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

[Anonymous]

It’s perfectly acceptable to use the Fire Lanes to actually load/unload people and items! Chill OP.

In Maryland, "Park" means to halt a vehicle, whether or not it is occupied, other than temporarily when necessary to a) avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, or (b) for the purpose of and while actually enaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.

[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.

There is nothing wrong with using a Fire Lane to drop someone else off to grab a food order.

Get a new hobby!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I know I need to get a grip/and or choose another Starbucks/ but the rage I feel each morning as I see huge ass black SUVs in the narrow fire lane blocking other cars is going to land me in jail.

Huge black SUV owners with private school teens in stupid plaid skirts- the rules apply to you as well. Park your damn car and let your kid walk the 10 steps to pick up their drink and Bethesda Bagel. This is not a school drop off lane. You don't have the right to block traffic while you idle your car under a no stopping/standing/fire lane sign.

And no I'm not jealous, my kid attended a 80k per year undergrad. You just suck.

OP, do you need a new hobby?

Maybe all of the cheap at home coffee is making you grumpy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s perfectly acceptable to use the Fire Lanes to actually load/unload people and items! Chill OP.

In Maryland, "Park" means to halt a vehicle, whether or not it is occupied, other than temporarily when necessary to a) avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, or (b) for the purpose of and while actually enaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.

"Momentarily" standing is legal in Marlyand. Discharging passengers is probably momentarily, but loading/unloading is probably not.

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/montgomerycounty/latest/montgomeryco_md/0-0-0-130827

[Anonymous]

Yes annoying. Also so entitled and lazy to take your kids to Starbucks before school every morning. Terrible habit to create.

[Anonymous]

And fetching a takeout order is certainly not "momentarily".

[Anonymous]

Bump the car and then back up and turn away.

It's worth the time sacrifice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And fetching a takeout order is certainly not "momentarily".

This. If the vehicles were just letting out or collecting passengers, this would not be as annoying. The issue is that people double park and then sit there while a passenger gets out, goes inside, waits for an order, collects it, and returns to the vehicle. Even at a place like Starbucks this is going to take a minimum of 3 minutes. That's double parking. If you aren't moving on as soon as passengers have exited the car, you are double parked. If you are picking people up who are not already waiting on the curb, ready to get in, you are double parked.

The drop off/pick up nature of the fire lane is for a taxi cab style exchange. Not sending a teenager into Starbucks to pick up lattes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I know I need to get a grip/and or choose another Starbucks/ but the rage I feel each morning as I see huge ass black SUVs in the narrow fire lane blocking other cars is going to land me in jail.

Huge black SUV owners with private school teens in stupid plaid skirts- the rules apply to you as well. Park your damn car and let your kid walk the 10 steps to pick up their drink and Bethesda Bagel. This is not a school drop off lane. You don't have the right to block traffic while you idle your car under a no stopping/standing/fire lane sign.

And no I'm not jealous, my kid attended a 80k per year undergrad. You just suck.

Follow the desire path.
You should use the fire lane too. Then, Starbucks takeout car line gets full, as everyone else in that time slot has to not get their dumb gross Starbucks today.

[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.

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.

There is nothing wrong with using a Fire Lane to drop someone else off to grab a food order.

Get a new hobby!

Dropping off is one thing, sitting and waiting and blocking the road is another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

NP. Oh I don't need that in my life. I would find alternatives to any place where I'm constantly circling for parking. I could never do street parking residence with few spots either. It would shorten my life.

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.

[Anonymous]

The dbags don't even need to stop using the fire lane.

Just drop off, loop around the lot, and come back to pick up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

NP. Oh I don't need that in my life. I would find alternatives to any place where I'm constantly circling for parking. I could never do street parking residence with few spots either. It would shorten my life.

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.

NP. Oh I don't need that in my life. I would find alternatives to any place where I'm constantly circling for parking. I could never do street parking residence with few spots either. It would shorten my life.

[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.

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.

There is nothing wrong with using a Fire Lane to drop someone else off to grab a food order.

Get a new hobby!

You aren't allowed to wait in your car in a fire lane. You have drop off and drive away. That’s not what is happening here.

[Anonymous]

Most of you all suck and are part of the problem at Wildwood. It was much better years ago when it had the bike shop and Montgomery Donuts and not all those silly boutiques for non-MILFs.