Wildwood shopping center. Bethesda. If I ever go to jail this will be why

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP someone is going to die in that parking lot! I say this every time I enter. It’s a combo of very old drivers and people racing to run into SB. For the love of god and safety there needs to be a giant drive through Starbucks nearby.

There’s a drive-thru Starbucks in Kensington.

Very near Wheaton.🙄

Don’t send these people our way! That drive through is overrun. Plenty of parking right there but able-bodied adults would rather block Conn Ave than get out of their cars. Just park and walk in, after ordering from the app. Leave the busy drive through for people with disabilities, illness, and small children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Start calling the cops every morning. Easy ticket revenue for them.

It’s private property. Can MoCo police really give out parking tickets there?

For blocking a FIRE LANE? YES!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP someone is going to die in that parking lot! I say this every time I enter. It’s a combo of very old drivers and people racing to run into SB. For the love of god and safety there needs to be a giant drive through Starbucks nearby.

I mean someone did drive into the fitness store.

Wildwood is next level for parking rage. I will admit that I've let my middle schooler run into Starbucks while pulled over. I promise to park from now on. I'm in a beater SUV and she is a public school kid though.

Thank you for correctly reading the room! It's very irritating for people who have to wait because oncoming traffic and a double-parked vehicle block them in.

[Anonymous]

Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

You are all the problem, regardless of your car type or choice of schooling. Your excuse is not better than private school suv mom at starbucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

Are you saying if there are consistently no parking spaces, you go ahead and stop in the fire lane?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

Are you saying if there are consistently no parking spaces, you go ahead and stop in the fire lane?

+1. More lazy people incapable of preparing their own food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

There are ALWAYS parking spaces. They just might not be as convenient for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

There are ALWAYS parking spaces. They just might not be as convenient for you.

The parking lot in the back is relatively pleasant (and isn't even much more of a walk). I didn't realize that parking lot existed until recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

You are all the problem, regardless of your car type or choice of schooling. Your excuse is not better than private school suv mom at starbucks.

seriously! Love how the pp thinks it’s justified because her child goes to public! As if only horrid people opt for private.

[Anonymous]

Ahhh that parking lot makes me RAGE op. Between that and those ridiculous bike lanes on old Georgetown running any kind of errand there is just miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

There are ALWAYS parking spaces. They just might not be as convenient for you.

The parking lot in the back is relatively pleasant (and isn't even much more of a walk). existed until recently.

The back is usually full too. Many spaces were lost to the construction of the apartment building.

[Anonymous]

Preprint several letters with a diagram of how to park and the below text. Throw it onto their windshields.


Congratulations! Your vehicle has successfully occupied both a fire lane AND blocked several other cars. What an achievement! You must be exhausted from all that important multitasking - idling your engine, ignoring traffic signs, and teaching the next generation that rules are more like... suggestions.

Quick refresher, since the 'NO STOPPING/STANDING/FIRE LANE' sign might be hard to read:
- Fire lanes aren't optional VIP parking spots
- Your hazard lights don't actually make illegal parking legal

I know those 10 extra steps to a real parking space feel like a marathon, but think of it as your good deed for the day - letting emergency vehicles do their job and other peasants access their cars.

Warmest Regards,
Someone Who Can Read Signs

[Anonymous]

The title made me laugh OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that the Wildwood parking lot is crazy. I once got yelled at by some lady in a fur coat parking her enormous white SUV — I was waiting to pull into a spot with my blinker on but she thought she could just duck in.

I will admit I have sometimes pull up to that lane and stopped at dinner time to let my kid (public school!) grab a takeout order from fish taco. I try to be attentive though and if there’s a line I’ll loop around. There is often no parking available so it’s hard to park to pick up a take out order — they have a couple pull up spots at fish taco and chopt for the pick ups but they are usually blocked! I hate that strip mall so much but I love fish taco, the pizza place and the sushi place.

There are ALWAYS parking spaces. They just might not be as convenient for you.

The parking lot in the back is relatively pleasant (and isn't even much more of a walk). I didn't realize that parking lot existed until recently.

The issue is that there aren't always parking spaces in that lot. At some points in the day, the entire lot (Balduccis, back lot, front lot) are all full. You are circling like a shark. I used to go to Solidcore there and I had to keep looking otherwise I'd lose my $ for the class. But that lot is awful.