Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Some people?!#&

I had to write about this. Yesterday I went to the mall to kill some time while I waited on my pictures to be developed and when I got there I spotted two decent parking spaces open they were side by side. I was on the aisle one over so it took me a moment to get there. This wasn't a big deal since there were two spaces and the place wasn't busy. I wasn't concerned that I wouldn't be able to park in AT LEAST one of them.

A woman driving a very old lincoln parked in the first space just as I got there "no big deal I thought I'll park next to her." I waited when it looked like her passenger started to open the door (I consider it rude to pull in on someone trying to get out a car) and then she stopped and shut the door. So I started to pull and then she opened the door again and DIDN'T get out. She sat there with the door open. When she realized I was trying to park she held it open with her foot. If I had parked I might have hit the door. Then she just sat there chatting with her friend. I wound up backing up and parking farther down the aisle. She waited until I was pulling into my new spot to get out of the car and walked away just looking at me like I was some terrible person. It made me wish I had pulled in and parked right in front of the door so she couldn't close it back, but since I had my daughter with me and I prefer to set a good example for my kids I just glared back at her. The thing is I couldn't figure out what she gained by this except being "difficult."

2 comments:

Memphis said...

It's call "being a bitch just to be a bitch" and it's increasingly common around these parts. And by "around these parts" I mean, anywhere on planet Earth.

Pam said...

Cheryl...OMG I am glad it wasn't me as I am far to confrontational to have not dealt with that swiftly....you are by far a better person than me...