If you were driving in a parking lot and saw someone crouching down in a parking spot looking for something in their backpack, would you choose a different parking spot, or would you insist on parking in that particular parking spot?

The driver in this story was in that situation, and she decided she wanted to park in the spot where the man was looking through his backpack.

Now, she’s wondering if that was the wrong decision.

Keep reading to find out what happened.

AITA for honking at a man sitting in an empty parking space?

I [29F] was in a parking lot yesterday, and entered the parking aisle I wanted to park in.

This aisle had probably 20 or so spaces, all of which were empty, with just one exception: the very first space in the aisle, the one closest to me, had a man (without a car) crouching in the center of it.

He had a backpack open in front of him and it looked like he was searching for something in it.

He didn’t appear to see me or hear me since his head was down, and I was driving slowly.

She was determined to park in that spot.

I gave a medium-sized honk, and the man jumped up, super startled and got out of my way.

Once he was out of the way, I parked in the space.

When I got out of my car, the man approached me. “Was that really necessary?” he asked. He gestured to all the other open spaces in that aisle.

“You couldn’t have pulled your car like 5 feet further into the next space? You really had to scare the snot out of me like that, and interrupt me while I was searching?”

The man confronted her.

I responded to him that since he’s not a vehicle, he has no right to be occupying that space and that I was legally entitled to it if I wanted it.

He questioned me again why I didn’t just pull further, and I responded, “Why should I have to?”

He finished by warning me that if I do that to the wrong person, I could get a fight/road rage incident started, and he huffed off.

Was I in the wrong, should I have just pulled my car further, or was I within my rights to honk? AITA?

I probably would’ve just parked somewhere else if there were plenty of open spots.

The comments on Reddit were all pretty similar.

This person called the driver entitled.

Another person called her rude.

Here’s another comment about how ridiculous her decision was.

Another person calls her obnoxious.

Seriously, why would she do this?

It’s almost as if she’s trying to be rude on purpose.

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