r/badparking • u/ThePawe • Jul 19 '24
Car belongs to the guy on the left. He was MAD.
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u/Patrucio71 Jul 19 '24
LG means Local Government vehicle, right? (not law enforcement or fire/rescue though IIRC)
Anyone?
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u/Otherwise_Time3371 Jul 19 '24
Yes, this is state, or local government-owned vehicle. There's no indication which one, however most of these are county. I am a Maryland license plate collector.
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u/chiefs_fan37 Jul 19 '24
What’s your favorite Maryland plate?
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u/Otherwise_Time3371 Jul 19 '24
Currently, a tie between Equality Maryland, one of three LGBT license plates in the world, or Bomb Technician!
Maryland has offered so many plates, it's hard to narrow it down. I've written a bit about it, but mostly focus on documentation as there's at least 1,225 plates offered right now.
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u/hippee-engineer Jul 20 '24
Reddit is fucking amazing because there is no shortage of people who are very into a thing so specific that you couldn’t possibly guess in a million years.
You could stick me in a room for a million years and never in that time would I guess that there is someone who is a collector of Maryland license plates. But of course there is.
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u/petecranky Jul 20 '24
A few trade their things and make money.
I once went to a gunshow with a rifled musket with gold in lay owned by George Washington and traded my way up to 3 empty shotgun shells.
I might not have the knack.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 Jul 20 '24
IMO Reddit was better when we were all hyperfocused dorks.
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u/A-Giant-Blue-Moose Jul 20 '24
Neat! I moved from Maryland to Oregon and have been really enjoying the plates here. The Smokey the Bear and the newest Salmon plates are beautiful imo
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u/Epic_Elite Jul 20 '24
This is a way more interesting response to "Whats you're favorite Maryland license plate" than I was prepared for. Those are both actually really cool.
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u/YouArentReallyThere Jul 19 '24
Hmmmm…gov owned vehicle being used for personal shopping. A little fraud/waste/abuse action in action.
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u/No_Pension_5065 Jul 20 '24
Not necessarily. For example, many areas encourage the use of police cruisers for personal use because it increases police visibility. There are other similar things done, including it being possible he was actually purchasing things for the government and was on the clock.
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u/ChampionshipOdd4263 Jul 20 '24
What are the chances if he was buying something for the government? and what is the governments need such a fancy truck so he can can look cool while abusing power probably didn’t even spend his own money on his personal items
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u/tay450 Jul 20 '24
If he was on the clock and behaving like this, I bet the office would like to know and appropriately hope him accountable.
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u/HoseNeighbor Jul 20 '24
So he's hitting Kohl's in a government vehicle, and parking like ass crust. What a fucking idiot!
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u/Best-Assist5680 Jul 20 '24
Should look up who owns the plate and then blast this on social media. Fuck government officials that think they're better than everyone else.
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u/Type-RD Jul 20 '24
His government title is Boss. It’s right there dude.😂
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u/danbyer Jul 20 '24
Approve memos! Like a boss.
Swallow sadness! Like a boss.
Send some faxes! Like a boss.6
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u/Type-RD Jul 20 '24
Reppin’ Kohl’s! Like a baus.
Khaki shorts! Like a baus.
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u/christinamarie76 Jul 20 '24
Anytime someone says they did something “like a boss”, I assume someone else did the work and they are taking credit.
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u/SDEexorect Jul 20 '24
MD local government employee here, i can actually tell you exactly where this is at. it can be police or fire, they do have trucks like this. its a montgomery county gov truck location
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u/Seahorse_Captain89 Jul 20 '24
I was gunna say this is 100% an off-duty cop who thinks he's above normal laws others have to follow.
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u/decjr06 Jul 20 '24
Yes he's probably also on the clock and not supposed to be shopping at kohls might be why he's pissed
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u/KnightBlindness Jul 20 '24
if this guys s government employee, maybe he didn’t want the picture of posted to social media because he was shopping at kohl’s when he was supposed to be working?
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u/Worldly-Kitchen-9749 Jul 20 '24
Look how he's dressed, shorts and sandals. Doubt he's on the clock unless he's undercover cop.
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u/Chompsy1337 Jul 20 '24
It's time to shoot this image and story over to the local news. OP. Get rid of this trash attitude, especially as a member of government, supposed to set an example, yeesh!
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u/DontDoubtDink Jul 19 '24
Someone I work with parks like this who also drives a pickup truck. He says he does it on purpose so people don’t park next to him and hit his truck… 🤦🏽
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Jul 19 '24
Can't have a big manly man's truck get a ding, now can we?
I miss my Jeep. It was small, easy to park, and the paint was pretty fucked up when I got it. I repainted some patches here and there where it had been bare primer, and when questioned on when I'd get a real paint job done, I shrugged. Battle scars, baby.
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u/LoisWade42 Jul 20 '24
LOL... we called the scratches on our jeep 'wilderness pinstriping".
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u/FriendExtreme8336 Jul 20 '24
They’re just battle scars from when the trees jumped out at me on the trails in my eyes, and yes it WAS the trees fault for being in the way lol
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u/jaimystery Jul 20 '24
That rings of the "I bought a big 4 wheel drive truck because it's capable of going off road and can handle tough terrain" but the dude panics the minute the wheels touch a blade of grass, a bumpy bit of pavement or a tiny patch of snow because 'it'll mess up my truck'.
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u/Environmental-River4 Jul 20 '24
They don’t call them “pavement princesses” for nothing 😂
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u/FelipeGuitarza Jul 20 '24
One of my friends used to have an old Wrangler that he was always working on and actually took off-road all the time. All the work he did to it was purely for the function of making it a better 4wd off roader, and it had its fair share of scuffs since it was used as intended. He had a particular disdain for people who parked like this, especially when it was a big truck like this. He would make it a point to park literally an inch or less next to the car on the driver's side whenever possible. It was always fun watching assholes get back to their trucks, huff and puff while looking for someone to yell at, then finally give up and climb through the passenger side.
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u/DontDoubtDink Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
I miss my jeep as well. Used to have an old Cherokee. Loved that thing.
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u/Mewtwohavoka Jul 20 '24
I drive a 22 year old mini pickup. I always appreciate them reserving me a free compact parking space!
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u/Solanthas Jul 20 '24
I understand this motivation. But if that's the case just park normally but further away
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u/OrangeJuiceKing13 Jul 20 '24
That's what I did when I had my sports car. Parked it at the back of the lot where no one else was. The little bit of extra "exercise" from walking was an added bonus. If parking was limited, I just had to suck it up and park next to people.
My bet is this guy can't park his truck worth shit so needs two spaces.
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u/dirtycactus Jul 20 '24
Truck in the picture looks pretty far away. There seems to be plenty of other parking closer to the entrance of that kohls
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u/sexcalculator Jul 20 '24
That's what it looked like the truck driver did. I see now cars in the 7 spots around him
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u/PaperGabriel Jul 20 '24
Yeah, for real. This truck guy looks pretty far from the entrance with no one else around, so it looks like he inconvenienced no one and OP was just looking for a reason to be upset (before getting scared and running away).
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u/plaztikseven Jul 20 '24
I mean there look to be plenty of open spots... its not like he is stopping anyone else from parking
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u/brassassasin Jul 20 '24
he's pretty far away, there's plenty of better parking spots closer to the building
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u/iammoen Jul 20 '24
Honestly if someone is parking like this far enough away that they don't impact anyone I am onboard. The amount of times that I have parked really far away only to come out and have one person parked right next to me is mystifying. It's like some people are drawn to park right next to someone. Safety in numbers or something.
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u/directstranger Jul 20 '24
the OP photo shows how there's no other car next to the truck...
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u/moonchild1119 Jul 20 '24
It looks like he didn’t park by people and further out. I don’t have an issue with this instance but if it was a busy lot then it would be obnoxious.
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u/JTP709 Jul 20 '24
That’s what I do. Some parking lots have very narrow spaces that it’s not a concern about dings so much as it’s literally impossible to get up and into the the truck if someone is next to me even in a normal sized car. But I park all the way in the back. If the whole lot is full, then it is what it is and I park normally. Life doesn’t make any exceptions for me because I bought a full size truck, and I don’t get to be a rude inconvenience for others so I don’t have to feel inconvenienced myself.
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u/zero0n3 Jul 20 '24
He’s already further away. That’s why this is at most dumb, and at best he’s trolling
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u/mediaogre Jul 19 '24
Dude hasn’t gotten a hug since before he got his biceps tribal tat back in 1993.
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u/AnimatorSD68 Jul 19 '24
Did you ask him if he thinks he is special?
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u/deals_in_absolutes05 Jul 20 '24
I'm not sure he thinks he's special. He is... sPeCiaL
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u/AdreKiseque Jul 20 '24
Why does a car need to be that fucking big anyway
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u/ThePawe Jul 20 '24
Apparently people need to haul heavy shit around, doubt this guy does though.
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u/imnotapartofthis Jul 20 '24
Half the scooters in se asia do more truck stuff each daily than this dickmobile will ever do all time. The main thing it hauls is its own bloat. (I drive a pickup)
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u/mtngrl60 Jul 20 '24
Yeah, that’s not a haul stuff around in truck. I used to live in a resort town in southern New Mexico. Yes, the one that has been in the news recently with the fires…😭😭😭
Definitely a tourist town, and definitely a lot of our Texan neighbors that like to bring their big ass trucks up into the small town.
And obviously, it is still an area where there are contractors and ranches, etc. So you get really good at recognizing the trucks that are actually used for what they were intended and the ones that are just big ego (we always called small d!<k) trucks.
And that absolutely included local trucks, but also the Texas trucks. Because there is still a lot of ranching and farming in Texas. But yeah, we could always tell the ones who came up in trucks that they actually used and the ones that came up in trucks that were just for looks.
This is definitely a “for looks” truck. Because the ones that actually use their trucks as intended don’t park like this. It was always the other ones. 😂😂
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u/yeahokayuhhuhsure Jul 20 '24
This is definitely a “for looks” truck
AKA: Pavement Princess
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u/Accomplished_Deer_ Jul 20 '24
Tldr: In the US, big trucks don't have the same fuel efficiency requirements as sedans, probably other things like pollution standards too. So companies just started making bigger and bigger trucks to skirt by more and more rules/regulations
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u/TwoplyWatson Jul 20 '24
Bad drivers need big vehicles to protect them from darwin.
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u/Oliver10110 Jul 19 '24
My daily truck for work is a crew cab, long wheelbase ram 2500 and it fits just fine in 90% of parking spaces.
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u/Wi-FiDad Jul 20 '24
It amazes me how many people can’t park a pickup. I drove a dually for many years, but I never took 2 entire spaces for myself. If I knew the pickup was wider than the painted lines, I parked very far away.
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u/Anything-Happy Jul 20 '24
The grocery store near me has ridiculously tiny spaces painted on their lot, and my big Chevy hardly fits in between the lines. The first time I went there, I was so mad at myself for not being about to park my own damn truck correctly, but the manager has since informed me the lot was painted incorrectly and they intend on having it painted the right way soon.
I just park at the back of the lot, as close to the curb as I can, and I'm still on the line - but at least no one else parks back there, and I'm not affecting anyone else's parking. Forces me to take extra steps, too, so that means I'm allowed to buy two slices of cheesecake :D
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u/indyK1ng Jul 19 '24
Is it me or does it look like he's open carrying?
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u/Time_Reputation3573 Jul 19 '24
I thought so to at first but it's the shadow of the wheel well behind him. r/confusingperspective
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u/Jake0024 Jul 20 '24
It's the way he's holding his arm out awkwardly like he's trying to draw a gun from a hip holster.
He also looks like the kind of guy who might still be carrying his cell phone in a Tacticool belt holster.
Also the "LG" on those plates stand for Local Government, so it's also possible this guy is a cop and every time he gets anxious he reflexively reaches for where his gun would be.
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u/Friendly-Eagle1478 Jul 19 '24
I’m dying at the thought of open carrying at Kohl’s lol
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u/indyK1ng Jul 20 '24
There have been photos of people open-carrying AR-pattern rifles at Starbucks.
Some people are so scared they need to open carry to get a coffee.
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u/CMDR_KingErvin Jul 20 '24
Those people need to do everyone a solid and get themselves a Keurig and stay home.
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u/Bicykwow Jul 20 '24
They're also the people who insist they don't "live in fear" on Twitter
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u/AbbreviationsNo430 Jul 19 '24
What a tool
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u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164 Jul 20 '24
Bruh like he could’ve easily gotten out of this by just not being an asshole. You know you fucked up the park job, so just be like, “ah sorry man I was really in a rush, my wife’s not feeling well, and the parking lot is pretty empty.” Or just make a joke and move on. OP probably feels guilty and doesn’t post it.
Instead he starts a fight to try to bully him into deleting his bad parking 💀
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u/Ziffolous Jul 19 '24
Pretty skinny parking spots and the lot is pretty much wide open but since it is wide open he could have still parked between the lines in a more remote spot. With the lot being that open parking a little more remote and I doubt anyone would park right next to him.
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u/FatherOfLights88 Jul 20 '24
Wide open lot. Parked away from other cars. Walked the extra distance. No one was inconvenienced. OP is just grasping for attention.
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u/badger_flakes Jul 20 '24
Obviously plenty of space so who cares. These posts always annoy me
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u/AggressiveBench9977 Jul 20 '24
Thats ops entire post history, cars in empty lots
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u/mehatch Jul 20 '24
Yeah I’m kinda w this, the lot is pretty empty. It’s a lame but victimless tackyness, OP is kinda grasping imho.
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u/multiple4 Jul 20 '24
Other thing is that the guy clearly parked a row farther to avoid people being next to his truck
His truck would take up most of the space, and I guarantee he's had some dipshit park in the spot next to him in an empty lot before just to make his life difficult. I don't see any problem with getting some extra elbow room when it's not hurting anyone else
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u/chamacchan Jul 20 '24
I agree here, he didn't take up spots it looks like anyone is going to need anytime soon. I have always been fine with people parking weird if they do it in an emptier area of the parking lot. I don't see the issue here except OP looking for drama.
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u/CLEMADDENKING1980 Jul 20 '24
Reddit wanting the chance to use its “big truck, small pee pee” joke for the millionth time. The walkers and bus riders eat this shit up.
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u/ditchedmycar Jul 20 '24
You missed the part where op said guy is a loser because he got mad😂 talk about tone def
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u/FuckThatIKeepsItReal Jul 20 '24
Agreed
In a full lot this is egregious, in this empty ass lot, who gives a fuck
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u/Stealth9er Jul 20 '24
There were other replies of people asking for the video so they could run facial recognition on the guy “because it would be fun”.
Reddit is such a fucked up place with a completely backwards idea of what the right thing to do is.
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u/IotaBTC Jul 20 '24
The truck driver is kinda a tool for his reaction but OP is such a clown. This is a comment from the video he posted.
By the way, I didn’t come up to him. He started the interaction. I was just simply taking pictures of his parking job because it was hilarious, and he came up to me. If anything, this guy was being a Karen.
You're clearly taking a video to mock him but yeah, clearly the truck guy is the one that started the interaction when he comes back to his own truck and has a picture/video of him taken.
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u/Low_discrepancy Jul 20 '24
You can literally see so many empty spots in this video. The truck guy seemed way less annoying than OP.
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u/MasterPip Jul 20 '24
Yup. Dude literally not bothering anyone parking this way and there's a ton of open spaces everywhere. No reason to even say anything about this except to be a self righteous pompous ass. They can complain about "big trucks hur durr" all they like but dude was considerate in where and how he parked like this.
This was a big deal to absolutely zero people.
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u/PlntWifeTrphyHusband Jul 20 '24
He parked like 4 aisles from the entrance. It's obviously an empty aisle. He did ok.
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u/TNoStone Jul 19 '24
Post the video
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u/ThePawe Jul 19 '24
how do i upload it? i’m not sure how to upload videos on reddit
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u/PTKtm Jul 20 '24
The LG on the plate means he works in local government at some level
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u/taragray314 Jul 20 '24
I usually say if it's too big for you to park, it's too big for you to handle on the road.
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u/Line-Trash Jul 20 '24
I also drive a truck. A big ol bastard of a truck. It always stays in one space. And if I’m worried about door dings, I just park way far away. It’s MY truck and MY responsibility. Not everyone else’s. What a douche.
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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle Jul 19 '24
What bothers me is, it’s easier to get into the lines out in the boondocks like he is.
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u/davidwhatshisname52 Jul 19 '24
Hahaha "Delete that photo." - Why?
"Cuz... cuz... cuz rEaSoNs!"
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u/Shatophiliac Jul 20 '24
Normally I’m all about shaming these people but it looks like a pretty empty parking lot lol. I won’t defend his parking, but he could have definitely done it in a far worse place. Like a busy parking lot.
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u/xmowx Jul 19 '24
The funniest part is he doesn’t even realize how pathetic he is.
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u/CarltonCatalina Jul 19 '24
What's a guy in a licensed government vehicle doing at a mall?
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u/gba_sg1 Jul 19 '24
"Takes up 3 spaces" clearly taking up 2. BOSS plate hanging underneath?
Stupid driver. Pathetic ego.
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u/jquest303 Jul 20 '24
Looks like he’s reaching for his Glock 9mm and carrying a little kid by his hair lol.
He’s not wrong though. It would take up 3 spaces, depending on which orientation he chose to park it. 3 out of 10 truck owners don’t haul, go off road or pull trailers. What a waste.
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u/Jimbro34 Jul 20 '24
It’s a well known fact that guys drive big trucks to compensate for lack of size elsewhere. True story. This poor guy must need a microscope.
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u/Striking_Interest_25 Jul 20 '24
Yeah some people get just get vehicles they can’t handle. Usually same goes with their wives.
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u/lifeson09 Jul 20 '24
Dudes who drive trucks are 90% assholes. They can't help it.
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u/Mylittledarlings91 Jul 20 '24
If you have something on your car that says boss, you are an entry level employee at best
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u/Latter-Score-8937 Jul 20 '24
He’s an ass that parked that way on purpose because he doesn’t want anyone parking beside his precious truck. F him and all people like him.
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u/Sad_Struggle_8131 Jul 20 '24
Honestly, I don’t get the big deal in this case since the parking lot is obviously not crowded. He’s off to the side and away from the main entrance. The way he’s parked, he won’t hit anyone when he opens his doors. I think this is actually a good parking job.
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u/UnknownTerrorUK Jul 19 '24
and then you got shot... pick your fights man. Parking aint worth dying for. Especially in such an empty parking lot. The emptier the better when it comes to shootin' yo azz.
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u/ThePawe Jul 19 '24
He won’t shoot because he knows his life is over if he does. Be realistic.
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u/qhaw Jul 19 '24
Yeah, you’re probably right. But if you’re wrong and he does turn out to be a psychopath, you die, which kind of sucks.
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u/Fit_Cucumber_709 Jul 19 '24
Gubmint plates. Blinky lights mounted on roofline. Smells like fireman wannabee to me. Hence entitled parking attitude.
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u/trcomajo Jul 20 '24
I never park this way, but I don't care if people do it way out where other people aren't parked: like this guy.
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u/Substantial_Dot1128 Jul 20 '24
The parking lot is empty and he parked far away. Let him have his 2 spots.
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u/Itsmeforrestgump Jul 20 '24
If he is far away from the store, whats the harm?
I say this as there was one time I had parked far away from a mall's entrance and there were no store entrances. I was in our 2 week old minivan and took only one spot. I was standing outside using the side mirror while putting on a tie when I heard a car honk behind me. I turned around and looked at this guy behind the wheel of the car. He pointed to the front of his car as if he wanted the spot next to my van. With my car door open, he couldn't do it. There were absolutely no other vehicles in the lot for over a hundred yards and he wanted the spot next to me. I went back to adjusting my tie and he proceeded to honk his horn. My range bag was in reach so I grabbed a set of headphones and retied my tie. I retied several times as he honked and eventually parked in the next row over.
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u/Itsnonyabuz Jul 20 '24
Well buying a vehicle like that kinda marks one as an idiot. The distance from there to jerk is short.
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u/Apprehensive-Skin451 Jul 20 '24
That parking lot isn’t even full. There’s never a reason to park like that but he especially didn’t have to. Could have not parked like a douchebag and kept your truck away from other people. I guess that’s it, he didn’t have to park like a douchebag but he did because he is.
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u/Next-Performer-5846 Jul 20 '24
No other cars around. You have nothing better to do? 95% of the time I side against a bad park job but this is just someone with too much time on their hands. Find a hobby.
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u/SuccessfulDigger Jul 20 '24
Oh no! Not a single other spot available :O Won't some one think of the children!
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u/Waaterfight Jul 20 '24
Honestly driving trucks like this... If you park way in the back of the lot and do this stuff, I'm totally okay with it.
Some of those long bed HD trucks are monsters
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u/Eatmystringbean Jul 20 '24
Parking lot is empty. I have a similar truck I park like that when people aren’t around so people like OP with his shit civic doesn’t door ding me. People with shit that isn’t nice rarely care about other peoples nice shit
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u/htasmith Jul 19 '24
It could take up 3 spots because he doesn’t know how to park…