Scenario One:
I was at Bandar Utama New Wing LG carpark looking for a spot when I see this lady getting into her Kancil. Even though I was at a t-junction, I stopped and put on my indicator (she was right ahead of me facing the junction) because I was running late and well, I wasn’t going to let a spot pass me by anyway. A line of cars waiting to turn at the junction was forming behind me, but they can wait.
Apparently, the lady thought I could too. She got in, saw me waiting, gestured at me to hang on and proceeded to rummage about in the front seat. She went on for at least a full minute, which is really quite long considering I was staring straight at her, waiting for her to leave, and an increasingly irate line of drivers were boring holes through the back of my car with their eyes. She finally left and I drove straight into the lot.
Scenario Two:
I was running a wee bit late for dinner and a movie with Bec at the Curve, so when I saw a lady unlock her car, I immediately put on my indicator. It was a bit farther than I usually like to park but beggars can’t be choosers.
The lady saw me (and the car behind me), opened her left back passenger seat to do something, opened her boot to rummage a bit, opened her right back passenger seat to do something else (it was unbelievable) and finally got into the driver’s seat. Once in, she fiddled around somemore in/with her handbag, wound down her left front passenger window, wound down the driver’s side window, and finally, finally started the car and drove out of the lot. I must have waited at least three minutes. Probably more.
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I don’t get it. Don’t they feel bad when someone’s waiting for their spot and they’re just taking their own sweet time as a traffic jam builds up? I understand the basics – get in, lock the door, put your bag somewhere safe, maybe even take out your mobile and hook up to a hands-free kit. But that doesn’t take three minutes. I understand if you have a massive load in a trolley and need time to fill up your boot, but then again, I’ve also seen four people standing around a full trolley while one lady slowly picked up one plastic bag after another and the other three watched. Can we buy some common courtesy and consideration around here, please?
yes, it’s irritating…sometimes i dont know what do they need to do before getting out from the parking lot.
haha, i remember your parking lot experience. the one with two women and where you…