What are people doing when they get in their cars and take ages to drive off when I am waiting for the parking space?

[Anonymous]

Texting with my husband to see if he’s going to be able to pick our daughter up bc while I was in the store I got a text calling me into a work emergency. Mystery solved!

[Anonymous]

PP and I’m likely getting a barrage of emails and texts when I get to my car - most all of my worksites have awful internet connectivity.

I return any urgent calls them like another PP, I’m figuring out how to get to my next stop (I do audits and inspections and worksite trainings) via my GPS.

Also, on hot days, I’m cooling down my car and eating a snack before on the road.

I don’t look at my phone at all when I’m driving.

[Anonymous]

I think there was a study that showed people take longer to pull out when they know someone is waiting for their spot.

[Anonymous]

Buckling kid in, debating where to eat, putting direction, doing online orders of things i couln’t find in store, setting up jams.

[Anonymous]

I used to go to my car and nap during my lunch hour when I was exhausted from pregnancy.

I used to breastfeed or pump.

And, I’m not leaving my space for you.

My new office has surface parking by permit only. I’m especially not leaving if you are a scofflaw trying to get to the nearby medical office.

[Anonymous]

If I have to check emails, text, make a call, or program my GPS and I notice someone waiting for my spot I will wave them off. Seems the courteous thing to do if you aren’t pulling out immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Masturbating peeing in cups scrolling dcum?

All at once? Can’t get this image out of my mind.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they are waiting for someone else.

Maybe they have to do a blood test to check their insulin levels.

Maybe they need a minute to calm down before driving somewhere mad.

Maybe they had to call their sister and ask how their mom's test results came back.

Maybe they needed to practice their Spanish on Duo Lingo.

Maybe they saw you waiting and they wanted to piss you off.

[Anonymous]

their phone.

That's it.

[Anonymous]

I legitimately am posting on DCUM at times. Or finding a podcast to listen to in the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I have to check emails, text, make a call, or program my GPS and I notice someone waiting for my spot I will wave them off. Seems the courteous thing to do if you aren’t pulling out immediately.

This is the correct answer- wave them on, especially if they are an angry insurrectionist looking man in a lifted truck. My sense of spatial relation is poor and I am not a confident backer upper (even with a camera.) You seem too close and I am not going to be sweaty and stressed because you want to avoid walking. My favorite is jockeying for a parking spot at the gym.

[Anonymous]

I never wait for a car in which I see a young kid is involved. If I see an adult has to buckle the kid into their car seat, I'll try to find another spot.

[Anonymous]

OP, I live in NYC. If I just got into my car parked on the street and someone pulls up behind to take my spot, I'll have the passenger gesture and tell them "it's gonna be a few." Then I connect the phone and crank up the GPS. After it all set, I pull out. If am in a parking lot, I tend to back out so the person can have the spot, then pull over and do the above.

Phones add time. And yes, some folks hop in their car, turn on the engine, and start making calls. I wouldn't do it, but it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never wait for a car in which I see a young kid is involved. If I see an adult has to buckle the kid into their car seat, I'll try to find another spot.

This.
You know it's going to take forever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just the passive-aggressive betas around here.

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