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Arrogant, entitled bloke in the car park!

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Toast3 · 29/11/2016 18:11

I pulled into our local m&s simply food car park earlier, it's only a small store and there are only about 12 spaces. They were all full but I was in no rush so I waited. I finally saw a woman come back to her car, she unpacks her shopping, gets in and drives off so I pull forward to drive in (as you do) and there a man stood in the middle of the space, with his back to me, on his phone.
At first I thought he didn't realise so I edged a bit closer and gently tooted my horn. He turned round and said 'no, sorry' (wtf) I wound down my window and asked him to please move out of the way. He refused and said he was saving this space for his daughter who was 'on her way' ... there is only one way in and out of the car park and there was now a car behind me waiting for a space (not the daughter)..
I asked him again to please move as I was physically there and there was now a queue. He told me to fuck off! I kept calm (he was pretty aggressive) and I said 'well there's no way she can even get in the car park and there was no way I was moving and there was now a queue' (whilst desperately looking around for the blooming car park bloke that was nowhere to be seen)..
His phone then rang (his daughter I assume) who clearly couldn't leapfrog what was now 3 cars....he called me a few names and then very cockily said 'it's your lucky day' as he walked off....

WTAF is wrong with people??!!!

Does he really think that is reasonable behaviour - entitled arse!! Grrrhhh

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amicissimma · 30/11/2016 21:54

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Galdos · 30/11/2016 23:45

Kill kill kill!

RichardBucket · 01/12/2016 00:12

amicissimma That sounds terrifying!

Bogeyface · 01/12/2016 00:59

I agree Richard and you know what? I bet they wouldnt have tried that if there had been 2 burly blokes in that car. Arseholes like that never do have a go if they think they are going to get their arses handed to them, which is why women get a dispropotionate amount of experiences like this.

TheInimitableMrsFanshawe · 01/12/2016 03:19

More along the twattish men in car parks theme than space saving, but a few months ago I was reversing into a tight space and the man in the space behind was dancing about waving his arms. I was having a great deal of trouble seeing where he was so I didn't run him over.

Turned out he was trying to mansplain me into the space and thought he was being helpful

So I lowered my window and shouted that I could manage perfectly well you fuckwit if he would just bloody well get out of the way! That was M&S too, and I got the cat's bum from him all the way round.

MrsTrentReznor · 01/12/2016 06:41

I turn off my engine and get a book out.
Only happened to me a couple of times, but the cheek of some people!

33goingon64 · 01/12/2016 10:27

Similar experience in busy car park last summer when a woman who had parked next to an empty space stood and watched as I parked in it, waited til I'd got the DC out and then said 'I'm saving this space for my friend who's just arriving'. I successfully negotiated to keep the space on the grounds that she hadn't made it clear in any way that the space was being saved and that her friend hadn't appeared even by the end of our long discussion. At least she wasn't rude but I don't get how people think they can do that!

FoxSticks · 01/12/2016 10:53

I had this last summer from a lady who said I couldn't park next to her in a busy car park as she was saving it for her brother and it was her daughters birthday which would be ruined if I parked there Pathetically I backed down. Next time I'll take inspiration from you lot and refuse to move.

whoopsiedaisy123 · 01/12/2016 14:07

I'm a commuter and often the train station car park is full so have to park down side roads, I know people moan about commuters parking down 'their roads' etc but it's hell on earth being a commuter and trying to find somewhere to park every morning to then squeeze on to an already overcrowded, often late running train that's costing you a fortune in fares every year. One day I parked down a road, not over a drive or on a yellow line or anything and came back in the evening to a note telling me 'I was being watched, they hated commuters, I had no right to park in that road and don't park there again if I valued my safety!' Just what you want to read when you're a lone female and get back to your car in the dark!

AwaywiththePixies27 · 01/12/2016 14:27

YNBU at all. What an entitled knobend. If this is a growing trend can you imagine what shop car parks are going to look like at Christmas .

Cocolepew · 01/12/2016 14:56

My Drs carpark is notoriously tight to get in and out off never mind trying to park. There are only spaces down each side.
I was waiting to let a car out, I stayed at the entrance so they had space to reverse and get turned to come out.

An elderly man started to beep and do that waving and pointing in a pissed off at stupid women way they do so well.
I pointed to the car reversing which obviously is the universal code to lean on your horn.
I got out and went up to him. He wound his window down and yelled at me to move.
I calmly asked him where exactly I was to go as now another car was trying to get out. He said move and let me go first.
Again I said I can't go yet.
More shouting.
So I told him to fuck up.
He then tried to overtake me and managed to block the gateway.
By this time I'd had enough and reversed back out and parked a few minutes away.
By they time I got back to the Drs he was embroiled in a row with someone else over a space .

AwaywiththePixies27 · 01/12/2016 15:03

Gosh cocole imagine being that angry constantly. It must be terribly exhausting. Good on you for standing up to him.

There's only 2 spaces outside our Drs surgery as it's on a high street type road so spaces are shared out between shops etc. DD had an appointment last night ans I noticed walking back to the bus stop (I dont drive) that the poor old GP had had to park his own car miles out of the way.

sotiredbutworthit · 01/12/2016 15:17

The funniest thing I ever saw was an entitled woman in her lovely new 4x4 frantically beeping at the tiny fiesta in front of her while swearing profusely. That all stopped when the biggest burliest man I have ever seen unfolded himself from the fiesta and asked her politely what her problem was! She went very pale and very quickly drove away!!!

Scottishthreeberry16 · 01/12/2016 15:28

I had this once. Young man - early 20s - parked up so badly in front of the first petrol point, I couldn't drive forward enough to reach the one behind him. Politely tooted and asked would it mind just shifting up a little please so we both could use our respective pumps. In response, he refused (presumably outraged at a woman telling him how to drive his souped up bright yellow (!) car), and angrily blasted his horn twice.

I started laughing at his over-reaction, the whole forecourt started laughing as he sat in his car fuming. Too embarrassed to get out of his driver seat, he made his girlfriend fill the car up and pay What a dick. Hope she dumped him.

Cocolepew · 01/12/2016 16:00

I know Pixie, I wondered if the Dr took his blood pressure when he went in because his face was this colour.

thecatsarecrazy · 01/12/2016 16:18

This happed last year to us at a firework display. We were just pulling into the last parking space and some woman was stood in the middle, dh pulled in slowly and she says sorry my friend is parking here . I should have told her to fuck off but instead I fumed to myself and dh had to park somewhere else. Put me off going this year.

Bristololdtrout · 01/12/2016 16:22

He has a daughter? What a role model.

HunterHearstHelmsley · 01/12/2016 16:24

I once stood in a parking space to reserve it I wouldn't normally but it was many moons ago on the staff car park at DM's work place. The staff at the office next door kept parking there even when they'd been told not to. I stood in the space and I did not bloody move

FlappysMammyAndPopeInExile · 01/12/2016 16:33

Not the same thing, but DH and I went to local small supermarket - car park was practically empty. DH parked up (spaces either side of us) and went into shop, while I stayed in the car and read my book (it was pouring- pointless both of us getting soaked ).

After a minute or so, a car drew up on my (passenger) side and I swear to God there was about 4" between our cars. No way could he open his door to get out.

He immediately started gesticulating and making "winding down " motions with his hands. A very elderly man with an umbrella was standing watching the whole farce thing. Anyway, I couldn't wind down the window, so I opened my door half an inch or something. Old Bloke said - "Have you seen where he's parked?" I said "Yes". Other Driver said "You're too close - move your car." I said, "I can't."
"Well -how am I going to get out?" I shrugged. "Move the car!'

The Old Bloke (he was about 90) leaned over to his window and said "You've parked too close you @rsehole." YOU move YOUR car." I just shrugged again and went back to my book.

Other Driver reversed and re-parked with enough room to open his door. My Geriatric Knight in Gaberdine Armour Shook his head in despair and said "There y'are, pet -sorted it for you." I thank him profusely. Other Driver stamped off red with rage.

But as I say - The CARPARK WAS EMPTY - why park on top nest to us? Some people .. .

thecatsarecrazy · 01/12/2016 16:34

I just remembered I was at an Asda once on a Sunday, I think there was a carboot sale near by. Car park was practically empty and I was walking with dh and my son who would have been 2 or 3, some knob pulls his car into a space right where we were walking just missing us. I had to laugh though when he got up to the doors and it was locked. Dick head! Also once we were at Tesco quite late and hardly any cars and some twat pulled up behind us and had his car right up the arse of ours, he moved when I walked towards the boot. Don't know what he was playing at. We bought a new (to us) car the other week and just after we got it went round to Argos to get new car seats and mats. Bloke pulled car right up next to ours despite there being plenty of other spaces and opened car door right into mine he didn't do any damage but blocked me in while he faffed about, I'm 7 months pregnant too so need more space. I asked dh to move car. Goodness there are a lot of idiots about

FlappysMammyAndPopeInExile · 01/12/2016 16:35

There certainly are, Cats

car5ys · 02/12/2016 23:36

WLF46 sorry but most shops attract "certain types of shoppers"!! I work in a very fast paced (at this time of year) store and we get very rude impatient, I am the most important" types. Yes it's nearly Christmas and they are doing their shopping and getting tired and stressed but we are working extra hours and have only Christmas day off then will be open again for more. If I had been driving into that space after the day I've had he'd probably be under my wheels 😉

theoldtrout01876 · 03/12/2016 19:31

I parked in a MASSIVE empty parking lot one evening. I was the only car in the whole lot. Went and did my errands and returned an hour later to the still empty parking lot except now there was an arsehole parked so close to me I couldnt get my door open and had to climb through the passenger side.Not another soul in the parking lot except us. I was not amused.

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