Car Park Psychology.
Discussion
had ham said:
I've been parking in 'normal' spaces in supermarket car parks for 25 years, in cars worth from £50 up to £115,000. Never had a dent.
Actually, I'm not even sure why I've responded to this as I usually avoid getting into conversations with half-brained selfish f
kwits like you.
You've been lucky then. I haven't been so lucky. And even if there was the smallest chance ever of getting a dent, i will still continue to park well out the way, or p and c Actually, I'm not even sure why I've responded to this as I usually avoid getting into conversations with half-brained selfish f
kwits like you.
I know not everyone on PH agrees with it, but I tend to take two spaces. However, I only do this if there are loads of spaces, and even then only at the far end of the car park...where there are a surfeit of them. On these criteria I really can't see why any sane person could take offence.
Most people are too lazy to walk, so half the car parks are empty. If it's a busy time (e.g. Saturdays) I just make sure I take my runaround car.
Most people are too lazy to walk, so half the car parks are empty. If it's a busy time (e.g. Saturdays) I just make sure I take my runaround car.
OhnnyBv8 said:
I know not everyone on PH agrees with it, but I tend to take two spaces. However, I only do this if there are loads of spaces, and even then only at the far end of the car park...where there are a surfeit of spaces. Most people are too lazy to walk, so half the car parks are empty. If it's a busy time (e.g. Saturdays) I just make sure I take my runaround car.
This is way more considerate than parking in Disabled spaces and using up P & C spaces when not much are left.Mate of mine was at the O2 a few weeks back very early in the morning. He has a nice new XJR and he parked it in the massive car park and he reckons his was the only car in there and he parked it well out of the way from some coffee bar. Locked it up, went for a cuppa and twenty minutes later came out to his car and there was someone parked right next to him 
He said he stood there in disbelief as there were literally 1000 empty spaces but someone was right up close to his P&J.
He said he stood there in disbelief as there were literally 1000 empty spaces but someone was right up close to his P&J. crazy about cars said:
OhnnyBv8 said:
I know not everyone on PH agrees with it, but I tend to take two spaces. However, I only do this if there are loads of spaces, and even then only at the far end of the car park...where there are a surfeit of spaces. Most people are too lazy to walk, so half the car parks are empty. If it's a busy time (e.g. Saturdays) I just make sure I take my runaround car.
This is way more considerate than parking in Disabled spaces and using up P & C spaces when not much are left.As someobody else mentioned, whichever car I'm in, if possible I would also tend not to park near scuffy people carriers or cars with baby seats in the back....seen quite a few examples of mums with kids often needing to open car doors wide and being so preoccupied that they dont try to avoid doors banging onto other cars.
Edited by OhnnyBv8 on Saturday 23 June 12:47
one of reasons i got rid of my expensive car all this st, was always trying to think where to park to minimise damage etc, now with a 12 year old car i dont give a monkeys, saves alot of time, worry and repair costs.
If i see someone has parked wrongly in a space, taken 2 spaces i will do my level best to squeeze as tight as possible to that car to try to teach em a lesson!!!
t, was always trying to think where to park to minimise damage etc, now with a 12 year old car i dont give a monkeys, saves alot of time, worry and repair costs.If i see someone has parked wrongly in a space, taken 2 spaces i will do my level best to squeeze as tight as possible to that car to try to teach em a lesson!!!
flyingjase said:
Harding91 said:
I work for Waitrose and there's a in a black ferrari with a PH Sticker on it that comes in every saturday and parks in a disabled spot, he is not disabled nor does he have a disabled parking permit, He also wears a leather ferrari jacket, even in the summer.
If you're reading this, you may be rich/own a nice car, but park in the proper fking spots you prick.
I really don't get why people do this, there is no need. I saw this guy getting out of his car having parked in a disabled bay at Beaconsfield Services the other day. And it was the last disabled bay available so if someone who actually was disabled turned up, they'd have nowhere to park. in a black ferrari with a PH Sticker on it that comes in every saturday and parks in a disabled spot, he is not disabled nor does he have a disabled parking permit, He also wears a leather ferrari jacket, even in the summer.If you're reading this, you may be rich/own a nice car, but park in the proper f
king spots you prick.I think it's just arrogance.
If you have a £150k then park far away and take up 2 slots if you that paranoid!
Surely blocking a driver in is illegal but parking in a disabled bay isn't. Also just how many more disabled spaces are there now. westwood cross in thanet just repainted some of the lines in the carpark there are loads more than there used to be. Quite annoying having to drive a round looking for a space when there are loads of empty ones that incure a £60 charge if you park there.
diablodave that statement makes you sound a bit of an arse. when you had your "expensive" car how did you park it. If you parked in two bays would you have been happy to find a person parking two inches from it. Also if when doing your parking manoeuvres against two bay parkers and you hit the car would you fes up or drive off. Think of the insurance claim, i didnt like the way someone parked so i stuck my nose in and whilst teaching them a lesson i parked as close to there car as possible and hit it.
RobbieKB said:
Supermarket car parks have cost me over £1200 in repairs of which people haven't owned up to. I'm with the OP now. I park so far away I might as well stick a bike in the boot to get to the store.
Don't say that, you'll make someone cry.Just for the record, to zit up, I park far away now. I haven't used p and c for quite some time, and I don't think I've ever used disabled.
Toaster Pilot said:
Loved having a Picasso courtesy car thanks to you paranoid wkers, I could park it wherever I liked and nobody ever parked next to it ever, probably assuming my 5 non existent kids would open their doors against whatever was parked there
Just because your paranoid doesn't mean your wrong kers, I could park it wherever I liked and nobody ever parked next to it ever, probably assuming my 5 non existent kids would open their doors against whatever was parked there 
I will not park next to a people carrier in a supermarket car park. Ever. Its genuinly not worth the risk!
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