Whats wrong with people???

[sparky35uk]

Just a need to rant....

Have just come back from my local Sainsburys where I had parked quite properly in the lined bays witha free one to my nearside, then some tr parked right next to me with mirrors almost touching....I though he'll never get out of his car.
So I sat and waited and he tried to get out and of course had bang his door into mine about 3 times...the wr.....I said 'thanks for for that' and got a sarcastic "that's alright".

I took photo's whilst he went into the store.....now we are talking some bloke who was about 50 and quite well dressed in his Rover 75 estate, so I was a bit shocked.

I moved my car before I went into the store.

Just what is wrong with some people today....it's not my fault he's too fg fat and he's got a Rover 75. Common coutesy seems to be dead...oh what a sad world we live in.


Just needed to vent...sorry!

[cardigankid]

I know it's wrong, but it would have taught him a lesson if you had keyed his car for him and driven off while he was in Sainsbury's. Maybe using the words 'Fat C---'

Edited by cardigankid on Wednesday 21st October 17:53

[adu]

I always find myself parking in the furthest parking bays available just to save this happening

ok its a bit of a walk to get to the shop but does save this happenening

On the evil side why not keep some jiffy bags and note paper in the car , oh and don't forget the super glue for when you stick it to the Ts windscreen , making sure plenty gets behind the wipers

>>andy

[NormanD]

adu said:

I always find myself parking in the furthest parking bays available just to save this happening

I then find a row of empty bays on that row except for the one car next to the drivers door to my car with a 6" gap

[BigNige]

It's an incredible self centred view of life that makes people behave like this.
Everyone else is unimportant to them and they are right in everything they do.

I happen to believe in a form of karma...doesn't stop me shouting at the wnakers at the top of my voice when it happens to me though.

[sparky35uk]

adu said:

I always find myself parking in the furthest parking bays available just to save this happening

ok its a bit of a walk to get to the shop but does save this happenening

On the evil side why not keep some jiffy bags and note paper in the car , oh and don't forget the super glue for when you stick it to the Ts windscreen , making sure plenty gets behind the wipers

>>andy

Yes, I'm afraid it'll be a case of perhaps using two bays in future! But there's a risk with that in some car parks!

[J888SXY]

Why didn't you get his insurance details?

[fatboy b]

I shop online at Ocado, saves all this parking bollux at supermarkets. But when I did, I also used to park out the way, and in a corner if I could, to at least save one side. Car is now 3.5 years old and no dinks!

Edited by fatboy b on Thursday 22 October 10:23

[Zippyworld]

I too shop at Ocado, when he turned up and opened his door he dinged the rear passenger door on my car on the drive.

How unlucky is that ?

I now throw shopping trolleys in the canal as it makes me feel better.

[Cerbman]

adu said:

I always find myself parking in the furthest parking bays available just to save this happening

ok its a bit of a walk to get to the shop but does save this happenening

On the evil side why not keep some jiffy bags and note paper in the car , oh and don't forget the super glue for when you stick it to the Ts windscreen , making sure plenty gets behind the wipers

>>andy

This is what I do. People are lazy, so parking further away from the store avoids this happening.

[SeismicGuy]

The second I saw the title of the thread "What's wrong with people" I correctly guessed the post must have been about getting dinged by some insensitive ignoramus jerk. I have always made a special effort over the years with all the cars I have owned to try and avoid parking lots at all costs. I always first try to park on the street but, if I have to park in a lot, I seek out the end-spaces first. If that fails I figure what space to take based on the sizes and types of cars in the adjacent spaces. My friends all make fun of me but the result of this anal behavior are virtually no dings.

It never fails that the one or two times that I am forced to take a parking space in a lot at the spur of the moment I have come back to find a ding.

I am not sure what it is about some people that they have no problem with banging their door into another car.

Doug
Los Angeles, CA

[popuptoaster]

I have been known to open my door hard 6 or 7 times onto someones car if i happen to be in mine when it gets whacked much to the embarressment of SWMBO, of course the fact that i usually drive things that look like this,



or this,



or this,



really should give people a clue.

Edited by popuptoaster on Friday 23 October 17:09

[alc]

I always park my car in the middle of two bays in a supermarket. It may sound a little selfish but I have not had a problem with idiots parking too close. I do take a great pride in my car.

[Cooky]

Although it's sort of giving in to the aforementioned twunts by not taking the Jag or TVR to said places, our weekly 'supermarket sortie' has become far less eventful since making the decision to use the latest addition to the Cooky stable on such missions.



It's uncanny that one tends to find it amazingly easy to get out into the traffic queues and even more bizzare that fellow 'shoppists' hardly ever park close

[Barreti]

cardigankid said:

I know it's wrong, but it would have taught him a lesson if you had keyed his car for him and driven off while he was in Sainsbury's. Maybe using the words 'Fat C---'

Edited by cardigankid on Wednesday 21st October 17:53

Very clever, and an attitude guaranteed to get you your head kicked in one day. Try growing up a bit eh

Well done the OP, for doing the sensible thing and showing the numpty your contempt and shifting out of his way.

[lowdrag]

When I had the Discovery a woman parked next to me in Sainsburys and the child slammed the door open into my car. She walked off without so much as a "sorry". I couldn't have cared less actually - the car had the side steps and only the door of the brand new BMW was bent. I was still there when she came back and the look on her face when she saw the damge to her car was a picture.

As regards parking far from the rest, I have a bit of advice; park it on the uphill side. I saw a trolley roll away on it's own while the elderly lady unlocked her car. It made quite a mess of the Merc after it had gathered speed for 50 yds.

[cardigankid]

Barreti said:

cardigankid said:

I know it's wrong, but it would have taught him a lesson if you had keyed his car for him and driven off while he was in Sainsbury's. Maybe using the words 'Fat C---'

Very clever, and an attitude guaranteed to get you your head kicked in one day. Try growing up a bit eh

Well done the OP, for doing the sensible thing and showing the numpty your contempt and shifting out of his way.

Always turn the other cheek, eh? How christian of you. What's a few dings in the side of your car after all?

I can tell you that the individual who did that to my car wouldn't do it a second time, and he would think twice before he did it to someone else. If we were a little less passive (for which read weak) in this country it would be less of a sthole. You, however, can do what you like.

As for getting my head kicked in, the offer has been made, but when they get the chance they seem strangely reluctant to have a go. Plainly I wouldn't tackle a busload of Millwall supporters.

Edited by cardigankid on Tuesday 10th November 11:53

[popuptoaster]

Funnily enough i've had the odd person offer to give me a battering when i've complained about the treatment they have dished out to my car, its quite funny watching them suddenly turn round and head back to their cars when i get out and they realise i'm 6'7" and already ugly enough not worry about any extra facial damage.

[lowdrag]

1983. Ring of Kerry. After a heavy night I went for a walk to clear my head in the morning. At a crossroads two cars were coming from different directions and the inevitable happened. A leprechaun jumped out of one car, screeching "you flaming eejit" and bouncing up and down in rage.

The owner of the other car uncoiled himself from his, and standing 6' 5" tall looked down on the - now silent - leprechaun and came out with these immortal words:

"Would I be battering you to a pulp or shall we go into the bar and settle this like gentlemen".

They left, the cars entwined in the middle of the road in this tiny village. I shall never forget it.

[Barreti]

cardigankid said:

Always turn the other cheek, eh? How christian of you. What's a few dings in the side of your car after all?

I can tell you that the individual who did that to my car wouldn't do it a second time, and he would think twice before he did it to someone else. If we were a little less passive (for which read weak) in this country it would be less of a sthole. You, however, can do what you like.

As for getting my head kicked in, the offer has been made, but when they get the chance they seem strangely reluctant to have a go. Plainly I wouldn't tackle a busload of Millwall supporters

Turn the other cheek, I don't think so. And I didn't say I'd let someone get away with dinging my car now did I

I agree we are getting pathetic and need to stand up to the aholes in this world these days, but there are way to do that and to take a key to someones car, anyones car, is the absolute lowest of the low. I can't believe a member of a forum dedicated to the car would even consider it.