Dept. of Type A Drivers

[kaffy_r]

Things I learned Today

1.  I hate - hate - the Chicago Way of Parking. Furniture-Fu sucks canine nether parts. In the netherworld. The street is public property, you selfish imbeciles! I took two days to dig my car out, and when I left the parking spot, I left it for any of my fellow citizens who could navigate into it. I did not place packing crates, ironing boards, lawn furniture or dining room chairs in the spot, awaiting my return. Because it's public goddamn property. And did I mention I think little of your parentage or your ability with the spoken word? Or upright posture? Asshats.
   
2. My bad driving habits - yelling obscenities loud enough inside a car almost hard enough to break blood vessels in my eyeballs (windows rolled up, I'm not that mad) at other drivers - while undoubtedly good for my mental health, is not good for my passengers. Especially when they are my far-more-chi-centered Best Beloved.
   
3. My bad driving habits - so bad that my sainted mother, who, in her prime would take corners like Mario Andretti, would look askance at me - bleed into my parking habits.
   
4. It's a good thing my Best Beloved eventually dumped me off at the back door, holding onto his frayed temper with admirable constraint, and telling me he'd find a parking spot.
   

Thank you, and good night.

Comments

[kaffy_r]

They do it on the east coast, too, eh? My sympathies.

I know the argument of furniture users is that they spent a great deal of time and energy digging out a spot, and it's unfair for someone who hasn't worked to get the benefit of their labor. I can even understand it, but I can't condone it; the answer, unfortunately, is "Yes, it's too bad someone else is benefiting from your work. That's how it goes. You did a citizen's duty in digging out your car. Another citizen is now making use of that. You can only hope that she or he will pass it forward by digging out her or his original spot, and letting someone else take it. Once everyone has done that, all the parking spaces will be free again." Sadly, people fixate on the immediate fairness issue, and ignore the systemic fairness reality.

[(Anonymous)]

They do it in certain areas of Boston. Luckily, not the areas where I live.

I get that they think they worked very hard cleaning out a space. Here's the thing: Parking is always scarce on the streets of Boston. Every time I find a space, I've worked very hard at finding that space. When I leave that space, do I get to save it because it took me a long time to find it and a long time to get into it? No. If I tried to, I'd be burned at the stake. So why is it any different if you cleaned the space out? So? I cleaned a space out, can I own that space for the rest of time? Just while there's still snow on the ground? What if some of the snow melts? Then are we still allowed to reserve spaces?

It just makes NO LOGICAL SENSE to me. I just don't get it *at* *all.*

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And that was me. I wasn't logged in. Oops.

[kaffy_r]

No worries. Heh. (And you're right about the lack of real logic.)