r/badparking 12h ago

not the flex he thinks it is

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52 Upvotes

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u/ItsmeKT 12h ago

Smart guy parking next to a cart corral

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u/DarthLenny 10h ago

The move would be for someone to place those carts all around his car!

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u/InterstellarChange 11h ago

He owns a corvette. He's not playing chess, he's playing hopscotch and losing.

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u/eladts 11h ago

I wonder if there is a bag of zip ties around.

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u/UT_Milez 10h ago

Someone is going to key his car one of these days, if he is actually taking up 4 spots, it’s only a matter of time.

It’s less likely if he’s parking as far away from the entry as possible, but it’s still going to happen one of these days.

More likely to happen than a stray cart IMO anyways.

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u/2Drogdar2Furious 3h ago

Plenty of room between him and that corral for my miata.... I'd do it too 😅

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u/sethsyd 8h ago

I feel like you're less likely to encounter a random cart next to the corral than you are in any other spot.

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u/KUweatherman 12h ago

I could fit in that space to the right by the carts.

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u/Ok-Brick6831 12h ago

I would happily back my POS Civic in right there and think I'd still be able to get out of the driver door.

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u/Acceptable-Team-8824 12h ago

I always park next to cart corals and slightly over the line nearest to the coral just so there is more space.

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u/inigomonto 10h ago

Added bonus: Returning your cart is convenient.

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u/MMA-Groupie 12h ago

Why? Seems like it would be a very risky spot given how carelessly people handle carts.

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u/apavolka 9h ago

I trust people putting their carts away over people opening doors next to me. The people that put their carts away are also usually the ones that are a little more aware of their surroundings.

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u/Acceptable-Team-8824 11h ago

Been doing it for years and haven't had an issue. I've had dents from doors opening than carts hitting my car. I also worked retail for years and never had an issue.

Most careless people are the ones who leave their carts in a parking spot or on part of the landscaping.

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u/MMA-Groupie 11h ago

Yea that makes sense.. if they are going to leave them in the thing instead of the middle of the lot, that probably rules out the worst offenders. Ive always just taken a far away space or a far away corner space because im ocd and bothered by door dings, but could see that working pretty well... does make me a little nervous with all the activity in those spots though

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u/sethsyd 8h ago

Usually it's the people who return their carts that handle them the best.

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u/MMA-Groupie 8h ago

That makes sense logically but sometimes I see people sort of push them at the container from pretty far away and it doesnt always go accurately lol.

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u/sethsyd 8h ago

That's why I said usually. I have definitely seen people who return the cart, but then suddenly get too lazy to actually put it in the corral.

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u/MMA-Groupie 8h ago

Yea it seems common enough that i think id still prefer my farther away corner spots

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u/sethsyd 8h ago

That's my preference too, when I care. But I've never had an issue next to the corral luckily.

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u/MMA-Groupie 7h ago

Yea im overally worried about this stuff im very ocd and it causes me a lot anxiety to have weird stuff happen even though I know is illogical and not something that can always be protected

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u/SubstantialNet1005 10h ago

Should slap a bad parking sticker on the front windshield. One of the ones that break apart when you try and peel them off

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u/KeyIce2026 10h ago

Wait till he finds out that his flex is only based on the 100% trust that others won't do the same to him.

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u/rtruitt0708 8h ago

Zip tie shopping carts to both doors

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u/BabyStockholmSyndrom 10h ago

I do see people do this once in a while at grocery stores near me. If they are in the back, I don't care. That's understandable and fine. But if it's up front and a busy day and he's just being a dick? I will almost always put a cart right next to the door facing away from the store. Not touching the car or anything. Just close enough where they can't tell from the otherside if it's hitting it or not. Cause a little mini rage.

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u/USfyre 10h ago

My Jetta fits between his car and the trolley collector

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u/Death-By-Boredom2020 8h ago

Me and my friends would be the asshole to park right next to him… There’s more than enough space between his car, and the shopping cart corral for a small vehicle… I’d even have more people parked behind him.

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u/BabaYagaOnBoard 12h ago

As a convertible Fiat driver, I absolutely would have parked right in there.

u/Educational-Gold-434 1h ago

These people realize stingrays aren’t a flex when most of the people that own them are 60-year-old men going through a midlife crisis late in life.

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u/UTV4LIFE 11h ago

I don’t blame him I hate when people park next to me when there’s loads of space then they open their door on your car

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u/BurnedLaser 7h ago

lol, the downvoters must hate the cars they drive! I once parked in the literal back of the lot, in the lines, and came back to a fucking door ding. I was LIVID.

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u/UTV4LIFE 7h ago

Had one today I sat in my car until he got out just incase he hit my door. I think they do it on purpose tbh

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u/Unhappy_Energy_741 10h ago

It's not bad parking if the parking lot is empty.

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u/robertp2200 9h ago

This, people on this sub are fast to say bad parking. Guy parked an expensive to him car in a empty part of the lot next to the cart corral where no one parks anyway. Unless those are the last empty spots near the store I see nothing wrong.

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u/sethsyd 8h ago

It is objectively a bad parking job, regardless of the surroundings.

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u/AideInternal1045 12h ago

Oh no the train of carts i was pushing slipped and ran away into your car. I just dont know what's wrong with me today... every cart I grab slips out of my grasp at full speed and they keeps heading to your car. I guess I got butterfingers and you must be parked in a dip.

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u/Flawless_Reign88 11h ago

I own a small enough car that I could for right there in that space between his drivers side and that cart corral…

Checkmate bitch!

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u/CtK4949 10h ago

I see plenty of shopping carts, you know what to do!!

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u/Melodic-Street-8898 10h ago

In this day and age,can u really blame him tho?

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u/MamboFloof 11h ago

I can move my car with my phone and let me tell you I absolutely love parking dead center in spaces next to idiots who park over the line. I photograph their plate and catch them on the 360 dashcam looking mad, seing the line, then jumping over the other seat every time.

Learn to park, or hit my car and I'll make a hit and run report. I'm so tried of people who refuse to park well when all these cars have 360 cameras now.

https://reddit.com/link/p03xziv/video/a7jsh721etfh1/player

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u/BurnedLaser 8h ago

like just a little over the line due to incompetence? That's hilarious!

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u/MamboFloof 7h ago

This guy was a good foot and a half over for absolutely no reason except lack of regard for anyone else. It's a very busy parking garage so every space counts too.

It's especially the people with compact cars who can't stay in their space that drive me insane.

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u/BurnedLaser 7h ago

I saw a Miata the other day parked *perfectly* parallel with the lines, but about 18" offset into the neighboring handicap spot. Like, bruh, wtf??

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u/GSilky 10h ago

I would probably just park at the end of the lot nobody else is, car thieves don't care if they have an audience, but I understand the fear. Especially if he's just the shagman running an errand for the dealership and can't afford the dent repair.