Depends if you got the point across. I would not want the car sitting in a busy parking lot for a long time either. I avoid such trips, although not religiously - I'm not that obsessive. I don't like anybody driving my car, but I would allow my girlfriend to do so if she asked. However, there are guidelines for my own driving practices, and those should apply to anyone else in spades. If you wouldn't park in that lot, than neither should she. Assuming that's your only real concern, the "chauvinist" moniker is not appropriate.
FWIW.
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Roger
'85 Carrera 3.2 Coupe aka "Sputterbug"
http://sputterbug.com