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Near me where everyone is special and everso clever with their Rangeys or other bling wagons they always, without fail have to sneak through a space to get to the exit lane, even though we're talking 50 yards to go the normal way out. However the silly 
s also think the 30 limit from the road applies as a minimum speed in the car park and give you evil glares for daring to be leaving the supermarket in the normal fashion.
I park as far away from other people as possible and still usually walk in the shop before others who arse about finding spaces close by.
Oh and parent and child means oversized 4x4 and teenage child here, or alternatively a macho pickup cock extension like a Navara which they are too scared/incompetent/lazy to park.
s also think the 30 limit from the road applies as a minimum speed in the car park and give you evil glares for daring to be leaving the supermarket in the normal fashion.I park as far away from other people as possible and still usually walk in the shop before others who arse about finding spaces close by.
Oh and parent and child means oversized 4x4 and teenage child here, or alternatively a macho pickup cock extension like a Navara which they are too scared/incompetent/lazy to park.
An Oasis said:
Shop online then you don't have to mix with the riff raff and there's no wker waiting to crack your paint work.
+1. A far more pleasurable way to shop and time saving too. ker waiting to crack your paint work.Anybody else noticed that even when you park in the furthest space away from the store to avoid the incompetent parkers, some t
t always parks next to you even though there are scores of empty spaces. Wouldn't mind if these were like-minded 'enthusiasts', but it's usually somebody in a border line MOT failure just wanting to piss you off 
Most dangerous places in the UK as far as I am concerned.
I am lucky enough to live close enough to walk to my local supermarket, and with it only being me and the OH, can usually just walk down twice a week to get all the shopping we need while keeping fit.
On the rare occasions I do need to drive to the places, its always parked at the far far far corner of the supermarket and keep full alertness going out. Its amazing how many people will drive up the wrong way and not look when reversing out, then start kicking off at the person in the 'right'
The other thing that confused me most is -
A few years back, I popped down my local morrisons. They have two car parks, one that is always deserted save for 2 or 3 cars in 150 spaces, and the main one that is always busy.
I went to the quiet car park and parked in a corner, not a car within 100 spaces of me. As I was putting the handbrake on and preparing to get out the car, a middle aged woman in a smallish car went and parked right next to me. Took ages for her to reverse into the space. So I decided that I would restart my car, and move a few spaces away - no point in risking my paintwork as loads of room. I did this and moved several spaces away, and as I got out, the woman gave me a torrent of abuse along the lines of "Oh right, so I am not good enough to park next to your car?" I pointed out that there was plenty of space and she continued going ballistic, so I just walked off.
Bizarre.
I am lucky enough to live close enough to walk to my local supermarket, and with it only being me and the OH, can usually just walk down twice a week to get all the shopping we need while keeping fit.
On the rare occasions I do need to drive to the places, its always parked at the far far far corner of the supermarket and keep full alertness going out. Its amazing how many people will drive up the wrong way and not look when reversing out, then start kicking off at the person in the 'right'
The other thing that confused me most is -
A few years back, I popped down my local morrisons. They have two car parks, one that is always deserted save for 2 or 3 cars in 150 spaces, and the main one that is always busy.
I went to the quiet car park and parked in a corner, not a car within 100 spaces of me. As I was putting the handbrake on and preparing to get out the car, a middle aged woman in a smallish car went and parked right next to me. Took ages for her to reverse into the space. So I decided that I would restart my car, and move a few spaces away - no point in risking my paintwork as loads of room. I did this and moved several spaces away, and as I got out, the woman gave me a torrent of abuse along the lines of "Oh right, so I am not good enough to park next to your car?" I pointed out that there was plenty of space and she continued going ballistic, so I just walked off.
Bizarre.
I was in a multi-storey in Exeter a few weeks ago looking for a space and had to wait for a woman to park her Focus in a space. A fairly straightforward manoeuvre, but she was making a real pigs ear of it.
I had time to get past her and reverse back into a space by a pillar (I had to go up the exit ramp to give myself room), get out of the car, lock it and walk back past where she was still trying to park.
I did nearly stop and tell her it she'd find it easier to go in backwards...
I had time to get past her and reverse back into a space by a pillar (I had to go up the exit ramp to give myself room), get out of the car, lock it and walk back past where she was still trying to park.
I did nearly stop and tell her it she'd find it easier to go in backwards...
totaly agree with thecarpetcleaner. always the same - a heap of spaces and the always park next to your car either when your getting into it/out or when your in the shop and dent your door cos there parked over the lines or an inch away from your door. always the same kind of people too - school run mums with their 5 year old kids or stroppy 15 year olds who dont care. i once had a 4 year old who was getting out of "daddys" p**is extension - sorry - "4x4" who "mummy" with her big sunglasses (always the same grrr...) "borrowed" smack my door so hard the little sod put a huge dent in it. all because she couldnt see where she was going and parked less than a foot away from me
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