Let's play a game

Here's a fun game.  It's called "That's Not A Parking Spot!"  This game consists of spotting people who are parked in places that are Not A Parking Spot!

On the surface, this may seem like a fairly hypocritical post, especially if you know me.  I have gotten my abundant share of parking tickets.  If it is possible to get a parking ticket, I'll probably be the one to get it (usually, however, the tickets involve expired meters).  Generally, I'm actually fairly forgiving and not overly judgey of people who are improperly parked.  Sometimes, you just don't see the sign, or you park on the wrong side of the sign.  I get that!

My beef is with people who park like jerks, deliberately getting in the way of traffic and severely inconveniencing other people trying to park. For example, people who are not disabled who park in the disabled parking zone,  people who take up multiple parking spots with one little car, and people who simply stop their car in the middle of the road or parking lot and decide that this is a good place to park.

Above is a diagram of the parking lot at one of the local grocery stores.  This is how it looks on any given Saturday.  The cars to the left are the closest to the store entrance.  However, they are not parked in parking spaces.

I can usually forgive the first person parked next to the proper parking spaces IF the parking lot is full (I should note that there is more than sufficient parking and I have never actually seen the lot full).  It is the person parked next to them that makes me crazy.  Why?  Because that person is parked DIRECTLY in front of and BLOCKING the entrance to the parking lot from the road.  It is beyond maddening.  I've never once seen a parking ticket given for these infractions.  I don't know if you can get them for improper parking in a private parking lot.  I don't think you can.  But some days, I wish you could.