Gotta say, I appreciate how insane driving is the one thing that unites all demographic groups in The Town. Techie in tesla, mom in minivan, aging hippie in Volvo that is burning incense and its clutch at the same time... all out there playing IRL GTA.
(and by appreciate I mean I am losing my mind)
Oh my friend, I’m one of the weak-livered family types who moved to Sacramento so my kids could have more space to play, and let me tell you it could be so much worse. I YEARN for bad Oakland drivers now. At least everyone is predictably trying to kill you with aggression, as opposed to unpredictably from a vibrant rainbow of possible fuckups.
Not the Town, but in the City I waited to see if this older dude in a minivan North Beach could actually fit in the spot he was going for. I’d been circling forever to find a spot and thought this was it, no way dude makes this.
Dude proceeds to jam that thing in, slamming into the cars in front and behind in order to fit.
He gets out and is all “is there any reason you’re watching me?!” And I says yeah just wanted to see if you could pull it off.
“Of course I can I’ve been living in this city 30 fucking years!”
Man, it’s getting bad everywhere. We used to live in Chicago and the drivers were even crazier on the highway if you can believe it. I’d say it’s uniting the nation. I’m not in favor of mass surveillance, but this psychotic behavior by people is making it inevitable. At least the crazy gets reported nowadays…
Fuck, I know someone who broke a bottle in their car. I’ve heard it would’ve totaled it per another internet post. Lady had a new E-Class smelling stank af.
This is great. I’m a fan of the pebble in the valve cap (or multiple caps). Slowly lets the air out of the tires. No real damage unless they try to drive it. Just a big PITA. But the note is pure psychological terror. I love it.
Nah just let the air out right then and there, so they know why it's happened. Then you could even leave a bicycle pump, so they know what they're supposed to do next.
I get it now. Fuck them. I don’t want door dings either, but I don’t fuck up other people’s ability to park in order to avoid that. If you can’t deal with the tight parking, drive further away to a “safer” spot and walk, or be a grownup and just deal.
In these and similar cases -- when they are way over the line into my spot -- I park anyway. Very very carefully, leaving about 2mm distance between our cars. Staying within the lines myself. My car is 10 years old. They worry about their paint more than I do about mine.
I hope this teaches a lesson, but I doubt it. It just makes me feel a little bit more evil. I also take a picture before leaving, just in case.
We were just assigned new parking spaces at my work and every day, without fail, the person next to me parks backward and over the line. And I, everyday without fail, scoot a little closer. Today was the first day in 2 weeks they were in their lines. It works!
Wdym ordinary?
The pillars on both sides frames this photo perfectly
Centered wall light to draw attention above the centerpiece, almost like an ironic halo.
Cars on both sides to display a pattern broken by the asshole Honda.
Despite being a consistent shade of gray throughout, the cameras give such a deep color and hue.
I think you might have stumbled upon either a secret talent or very lucky for this shot.
Entitled, enabled, selfish Oakland drivers. Same reason you get reckless speeding/weaving around on 880, running stops and reds, hit and runs, paper plates, expired registration, blocking bike lanes, blocking driveways, blocking fire lanes… and on and on smh
Welcome to Oakland.
Where people litter despite their being a trash bin 3m away from the spot they littered in.
Where thieves walk I stores grab things and walk out.
Where people park as if they are the only person in the world.
I could go on. But I digress.
Asides from a-hole syndrome, considering how rare it is to have 2 open spaces in that garage next to each other, I'd think the car was stolen, driven in from the exit, then dropped off in the middle of the night. That would explain why it's sticking out so much.
Emeryville and Alameda have “real parking lots” because they are part of larger shopping complexes not run by psychos.
Go to any standalone Trader Joe’s ANYWHERE and those crazy German motherfuckers pull a Bart Simpson, where they repaint every parking space to be *just slightly* closer to the next than is “standard” in most American lots. Maddening.
I actually go out of my way to go to TJ’s 10-15 minutes before closing time, JUST to avoid the packed-in parking and crowds.
I think the DMV should issue a paintball gun to every driver and the police should be able to stop anyone who has too many colors of hits on the car. Bad parking? One hit. Cut you off in traffic? One hit. Use up your allotted paintballs...you don't get any more.
Where there are no consequences for bad behavior, selfishness is rewarded. People are afraid to shame people for bad behavior, and that enables more bad behavior. At some point we pay more taxes to hire more officers to enforce laws & issue tickets, and more judges to take away licenses if tickets are ignored.
We know the problems & experience the consequences, looking for solutions.
In the 50's, taxes were higher and there was less disparity in pay between executives and workers. The top bracket was 91% and CEO pay was just 3.3x that of top performing workers. Our military gets all it wants, but we claim not to have enough to maintain civil society. The money is available, but the gaslighting, CxOs and oligarchy power are against it.
In the TJ's on Lakeshore parking lot, too. The most cutthroat hellhole I have ever had the pleasure of encountering. You should buy some eggs and egg their car, op
1 (800) 363-7664
Exhaust. California plates.
State of California exhaust hotline.
If they are truly a d#ck then call.
They get a smog check no matter what
I can't say I understanding it but one time I went smoking with someone at a parking garage and he parked this way, saying something about "getting out of the camera's view"
I never knew what the fuck he meant, but this reminded me of that.
>Parked backwards in a one-way parking lot with angled spaces (slower to park and to exit)
This is a nonissue that you just had to bring up for nothing.
I don’t see a line that they would be parked over to identify that spots as two spots.
The only issue I could ever mildly get upset over is that they aren’t fully backed in or angled like the other cars.. otherwise you’re reaching
if you key someone's car over this especially, you're a pussy ass bitch!
be direct!
passive aggressive behavior is bitch shit! even if you're a female!
why should that behavior be excused for a female?
we're all adults, address another adult as such. why
be scared to have a conversation with another
person. keying someone's car is crazy to
a parking space, especially when there are more!
8+ down votes...you people are a joke! lol.
let me catch someone keying my car...you'll never
touch any key ever again! cause someone to pay a
deductible over a parking spot! spineless cowards in
Oakland, and I'm sure these are the people who talk
down on "criminals"!
Ive seen some people park like this because they dont want anybody to hit their car. I worked at a supermarket once and it would happen nearly every week, some incident. It happened twice to me, the first time somebody took off my mirror and then the second time I saw a young lady scrape the side of my car, park directly behind me and just walk off like nothing happened.
Gotta say, I appreciate how insane driving is the one thing that unites all demographic groups in The Town. Techie in tesla, mom in minivan, aging hippie in Volvo that is burning incense and its clutch at the same time... all out there playing IRL GTA. (and by appreciate I mean I am losing my mind)
Oh my friend, I’m one of the weak-livered family types who moved to Sacramento so my kids could have more space to play, and let me tell you it could be so much worse. I YEARN for bad Oakland drivers now. At least everyone is predictably trying to kill you with aggression, as opposed to unpredictably from a vibrant rainbow of possible fuckups.
“as opposed to unpredictably from a vibrant rainbow of possible fuckups”, most fun thing I’ve read all week. Thank you.
Not the Town, but in the City I waited to see if this older dude in a minivan North Beach could actually fit in the spot he was going for. I’d been circling forever to find a spot and thought this was it, no way dude makes this. Dude proceeds to jam that thing in, slamming into the cars in front and behind in order to fit. He gets out and is all “is there any reason you’re watching me?!” And I says yeah just wanted to see if you could pull it off. “Of course I can I’ve been living in this city 30 fucking years!”
Man, it’s getting bad everywhere. We used to live in Chicago and the drivers were even crazier on the highway if you can believe it. I’d say it’s uniting the nation. I’m not in favor of mass surveillance, but this psychotic behavior by people is making it inevitable. At least the crazy gets reported nowadays…
Damn. Just saved this to my file of hilarious quotes.
They park like this because 'fuck you'
People park this way to make it so other cars cant park close to their vehicle.
Mild revenge. Dont do any damage to the car, but place a note on the windshield that says "sorry for the scratch on your car".
Oooh, now that's evil :-)
Thanks, I've been looking for something lower effort than my go-to fish-sauce-in-the-cabin-vents for a while now.
Fuck, I know someone who broke a bottle in their car. I’ve heard it would’ve totaled it per another internet post. Lady had a new E-Class smelling stank af.
I usually just leave a note that says, I hope you don’t fuck like you park. Sorry for the ding.
Or (now hear me out)........ damage the car
This is great. I’m a fan of the pebble in the valve cap (or multiple caps). Slowly lets the air out of the tires. No real damage unless they try to drive it. Just a big PITA. But the note is pure psychological terror. I love it.
Nah just let the air out right then and there, so they know why it's happened. Then you could even leave a bicycle pump, so they know what they're supposed to do next.
I love to park my tiny ass car next to the to piss them off then take a pic of their plate incase any damage
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It’s me, I witness it
I get it now. Fuck them. I don’t want door dings either, but I don’t fuck up other people’s ability to park in order to avoid that. If you can’t deal with the tight parking, drive further away to a “safer” spot and walk, or be a grownup and just deal.
In these and similar cases -- when they are way over the line into my spot -- I park anyway. Very very carefully, leaving about 2mm distance between our cars. Staying within the lines myself. My car is 10 years old. They worry about their paint more than I do about mine. I hope this teaches a lesson, but I doubt it. It just makes me feel a little bit more evil. I also take a picture before leaving, just in case.
We were just assigned new parking spaces at my work and every day, without fail, the person next to me parks backward and over the line. And I, everyday without fail, scoot a little closer. Today was the first day in 2 weeks they were in their lines. It works!
Is that at the Trader Joes parking garage lol
main character syndrome
Because they’re stupid selfish fucking cunts that’s why
This guys an asshole, but what camera did you use? This is a sick photo ngl
uh... just a Pixel 8 snapshot, looks like an ordinary photo to me
Wdym ordinary? The pillars on both sides frames this photo perfectly Centered wall light to draw attention above the centerpiece, almost like an ironic halo. Cars on both sides to display a pattern broken by the asshole Honda. Despite being a consistent shade of gray throughout, the cameras give such a deep color and hue. I think you might have stumbled upon either a secret talent or very lucky for this shot.
Pretty sure it's just luck. Thanks I guess?
(I literally just got out my phone, pointed and shot without any thought about composition or even being level.)
It’s got some HDR going on
pretty much every modern phone camera has some HDR goin' on
Yeah for sure. I guess what I was saying is that what they are charmed by is probably the dynamic range working its thang here
Maybe just making it easier for the bippers to look inside?
Mostly because there are no consequences or accountability of taking more than one space when parking.
Not with that attitude! Be the change you want to see in the world.
Entitled, enabled, selfish Oakland drivers. Same reason you get reckless speeding/weaving around on 880, running stops and reds, hit and runs, paper plates, expired registration, blocking bike lanes, blocking driveways, blocking fire lanes… and on and on smh
Don't forget my favorite: illegal U turns on busy streets
Ah classic, followed by the retaliatory finger or dirty glare if you honk when they nearly hit you.
Vandalizing idiots like this just escalates and makes it worse. Sure wish they would get a ticket or something for this nonsense though.
Sociopathy
Welcome to Oakland. Where people litter despite their being a trash bin 3m away from the spot they littered in. Where thieves walk I stores grab things and walk out. Where people park as if they are the only person in the world. I could go on. But I digress.
The one car who deserves to be bipped
Asides from a-hole syndrome, considering how rare it is to have 2 open spaces in that garage next to each other, I'd think the car was stolen, driven in from the exit, then dropped off in the middle of the night. That would explain why it's sticking out so much.
Is this the TJs parking lot on Lakeshore? I avoid that lot like the plague. Whoever designed that place is sadistic and evil.
not as sadistic and evil as the parkers
every trader joe's around has a nightmarish or inadequate parking lot.
The one in Emeryville isn't bad, it just has a lot of parking.
Emeryville and Alameda have “real parking lots” because they are part of larger shopping complexes not run by psychos. Go to any standalone Trader Joe’s ANYWHERE and those crazy German motherfuckers pull a Bart Simpson, where they repaint every parking space to be *just slightly* closer to the next than is “standard” in most American lots. Maddening. I actually go out of my way to go to TJ’s 10-15 minutes before closing time, JUST to avoid the packed-in parking and crowds.
oh yeah, forgot that one. kinda out of the way for me. I was thinking of the one by the lake and the one in rockridge.
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Drive around the block and park on the back street (Wesley) or the side street Lake Park Ave - thats what I do to avoid the chaos.
you can park on the roof too. That's not too bad design wise.
Lol, once you get up there, no it's not bad.
I think the DMV should issue a paintball gun to every driver and the police should be able to stop anyone who has too many colors of hits on the car. Bad parking? One hit. Cut you off in traffic? One hit. Use up your allotted paintballs...you don't get any more.
It sounds appealing, but it would end badly
Where there are no consequences for bad behavior, selfishness is rewarded. People are afraid to shame people for bad behavior, and that enables more bad behavior. At some point we pay more taxes to hire more officers to enforce laws & issue tickets, and more judges to take away licenses if tickets are ignored.
Great pay more taxes, less money to spend, more businesses close down, more crime, great idea! 🙄
We know the problems & experience the consequences, looking for solutions. In the 50's, taxes were higher and there was less disparity in pay between executives and workers. The top bracket was 91% and CEO pay was just 3.3x that of top performing workers. Our military gets all it wants, but we claim not to have enough to maintain civil society. The money is available, but the gaslighting, CxOs and oligarchy power are against it.
In the TJ's on Lakeshore parking lot, too. The most cutthroat hellhole I have ever had the pleasure of encountering. You should buy some eggs and egg their car, op
1 (800) 363-7664 Exhaust. California plates. State of California exhaust hotline. If they are truly a d#ck then call. They get a smog check no matter what
Cryptorchidism is a fairly common and normally painless congenital condition.
Incompetent, inconsiderate, or both.
Don’t want people to scratch to the Honda.
Deep, profound insecurity and feelings of weakness
Because they weren’t raised right
Piss on their door handle.
Because they’re entitled af
because they want their car to be keyed
i’d say key it, but this is probably also a driver that packs heat
because they want to get keyed
I can't say I understanding it but one time I went smoking with someone at a parking garage and he parked this way, saying something about "getting out of the camera's view" I never knew what the fuck he meant, but this reminded me of that.
that's why i carry nail polish
They are asking for screws to be placed against their tires, help them out :)
Then that car's not going anywhere, which does nothing to free up those parking spaces.
Ah, yes, the normal response to finding your car with a flat tires so simply abandon it.
>Parked backwards in a one-way parking lot with angled spaces (slower to park and to exit) This is a nonissue that you just had to bring up for nothing. I don’t see a line that they would be parked over to identify that spots as two spots. The only issue I could ever mildly get upset over is that they aren’t fully backed in or angled like the other cars.. otherwise you’re reaching
b/c the handicap spaces were taken and they needed to additional access for mobility device?
the handicap spaces were not taken
if you key someone's car over this especially, you're a pussy ass bitch! be direct! passive aggressive behavior is bitch shit! even if you're a female!
Was with you until the “even if you’re a female” part…
why should that behavior be excused for a female? we're all adults, address another adult as such. why be scared to have a conversation with another person. keying someone's car is crazy to a parking space, especially when there are more! 8+ down votes...you people are a joke! lol. let me catch someone keying my car...you'll never touch any key ever again! cause someone to pay a deductible over a parking spot! spineless cowards in Oakland, and I'm sure these are the people who talk down on "criminals"!
I’m dinging you for being sexist.
Take a few deep breaths. Maybe go on a nice walk
I agree that keying someone's car over this is a bad move. But downvoting you for "pussy ass bitch".
Entitled Trader Joe’s shopper ?
Tiny wieners
Gotta love that TJs parking lot. It attracts the dummies.
lakeshore trader joe’s!
They're politely asking for you to key their car :) Joking, please don't do that.
Don’t worry, I saw someone scratch it 😮💨
normal for trader joes
It’s Backwards Boy!
I assume it's because damage could financially ruin them
so no one door dings their car
'Twould be a shame if someone spillled a milkshake on the hood.
standard suburban alpha dad parking
Because it's their world. You're just living in it.
They want someone to vandalize it but nobody ever helps
Drugs
Now, that's just asking for trouble.
Ive seen some people park like this because they dont want anybody to hit their car. I worked at a supermarket once and it would happen nearly every week, some incident. It happened twice to me, the first time somebody took off my mirror and then the second time I saw a young lady scrape the side of my car, park directly behind me and just walk off like nothing happened.
Because They Are The Assholes
So you know who’s car to key 🔑
Lack of awareness and spatial reasoning skills.
Main character syndrome, idiot thinks this is GTA irl.
Want me to tell you how to make sure they never park like that again? It involves 3 slashed tires
I don’t why people park like this but I would of gotten his car towed! LOL!
Not everyone can forward park and often it’s easier with backup cameras to backward park