and most drivers are too lazy to move them.

FBS

Parking in Spain is a farce.
I bought an almost new Grand Vitara when we moved there. Only a few years later it was covered in scrapes where other car owners had missed parking spots. You only have to look at cars in Spain and France to see the effect

Talking of France, I was out for a business meal one night with my French agents in Paris center. We drove around for ages looking for a parking space, and then he saw one which frankly I thought he would never get in to. He reversed in and pushed the car behind gently backwards, then the same to the car in front, and then the one behind again until he was safely in. He turned to look at me, saw the look of bemusement on my face, shrugged his shoulders, and said "bumpers are for bumping".

 

[Zippo]

A few years ago when my old mother was still alive she was very infirm and we had to use a wheelchair to get her about, she was still wanting to be independant but it was obviously difficult for her to get around on her own so I used my car and we had the Blue Disc to park.

One particular day we were taking her on a shopping trip to Safeways, it was pretty much the highlight of her week getting to choose her own shopping. I pulled in to where the disabled spaces were and one was left, bearing in mind I had the blue disc showing on my dash, I headed for the space. A guy in a Vectra came the wrong way up the lane and attempted to beat me to the space, we ended up bumper to bumper with neither of us in the space, I looked at the situation and backed out a bit at which point he quickly took the space. I had expected him to have some disablility but he leapt out of his car like a sprinter and headed for the shop, I got out of my car and shouted at him that I had an old infirm person in the car and needed the space, he told me to f**k off and showed me the middle finger then disappeared into the shop.

Stunned I didn't know what to do really but I was incensed at his attitude so in a moment of madness I went into the boot looking for something to hit his car with, luckliy all I could find was a small bag of flour we had bought elsewhere so I took it and exploded it across his windscreen. As I was walking back to my car I was approached by a woman and I expected some rebuke but she just put a hand on my arm and said "good for you, I saw everything and you just made my day"

I decided not to shop at that store that day as the emotion it had brought out in me I didn't particularly like and my actions I didn't really feel proud of... but it showed me the feelings that can be generated by issues for parking spaces.
These days I have no care whether I park close to the shop as long as I have parked courteously. My mother is dead now so I have no need for disabled spaces and I would NEVER think of taking one if I wasn't entitled to it.

Thats a terrible story, I agree with your actions and anger. It just proves the guy was a total idiot as any rational person who had just pissed someone off wither their car or parking would not leave it parked right next to them and run off swearing because it will get keyed! I know you didn't but a lot of people would have keyed the **** out of that car!

 

[Ian D]

Yeah, because criminal damage is always the way to go after being insulted....

 

[Aonsaithya]

I think we can all, in a civilized manner, agree that disabled spots are for people with disabilities and put that matter to rest. It's something so obvious I can't imagine any decent man or woman or person of undefined gender having issues with it.

But regarding parking, even if it means an extra 200 meters of walking (which is nothing unless you have a crippling disability), I adhere to my rules listed below:
1) Always park next to well-kept cars
2) Avoid tight spots
3) Make sure there'll be enough space to get into the surrounding cars as well
4) If absolutely necessary to park in a tight spot, take a photo showing the surrounding cars.

 

[Fat Boy Slim]

Vulcan,

It's not worth arguing even though I am not one to talk. I would have a go at anyone talking to me like that and as I am not as young as I used to be would probably end up on the loosing side.

I think it is better to get even than mad. Always carry round a potato with you. Not that I would do this, but a potato stuck in the end of an exhaust pipe will clam down the idiot and if you stick around, you will see him drive off and then stop. It won't hurt his car but it will make you feel better.

FBS

 

[Stravinsky]

Tesco's Shirley, Solihull
Loads of mother and child and disabled spots. So many times I've seen people roll up and park there and obviously not disabled in any way, no sticker etc.
Trouble is these days that no one is willing to do anything or say anything, so more and more morons do the same.

@IanD - it's more than being insulted ... its indicative of the lowering of moral standards in general. In reality there is nothing you can do because the store wont be bothered to do anything, the person involved will just give you the finger (or worse, kill you as recently happened) swear at yuou or tell you to mind your own business. So I dont blame Vulcan for the flour, just glad it didn't escalate to anything more. In Spain they have a system where if such a thing happened you can take a photo of the car and go to the local police station and they are bound to follow it up and do something. It's called a denuncia. Wouldnt do too much harm to have similar here. You threaten someone with a denuncia in Spain and they yake notice because they know where it leads

 

[Happy Harry]

Many years ago, I had a Ford Mustang Mach 1, it was a growing up thing..

I took my girlfriend to watch Magnum Force at the Essoldo in Rotherham, parked the beast in the car park opposite, in the middle, plenty of space. Came back after the film and found it boxed in by a Ford Escort at the front just about touching the front and a Mini at the back doing the same, two kids looking on. Loads of space in the car park.

So I put the girl friend in the car, went over to the two lads and asked them if they knew who owned the cars, they laughed out loud so I asked them if they'd kindly move their cars?

Nope.
Well. 351 Cubic inches of torque, General Grabber tyres and 1.5 ton of Mustang had NO problem pushing the Escort into a wall out of the way with a bit of tyre smoke... Or a Mini. I think I may have hit that a bit harder though.

I think they were too stunned to react. Didn't even dent the bumpers on the muzzy. The bumpers were used to jack the thing up. My girlfriend was laughing out loud.

As to Supermarket car park spaces, the marketing people only worry about how many spaces they can advertise, so they are less than optimal for modern cars. Only Sainsbury's and Morrison have car park spaces that are more based on the size of cars in my experience...

I used to live on the corner of a T junction with a corner shop on the opposite corner. If there was someone parked in front of the shop then people would park in front of my driveway instead of six feet further back because that would mean six feet further to walk.

One day, in my Ford Transit Truck, I wanted to turn right off the road and into my drive but I foolishly waited for the guy coming the other way to pass. Well he didn't pass, he just pulled up and stopped right in front of my drive. I leaned out of the window and said to him that I was trying to get into my drive. He said "Sorry mate, I didn't realize that anyone was there" and continued to walk into the shop saying "I'm only going to be a minute"

Well I'd heard that expression so many times before that I saw red and pulled up in front of his car leaving a gap of just a few inches. I waited in my cab until he came out of the shop and noted his displeasure when he had to walk right around the back of his car to get in. He started his car, looked over his shoulder and reversed ten feet down the road and then turned round with a nonchalant look on his face only to realise that my truck was still a few inches from his bumper. He looked over his shoulder again and reversed only to find that I was still inches from his bumper. In desperation he reversed back down the road at full speed until he almost hit a car parked further back and then quickly slammed it into first gear - But - my old truck was too fast for him and there he was - stuck! I nonchalantly got out of my truck, locked the door, walked over to him and calmly said "I shall be considerably longer than a minute" Then I walked back to my house and went inside.

I had my supper, watched a bit of telly and then looked down the street. The car was still there. Later I looked out before I went to bed and both cars had gone. What a pity!

 

[rustty]

looks like one of these has been opened, looks like when push comes to shove we can all be a tw@t sometimes

 

[Guest]

I was approached by the security guy for the store on my next visit and I expected to be told to sling my hook but far from it, he just wanted to tell me that he had witnessed the whole incident and when the guy came back he was massively annoyed and ranting.

He then tried to clean his screen with the wash/wipe but only succeeded in making a sort of bread dough on the screen which made it worse.

The security guard said that he sent the guy then across to the adjacent garage to borrow a bucket of water which he did and it took about three buckets to get the screen clear enough to drive it, all the time the security guard and his mate were having a quiet laugh to themselves about it.

I was hugely apologetic but the guard said there was no need as it had made a boring day more interesting. Took Vectra Man about 30 mins to get his car clear enough to drive.

Like I say I wasn't really proud of it but it was a knee jerk reaction to a situation, I'm just glad I had removed the lump hammer from the boot a few days previous or I may have had my collar felt.

I had always prided myself on being very difficult to annoy or work up but that situation showed me I was capable of being annoyed to the point of "red mist" not something I ever want to happen again, it was over 5 years ago now and I have never allowed myself to get in any similar situations or if close I just take a deep breath and let it ride over me.

 

[benweston88]

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l just deleted what I replied to you, you really just are not worth the effort. It wasn't very nice, and I'm not going down to your level.

i'll go back to reading and not posting and leave it all to you. I guess you'll have to say something about this too.

To be honest, I agree with him.

Yes, it's annoying when people do that. But people who swear and rant at strangers for what is, really, quite a minor thing are FAR worse in my opinion.

I think I'd have had the same blank, "who are you talking to" look on my face if I was that guy!

 

[BarryS]

The people i just don't understand are the ones that park in the disabled bays in the carpark at the gym, they then go inside to go on a running machine, can anyone explain this to me as it totally confuses me

 

[Itsbuggered]

Just for the record, I would never use a disabled parking space unless I was giving my dad a lift and we used his blue badge, afterall no-one plans to be disabled but mum & kids, fair game !
(I will add that I do all my shopping much later than most, I hate being in supermarkets before 10pm so loads of lovely big kids spaces available)!!!!

Si.

 

[rowtrak098]

Morals in this matter are a bit none PC, ,never park in the wrong area !! and No ! I won't crack a JOKE LOL ,,flour for god sake ! If the guy liked the disabled spot so much ,,why not make him stay longer,, 4x:twisted: flat tyres would have helped LOL

 

[Guest]

I think we can all, in a civilized manner, agree that disabled spots are for people with disabilities and put that matter to rest. It's something so obvious I can't imagine any decent man or woman or person of undefined gender having issues with it.

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If anyone is referring to MY post regarding disabled spaces, it was a joke aimed at underlining the whole business of parking where you shouldn't.

 

[Guest]

Just for the record, I would never use a disabled parking space unless I was giving my dad a lift and we used his blue badge, afterall no-one plans to be disabled but mum & kids, fair game !

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Naughty! Have you not heard of unexpected pregnancies?You might like to consider that if we didn't have kids, who would be paying for future disability benefits?

 

[Fat Boy Slim]

You might like to consider that if we didn't have kids, who would be paying for future disability benefits?

Looking at the "Yoof" of today, that is a very good question. I cannot see many of them contributing much.

Somehow I think we are in the death throws of State benefits and pensions. I cannot see the current system surviving much longer. In the future people will have to be more responsible and look after their own families and lives.

Sad, but there it is, the system has been milked to the point where the genuine claimant suffers the most.

FBS

 

[rowtrak098]

well the thread had my attention ,,he yawns...