Tag Archives: Entitled parking

Because On A Beautiful Fall Day, It’s Important To Park As Close To The Nail Salon As Possible

Posted on October 24, 2016 | 35 comments

An alert — and irate — “06880” reader writes:

Here is a photo I took in the Barnes & Noble parking lot.

barnes-and-noble-parking-lot-october-2016

No, that is  not a handicapped permit hanging from the Jeep’s rear view mirror — it’s just a parking permit for somewhere.

I saw the woman park there, in the middle of the busy entrance. She was about 35 years old. She walked over to the nail salon. There were plenty of spots a few rows down.

I watched appalled with my 2 boys in tow (10 and 5). I drove to a parking spot not far away. I got out of my car, walked over to hers and took the photo.

This was a teachable moment for my kids. I explained the difference between doing the right thing, and breaking the law for your own convenience!

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Why Take 1 Parking Space, When You Can Have 3?

Posted on August 26, 2016 | 13 comments

Or, for that matter, why follow the directions on the sign — “Back in” — when you can just pull in horizontally?

Transfer station

And, to forestall any questions: Yes, the transfer station was busy. Every parking spot on both sides of the Beamer were taken.

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Don’t Park Here! (Both Sides Now)

Posted on July 30, 2016 | 2 comments

Just when you thought we’d reached the top of the entitled parking behavior bar, someone raises it.

Here was the scene yesterday, at Westfair Center:

Parking - Range Rover Westfair Center

Yes, that’s a “courtesy vehicle” from Land Rover Milford. And no, there’s no one in it.

Please don’t tell me the driver had an “emergency” hair appointment or tailoring crisis.

On the other hand, we’re not always considerate of drivers either.

A former Westporter — visiting for the weekend — parked well, in the narrow Playhouse Square spots yesterday.

When she finished lunch at Organic Market, she found this note on her car:

Parking note

She felt “saddened,” she said.

And presumably not because she actually has New Jersey plates.

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Entitled Parking: A 4-fer

Posted on July 25, 2016 | 22 comments

Today’s entitled parking shot comes from a medical complex.

Entitled parking

The driver of this car covers all the bases:

  • Pulling right up to the front door, even though it’s not a parking spot;
  • Forcing other drivers to pull around into the oncoming lane;
  • Blocking the stairs and
  • Blocking a handicapped spot.

Well done, Mr. (or Ms.) license plate 1AW-TN9.

(Just to be clear: No, there was no one in the car. And yes, it was parked that way for at least 10 minutes.)

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Starbucks Parking Problem Solved: The Follow-Up

Posted on July 21, 2016 | 18 comments

Supposedly in Seattle, 2 Starbuckses squat directly opposite each other, across a street.

That’s not happening in Westport. But it’s close.

As reported first on “06880” last October, the Starbucks near the Sherwood Diner is moving. Its new home is across the Post Road, the former Arby’s. That puts it even closer to another Starbucks: the cafe in Barnes & Noble, a few yards away.

Arby's

Arby’s is empty now (nothing new). After refurbishing, the site — formerly Burger King, and before that Carrols — will be open.

It will include a drive-through, for vanilla mocha pumpkin toffee nut latte-lovers who don’t even want to park.

Not that they ever could.

 

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So In Addition To Not Really Caring About The Parking Stripes…

Posted on June 18, 2016 | 27 comments

…this very entitled Jaguar owner can’t even be bothered to pull somewhat close to the curb.

(Photo/Jonathan Hochhauser)

(Photo/Jonathan Hochhauser)

Plus — like the almost-equally-bad Mercedes driver in the next stall — the Jag owner can’t be bothered to follow the law about front license plates.

Maybe they both knew an alert “06880” reader was ready with a camera.

Hey! No problem! There’s always plenty of room — and never an accident — in this parking lot by Gold’s!

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Meanwhile, Right Across From Westport’s Greatest Parking Job…

Posted on May 9, 2016 | 10 comments

… was this:

CVS parking lot

Referring to today’s earlier post about a cute little car at Trader Joe’s, alert “06880” photographer Steve Lunt calls this “Westport’s comical yin and yang parking.”

I call it “just another day in the CVS lot.”

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Hey, PAL! Watch Where You’re Parking!

Posted on February 1, 2016 | 26 comments

I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m guessing the driver who parked this way the other night was a relatively young dad. (And yeah, this has “guy” written all over it.)

Entitled parking - Long Lots

The reason I’m so sure is that the site was Long Lots School. The event was a 4th grade PAL basketball game.

The alert — and amazed — “06880” reader who took the photo noted that the parking lot (aka “where you are supposed to park”) was largely empty.

And yes, this is a Westport driver. Those are beach stickers on the windshield.

Look for him at Compo this summer!

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Why, Sure! This Certainly Looks Like A Great Parking Space To Me!

Posted on January 30, 2016 | 6 comments

Yeah, yeah, I know. From time to time I post a pretty gruesome Entitled Parking photo, and “06880” readers come up with all kinds of reasons why it’s not so bad.

Like the car parked horizontally across 2 spots at the community garden. Turns out it was a Saturday; the driver saw no one around, and parked that way to snag some shade. Who knew that a playground dedication would fill the lot a couple of hours later?

My bad.

But there can be no way — no way! — there is any excuse for this Entitled Parking job, spotted earlier today in the Compo Shopping Center lot behind CVS:

CVS parking spot

And yes, for all you skeptics: There was no one in the car that created its own row. It really was parked there.

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This Takes The (Coffee) Cake

Posted on November 14, 2015 | 28 comments

The Starbucks near the diner is notorious for its entitled drivers. Just when you think they could not find another it’s-all-about-me way to park, they stun us with something new.

Now it’s contagious.

Alert “06880” reader Bart Shuldman spotted this sight earlier today, at the downtown Starbucks:

Starbucks downtown parking

Parker Harding Plaza is a very busy place. But this driver could not wait, like a normal human being, to find a parking spot. (Perhaps it was the lure of those special red Christmas cups.)

He or she stopped the car, put on flashers, and went inside to join the long line.

Leaving 2 children sitting in the back.

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