[Deschodt]

Having lunch outside a café with work friends today... We see a 20-something girl attempt to parallel park her Mitsu Lancer, nose first...

I kid you not, she did *at least *15 maneuvers over nearly 5 minutes, each more or less a repeat of the previous attempt (pretty hard to parallel park nose first, unless you're willing to climb a sidewalk). Eventually, she visibly gives up, rolls down her window, boresights on me and calls for help !! Seriously, she asked me from across the street if I could park her car ;-) She may have noticed I was observing and counting the moves, not flagrantly mocking mind you, but smiling a little...

She left her car there, purse and all, and let me have at it. I must look trustworthy ! One move to get out of the bind, one to reverse in. Done... My work buddies stood up and applauded. Quite the scene on the street... Everyone (a few spectators, too) had a pretty good sense of humor about it, though... I took a few seconds revealing the huge secret (reverse into it)... Kudos to the girl for having the nuts to ask for help, but what do they teach in driver ed these days ???

Funny... I've given jumps, pushes, helped with flats, but never had to park for someone before ;-)