VIOLATION!

So, the new parking system at work has been remarkably awesome. I mean, I see a couple of cars nearly every day parking in the permit area without a permit, but really, it's been awfully sweet.

Unfortunately, I've only seen one of these bad boys. And I never did find out what happened to the car.

The funny thing is, I tried to take a picture of a car with a stick similar to this in the parking ramp after I left the gym tonight. Except it was on the car's back, driver's side ... quarter panel? It was yellow and smaller, too. Alas, the photo was blurry. 

Making the most out of their last opportunity.

Today was the last day of asshole parking at our office building. Didn't seem like anyone was really trying to get a jump start on the new rules today. Take these jackasses, for example:

I mean, I guess I could see that there was a little bit of a change. When I went into the ramp this morning, there was only one car parked where the two cars in the picture above are parked. It's those two cars and two more behind them, and the same thing on the rows you would see if you had been in my car looking out the passenger window.

That's eight cars each day that are going to need to find somewhere else to park every day. I'm concerned it's going to be an epic clusterfuck tomorrow. I should really have just planned to work from home. Then again, I'm working a half day and should be showing up at least a bit earlier than I normally do.

None of us at the office can really see how this new situation is going to work out, but ... well, I guess all I can do is show up and see what happens, right?

What is the plural of "Lexus?"

Because there was not one Lexus, but two, parking in a clearly-marked non-parking area at the gym tonight. But, you know, they have nice cars and are clearly better than everyone else, so the rules do not apply to them.

Oh, Iowa. You, too?

A submission from Shawna:

"Found one for ya in Des Moines, IA....guess they park like douche canoes, too!!!" 

Christ, and it's not like those spaces aren't enormous. But noooooo. You've gotta park in two spots -- crookedly, I might add -- because you're an idiot. At least the lot doesn't seem to be crowded? 


Thanks, Shawna! 

Iowans at Rainbow Foods.

Look, I know some of the parking spaces at Rainbow in Uptown are a bit wonky, but not so wonky as to cause someone to do this?

Maybe you need a better angle to see just how badly this douchecanoe parked? Done.

"It's a flippin' mini"

Oh my God, another submission! This one comes from James (or, at least that's what his e-mail says). James says, "Really? At the Good Samaritan Society  National Campus in Sioux Falls and she's a manager." 

There are a lot of things wrong here. First is James's salient point -- it's a Mini. It's a tiny car. You can't part it in a proper parking spot? 


If I was a generous person, I'd note that the old parking spot lines are kinda visible and hey -- maybe she got confused. But those old lines are barely visible and the new lines are super clear. If I was still being generous, I'd note that the minivan (and obviously the other cars, too) are not parked properly. That, however, is not really so much being generous to the Mini driver as it is an indictment of all the other people who cannot properly park their cars. 


This lot is pretty much and epic parking FAIL all around. 


Thanks James!