Car Park Vultures

[Super_Sean]

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We've seen a few rants here about a range of things... But I thought it was time that I got one in about the one thing that annoys me the most...

This is one that we've all come across at some time (and maybe done it once or twice) and is one of the most frustrating yet no one seems to do anything about it...

You’ve seen it... you've just entered a car park and start looking for an empty parking spot when everything comes to a halt... the car in front has stopped in the middle of the road and waits for someone to get into their car and drive away so that they can have their parking space close to the front door…

Some times, they will even stalk their prey, following some unsuspecting shopper to their car and they sit there with their indicator on and wait for them to unload their shopping trolleys… poor little bastards didn’t even have a chance…

But lets be serious here… the real victims aren’t the people being bullied into giving up their parking space, it’s the people in the car or two or three or four or more that have been trapped behind the “Car Park Vulture”… and forced to stay there for hours (or so it seems) before they can finally continue on their way… Sure you can go around them, but more often than not, there’s not enough room… and so you sit… and you wait… growing impatient by the second that the a**hole in front is being so fri**in’ rude….

Sure… I’ll stop and wait for someone to back out and then take their parking space… but I don’t do it unless they are already in the car and have their reverse lights on to back out…

Trust me; I know how frustrating it can be to drive around and around looking for a car park when it’s busy (think Christmas Eve) but that’s to be expected at that time of year… so that’s something you just have to wear…

But generally, for all the car park vultures that are out there... I have a tip for you… Do what I do… enter the car park and head for the FURTHEST parking space you can find… that might be on the roof level or even the sub-sub basement, I guarantee that most of the time, you will find a parking space easily and you will not have to resort to bulling people to get one…

There are a few advantages to the method described above…

1. It’s generally very easy to find a park there
2. You can usually find a park where no-one is around you and that way. You also avoid those ‘car park scratches’ that you get when people open their doors onto your car…
3. It’s less stressful… both for yourself and the people around you…
4. Being less stress, it's safer for everyone as people don;t get frustrated and speed off…
5. It’s usually more secure… have a look… the furthest parking spaces usually have a security camera pointing at them…
6. You’ll feel better… cos you’ll walk for an extra minute each way…
7. You can ‘Vulture’ all the empty parking spaces that you want… and no-one will give a s**t!

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[Mark^Bastard]

funny rant, what is even worse is the last-minute vultures. The ones that stop when they're basically in the way of the car reversing and then put their reverse lights on expecting you also to reverse back. I never ever ever reverse for them, and if it means I get that park I take it all the while laughing at the stupid buggers.