As if parallel parking isn’t enough of a challenge, I saw another nightmare come to life:
My car is the small white one in the middle. Normally I don’t (won’t) park this way as much as possible as there is another diagonal parking nearby. But this location is so right in front of the office building entrance and with the weather being so hot lately, I wanted to minimize walking.
When I came and parked in the morning, the black big car in front of me wasn’t there. Park anywhere you can people, but this kind of parking?
So I stood there, horrified on how I might be able to get my car out. I wanted to go home early but had to wait because there is NO way I could ever get my car out unless any of the two cars go away. Both of them only gave very little space to wiggle out!
From the back (there are metal posts on the right side, adding to the very limited wiggle room):
And the bad ass car in front of mine:
Even the world’s most skillful driver would scratch his head. I ended up waiting for almost 30 minutes until the driver behind my car came and drove away.
Just another day in sand land.
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Yeah I hate when that happens. Quite a nasty situation to be in, especially if you’re in a hurry.
I’d have flagged down someone to assist me. You know watch while I backed up and pulled forward a gazillion times. One time Jack and I were in England and we got parked up in a pull in spot! We couldn’t get into our cars doors! Hubby went in to the Pub and said loudly “Any of you jokers NOT know how to park in here? My car is literally parked in! A man sheepishly looked at us and then admitted he had popped in for a pint. He went out, moved his car so we could get into one side. The other person never did pipe up.
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I hate when that situation arrises for me,i simply never care ,if i where on urgent to go some where else..rather i kiss and go away from there…
That happens to us a lot, too. Some people don’t care if they get someone else stuck like that as long as they get to park their cars.
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What a brutal parking problem! Thirty minutes is bad, but it could have been worse. I’m always getting in trouble with parking meters – that’s why I avoid parallel parking whenever possible. Did the guy who finally came and moved his car work with you? That would be really aggravating!
Wow. I’ve seen similar in Jakarta. Not much you can do really but be patient…
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Hilarious! Brings back UAE memories, although I have to say we’ve watched Americans in New York, and Europeans everywhere, in similar spots and they just keep reversing then going forward then reversing, each time hitting the cars in front and behind as they to and fro and eventually they get out and nobody seems to care. It’s a scream!
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First of all i say to you, this is very nice pictures you uploaded here. I really hate when people doing that like behave. The cars are standing very close to each other. It is really ridiculous. peoples facing traffic problem always . This is really nice blogs.
That is just SO rude… I cannot believe that someone would do that to you. I would never do that to another driver. I would be so tempted to tap the big black bad-ass car as I was getting out of the spot.
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It reminds some one spanked my car! Some of the rear lights were cracked, but nothing that I cannot fix there.
So how did you get your car off there?
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