Parking Job of the Year Award!

This afternoon, I came out of Trader Joe's to find this car "parked" next to my Prius. It took me about 15 minutes to try and figure out what to do and, with the help of a friendly stranger, maneuver out of that spot without damaging my car.

With a park job like that I would have called the cops as well as a tow truck to have that car towed at the owners expense.

Likely some jack%$# that wanted to play games and try to block you in because they thought it was funny. Either that or someone left their keys where their 8yr old could reach them.....

I'd have left him a few heavy foot prints in rear door and quarter panel.

Yeah, I did want to call the cops but I didn't know what number to call without calling 911.

I don't think it was anybody that had brains enough to even think that far. I suspect it was someone drunk or high who just saw the space and pulled in, without bothering to straighten up. I'm just glad he/she didn't bang my car.

With a few burly friends you could have just tilted it into the landscaping.

I was going to say the same thing: just roll it over until it's out of the way.

Tom

TJ's generally has an in-store PA that they're always calling
fellow employees on. You could have asked to use that to either
have them ask who the numbnuts in the blue Accord was, or do it
yourself with a few choice linguistic embellishments to maximize
public humiliation within the confines of the store.
.
_H*

My recent bumper car episode was in a private parking lot. The police dispatcher said that an officer would come out if there was anything to investigate, but since no car parts were left behind, there was no reason to come out. They had me file a report and that was it.

Police do get involved on private property if a complaint is made, a law is broken, or safety is an issue.

Tom


Tom

yeah, police can claim it's private property

i'da called my friends, we'd have carried it into the street

THEN i'd have called the cops

:thumb:

I like your ideas and I had considered reporting it to TJ's, but I can't say for sure he/she was a TJ's customer -- it's actually a shopping center with a number of stores so there's no way to know.

Anyway, considering the way he parked, I'm pretty glad he didn't try to straighten up because he would have scraped me for sure. There were only about 3 inches between his car and mine. I couldn't maneuver further away from him to the right because of the angle, but I managed to get myself completely parallel, looked out my window, and with a guy behind me telling me when cars were coming, very gingerly backed out.

And I thought I had a problem parking straight !

In retrospect, I should have deflated a tire or two so he'd be stuck there for a while.

Unless of course you slice off the valve stem. That's a little harder to fix.

Should have gone all Carrie Underwood on him.