Is It Ethical to Go the Wrong Way in a Carpark for a Parking Spot?

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  DiscoJango on 11/10/2023 - 15:53

  Its the new post covid world, no one gives a shit anymore, just do whatever you want. Being polite is so 2019.

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    syousef on 11/10/2023 - 19:10

    It's hilarious that you think this behaviour is new.

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  FareEvader on 11/10/2023 - 16:53

  +1

  Don't do this. Don't be that guy. We're better than this.

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    LFO on 11/10/2023 - 19:45

    -1

    We are better indeed.
    We hoard all toilet paper we can so the rest get stuffed.

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  syousef on 11/10/2023 - 19:10

  +1

  Humble bragging about having no manners and outing yourself as that kind of person is what this discussion forum is about now apparently. Was that parking spot considered a bargain?

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  morse on 12/10/2023 - 05:10

  +3

  One of these days you’re going to pull a move like this and someone will key your car, or worse, punch you in the face. Sure most people will just write you off as a D*head, others are less tolerant and patient.

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  Hangryuman on 12/10/2023 - 15:51

  -5

  'Is it okay to go against the flow in a car park to grab a spot'

  many will foam at the mouth about it, but I did that anytime I saw a spot closer when a car in front of me would have got there first if I had followed it the long way around the loop. If the loser then came and looked like they might key my car, I'd move elsewhere and let them have it for the sake of their ego.

  also reminds me of when my morning commute in Sydney included one set of lights where most vehicles would stick to the middle lane leaving the left-hand lane (not a mandatory left-turn lane) empty. I would sail up past maybe 200 metres or 40 cars to get to the front of the empty lane, then when the light turned green, I would simply merge politely to the right into the middle lane to avoid cars parked in the left lane ahead.

  many would foam about it 'you broke the RULE !!!' - but I read traffic experts saying that it was actually more efficient to zip-merge as traffic starting off from a green light typically left large spaces between cars, and zip-merging vehicles could allow more cars to pass during peak hours - especially when the wait between lights might be two minutes.

  or another time coming out of Sydney airport jet-lagged and exhausted after a marathon journey, I accidentally joined what I thought was the end of the queue for taxis, only to hear seconds later a English-accented woman remonstrating 'how DARE you jump the queue - you must go to the back of the queue !'

  exhausted, with no energy to move, but also irritated by the holier-than-thou tone of the snotty right-fighter, I turned, looked behind me, and saw maybe 15 people behind her, none of them with any look of concern on their face, and said to her 'this is not England - this is Australia - nobody cares'

  WELL ! This got right up her nose - she went right off, ranting and raving about how disgusting it was, that I was in front of her, ya dee yar - I gave my best 'meh' look and turned back and ignored her self-righteous raving, as did everyone else in the queue behind her.

  I have read that an Englishman, finding themselves alone at a bus stop, will form an orderly queue of one. Not being an Englishman since 4 generations back, I DGAF and left her to STFU and GTFO.

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  drezy on 12/10/2023 - 16:13

  +4

  YTA

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  Manny Calavera on 12/10/2023 - 22:54

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  All's fair in love and war and parking.

  That said, if you were coming up the wrong way and I was coming the right way, I'd be sitting in the middle of the lane until you backed up.

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    digitalbath on 13/10/2023 - 17:07

    Contradiction much?
    So it’s ok if you do it, but not if others do it.
    Pathetic.

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