Entitled Driver Ignores Signs

Hello my loves! This last weekend I was able to capture a delicious set of photos in Old Sacramento by Joe's Crab Shack. (If you have never been, it is worth going to!)

We were informed of an hour long wait, so we chose a bench to relax on and simply hung out, talking about nothing in particular. I glanced around and saw this entitled woman park her car.

Yes indeed, within the red circles are clearly posted NO PARKING signs that this oblivious, entitled idiot blatantly ignored. She can't even claim not to have seen them, because one sign is straight ahead of her driver-seat point of view.

And this isn't even supported by the feeble excuse of "I was only parked there for a minute!" She planted her car in this spot for 30 solid minutes with the engine running, texting on her phone, applying makeup, and texting some more.

Half an hour after planting her entitled ass in the definite NO PARKING zone, her compatriot; whom I assume she was waiting for; arrives and climbs into the car. Did they leave immediately? Nope!

They both sat for a further five minutes before pulling out and driving away.

I'm sorry, but in no way can this be excused by any stretch of the imagination. The signs are so clearly posted that any neanderthal with a driving permit could have seen them, and if she was picking someone up, she should have told them, "I'm going to Pick you up at the corner of X street at X time by Joes Crab Shack. Be there, because I WILL NOT wait for you to arrive."

The saddest part of this is that the red brick building you see on the very edge of the second photo is a Pay-To-Park parking structure, which she could have paid for a spot and then made her friend pay her back for the time she spent waiting.

May all your customers be nice,

Comments

[Spritzy]

I bet that she'd object that she wasn't "parked" cause she stayed in her car and left it running, and was too cheap to use the pay-to-park, even if she was to be paid back later.

[CharlieWhiskyMike]

Maybe she wasted more Gas then saved by avoiding Pay to Park (Not to mention The unnecessary pollution). At least she didn't left The Car.

I remember working The nightshift in a callcenter from december 24 to december 25, crouching absolutely tired in my Car and superdumb dumbass has parked his Car in Front of The exit. After using The Horn The Idiot luckily moves his Car

[The Last Archimedean]

Shoulda taken down her license plate, taken pictures and reported her to the parking enforcement bureau -- maybe they could have issued her a ticket...

[NC Tony]

TLA and I were thinking along the same lines. If she didn't notice you taking pictures of her, then she was obviously not smart enough to notice if you were taking down her plate number.

[Raven]

Eh. No-parking zones like this always seemed kind of arbitrary to me.

[Polly]

Don't know how it works in the US of A, but here (in Alberta, at least) that is a stopped car, not a parked car. It's only parked if the driver leaves the vehicle. Stupid, isn't it? I know of many instances where the person has avoided a ticket because they were in the vehicle. Encountered it a whole ton of times at the school down the hill - bylaw wouldn't ticket/tow cars in the school bus zone because the signs said NO PARKING, not NO STOPPING.

[TechTiger]

I think the difference is if someone is PARKED in front of your garage and left it, you're kind of screwed. If they're sitting there in the car and you need to get out, you can ask them to move.

[The Last Archimedean]

If you're "stopped" for that long you should be considered parked.

[Flo]

Honestly, what's your problem? She was inside the car, so if anyone would have had to use the garage, she would have been able to drive away, so nobody was harmed, endangered or whatever. So, who cares?

Sometimes people should simply relax. Of course, yes, I know, that doesn't feel as good as righteous furry and the chance to feel better than someone else, but as long as it's not your job to give them a ticket and they don't harm anyone, RELAX.

[lamer]

Ahh, old town. If you go down the street not pictured, I used to Christmas Carole there. I also used to buy manic panic back in the late 90s at the novelty shop. ;-)

It's kind of shocking with how anal retentive parking enforcement is there that this happened. Usually they're like ninja on it because of the Capitol building (especially after the semi rammed it).

As for flo, you're a camper, huh?

[SammyKat]

I just want to say that I seriously miss Old Sac. Thanks for the memories. :D

[Bree]

Parking in Old Sac is a bit expensive, but as others have said, I'm surprised she got away with it. However, polluting the side of the Old Schoolhouse with her exhaust fumes should be a crime. I love that building.