Shutterstock
Oh, boy, here we go again!
If you spend any time on Reddit at all, you probably already know that some folks out there get really, REALLY fired up about parking spaces…
Even if they don’t even belong to them!
How dumb is that?!?!
Well, you’re about to feast your eyes on a story about a guy who thinks the world’s parking lot are his oyster.
Read on and see what you think.
AITA for Parking in the Closest Spot?
“I started working for a municipality that has multiple departments in smaller facilities that all share a larger parking lot.
Aside from the scattered handicapped spots in front of each facility and the Mayor’s spot, the parking lot is open. The building my office is located in is shared with another small department so combined we have six employees on the far end of the parking lot, so plenty of open space.
Unknown to me, everyone apparently has their “preferred spots.”
Seems normal…
I just park in whatever is closest like I would anywhere else.
Today however, I pull in and noticed the first spot closest to our building (opposite side of the median from the two handicapped spots) had a cone in the middle of the spot.
The cone had been sitting in the median since I started here two months ago so I didn’t think much of it. I noticed a guy from our facilities department and asked him if any work was being done in the parking lot today and he replied no.
He mentioned that the baseball fields behind our buildings were busy this weekend so some kids likely put the cone there messing around. So I moved the cone and parked as usual.
Uh oh!
Then one of my staff starts getting texts from the other department saying, “we put that cone there to save that spot for our manager, and your manager just got out and moved it and parked there. That’s her spot, so can you ask him to not park there”.
Then a few more text raging about how I had been parking there often since starting.
This seems a bit ridiculous…
Their manager isn’t elderly, isn’t obese nor does she show any signs of mobility issues so I told her to let them know that I said unless the spots are designated handicapped, or otherwise officially reserved then I will park wherever I choose and that I am happy to discuss the parking situation with their manager if she wishes.
This apparently sent them into a frenzy of telling people I’m being a jerk.
On any given day one of the first 4 spots closest to our building is vacant, so nobody is having to hike to the office.”
Take a look at what readers had to say about this.
This person weighed in.
Another Reddit user shared their thoughts.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a couple who is sick and tired of their neighbor’s kids dumping trash on their patio.
And this individual spoke up.
He didn’t do anything wrong!
But this guy was gonna be a jerk about this situation, no matter what…
Get a life, dude!
Some people get very territorial over their parking spots…