I never cease to be amazed at the lack of cognitive reasoning amongst the general public. It leaves me wondering…am I the only one with any common sense (well, other than my wife, she’s brilliant).
So, I’m parallel parking my F-150 last night on a somewhat busy urban street. Believe me I can parallel park…Capt. Stubing would be proud of my ability to put a big boat into the slip. Ironically at 16 years old, I failed the parallel parking portion of my driving test.
Anywhoo…
I’ve lived in the city… when approaching a parallel spot, I find its a good idea to stop prior to the stall, turn on my signal to notify those behind me of my intentions, then pull forward in order to perform a proper parallel parking procedure.
This simple step by step process was attempted three times last night. Why? Because after turning on my signal and then pulling forward, the dipshit behind me pulled up and blocked me. Not once…not twice…three friggin times. Of course, after the first attempt, I threw my hands up and mouthed, “trying to park here.” He had a blank look on his face. After the third attempt…well, those words won’t be repeated here.
But the guy looked at me dumbfounded, like he couldn’t understand why I kept stopping in the middle of the street.
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