What REALLY grinds your gears?

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

How about those idiots that park right next to you in a parking lot when there are a half dozen open spaces on each side of you?

Originally Posted by mredskins

There is some physiological reason people do that. It happens with movie seats too.

At the movies, at least they aren't giving people door dings are making it hard to exit their cars. Running errands yesterday I paid particular attention to people who parked on top of others. A very small sample including someone who did it to me when I went to the pharmacy at Walmart. The half dozen or so I all saw do it were all males and appeared to be retirement age.

I remember it happening a lot when I had a classic Chevelle SS that was in cherry condition so I parked well away from store entrances to avoid door dings. Often I would exit a store only to find someone right on top of me and no other cars within 50 yards. The town had a large senior population. I wonder if it is mostly older drivers doing this.