Vultures
Do you work in an office building where there are a limited number of “good” spaces near the building? Don’t you hate it when you go out to run an errand and there’s someone there just waiting to take your spot? This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Irrational? Yes, but aren’t most pet peeves?
I usually get to the place where I’m contracting before a majority of the other folks that work there. I can almost always score a primo spot when I arrive. Yet at least once a week – more this time of year – I’ll need to run a quick errand during the early morning like going to the bank to deposit a check or something. There’s nothing worse than walking out to your car and seeing someone pull into the parking lot at the same time. You know they are watching you, waiting to steal your spot like the dirty vultures they are.
This really irritates me, and I have no idea why. I have no problem doing the same thing to someone whenever I get the chance. I actually get a bit of mild satisfcation out of janking someone’s spot from them. Maybe this is why I get so irritated when it happens to me.
I think the tension comes from that slight glimmer of hope you have when you walk out to the car and realize that the next good space is about 300 yards away. “If I haul ass to the bank and back, maybe this spot will still be here when I get back.” Then you see the vulture and all your hopes and dreams for preserving your spot are dashed in an instant. Curse you, vulture!!!
I’ve actually done things like fake tying my shoes or pretending I forgot something in the building to shake a vulture off the scent of my spot. Isn’t that awful?
I really need to get direct deposit.
maybe if you didn’t go to the bank twice a week you wouldn’t have this problem.
I’m glad you brought the topic of parking up. I’d like to add two parking issues that annoy me. One – What’s with the people that decide that it’s ok for them to "create" their own spots? Are they that much better than the rest of us? Can they not walk a couple of extra feet without parking in front of a dumpster or on the grass? Two – What’s with all of the special parking spots at malls, grocery stores, etc.? Like all of the handicapped spots aren’t enough, now you have spots for women with children and spots for expectant mothers. What’s next…spots for people thinking about having kids in a few years? That’s crap!
All that thinking about kids can wear you out though.
Maybe you missed our new assigned spots for this purpose – they are actually behind most buildings near the service and/or loading docks.
I hate how there’s never any parking near the entrance to my gym. I always have to walk so far to get in there. It really messes up my workout.