Walking erect

[pmcd9]

I almost forgot this one from a few weeks ago.  This shot was taken during the busiest time of day, ON PAYDAY naturally, in the parking lot of my bank.  The asshole in the Saturn is parked across two spaces.



Check out the cool bumper sticker.



~Paul

[slink]

I want to see a picture of his epic brow!

[andalucia]

Wow.  Sort of reminds me of the creation science DVD a guy in my philosophy class loaned to my friend, who's the epitome of secularism and very scientifically informed.  This video came to all sorts of conclusions in an attempt to scientifically justify the Bible: apparently in olden times (when people walked with dinosaurs) the sky was pink and everything was gigantic.  We looked into it a little, and the guy who made it turned out to be a shop teacher at the Catholic high school.

And, according to his website, a certified member of Mensa.

[V-Adore]

apparently in olden times (when people walked with dinosaurs) the sky was pink and everything was gigantic.

There is a part of me which would love to see the logic leading up to this idea. Another part of me would sob piteously, but hell, what's a few tears for enlightenment?

[CortJstr]

This is why I continue to press for legislation making it legal, nay required, to key cars parked across more than one space. Being kind of close to line would be okay and you'd get a free pass if it had snowed recently but otherwise it's scratchy time! Especially if you do it a Humvee or Mercedes way at the far end of the parking lot.

[arkabee]

This is why I continue to press for legislation making it legal, nay required, to key cars parked across more than one space.

hmmmm...  keying cars, i'm not so sure i can agree.

Being kind of close to line would be okay and you'd get a free pass if it had snowed recently but otherwise it's scratchy time!

oh, wait, i see.  so that ASSHOLE who left a mark on my passeneger door with his door because he was close to the line is ok and get's a free pass, but

Especially if you do it a Humvee or Mercedes way at the far end of the parking lot.

if i park way the hell in the middle of nowhere so some asshole doesn't fcsk my car up with their door, then you get to key it.

great.

on the FLIP SIDE, if we lined them ALL UP AGAINST THE WALL, we could SHOOT THEM and it would be OK.

i think rather than keying up the CARS which haven't done anything, we should key the DRIVERS.

"hey mitch, that's a pretty bad scar you have there."

"yes brian, it's a daily reminder for me, that parking lots are merely a physical representation of my interaction with society."

but honestly, i'd much rather shoot them.

[slink]

I just want to shoot the dumb bitch who drove into the back of my car about 3 hours ago.
It was kind of interesting watching in my mirror as her face turned to complete panic as she realised that yes, everyone in front of her was stationary. Which also meant she only got it down to about 25mph before crunch.

Fortunately, I drive a car that weighs so much that I didn't even nearly go into the car in front, and I have a towbar, so her radiator was worse than the scratch on the plastic covering of the towbar!

I always recommend driving something that will fair better than anything else on the road.

[V-Adore]

oh, wait, i see.  so that ASSHOLE who left a mark on my passeneger door with his door because he was close to the line is ok and get's a free pass, but

See, I've done this a time or two, just by accident. Given that many cars are now wider than many parking spaces, even in a compact sedan I've been in situations where door-opening has to be very... very... careful, and even then some of the time you're going to dent.

So, yeah, should you key me?

[Nabubrush]

Anytime anyone damages your ride, even inadvertently, you should wait for them to come back and smash their head into the windshield until it breaks into little bits of glass that cut their face up.

That or try to relax about it, since there is not a whole lot a person can do about it, usually.

[jay-ell]

"yes brian, it's a daily reminder for me, that parking lots are merely a physical representation of my interaction with society."

Laugh.  Out.  Loud.  

Seriously, this is how I view it.  Double-parkers either aren't paying attention or they believe that they don't have to follow the same rules as everybody else.  Either way, they deserve pain.  Nothing anybody can do on the road irritates me as much as double-parking.  Especially when I was working at the University, where not only did we have to pay to park at work, but they oversold employee-only parking spaces, so if you didn't get there before 8 AM you had to compete with the students for parking.  

I understand overselling parking spaces for students.  Most of them come to campus for a few hours at a time or only a few days a week.  But why, in the name of tarnation, would you oversell parking spaces for a group of people who are expected to be there every day, all day, year round?

There was this one guy who used to double-park his Miata all the time, so I left a nasty note on his windshield saying if he wanted to take two spaces, he should pay for two parking permits and not use the space I paid for.  

Bastard.

[Asherdan]

Parking is just not worth the effort of getting het up about.  Improving the world one thoughtless or self-centered or just plain jerk at a time is an endless process.  They grow 'em faster than life and experience can straighten them out.  On an isolated case like JL's where an offender can be contacted and corrected, then it may be worthwhile.

What is worth getting wound up about is people who have behaviours that endanger the health and/or property of others.  I'm talking about a much greater severity than a door ding here.

Corner those fuckers and read 'em from the book every chance you get.  I usually accompany their reading with a generous spray of Copenhagen.  It makes excellent punctuation.

[arkabee]

well, while i agree that parking, door dings, and a universe infested with idiots of broader scope than a termite infestation in a universe made entirely out of wood are not really good reasons to get upset about,

i apparently have anger management issues, and as such inevitably get "all het up about" stuff.

however, i do feel that "little things" do have a direct correlation to "big things".  and while i've never Actually Met a Real Life Evil Dictator, i'd assume that they would be the type to not even acknowledge my existence if i hold the door open for them.

the decline of civility, to me, equals the decline of society.  the decline of society means a higher chance of grevious bodily harm happening to me and mine.

therefor, mean people suck.

however, back to the bumper sticker.

it is teh suxors.

[CortJstr]

if i park way the hell in the middle of nowhere so some asshole doesn't fcsk my car up with their door, then you get to key it.

great.

That's the whole point. I see these assholes all the time at the movies. They park their new Escalade diagonally across two spaces way at the other end of the lot so they won't get a scratch. Then an hour later I get the the theatre and there aren't any spaces left because there's 5 of these dicks eating up two spaces each.

So if they do this to protect their cars then the perfect deterrent is mandatory damage to the car.

I only say close to the line is okay because that can be too much of a judgment call. But if part of the parked car is over the white line then it's time for some retribution.

[Asherdan]

the decline of civility, to me, equals the decline of society.

I absolutely agree with this.

However, I also think it's too late to change most people once they're old and set in their ways.  A little impromtu 're-education' session doesn't usually get past their defensive posturing of 'what's your problem, prick?'

To tie this in to the bumper sticker, what a maroon.  Controlled evolution is the way to go.  What we need are standards to breed (and raise) better people, not this willy-nilly shit we have going on.  Modern social constructs pamper mud-heads rather than killing them off before they wade into the gene-pool, as was the case in the not to recent past.

[jough]

I am one of those people who believe "the rules" (i.e. someone else's rules, to which I've never agreed or was even asked for consent) don't apply to me.  Why should they?

In any case, there are certain things that one should do while living among other humans.  Most people do not know how to act in society.

Civility died at the turn of the last century.  This century we'll see the death of service and committment.

Eventually the world will be a Thunderdome-esque free-for-all where we all enter, but only one man leaves.