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Claritas

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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2015, 06:20:48 PM »
Total pet peeve of mine. It's those assholes at work who try to make things easier for themselves but end up scratching my car and not leaving a note.

All the cars in the row have to face the same direction: I don't care which way, but pick one and enforce it.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2015, 06:24:31 PM »
Ohhh..... I can't handle when people stop in the middle of the parking lot to talk.  At least pull off to the side so the person behind can pass. 

One time at walmart I ran over to the car (because it was raining) to go get my mom at the entrance.  Some SUV decided because no one was letting them reverse out of the parking stall they'd just back up.  It happened in front of me and the family decided to roll their windows down and proceed to flip me the bird.  I can't stand people like that too...
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2015, 06:25:39 PM »
Quote from: Claritas on June 25, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
Total pet peeve of mine. It's those assholes at work who try to make things easier for themselves but end up scratching my car and not leaving a note.

All the cars in the row have to face the same direction: I don't care which way, but pick one and enforce it.

Awe fuck... that just happened to my parents new rav4.  Their rav4 got scraped from front to back and no note or anything... and of all places a hospital in the handicap parking...
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2015, 07:19:41 PM »
hello,

i think this depends on other parking habits.

i am of the "drive it like you stole it, park it like a get-away car" school, so i back into (not prohibited) spaces as a matter of course.

i also tend to park on the outside edges of a parking lot, not near the entrance. i also will NOT delay anyone else when i am parking.

there have been way too many instances where a brain dead driver is backing out of a space to leave have nearly flattened me that i consider forward on exit to be a courtesy not an example of hubris.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2015, 07:34:48 PM »
Quote from: Claritas on June 25, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
Total pet peeve of mine. It's those assholes at work who try to make things easier for themselves but end up scratching my car and not leaving a note.

This is why I made sure to get a car with a back-up camera, and then tested it to make sure I was god. Turns out the guidelines actually have a bout 5 inches of extra space compared to real life. I might back into every parking spot I legally can, but I'm not going to fuck up another car just to make my life easier.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2015, 08:23:08 PM »
I almost always back in if I don't have someone behind me in the parking lot. I much much prefer backing in to a spot where everything is stationary and I can see what's there, rather than backing up into moving cars and where my view is likely blocked.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2015, 08:54:37 PM »
Fair to say backing in to parking spot is a case by case decision.

My parking spot at work is next to the fucking wall of the parking garage foundation. Its on the "left" so pulling in means I either can't get out, or I have to be riding the line of the next spot over, which has a trickle down effect of ruining everyone's parking experience. Accordingly, I back in. Since I began this, I actually receive thank you's from people in the elevator because "the last [person] couldn't back in".

By comparison, people that back in at the costco parking lot are assholes and idiots. First, there is simply no need to back in at all; the parking lot is spacious. Second, where are you going to put all that shit you just bought? IN THE BACK, which is now facing the front of someone else's car.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2015, 09:38:09 PM »
Why would anybody object to backing into a parking space?

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where are you going to put all that shit you just bought? IN THE BACK, which is now facing the front of someone else's car.

Well, yes, that makes sense. But generally?

I don't clearly remember, but I think that I was taught that it it is the right thing to do. But I'm British, so, yeah... total douchebag anyway. Maybe.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2015, 10:17:43 PM »
Quote from: Thad E Ginathom on June 25, 2015, 09:38:09 PM
Why would anybody object to backing into a parking space?

1-Holding up traffic in a parking lot while you do auto gymnastics.
2-You might suck at auto gymnastics and hit someones car. People car barely drive forward with any sort of competence.
3-Speaking of driving forward with competence, retards will forget about cars next to them and turn too soon on the way out and side swipe their neighbors.

Btw, I just backed into a spot in front of my house. Quiet, plenty of room, keeps the nasty pine needles, dust and sap off my windshield. Pine trees suck btw.
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Re: People who back in to parking spots
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2015, 10:20:19 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on June 25, 2015, 10:17:43 PM
1-Holding up traffic in a parking lot while you do auto gymnastics.
2-You might suck at auto gymnastics and hit someones car. People car barely drive forward with any sort of competence.
3-Speaking of driving forward with competence, retards will forget about cars next to them and turn too soon on the way out and side swipe their neighbors.

Btw, I just backed into a spot in front of my house. Quiet, plenty of room, keeps the nasty pine needles, dust and sap off my windshield. Pine trees suck btw.

Honestly, I take a longer time trying to pull in forward than I do backing in or parallel parking. I park faster/straight as a fucking arrow when I back in since I have the use of my mirrors. My brain is just wired all funky. I'm probably safer to the world backing in since I'm no longer half stupid.
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