Monday, February 2, 2009

The Nerve . . .

We were having a pretty good day Friday - I had my kids and a friend of Jesse's, we went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch (Malcolm had been begging for more than a week to go) and I told Jesse we could go to Target and get him a Bakugan starter pack. His friends and cousins have them, I guess it's the next "big" thing - anyway, I managed to shop with four kids, get what we needed and head out to the van.

This is what I encountered - immediately I was calling the driver of this vehicle many, not so nice things under my breath.

What the! I checked to make sure I wasn't in the bad - parking on or over the lines.
I tried to get the sliding door open, that's the side Lillie sits on, couldn't (yes, I did, didn't even care if their paint ended up scratched - it didn't though, darn) so I had to climb through from the other side with Lillie and get her in her carseat.
Then I had to squeeze through my door (the vehicle was so close I couldn't even get a good swing to slightly dent the other vehicle) and I'm not skinny, so it was a good squeeze.

This person is rude, plain and simple - you know they knew how close they parked, had no consideration for anyone but themselves. I wished them 4 flat tires and an empty gas tank - I know, not what I should have done, but seriously!

6 comments:

Annie Miller said...

They totally deserved a door ding or two. I can't believe someone thought that was going to fly!

Heidi said...

I would have slashed their tires (well really wanted to) - way to show self restraint...

Susannah said...

How rude! I would have totally waited for them and then given them a piece of my mind, or, left a rude note. That seriously drives me crazy when people do that. Does it really take that long to park correctly?

laurie said...

i'm glad that you tried to be kind...i might have left a really rude note and 'accidentally' scratched the paint job...at least they didn't bargain for their license plate number to be broadcast on the internet!

House of Smiths said...

I can't believe that! What a jerk! I probably would have waited it out, and given the other van owner a lesson in parking etiquette!! Yikes.
Shelley
PS. Hey, I wanted to tell you. The vinyl "family" phrase that you asked about can go up to 40 inches long and about 13 inches tall. And if you want, it can have your family's last name instead of "family"... Or you could do any of these examples...
"The Smith Family", "Smith Family", or "Our Family"... I'm sure you get the drift. Anyway, if you wanted a phrase this big (just vinyl) I sell them for $25.00. I just wanted to let ya know!
Thanks Girl!
Shelley Smith

Nuestra Familia said...

hey Kristen, I hope your car is the one with the aggie license...that makes me mad, I can't usually park, but never this bad! crazy people. You are way brave to shop with 4 kids. And your house looks so great Congrats!