Pet Peeve

If you happen to be "one of those people" that I'm about to refer to, I'm sorry. Not for what I'm about to say mind you, but that you have such an irritating habit :)

I can't tell you how much I hate it when a car waits for someone to pull out of their spot in a parking lot. It drives me crazy when I get behind someone waiting for "that perfect spot", when there's an open one four cars further down the line. In my opinion, you should not stop in a row unless you see reverse lights. It boggles my mind when I see a car stopped and there are 4 or5 cars piled up behind them. That is so inconsiderate. Oh wait, I forgot about the people who drive slowly behind you until you get to your car. That's the worst ever! That is so rude.

Today I went to Target and got a coveted parking spot. The second one from the front. When we came back out and got to the trunk, a car started waiting. Hello woman, I've got a cart full of groceries and a toddler. That means that I still have to unload groceries, take the cart halfway down the aisle to the cart corral thingy, buckle in my toddler and get in myself. You could be in the store halfway done with your shopping by the time I'm out of this parking spot.

Now, so you don't think I'm completely insane about it, I would say that if I were by myself and didn't have a cart, that waiting for such a lovely spot would have been acceptable. The bottom line is, don't make people feel they need to hurry for your sake and don't make them wait so you can get a nice spot.

Chris hates it even worse than me. He'll sit in his car fiddling around until the driver finally moves on and then he'll pull out real quick so the guy behind him can have the spot. One time he and a girlfriend sat and ate their ice cream cones while a guy waited the whole time. He's gonna get shot one of these days.

Speaking of, we almost did one time. We were at the mall in Abilene and had done some shopping before watching a movie. We went to put the stuff we had bought in the trunk. Of course, some yahoo thought we were leaving and had followed us down the row. When we turned around to go back in, he started shouting and honking at us. We were looking around to see what the commotion was and then came to the realization that it was us that he was upset with.

He found a spot quickly and was following us back into the mall yelling "You don't do that to people!" and other stuff. Are you kidding me? Are you seriously upset about a parking spot? You beat us back to the door, so obviously you didn't get too bad of a spot after all. I wanted to laugh at the guy, but didn't think that'd go over well. Thankfully we already had our tickets and were able to just slip into the theater to get away from the freak.

So there you have it. That's one of my biggest pet peeves. I'll give you one more since I'm on a roll. Put your shopping carts in the cart corral thingy people!