A pet peeve

One thing that really bugs me is parking lots. There's a Wal-Mart not too far from where we live, and of course, it has a huge parking lot. People will often drive through every lane that is remotely close to the main entrance, just to find The Closest Spot. Sometimes, they'll wait in the middle of a lane (holding up traffic behind them) for several minutes so they can get the spot that Joe over there is going to make available once he get's his paper towels and ground beef loaded into his pickup truck. In the meantime, I've parked in a spot very far away, and gotton a tiny bit of much needed excercise by walking up to the door. This is on those rare occasions that I decide to go to Wal-Mart. I much prefer to go to smaller grocery stores, or to Target or something like Office Depot. Those kinds of stores provide for a much more enjoyable shopping experience, and I'm willing to pay the extra money for it.

So anyway, my point is that there are usually plenty of spots available, if you're just willing to walk an extra hundred yards, which you probably ought to do anyway.


I remember something Don Yates said in my assembly language class at Tech: "Everybody says we have a parking problem here at Tech. We don't have a parking problem; we have an attitude problem."