Spotted at Home Depot
Posted by pittgirl on 29 May 2008 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, Eye rolls
I noted this car and its stellar parking job at Home Depot over the weekend when I stopped by to pick up some Gerbera daisies for potting (photo courtesy of Saucy, my bitch, who was all, “For reals?!” when she saw this guy):
Do you see what he intentionally did there? He parked right smack in the middle of the line to ensure that no one dared park within five feet of his precious hunk of yellow steel.
Selfish douche.
I hope a flock of pigeons goes purple diarrhea all over his car. For once, the very least the pigeons could do is my bidding.
29 Comments »
on 29 May 2008 at 2:31 pm 1.8 Mile said …
That’s right behind people who aren’t handicapped that pull out the temporary handicapped placard when they park.
on 29 May 2008 at 2:40 pm 2.Bulldog said …
Whoa a minute there, just because they aren’t visibly handicapped doesn’t mean that they aren’t legitimately, medically handicapped. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
There are many medical conditions that could result in someone having a handicap placard which don’t entail a crutch, cane, wheelchair, etc.
Doesn’t mean that there aren’t folks abusing them, just that you can’t always tell by looking.
on 29 May 2008 at 2:47 pm 3.captain dummy said …
“Whoa a minute there, just because they aren’t visibly handicapped doesn’t mean that they aren’t legitimately, medically handicapped. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
There are many medical conditions that could result in someone having a handicap placard which don’t entail a crutch, cane, wheelchair, etc.
Doesn’t mean that there aren’t folks abusing them, just that you can’t always tell by looking.”
agreed!!! dont always be quick to judge!!!
on 29 May 2008 at 3:22 pm 4.JP said …
Monsieur Douche
on 29 May 2008 at 3:34 pm 5.marc said …
You should have parked next to this individual anyway, I couldn’t imagine their face when they came out of the store.
on 29 May 2008 at 3:52 pm 6.Nellie said …
Someone needs to pull a “Twanda” (Kathy Bates in “Fried Green Tomatoes”)on this asshole.
Best line in a movie:
After repeatedly smashing into a younger woman’s car in a mall parking lot.
She gets out and calmly says something on the order of “I’m older and I have more insurance, stay the F*** out of my way.”
on 29 May 2008 at 4:15 pm 7.Pittsburgh Tom (in NJ) said …
Maybe it’s because I watched the season finale during lunch, but this brings to mind the episode of Bones where Bones gets a fancy car from her publisher and is told to park diagonally across two parking spots. Booth tells her not to do that and later on she gets mad because the car got dinged. (Yes, I’m a tv dork.)
It also reminds me of the ding in the door of extremely-less expensive sports car. Pisses me off, but I prefer the ding to being one of those guys that takes up two spots.
on 29 May 2008 at 4:17 pm 8.Ex-Pat Pittsburgh Girl said …
Also, the placards don’t have to be for the driver of the card. They are also valid for the passenger. My friend’s mom is 80, lives with her and in a wheel chair and doesn’t drive. In accordance with the law, she has a placard. She drives her everywhere — doctors, shopping, entertainment, etc… and I’ve never seen her pull it out when her mom wasn’t in the vehicle (despite the night it was pouring down rain and we had to walk from the back of the restaurant parking lot to the door).
on 29 May 2008 at 4:55 pm 9.8 Mile said …
I don’t oubt everyone, but I know of anumber of completely healthy people who use them.
Also look how easy it was for WTAE to find fakers: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/11037124/detail.html
on 29 May 2008 at 4:59 pm 10.retiredguy said …
Years ago, when I used to drive clunkers, I would sometimes park nice and close to people who did this.
on 29 May 2008 at 5:16 pm 11.Pensgirl said …
In grad school I drove a decade-old Geo Prizm. I used to park right next to people like that - the car was small enough to fit practically anywhere. I used to picture them finding my junky old car next to their precious metals and laugh and laugh.
Now my car’s rather squat and doesn’t usually fit. But if I can fit it I do.
Nellie, that movie is one of the few that’s as good as the book it’s based on. The movie got it perfectly.
Pittsburgh Tom, did you notice the (possibly signed) Lemieux jersey in Booth’s house in the season finale? (I won’t even mention the obvious Steeler beer hat he was wearing.) I keep forgetting the character’s from Pittsburgh but they really have great reminders.
on 29 May 2008 at 5:58 pm 12.Still A Fan said …
i dont even understand handicap spots at the mall……i mean, you’re going to be WALKING AROUND THE MALL!
am i right? i mean, maybe in other places like a Red Lobster it makes sense….but the mall????????
if they have a fat scooter, they can park in the back of the lot like everyone else.
sorry this sounds so mean as i realize there are legit reasons for my musings…..but THE MALL????? you know damn well anyone that says “well, i had to go to the pharmacy”, you can substitute JC Penny’s for pharmacy.
on 29 May 2008 at 6:23 pm 13.NY Luvs Pitts said …
I hate you Still A Fan (lol).
on 29 May 2008 at 6:54 pm 14.Bob said …
They bought a bright yellow corvette….That alone has to tip you off to some type of mental handicap
on 29 May 2008 at 7:33 pm 15.Qlarue said …
http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/
on 29 May 2008 at 9:08 pm 16.Goob said …
Also: who the hell drives something like that to Home Depot?
How is he going to get anything home?
on 29 May 2008 at 9:19 pm 17.John said …
Pensgirl - I did happen to notice the Lemieux jersey in Booth’s apartment in the Bones season finale. I know he’s usually a Pittsburgh sports fan, but for some reason David Boreanaz was blogging on NHL.com for the (gasp!) Flyers during the Eastern Conference finals.
on 29 May 2008 at 10:28 pm 18.Still A Fan said …
Boreanaz’s Dad is a local newscaster here in the Philly area so he grew up here.
NY Luvs Pitts…..don’t be a hater! lol….. Come over to the dark side….you’ll have more fun.
on 29 May 2008 at 10:44 pm 19.Bram R said …
Oh so you’re in favor of pigeon graffiti artists. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
on 30 May 2008 at 7:30 am 20.Not Jane Nugent said …
Dang girl, Your Gerbera daisies are only going to bloom for a month and then they’re done. Go for the Pgh war horse, Wave Petunias. Standard issue.
on 30 May 2008 at 8:43 am 21.Pittsburgh Tom (in NJ) said …
I forget who it was and I’m too lazy to look it up, but one of the guys behind the scenes of Bones is from Pittsburgh and made Booth a Pittsburgh fan. I believe it was talked about in the PG tv column.
Goob, you can get keys made at Home Depot. You can fit those into a corvette. That’s about all, though. Maybe a small handtool.
on 30 May 2008 at 9:46 am 22.Brother Anthony said …
I anticipate one of these procedural-cop-show fans enhancing this photograph to find Pitt Girl’s reflection in one of the many cars.
on 30 May 2008 at 9:46 am 23.Stasia said …
What an asshole.
If you’re that worried about your car getting dinged - and hell, I don’t care if you are - at least have the decency to park further away from the store. Walking an extra 30 feet isn’t going to kill anyone.
I don’t have an expensive car, but I still park at the back of lots just to avoid the extra congestion closer to the stores.
on 30 May 2008 at 10:06 am 24.CS Keys said …
Who buys Corvettes anymore?
on 30 May 2008 at 10:28 am 25.Zsa said …
I’m waiting for the Channel 4 Investigation about what is in the water in the South Side that there are so many people who need handicapped spaces. Yes, I realize there are some 100 year old yinzers there, but come on people.
on 30 May 2008 at 12:04 pm 26.Erik said …
I saw some asshole’s Porsche parked like that when I was at Target a while ago.
I surrounded it with shopping carts from the nearby cart bay. Because I’m a parking lot guerrilla like that.
on 30 May 2008 at 12:32 pm 27.geeves said …
Like marc said, park next to him anyway. I do this to people I see parked like this all the time. I will even go out of my way to park next to people that do this and I also park as close to the driver’s side door as I possibly can.
on 30 May 2008 at 6:46 pm 28.In Sewickley said …
I always park right smack dab next to those punks!
on 02 Jun 2008 at 6:59 am 29.mickey said …
“There are many medical conditions that could result in someone having a handicap placard which don’t entail a crutch, cane, wheelchair, etc.”
if you dont have a crutch, a cane, a wheelchair, knee brace or whatever else, you should not be parking in a handicap space. if you do, you are a crybaby weakling and should stay home to watch your satellite TV.