One of the reasons I'm not too fond of driving, is that people become possessive and territorial when it comes to a parking spot. Fights have broken out over who first saw a place to park, and to be honest, I really dislike getting into a fight over that. And the place where the worst behavior over parking takes place is at the local shopping mall.
It's appalling the extremes that some people will go, to secure a parking spot, especially if it's close to the entrance of the business they are going to shop in. I have seen people drive around, waiting for someone to leave a space, near the entrance to the store, while whole rows of empty spots are just half a block away. But no -- these people wouldn't dream of parking that far, heaven forbid! Them, parking where they have to walk five whole minutes! unheard of.
There are the kamikaze car parkers, that would run you over or crash into your car just to get those coveted spots near the store. The other day, where it not for my quick reflexes, this maniac would have crashed into the right-side of my car -- as he swooped and zoomed to grab a spot, just as I was turning to park in it. I had to step fast on the brakes. This lady yells at me -- fight him! fight him! But I have more important things to do than to get riled up over some loser whose idea of winning is to do stuff like this.
As I found out, a parking lot, is a lot more dangerous place than the regular roads. Because, for some reason, people totally disregard any notion of rules of the road. People cut through the parking lanes, back-up without looking, zoom around 40 miles an hour, and in general it's an every man for himself mentality. Heaven help you if you are a pedestrian here.
