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Anonymous wrote:There is parking in the back and these little pedestrian cut-through that can easily be wi e to reach Starbucks and the other stores. I don’t know why people don’t use the back parking lot more. So much better.

Somebody already said the back lot gets full too!

Then people should take their business elsewhere.

And these people are lying. There are always open spaces, but they might require a short walk. God forbid they inconvenience themselves rather than others.

And being an inconsiderate a-hole is not a “community norm” ffs.

PP. That's what I suspected.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is parking in the back and these little pedestrian cut-through that can easily be wi e to reach Starbucks and the other stores. I don’t know why people don’t use the back parking lot more. So much better.

Somebody already said the back lot gets full too!

Then people should take their business elsewhere.

And these people are lying. There are always open spaces, but they might require a short walk. God forbid they inconvenience themselves rather than others.

And being an inconsiderate a-hole is not a “community norm” ffs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is parking in the back and these little pedestrian cut-through that can easily be wi e to reach Starbucks and the other stores. I don’t know why people don’t use the back parking lot more. So much better.

Somebody already said the back lot gets full too!

Then people should take their business elsewhere.

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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.

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.

+1 PP is not very bright. But is entitled, so it all balances out.

I think I’m the PP you are calling not very bright. (I will admit I do hate driving—it is not my strong suit and miss the decades I lived in cities with no car!). Is it really not okay to pull in behind the designated pull in pick up spots that chopt and fish taco have marked off and watch behind me to see if the traffic is backing up for a couple minutes while my kid picks up the order from the shelf? I only do this maybe 3x a year. It’s not actually functional to order take out from these restaurants otherwise and I do like to patronize the local restaurants there on the rare occasions when I get take out. I’m not even clear that this is a “fire lane” — maybe I’m talking about the wrong thing. I’m talking about pulling up by the curve behind the designated take out pickup spot. For some reason fish taco and chopt have that but the pizza place doesn’t, nor does the sushi place.
I’m not sure what the social norms are here. My usual rule is just to try to be alert and if it looks like I’m creating problems for other people, I’ll move.

Anonymous wrote:There is parking in the back and these little pedestrian cut-through that can easily be wi e to reach Starbucks and the other stores. I don’t know why people don’t use the back parking lot more. So much better.

Somebody already said the back lot gets full too!

There is parking in the back and these little pedestrian cut-through that can easily be wi e to reach Starbucks and the other stores. I don’t know why people don’t use the back parking lot more. So much better.

Anonymous wrote:Of course it’s the rule that you can’t just sit in a fire lane. Everyone knows this. But some people think they are special and rules don’t apply. Like people who spray graffiti on buildings or speed and tailgate and drive recklessly on the highway. Same attitude.

There are community norms and they can vary from place to place. Wildwood clearly has a community norm of allowing parking in the fire lanes.

OP is more than welcome to park and feel superior for doing so. OP does not have to follow the norm of Wildwood, but she also cannot tell others what to do.

Of course it’s the rule that you can’t just sit in a fire lane. Everyone knows this. But some people think they are special and rules don’t apply. Like people who spray graffiti on buildings or speed and tailgate and drive recklessly on the highway. Same attitude.

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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.

Wtf? Are people this dumb?

Fire lanes are meant to be kept clear at all times.

Do you have a problem with anxiety?

This is so low on the list of problems that it’s not even worth mentioning.

Team OP is overreacting.

No police officer is going to give a ticket for someone sitting in the fire lane for two minutes.

Find something else to clutch your pearls about.

Anonymous wrote: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.

LMAOF emphasis on "non"

That area of N. Bethesda is filled with entitlement and ugliness.

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.

Wtf? Are people this dumb?

Fire lanes are meant to be kept clear at all times.

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

+1 PP is not very bright. But is entitled, so it all balances out.

Know some cheaters that work in that center. Figures they also park entitled. Way of life to be ignorant, blameless, selfish and self-centered.

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.

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.

+1 PP is not very bright. But is entitled, so it all balances out.