It's easier to back in to a tight space than pull into it, and safer getting out because you can see the cars coming down the aisle.
Hey, evil dead, you're in my seat.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Oct 01, 2007 5:04:16 am PDT #4129 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 5:04:20 am PDT #4130 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, that's just bad manners. But I will say that if the person has a compromised rear view it may be necessary.
The other day I was passed by someone doing, I swear, 90 in medium-heavy traffic doing 70. I soothed myself by thinking, maybe they're trying to get to the hospital. Odds are, they're just fast jerks. But it could be...
Stephanie - Oct 01, 2007 5:04:50 am PDT #4131 of 10001
Trust my rage
My husband always back in. I always think of it as a military thing - it's easier to get everyone out smoothly if you can just pull right out of your spot.
sarameg - Oct 01, 2007 5:08:54 am PDT #4132 of 10001
If you can do it quickly and without scraping my parked car, I really don't care how you park. But it has been my experience that very few people are good at backing into a spot.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 5:10:45 am PDT #4133 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's at least one krav instructor who gets pissy if he's riding with you and you don't back in. Whole military thing.
I prefer to back in, but can't always be bothered. I back into my parking space at home, and did at my last place too because I hate backing out into traffic with a passion. I like to think it makes my general backing in (when I have the energy) not so slow.
I despise those people who speed through parking lots honking as they go so you don't "accidentally" back into them as you come out. I wonder if they remember they can see you but you can't necessarily see them. I hope it's a reproach-free honk.
askye - Oct 01, 2007 5:12:33 am PDT #4134 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I always end up in the parking lot behind the person who needs multiple attempts to back into a parking spot.
Trudy Booth - Oct 01, 2007 5:16:37 am PDT #4135 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I like driving through the spot in my aisle into the one in the next aisle that lets me face forward.
(assuming that makes sense in english)
meara - Oct 01, 2007 5:23:52 am PDT #4136 of 10001
Likely due to lack of practice, but I am NO GOOD at backing into a spot. Thus, I don't do it. Thus, I don't get better. Ah well.
Eggless cake = comedy gold!
At least it came together in vague cake-form before crumbling? One time I tried to make brownies and forgot the eggs (I think the eggs? One of the liquid ingredients), and they kept not looking cooked. So I kept putting them in for a little more time. Until finally, they were charred. It was not pretty at all. OR tasty.
Ginger - Oct 01, 2007 5:27:03 am PDT #4137 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I agree with the theory of backing into a space. I don't do it because I have terrible depth perception.
Ginger - Oct 01, 2007 5:30:51 am PDT #4138 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
House~ma to Kalshane!