Pet Peeve of the Day: People backing into (1 Viewer)

[kupcho1]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

 

[wadegarrett]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

Guilty. But my garage is small and I'm in a corner where no one else parks anyway.

 

[mr. furley]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

we call it "rednecking" around here.

half the time these idiots end up parked too close to the stripe and either you can't park in the adjacent stall or you have to climb in/out of the passenger side.

 

[The Commish]

Wow, I have a F-250 and it takes no time to park....I strongly dislike ANYBODY who can't park and think we should be allowed to run them over if they take too long while parking.

 

[Prime]

Agreed. I don't think the backing up is such a big deal as the taking forever to do it.

Maybe it's because Im a FBG, but I have never had a problem parking and I drive a Tahoe.

 

[TxBuckeye]

I have people in my neighborhood that do this in their DRIVEWAY. Seriously, WTF, are they on a "fast response team" or something? Makes you want to yell "take your time, I'm in no hurry to get home to my family or anything" just to see if they catch the clue.

 

[pantagrapher]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

 

[GroveDiesel]

Agreed. I don't think the backing up is such a big deal as the taking forever to do it.

Maybe it's because Im a FBG, but I have never had a problem parking and I drive a Tahoe.

I agree. If you have to adjust more than once, you shouldn't be backing in.I do understand why some people do it though. If you're backing into a spot the worst you'll do is bump the garage (or the car next to you I guess if you're really bad at it). If you are backing out in a garage with two large vehicles next to you, it can be pretty dangerous. You're basically backing up completely blind and any idiot could be speeding through the garage and rip the back end of your car off.

 

[Gigantomachia]

I can park a motorcycle in under 10 sec.

 

[guest 54788]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT!  And I hate you!

we call it "rednecking" around here.

half the time these idiots end up parked too close to the stripe and either you can't park in the adjacent stall or you have to climb in/out of the passenger side.

I've never seen a redneck back into a parking space.

 

[Prime]

I have people in my neighborhood that do this in their DRIVEWAY. Seriously, WTF, are they on a "fast response team" or something? Makes you want to yell "take your time, I'm in no hurry to get home to my family or anything" just to see if they catch the clue.

I back into my driveway, but I love on a semi busy road. Makes it a lot easier in the morning/afternoon rush. Also, I don't do it unless there is no traffic. If there is, I pull off to the side, wait for everybody to get by, then park. You actuall have A-holes who make you wait for them to do this?!?!

 

[roadkill1292]

You either have to back in or back out. What's the difference? Seems like another example of an overreaction by an increasingly impatient public.

 

[Bevo]

I can park a motorcycle in under 10 sec.

Yes, but how dangerous is it to that?

 

[Gigantomachia]

I can park a motorcycle in under 10 sec.

Yes, but how dangerous is it to that?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If you are backing out in a garage with two large vehicles next to you, it can be pretty dangerous. You're basically backing up completely blind and any idiot could be speeding through the garage and rip the back end of your car off.

 

[Bevo]

You either have to back in or back out. What's the difference? Seems like another example of an overreaction by an increasingly impatient public.

The difference is that, in general, it is faster to back out into the main driveway portion of the parking lot because it is much larger, you don't have to be centered to the same degree as a stiped parking space, you don't have to take your time avoiding the wall that you are backing towards, etc.I would bet that for the typical person (obviously this does not applt to you superhuman FBGs) that the total time taken to park/leave is 3 to 4 times as long for people backing into a parking space as it is for people parking head first. Back part of the in, pull out and straighten up a little, back a bit farther in, pull out and straighten up a little.......... until finally on the 4th or 5th try they get where they want to be which is usually with one set of wheels either on the line or over into the adjacent parking slot. This is particularly true for those knuckleheads that are driving huge SUVs and trying to shoehorn their massive chunk of metal into a fairly small parking place. Whee, man did I ever have fun waiting on you and watching you execute that slick manuever, thanks!

 

[Broncoholic]

I only back into spots for large events (concerts football games...etc). It makes it easier to nudge into the traffic line after the show.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Also, I don't do it unless there is no traffic. If there is, I pull off to the side, wait for everybody to get by, then park. You actuall have A-holes who make you wait for them to do this?!?!

Yep. I know it's hard to imagine, but not everyone is as considerate as you. Lots of folks believe the world revolves around them and/or just don't give a chit about anyone else.

 

[shuke]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

 

[mr. furley]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT!  And I hate you!

we call it "rednecking" around here.

half the time these idiots end up parked too close to the stripe and either you can't park in the adjacent stall or you have to climb in/out of the passenger side.

I've never seen a redneck back into a parking space.

local colloquialism. considering GB is 98% redneck.. it's not really an insult i guess.

 

[Apes with Guns]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

the reason I back into a spot in my garage is because it gives you a better field of view when leaving in the afternoon when goobers are flying down the ramp talking on cell phones. two close calls were enough for me.the caveat to this is that if I can't back in without impeding others, I just pull into the spot nose first. I guess that's an advantage of getting to work earlier than most.

 

[Pooch]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

See post #8. I work at a university and we have a HUGE parking deck. I always back into my spot (quickly and effficiently) because I'm generally surrounded by SUV's. when I leave in the late afternoon, I don't want some speeding, cellphone gabbing idiot to take the rear end out of my little G35.

 

[glumpy]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT!  And I hate you!

lol. Sounds like your complaint is more with incompetence than backing in!! 5 minutes ???!!! I do it sometimes and not others, but not for the getaway--sometimes when leaving it's hard to see oncoming traffic,

and when that's a concern I'll back into the space for safety's sake.

edit to apologise for just repeating what everyone's saying.

 

[Nemesis]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

The company I work for started REQUIRING this for all company vehicles a couple of yrs ago. (safety dept idea).Personally, I think it's a crock of #$%& policy and laugh when I see our trucks take several passes to park correctly.

 

[PC Load Letter]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

WHEELOF

FORTUNE!!

 

[Flying V]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

I knew a guy at work who had this much trouble pulling forward into a spot!One morning I was running late and I whipped into the empty spot next to him as he was still maneuvering. It freaked him out so bad he drove to the other side of the lot to park.

 

[Weapon of Mass Instruction]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

I don't care HOW you park. Just do it quickly and straight between the lines.

 

[Righetti]

a guy down the street from my parents used to back into his spot going to and from work.. the funny thing is that because he backed into the spot, he had to walk around the car to get to his front door... I always thought that the time he saves by not having ot back out of the spot was wasted because he had to walk around his car to get to it...

 

[Leroy Hoard]

a guy down the street from my parents used to back into his spot going to and from work.. the funny thing is that because he backed into the spot, he had to walk around the car to get to his front door... I always thought that the time he saves by not having ot back out of the spot was wasted because he had to walk around his car to get to it...

Growing up I had the same guy next door to me. What was funny was after my neighbors on the other side bought a new car, a couple months later he buys the exact same car, down to the color. Except he backs it in, walking around the car to get to his front door. A couple years later he shot and killed himself, true story.

 

[culdeus]

a guy down the street from my parents used to back into his spot going to and from work.. the funny thing is that because he backed into the spot, he had to walk around the car to get to his front door... I always thought that the time he saves by not having ot back out of the spot was wasted because he had to walk around his car to get to it...

Growing up I had the same guy next door to me. What was funny was after my neighbors on the other side bought a new car, a couple months later he buys the exact same car, down to the color. Except he backs it in, walking around the car to get to his front door. A couple years later he shot and killed himself, true story.

sweet

 

[Sheriff66]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

I parked next to a moron this morning, there is 100 open spots mind you, that felt the need to back in. After her 2nd attempt to get it right, I swung my Pontiac right past her front end and parked, she jammed on her brakes like I was being an idiot....

 

[e-mom]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

I parked next to a moron this morning, there is 100 open spots mind you, that felt the need to back in. After her 2nd attempt to get it right, I swung my Pontiac right past her front end and parked, she jammed on her brakes like I was being an idiot....

Road rage is always a good thing.

 

[Black Box]

Backing in takes skill. They are surely showing off their skills for the ladies. Because girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.

 

[Ignoramus]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

Fast getaway down?

 

[pinequick]

Sure, you're saving yourself that all important 3 seconds as you head home to your house full of cats and a warmed over Stouffer's Lean Cuisine tonight, and you're that much more certain of not missing the opening of Wheel of Fortune...

But if it takes you 5 minutes to accomplish this, as you back in and out OVER and OVER AGAIN - often when the spots to either side of you are EMPTY - and you're holding up everyone else that wants to get by, you're proving to the world that you are an IDIOT! And I hate you!

Isn't this what "leaning on your horn" was created for?

 

[Sheriff66]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

I parked next to a moron this morning, there is 100 open spots mind you, that felt the need to back in. After her 2nd attempt to get it right, I swung my Pontiac right past her front end and parked, she jammed on her brakes like I was being an idiot....

Road rage is always a good thing.

It was at work, in the parking lot, if it were road rage, she would not have had a drivers side fender....

 

[e-mom]

I don't understand why people back into any parking spot.

I parked next to a moron this morning, there is 100 open spots mind you, that felt the need to back in. After her 2nd attempt to get it right, I swung my Pontiac right past her front end and parked, she jammed on her brakes like I was being an idiot....

Road rage is always a good thing.

It was at work, in the parking lot, if it were road rage, she would not have had a drivers side fender....

I think someone needs to start a spin off thread about if one could use a car to ram another car with lightening speed for road rage reasons would they actually do it.

 

[RoarinSonoran]

Yeah I don't understand this either. Cool! Now I can get dings on BOTH sides of the vehicle! !



Then there's the idiots who park in the corners of the garage, just to have the extra space. Yo dude, if you're afraid of getting your precious I'm-compensating car dinged, leave it at home and take the effing bus!!

 

[azgroover]

Racists.

 

[Fiddles]

I sometimes listen to a local sports radio show called 2 live stews. one day they mentioned that all brothers back their cars in. being brothers themselves they had first hand knowledge of this. first time id heard of this.

 

[azgroover]

I sometimes listen to a local sports radio show called 2 live stews. one day they mentioned that all brothers back their cars in. being brothers themselves they had first hand knowledge of this. first time id heard of this.

I noticed this trend at a young age. I went to a HS with lots of brothers.

 

[blenderfrog]

I can park a motorcycle in under 10 sec.

Yes, but how dangerous is it to that?

This guy gets it!,

J

 

[blenderfrog]

I sometimes listen to a local sports radio show called 2 live stews. one day they mentioned that all brothers back their cars in. being brothers themselves they had first hand knowledge of this. first time id heard of this.

My brother never backs his car in .

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I sometimes listen to a local sports radio show called 2 live stews.  one day they mentioned that all brothers back their cars in.  being brothers themselves they had first hand knowledge of this.  first time id heard of this.

My brother never backs his car in .

Is he your older brother?

 

[Righetti]

the subway never backs into a spot

 

[mowgli]

People at my church do this at the early 730am Mass. Why you would need to race out of church that early in the morning is beyond me. And most of the folks at this Mass are elderly so its a double whammy!!

 

[kupcho1]

I waited around 5 minutes the other day as this jackhole took forever backing their giant SUV into a small spot.

 

[Mario Kart]

If these situations are occurring in larger area parking lots (i.e. mall parking or whatever) I'd lay the horn on and not shut it off. There is no reason people in cars, trucks, vans, whatever should be backing into anything. Pull to a further parking spot where there is no one and/or a variety of open spots. Makes no sense.

Also, people who drive the wrong way in parking lines is another peeve. Do people not understand parking lots?

 

[TxBuckeye]

If people didn't feel the need to drive their extended cab dually pickups to their office jobs every day, this issue would die quickly.

p.s. You work in an office. You aren't hauling 12 tons of bricks.

 

[northern exposure]

a guy down the street from my parents used to back into his spot going to and from work.. the funny thing is that because he backed into the spot, he had to walk around the car to get to his front door... I always thought that the time he saves by not having ot back out of the spot was wasted because he had to walk around his car to get to it...

Growing up I had the same guy next door to me. What was funny was after my neighbors on the other side bought a new car, a couple months later he buys the exact same car, down to the color. Except he backs it in, walking around the car to get to his front door. A couple years later he shot and killed himself, true story.

Have these guys never seen Dukes of Hazzard? Sounds like a perfect spot for a hood slide!