Parking when there are dogs around

I can’t believe you slapped the car roof. Utterly ridiculous behaviour.

Your dogs should have been on leads and you shouldn't have hit the car.

Saying that I know downright fucking irritating it is when someone has an entire carpark to choose from but parks right next to you. And usually so close that you can't open your door.

No he wasn’t!

It’s a car park and he can park wherever the fuck he likes! You’re not the bloody car park police.

WTF did you start this thread for? In the hope we all agree and go, there there, you’re right, he’s a twat.

You’ve said nothing that suggests he was the one who was a c*nt in this situation.

And what a horrible language from someone determined to paint themselves as the victim.

I think dogs should be on leads everywhere except the park. Not everyone likes or is comfortable around dogs and car park users shouldn’t have to worry about dogs running up to them - whether they’re in a car or not.

Morning all!

Why on earth would somebody with their kids in the car deliberately try to run over two other people's dogs in a car park in broad daylight? He was probably running late and he can park where he likes. Calm down OP, and put your dog on a lead.

With every post you sound like you need anger management even more, before you hurt someone for daring to exist.

Why should his kids have to walk to the skate park because your dog isn’t on a lead? He can park where he wants in a car park.
Not his fault your dog is elderly.

You sound horrific.

Another deluded dog owner! The world does not revolve around your dogs, why were you stood in the middle of a carpark with your dog off the lead?

The point is little dogs, or any dogs for that matter shouldn’t be wandering around in a car park - they should be on a lead. Why do you expect others to look out for your dog’s safety when you can’t be bothered to do it yourself ?
Parks aren’t exclusively for the use of dog owners and this man didn’t do anything wrong - he’s entitled to park with consideration for his childrens’ safety and convenience. And as for telling him to fuck off, and in front of his children too, words fail me.

You sound entitled, intolerant and unpleasant. Can’t decide whether this is genuine or just rage bait, but either way you are rightly having your arse handed to you here.

The driver ‘reversed without looking’ - how do you know he didn’t have a screen inside the car?

You’ve decided that because he reversed in a way you didn’t approve of, that he was being deliberately goady, he doesn’t like dogs and is probably annoyed about dog poo in the park. That’s quite the leap!
Poor guy was far more likely to be thinking about his kids and the skate park.

Total wind-up.

Actually lots of people do this for various reasons - his was because it was closer. Other people find it easier to park between cars as lining up is clearer. Some people like to try and “safeguard” who they are parked next to so they don’t have someone come and park inappropriately and open a car door onto their car (flawed logic as they could leave but I hear it said often) and any other reasons that aren’t your business.

Your first post you were being incredibly unreasonable.
Banging someone's car and telling them to fuck off in front of their children.
With every further post, slightly changing the description of what happened, making up little stories about the other person which you couldn't possibly know (hates dogs, parked there just to prove a point etc etc) you are getting more and more unreasonable.
Now the guys a cunt? for parking somewhere you actually agreed that he was entitled to park?
Wow.

Yes Yabu. It is your responsibility to ensure your pets safety, regardless of how little, elderly and obedient they are a car park isn't a safe place to let them off lead.

This is marvellous. Good try though OP, I particularly love the used if hyped language - he didn’t just drive in - he SWEPT in, he BANGED in to reverse - if we wait a bit longer no doubt he will also have REVVED and done WHEEL SPINS (and maybe a DOUGHNUT).

Your dogs should have been on a lead in a carpark, obviously.

Control your bloody animals.

Epitome of entitled dog ownership. Don't park in this free parking space because my dogs are more important. Keep them on a lead in a fecking car park, it's not rocket science.

So because it would have best suited you of he'd parked further away, it becomes a case of them being so unreasonable not to bow down to your needs that they deserve to have their car hit and to be told to F off....

The fact that they chose to park, like you, closer to where they were going is irrelevant to you.

This is the ultimate example of selfcenteredness. You are so focused on you and your needs that you've lost perspective to the fact that everybody has their own needs and there are laws to govern society to ensure not everyone acts as you think you are entitled to. He did nothing from legally or even from a society perspective.

You need to get in you head that you are not special or precious, your needs don't trump everyone else's and you have no right to curse strangers who have done nothing wrong.

Behaviour science will tell you that in a car park cars are often grouped together. It’s very natural human behaviour - probably a name for it. Parking next to a car to help you line up is easier than parking in an empty area.

As a dog owner, cars take priority and you are responsible for your dog in the situation you describe.

Sounds like you've taken your anger at the world out on this man. If you see him again apologise and move on.

Perhaps think about whether you need to do something about that anger you're feeling so you can deal with it appropriately instead of raging at the world

Dogs should be on a lead in a car park.

You were completely in the wrong.

Oh, did he run over your dog then? You didn’t mention that in the OP.

Editing to add - I am a dog lover and have an elderly dog myself. I think it is more important than ever to keep him on a lead in a car park as his hearing is going and he gets confused.

He doesn’t actually need a reason, but he gave you one - to be near the skatepark. Wow, I hope his children didn’t overhear you swearing at him. You sound ghastly.