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]

Waiting for my children to buckle into their car seats. You can honk at them if you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No answers here but I’m an Airbnb host with a webcam pointed at the parking area. I have watched many, many cars sit, idling, for 15 minutes or more. No idea what they can possibly be doing that they couldn’t have done before they left the unit. Some people just like sitting in their cars. I think it’s like “non time” - the only peace they have.

They're smoking dope, in the car so you don't smell it in the house and keep their deposit...

[Anonymous]

Just because I am in the car does not mean I am leaving. You can wait though, it does not bother me at all.

[Anonymous]

After I strap in my kids, I have to put my driving glasses on and set up the GPS. If the kids are whining, I give them a snack for the ride home. I try to hurry if I know someone is waiting, but honestly it takes me forever to leave.

[Anonymous]

I catch up on DCUM before I drive home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happens all the time, I'm assuming they're checking emails, texts, setting up their GPS. I actually make a point of getting out of my parking space ASAP if I know someone is waiting - if I can at all help it.

+1

[Anonymous]

I have a 7 year old and she still uses a 5-point harness. It takes a few minutes for her to get fully buckled. I usually need to set my GPS or my Spotify. I absolutely hate feeling pressured by a car waiting. Worse yet is when they don’t even leave space enough for me to get out. I wish folks would just go farther down. Particularly in parking garages where you’re holding up all of traffic by waiting on someone. Just go to the upper decks

[Anonymous]

What is all of this setting up the GPS stuff?

Don't you just say "Navigate to XYZ" What is the setup part.

But OP, I never assume that someone getting in a car is leaving at that moment unless I see reverse lights or them checking their mirrors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 7 year old and she still uses a 5-point harness. It takes a few minutes for her to get fully buckled. I usually need to set my GPS or my Spotify. I absolutely hate feeling pressured by a car waiting. Worse yet is when they don’t even leave space enough for me to get out. I wish folks would just go farther down. Particularly in parking garages where you’re holding up all of traffic by waiting on someone. Just go to the upper decks

Or you could park on the upper decks if you get so annoyed by people waiting, people who probably have the same reasons you did for wanting to park closer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if you aren't leaving the space right away, why not wave on the person waiting? I know you know they're there.

Anyone gonna answer this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is all of this setting up the GPS stuff?

Don't you just say "Navigate to XYZ" What is the setup part.

But OP, I never assume that someone getting in a car is leaving at that moment unless I see reverse lights or them checking their mirrors.

We use Android Auto. I connect my phone, wait for the app to start, and then enter an address (unless I'm going home or to a recent destination). It takes some time.

[Anonymous]

These are the same people who camp out in the passing lane doing exactly the speed limit because “I have every right to be here!!!!”

[Anonymous]

Why don't people just park further back? I've never understood that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the same people who camp out in the passing lane doing exactly the speed limit because “I have every right to be here!!!!”

I know, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't people just park further back? I've never understood that.

I never wait on a spot unless there is literally nowhere else to park on the lot.