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Things I Hate About... Parking
Montreal, QC - EvilGentleman - Monday, March 27th, 2006 : goo
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Yet another one of my endless lists of complaints about the things in life that drive us all nuts, yet bring us closer together in our shared frustrations.
Feel free to check out the rest of the Things I Hate About... series
Things I Hate About... Traffic
Things I Hate About... Public Transit
Things I Hate About... Internet Chat
Now for the list at hand:
PARKING
1 - People who park in two spaces at the same time
2 - Endless numbers of signs, each denoting different parking regulations and hours
3 - Parking meters
4 - Idiots who park 6 inches from your door, forcing you to enter the car from the other side
5 - Shopping carts hitting your car while you are inside the store
6 - Taxis, garbage trucks, police cars, ambulances and anyone else who double parks while they go for lunch, thus leaving you trapped
7 - It always seems the car in front of you suddenly decides they need a parking spot after they see you turn on your signals, and sure enough, they take the spot you were trying to use
8 - Advertisers who nearly give you a heart attack when they put their flyers (always the same general size as a parking ticket, too!) under your windshield wiper when you are away from the car
9 - Alarm systems that go off when you try to gently nudge idiots like #1 into their own spot, so you can use the other one
10 - No matter what time of day it is, there are always plenty of available parking spots... until you need one...
I can think of dozens of other gripes, but maybe you guys can say it better...
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Peter: 12) alternate side parking regulations
Laura : 27th Mar 2006 - 20:58 GMT
12) Alternate side parking that makes me move my car an hour into the workday.
13) Bogus parking tickets that you have to take time out of your life to protest.
14) Irritated drivers who decide to key or vanadalize your car because you "took my spot!", despite following all of the unwritten rules of NYC parking.
15) Not being able to fit in a small spot and bemoaning the fact that if all the cars on the block would just move closer together, you'd fit.
16) And a personal one- driving around in my little car forever trying to score a spot only to drive past Hummers and SUVs that have magically found large enough spots to fit in.
Laura : 27th Mar 2006 - 21:00 GMT
Ah Peter, we were on the same page right there at the same time :)
EvilGentleman: 27th Mar 2006 - 21:53 GMT
17 - People who have realized the highway code does not apply to parking lots, and drive like maniacs as a result
chiamattt: 27th Mar 2006 - 22:39 GMT
There are only three parking methods in Seoul. If the above 17 piss you off, you'd be really pissed here.
1 - valet
2 - anywhere there is space (including sidewalks)
3 - "puzzle parking" (park bumper to bumper and leave car in neutral. people push your car out of the way to get their car out at different times. You could park on one side and wake up with your car on the other side of the lot. you can get a ticket if you put your car in park)
I have on doubt that Koreans complain about public transit, traffic, internet chat, and parking just the same. But I don't understand the language. It makes living here that much nicer than living in N.America. I like not understanding all the petty beefs.
chiamattt: 27th Mar 2006 - 22:43 GMT
oh yeah! when you park, you MUST put your handphone number on the dash, so that someone can call you to come move your car. If you don't the police spend 3 hours screaming your plate number through a loudspeaker before they either give up and move on, tow it, or put a giant sticker ticket on the window.
jack: 27th Mar 2006 - 23:34 GMT
18-when you go to your car and you cant find it and you swear that you parked it right over there and you ask someone what happened and they tell you they just towed away a bunch of cars.
David: 28th Mar 2006 - 15:48 GMT
19-people obliviously pulling out in front of me while I'm riding my bike.
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