To not want to be rushed out of a car park?

[MsMarvel]

Travel around for work, so regularly use public car parks to then work at client sites (hotels, bars etc) always arrive early so never have any issue getting spaces in busy car parks.

Because i work in a public area at a client site, when i get back to my car like to grab my lunch quickly and make some phonecalls before heading home (todays journey is a 2 hour drive home)

Im fed up of people trying to find spaces in car parks seeing me going into my car, amd sitting behind me waiting for me to leave! I normally end up feeling rushed and just leave, but today i decided to sit and eat the steak bake i bought on the way to the car. Woman sits behind me for like 5 mins, then goes past slowly peering into my car giving me proper evils. Should add, engine not on, so not sitting with idling engine.

Aibu to take some time before leaving a parking space??

Well, in order to minimise the possibility of inconveniencing someone else by taking up a car parking space, I’m coming to the conclusion that the only correct thing to do is to avoid busy car parks unless it’s absolutely 100% essential to be there, and to park for the absolute minimum length of time.

So no shopping at peak times, no appointments at peak times if at all possible, no eating out at peak times unless you can organise getting there by public transport or taxi. And no stopping off at busy service stations when driving from A to B. That should make it easier for other people to park.

Playing musical cars is not good for the environment just to appease somebody's entitled sensibilities.

Twas in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Real bat shit crazy

OK then. Moving for people when I don't need a space is entitled.

But other peoples' definition of 'needing' a space is obviously wider than yours. Pointless to move just to park somewhere else half a mile down the road.

@Penners99 I bet she would have also quite liked your parking ticket which had 3+ plus hours left on it!

The level of entitlement on this thread is amazing. No one is owed a parking space.

but then was accosted by a lady who proceeds to telle it is illegal to drop shopping and not drive away.

Bet that was a certain pp on this thread too.

The level of entitlement on this thread is amazing. No one is owed a parking space.

It's just (largely) one pp, though.

YANBU - it’s up to you what you do in your validly parked car. Woman could have signalled to ask if you were leaving.

What is it about car parking that turns people into the parking police? If it's not perceived misuse of P&C spaces, it's not moving your car at a petrol station before paying (never ever been to a petrol station that would be possible) and now you can't sit in your car in a car park for more than a nanosecond before driving off as it's selfish apparently.

It must be exhausting to be some drivers.

@Penners99 Twas in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Ah, I was wondering if it was a sighting of Thestrangestthing in the wild. The behaviour you described seemed just about entitled enough for it.

MN is a funny place.
The voting so far is that the OP is NBU i.e. she has a right to the place that she has bought in the car park. She could move off, but she is behaving reasonably in deciding that she doesn't want to. Nobody should hound her out of her space no matter how much the other party might need it.

I bet if OP said I am a babyboomer and own a nice family house, I could downsize but I don't want to, I know young couples want/need my house but why should I move to suit them she would have got the YABU vote.

We all see life, and justify our actions, through our own lens.

I think Thestrangestthing has maybe gone out on car park patrol.

Wtf honestly MN is mental sometimes. Someone says they would move out of a space they didn't need to let someone else have it, and they think it would be nice if others did the same, and everyone pounces. Talk about fucking entitled. No wonder the world is in the state its in with all these people that live in their own little bubble and think only the things they do are important.
I also hold the door open for people, give up my table when I'm finished eating, let people go infront of me in the shops if they only have a few items and I have a lot. Just the common courtesies in life that may make someone else's life a little easier. If that makes me entitled then I'm happy to be an entitled twat. Would rather that than have the attitude of most on here.

Its like fucking 12 year olds in the play ground on here sometimes. Having little jokes and talking about someone as though they're not actually reading it, or knowing they are, and thinking what they wrote is oh so hilarious. It's a bit try hard tbh.

As for the voting on MN I didn't actually vote. It's rare that I do. Also just because voting leans in favour of one thing doesn't mean its the right thing and doesn't mean anyone that disagrees has to change their minds. Just look at brexit 😂😂😂😂

Calling everyone who doesn't do exactly what you do 'selfish' wasn't very nice, or very grown-up.

If you match up the votes with the comments I think the voting is pretty much spot on, and not really comparable with Brexit.

Although if Brexit was a car in a parking space it certainly didn't leave straight away...

. all these people that live in their own little bubble and think only the things they do are important.
Oh, the irony in that statement.

Calling everyone who doesn't do exactly what you do 'selfish' wasn't very nice, or very grown-up.

So the same as everyone else on here has done with my comments. You may feel its not very nice, but I think it's true. I have no problem with people thinking I'm the one who is entitled, but I'm entitled to say it back, it's the previous couple of comments from the hilarious posters above that are just bitchy and childish. Adults can disagree and have an opinion and express that opinion without turning into 12 year olds.

But I especially enjoyed the bit where people who go and sit in their car's passenger seat or back seat (to do things that, as pp have pointed out, include wating until their blood sugar levels, or their emotional state after a difficult hospital visit or appointment, are safe fro driving) were called 'sneakily selfish'.

If you match up the votes with the comments I think the voting is pretty much spot on.

Yeah I know, I'm in the minority, doesn't mean I'm wrong. What's your point?

But I especially enjoyed the bit where people who go and sit in their car's passenger seat or back seat (to do things that, as pp have pointed out, include wating until their blood sugar levels, or their emotional state after a difficult hospital visit or appointment, are safe fro driving) were called 'sneakily selfish'.

Ffs where did I say this? I said things like eating lunch or reading their phone. Get a grip.

Oh, the irony in that statement

Explain

I love when a thread turns into insults and childish jokes, in an attempt brow beat a poster into backing down and agreeing with them. The pack mentality is alive and well I see . The repetition is also great, people coming on to say the exact same thing as pps have said 5 or 6 times already. Really keeps a thread going.

Anyway this has been fun, but I can't keep explaining what I mean it's getting tedious and I have other things to do today.