At what point does saving a parking spot for someone become unacceptable?
By @ellielol · Overreaction
My wife and I went to a crowded concert venue last weekend, and I dropped her off at the entrance to find parking. She found a spot and stood in it to save it for me while I circled around.
The full story
The lot was completely packed. It took me about 10 minutes to loop back to where she was. In that time, another driver tried to pull into the spot she was saving. My wife politely explained she was holding it for me, but the driver got really angry, honked, and made a scene, saying you can't save spots with a person. I arrived as he was yelling at her. I just pulled into the spot, and we went inside, but it felt tense. Is there an unwritten rule here we broke?
How people voted
- Totally Cooked — 32% (38 votes)
- It’s Complicated — 39% (46 votes)
- You’re Fine — 29% (34 votes)
Readers are split: “It’s Complicated” leads with 39% — 118 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@huhokay — How did nobody else try to take it in the 10 minutes before that guy showed up?
@reallytho — That other driver sounds like he has a miserable life. You guys did nothing wrong.
@chloebean — A person is not a car, you can't hold a spot.
@noelkinda — lol this happened to me at the outlet mall last year and i thought the lady was gonna climb on my hood. some people take parking way too seriously.
@fayehm — The other driver's anger is a classic case of projection; you're not cooked.