[Jeff Higgins]

I can't believe folks won't just talk to one another anymore. Whoever left the note should have just politely approached you and discussed the matter with you.

Me, I could care less how folks park if there is plenty of room for everyone. Sure, I think "what a dick" when I see cars parked like that, but if it impacts no one else, who cares? Of course, now if everyone did that in an effort to protect their cherished new car, we would quickly have a problem. Best to suck it up and park like everyone else.

What really chaps me are the special people who park illegally, in a crowded lot, in such a manner as to make things difficult for everyone else. My favorite was one day years ago when some ass hat parked his car in a clearly marked "motorcycle parking only" area here at work. It's right next to the gate to get in, so by doing so, he saved himself a bit of a walk accross the lot. The lot got pretty full in those days. Anyway, this was on a Monday morning. At lunch, I noticed he was well and truly parked in by at least two dozen motorcycles. In the afternoon, as the second shift started arriving, they made sure to take spots in such a way that when the day shift bikes left, the car would still be parked in. This went on all week. The car sat there, unmoved, until I left for the weekend on Friday. He must have come back over the weekend to retrieve it.

The moral of the story is not to park like a dick. The vast majority of us don't, so the plan works for everyone. We don't do so so that you can park your special car in a special way. We do it because we all need to get along out there, including you.