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It's 8:33 in Vancovuer
Jan. 27th, 2006 04:35 pmYou know when you're having a sucky day... it's when some 80 year old biddy (and yes, I mean that in the most derogatory sense I can come up with) accosts you when you park.
Let's just make this clear, I didn't park outside her house, I parked on a street with no parking regulations on it whatsoever. I parked within an inch of the kerb at both front and rear. I left plenty of space for the driveway behind, such that any person with even half an ounce of driving skill should be able to successfully drive out of it.
Having done this, I was accosted by said biddy who told me I was 'a bugger' for parking there, and 'at least I'd not parked as badly as the person in front'... She then went on to complain about how the hospital staff at the RUH *dare* to park on *her* road, and how it was appauling, and how she was "more important" than me because she had to "go out and buy a paper". Oh my dear god! Had I but realised she needed to buy a paper then I'd not even have considered parking on the road she so clearly pays for the whole entirety of.
Part of the reason I'm so ranty about this is because I was later than intended (or only just going to make it on time if I was quick) so I didn't have time to beat her with a stupid stick until she fucked off. It's really annoying. We live right by a railway station, and yes, our road is sometimes jammed full of cars. But somehow we cope. If you live one road away from a hospital with inadequate staff parking in acity country with crap public transport then you just learn to put up with this stuff. Pissing off every passing individual is not the way to deal with it. If it wasn't further away from the hospital than I normally park I'd be sorely tempted to park outside her house every fracking day just to wind her up.
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Let's just make this clear, I didn't park outside her house, I parked on a street with no parking regulations on it whatsoever. I parked within an inch of the kerb at both front and rear. I left plenty of space for the driveway behind, such that any person with even half an ounce of driving skill should be able to successfully drive out of it.
Having done this, I was accosted by said biddy who told me I was 'a bugger' for parking there, and 'at least I'd not parked as badly as the person in front'... She then went on to complain about how the hospital staff at the RUH *dare* to park on *her* road, and how it was appauling, and how she was "more important" than me because she had to "go out and buy a paper". Oh my dear god! Had I but realised she needed to buy a paper then I'd not even have considered parking on the road she so clearly pays for the whole entirety of.
Part of the reason I'm so ranty about this is because I was later than intended (or only just going to make it on time if I was quick) so I didn't have time to beat her with a stupid stick until she fucked off. It's really annoying. We live right by a railway station, and yes, our road is sometimes jammed full of cars. But somehow we cope. If you live one road away from a hospital with inadequate staff parking in a
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