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Carbrain culture is sitting in your car for 20 minutes instead of getting out and just walking into the restaurant. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 85 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Reminds me of how my (able bodied) mom would drive around looking for a closer parking spot for far longer than it would have taken to just walk from the first available one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    My favorite is people who slam on the brakes and make everyone behind them wait for them while they park at the first spot they find at a parking garage (whether the current occupant has left or not).

    Like, there are stairs and/or an elevator. It would take you less time and effort to park next to those and everyone behind you can park at the same time.

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Literally! Anytime I go to Costco i intentionally go to the furthest spots because they're likely to be open and I'm fully capable of and enjoy walking.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago

    You also can’t ride the cart through the parking lot if you park too close. Then you just look silly kicking it up to speed for just a short ride.

    (I’m almost 40 and still do this every time I have to go shopping, like a reward for completing the draining task)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm the one who parks in the spot right beside you, just to mess with you.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I purposefully park in the back. I don't get enough walking casually throughout the day. Plus I don't want people to ding my car.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago*

    A former friend I met up with at a pub parked in a handicapped spot because they couldn't find a spot in less than two blocks. They didn't have a handicap or a disability vehicle tag. I had biked and walked four blocks just because I liked walking. Stopped being friends with them after that for being so ableist and a general asshole. Really tells you a lot about a person.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My mother used to do that, too. I asked her about it, and she said, "You don't know how scary it is for a woman to walk a long distance in a parking lot."

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yeah, I’ll park a while away if it’s daytime, but I do get the creeps when I walk through an empty parking lot at night. I used to live in the US and drive regularly, and now I live in Germany and don’t, but I can therefore completely avoid parking lots even though I’m walking further, which honestly makes me feel a lot less targetable. I suspect the difference in general violence levels between the two countries has more to do with the difference in my perceived safety though.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I hate how much time people waste doing this. Depending on the store, I either park a couple spots from the cart return stations, or enter the back of the lot and park first available. Whatever your goal, wasting time trying to find a spot that meets specific constraints just…. Wastes your time

    At my Costco especially

    • people fight for garage space but there’s a really long ramp for your cart so it’s effectively much farther
    • people fight for the lot by the door, but it small and crowded and choked with both pedestrian and car traffic. I can be parked and in the store before you make one lap
    • main parking is long and skinny, but people only go straight up the main aisles. I just go one aisle over and there are more spots closer in and right by cart return
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