Don't often rant...but really!

vikingaero

I picked DD1 up from her new school yesterday because it was bucketing it down. We've come from a one-class-per-year primary school to a six-classes-per-year grammar school with two other schools on the same site. There is a large pay and display car park that we can use.

First 95% of the parents didn't buy a ticket. Second most of the parents ignored lane markings and drove in whichever way they wanted. Third most of them parked into other bays. And fourth a hardcore ignored the yellow hatched area for the school buses to turn - and got arsey with the bus drivers who beeped them to move so they could turn! It was chaos and unbelievable that these parents (mostly mothers) are allowed to pass their selfish genes and attitudes onto the next generation. Roll on the next generation of muppets taught welll by their parents.

MamaMoo_2

OP, you should check out a site called "you park like a c u next Tuesday" (although "c u next Tue" needs to be subbed with the actual c-word)
You could submit that photo :P

Gers

MamaMoo wrote: »

OP, you should check out a site called "you park like a c u next Tuesday" (although "c u next Tue" needs to be subbed with the actual c-word)
You could submit that photo :P

:rotfl::rotfl: Did think of it... but have rejected it - too polite for my own good.

Perhaps the suggestion of a note on the windscreen is the way forward, though if the driver CBA to check on the parking then I doubt if this will be effective. There are a number of such inconsiderate drivers in this street, one resident has a large old BMW and often parks almost touching other cars.

I will just continue to park elsewhere.

:T

joansgirl

MamaMoo wrote: »

OP, you should check out a site called "you park like a c u next Tuesday" (although "c u next Tue" needs to be subbed with the actual c-word)
You could submit that photo :P

OMG!! I just looked at that site. The number plates are visible! I'm sure I must be on there somewhere, my parking's rubbish!:eek:

quidsy

One of the benefits of having an older car is I dont mind using my doors to send a message. I would have squeezed myself in and if the car blocking me got damaged in the process, well they might think twice next time about parking so close.

I once had a numpty park behind me so that I couldnt reverse out of a space, they had left their window open so I opened their car, let off the hand brake and pushed their car down the road, reset the brake, got in my car and just at that moment, the moron came out and stood like the moron he was, gawking at the space his car was supposed to be, so I enlightened him that as he illegally parked and blocked my legal space, I moved his car out of my way cause I havent got time to wait for inconsiderate prats. He was still standing there like a numpty as i drive away.

ERICS_MUM

I'm usually quite a relaxed driver, no road rage from me but bad/inconsiderate parking really makes me MAD !

I was once trapped like this in a hospital car park. Stressed from having visited 88 year old seriously ill Mum and worried about updating my siblings. After waiting unsuccessfully for an hour for either driver to return and liberate me, I was crying hot tears of anger! Whipped out my keys and dragged them down the side of the white van. The thought of vengeance made me feel better for a few seconds until......I realised that my efforts had left not a mark ! Talk about feeling inadequate.

Went back into hosp for a large cappuccino and indulgent cake. Hour later the van man had gone, which was lucky for him as an encounter with me might have lead to A&E.

prowla

Some time back someone parked right up to my drivers door but I caught them as they were leaving their car and got them to move; they were a bit huffy but did it. They were so fat they had to leave themself a big space to get out, and didn't even look at my side of the car.

unholyangel

Gers wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: Did think of it... but have rejected it - too polite for my own good.

Perhaps the suggestion of a note on the windscreen is the way forward, though if the driver CBA to check on the parking then I doubt if this will be effective. There are a number of such inconsiderate drivers in this street, one resident has a large old BMW and often parks almost touching other cars.

I will just continue to park elsewhere.

:T

I know of one driver who had to learn his lesson the hard way. He would park on a no waiting sign, which there was also double yellow lines, right at a junction, blocking the pavement and blocking the road (road was only one cars width). He was repeatedly asked by residents not to park there. This went on for the best part of a year until one resident purposely hit his car with his works van.

He never parked on that bit of the road again and would park in the spaces (which were literally 10-15ft from where he was parking on the road!).

People who would rather park dangerously than walk an extra few feet astound me.

GwylimT

I live in a flat so we have allocated parking, you buy your parking space after you have bought a flat, we had two spaces one normal and one disabled for my wife, the normal space is much more generous than your average supermarket bay.

My normal parking space is next to another residents him and his wife are quite fat, when they use the car one sits in the driving seat and one in a rear passenger seat as they have to park one sided to physically get out of the car! They were always parking so I had to get into my car by using the passenger side door, they also found it appropriate to bend in my wing mirror as they were apparently incapable of avoiding it. I had a few words about parking and they continued to ignore it, so instead of parking properly I start parking right near the line near their space, meaning they could no longer park over the bay line and into mine. They parked and discovered they couldn't get out of the car, despite the fact that their other neighboring car is a well parked aygo.

They came to my flat and started hammering on the door complaining they couldn't park, every time I had asked them to move their car so I could get into mine they refused, so I refused to move my car, I was within my own bay so there was nothing they could do about it. A few weeks later I got rid of my car and so I sold my parking space, the person who bought it has a people carrier so parking well means each side is close to the line so the fat couple still couldn't park. Instead of sorting out their lifestyle (no exaggeration their car is full of KFC and McDonalds wrappers, they are attempting to sue the estate for not providing adequate parking!

joansgirl

GwylimT wrote: »

I live in a flat so we have allocated parking, you buy your parking space after you have bought a flat, we had two spaces one normal and one disabled for my wife, the normal space is much more generous than your average supermarket bay.

My normal parking space is next to another residents him and his wife are quite fat, when they use the car one sits in the driving seat and one in a rear passenger seat as they have to park one sided to physically get out of the car! They were always parking so I had to get into my car by using the passenger side door, they also found it appropriate to bend in my wing mirror as they were apparently incapable of avoiding it. I had a few words about parking and they continued to ignore it, so instead of parking properly I start parking right near the line near their space, meaning they could no longer park over the bay line and into mine. They parked and discovered they couldn't get out of the car, despite the fact that their other neighboring car is a well parked aygo.

They came to my flat and started hammering on the door complaining they couldn't park, every time I had asked them to move their car so I could get into mine they refused, so I refused to move my car, I was within my own bay so there was nothing they could do about it. A few weeks later I got rid of my car and so I sold my parking space, the person who bought it has a people carrier so parking well means each side is close to the line so the fat couple still couldn't park. Instead of sorting out their lifestyle (no exaggeration their car is full of KFC and McDonalds wrappers, they are attempting to sue the estate for not providing adequate parking!

Hahaha! That's funny.:rotfl: