Or, perhaps just a fool?

California's weird.

ha ha ha ha!! dummy. But then, they probably did that on purpose so as not to get their precious truck dented.

Yes, Adrienne. A March Fool.

Drunk. Definitely drunk. What an A-hole.

The wheel up on the curb slays me. Like Bugs Bunny used to say: Whadda maroon!

You have pickup trucks in LA? It's just some lost cowboy who thinks he's back on the ranch and can't figure out why they put that damn piece of cement in front of the tree. I bet he's cute. You should have staked him out.

I am not allowed to comment. I am also a bad parker. (hangs head in shame)

Please forgive me.

Wow. It takes me a few tries, but I always straighten out my vehicle.

That driver is just being a jerk.

Maybe he has an inner ear problem? :)

You might want to blur out the license plate.

Whenever I see that sort of testosterone-gone-wild display, I say a little prayer for the driver that it grows one day. An inch can make all the difference in gas mileage.

I'm sure he did it on purpose to keep others from denting his sides, to give his cab a little shade, and to get the who-ole, long thing into the spaces.

People park like that a lot around here, taking more than teir share to protect their investment.

That kind of skill takes a special talent.

Of course, I'm the crazy one who likes to squeeze my little car in right next to the one taking two spots. One time, two cars parked cross ways - I went right between them! Probably lucky my car wasn't keyed. Oh well, I'd rather have someone park like this than some of the ones driving the wrong way on the parking garage ramps where I park.

nope, just a jack a**!!!

Golly! He (or she for that matter!) must have been in a real hurry!

Dude, where's his car?

Many former jobs ago there was a whole row of vehicles parked that way in one corner of the parking lot. Beemers, mostly, as I recall. Unlike this jacka**, they at least had the courtesy to park as far as possible from the door -- well, either courtesy or brains to figure that they were less likely that way to incur wrath and/or people parking inches away just to tick them off.

Shoot me if you must, but when I get a gander at something like this I almost *want* to see $10 gas.

I have a picture from The Villages (a monster sized senior community in Central Florida) of a tricked out GOLF CART parked in TWO SPACES outside of a grocery store.

I swear I really do.

Not going to shoot you, but in my experience, higher cost of gas is not going to cure being a bu&&head, I'm afraid!

This is what happens when you try to squeeze your F150 into a compact spot. I'm glad you didn't blur the license.

I might've had to let the air out of his tires. Just because.

Parking like that just begs for someone to walk around his car about eleventy times with their keys making contact with his doors and side panels.

and to put roofing nails in the treads of his back tires, so that when he backs up, POP!

Not that I've ever done anything like that before, those are just examples of something that *could* happen when you park like an asshat.

I think he (she? nah) is just keeping the rear end from sticking out ;-). Could've taken both the spaces anyway and have the whole cab in the shade! I used to drive a SMART car, I could park anywhere, hehe.

Could be protecting the rear end, more likely the doors. Have parked that way myself with a new car. I'm surprised the driver didn't back in, though.

Dude..That's AWESOME! He must have taken a special class to learn to park like that....way to go awesome parking guy. That must have been in the Valley huh? Driving and now parking in the Valley has become like Thunderdome...and I'm trying to get beyond Thunderdome.

i agree with all the previous commenters who said that was deliberate...we used to call those guys-you KNOW a woman would never do that-"gear-heads", because their car/truck/motorcycle was all they ever talked about. pity the poor woman that has to compete with that truck for her husband's attention!

Ha! He must be pretty proud of that vehicle for whatever reason. Probably a man and his truck!

And he's a parking valet at night...

I HATE when people hog up two spaces like that because they think their vehicle is so darned precious and they don't want people scratching it or hitting it when they open the door!

I see tons of Hummer/Mercedes/Audi/BMW drivers do that around here in Minneapolis. It doesn't bother me if they do it in a parking lot where spaces are plentiful, but usually they do it when I'm driving around and around, just hoping to find ONE TINY COMPACT SPOT! Grrr...

I'm with Roadchick... i do believe 4 flat tires were being BEGGED for.

If that's not a towing offense, I don't know what is! And just what sort of dreadful thing is he/she trying to protect that white elephant from? It's a truck! It's gonna get dirt and rain and god knows what on it. Get used to it! (I totally agree with Lyda: He definitely moonlights as a valet!)

You have to check out

http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/

It is full of great pictures of others who graduated from the same school of mad parking skills and "citations" you can print out and leave on their cars to congratulate them on said skills.

Oh how I hope that tree decides to fall randomly over on that truck.

Yeah. I remember my first beer.

Hmm, you know I would *NOT* be staking out that guy! What a dipstick! I know why they parked like that though - those things drive like the love child of a sponge crossed with a tank.

only a guy would park like that.
we have a lot of this sort of crap in Detroit.
He deserves to be keyed multiple times.

It's hard to tell but it would appear that the truck bed, if pulled into the space properly, would extend into the lane due to the tree-curb thing. Perhaps the driver was trying to be considerate so that the vehicle did not stick far out into the lane. So then the question is why not park in a space large enough to accomodate the vehicle?

Looks like you need some of these: http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/

That was just pure laziness.

This photo is proof of why you should carry a camera on yourself at all times. You never know what you will catch.

We went camping once and the driver of the truck in your picture must have been one of the guys at the site up the hill from us. They started early in the day if you get my meaning. As we were relaxing by our campfire after dusk, they returned in their big old truck and drove into and over their fire pit, luckily there was no fire. I mentioned that I thought they would leave it there, and my co-campers said, oh no, well I was right. I was just glad they and/or the truck didn't roll down hill onto us. Always wondered where that guy went and how he got there.

Now see, my passive-aggressive self is just ITCHING to *accidentally* drag my steel knitting pins the length of it. Or borrow a BIG dog and give him a BIG drink of water. And wait. Drop a couple of lumps of really old hamburger in the wheel well. Limburger cheese. Paper box full of kittylitter clumps. {sigh} OK, I feel a little better now. (you know, it's EASY to get information from Departments of Transportation if you have a license number - can we arrange a birthday card shower???

Pure selfishness. The kind of driver (parker?) that deserves to be "keyed".

in tx we recognize that as the sign of a small penis. they park that way to make us think they are macho. it's a compensatory kind of thing

I'd say the driver was just being a jerk but with the wheel up on the tree park like that they are clearly drunk!

Just an April Tool...

Just another testo., macho with no respect. Perhaps that was his attempt at "off road".

I was going to post that I bet he was trying to take up two spaces to protect his car, and several already beat me to it.

I can tell you how to flatten someone's tires with a small piece of gravel.

Wow. Keying, mailing cards, flat tires?! Angry much? It's just a wrongly parked truck. Take some deep breaths. It'll be all right.

You're off base this time, Laurie. That's the way you're supposed to park that truck. It's built TOUGH for a reason.

Raurie,

Long time listner, first time caller. (love your blog!)

While I agree with all the posts above - I do wish you had blurred out his license plate #. Just cuz someone else is an A$$ doesn't give us the license to lose our common courtesy now does it?

Just waggle your pinky at him. Poor thing might not understand we all know he is overcompensating...

His truck (yes, it must be a he) is so big it would have blocked traffic if it was good and properly parked. (He must be compensating for something else that is really tiny.) Tee hee.

I guess we should be fortunate that he didn't knock over the tree.

And yes, I do believe he IS compensating for a small wee wee.

As bad as it sounds, I agree with all the others who say you should've slashed the tires or done something with your keyes on his truck.

I only say this because this happened to a friend's car one night we went to the movies. We came out of the theater to find the car with a curse word spray-painted black on the side of my friend's white car. So, I think it's perfectly right to do this to someone.

As bad as it sounds, I agree with all the others who say you should've slashed the tires or done something with your keyes on his truck.

I only say this because this happened to a friend's car one night we went to the movies. We came out of the theater to find the car with a curse word spray-painted black on the side of my friend's white car. So, I think it's perfectly right to do this to someone.

I think that guy's from Tennessee...

(I can say that I live here)

Sorry for the double post. My computer is actin up.

I guess it's a good thing they didn't hit the tree.

We get drivers like that up here in very-Northern California, too. We figure it is the I'm-driving-a-big-truck-and-I-can-do-anything-I-want syndrome.

you'll note that truck is shiney, and new-looking. odds are he parked like that on purpose so nobody could park close enough to door-ding him. make me want to key the damned hting, if i weren't so law-abiding (however, it IS law-abiding to report it to the company whose parking-lot it is!)

I see this around my city alot more than I should.
What gives? Do we have to drive such oversized trucks and SUVs now that we need to take up two parking spaces!!

Urban Off-roading!!!!!!

My thought is "if you can't park it, you shouldn't drive it"! We see this alot in Oregon!

He's obviously getting withdrawal symptoms from not having been off-roading in such a long time, judging by the wheel black and car-polish ;-)

I had to take a close look at the mirror and the license plate for the handicapped sign because I have to say I've parked like that many times, mostly because my mother is wheelchair bound and I have to have at least 6 feet of space on the left side to un/load her and the apes who can walk just fine park in all the handicapped spots. I usually hang the handicap placard up even if I don't have to just to signal why I parked that way but sometimes I don't. Love your blog and I adore your kitties!

For some reason where I live (Pinehurst, NC) people park in the yellow zone reserved next to handicapped spots. Usually it's someone else with the handicap sticker. You would think they would know that extra space is so that someone, say with a wheelchair, could get out of their van.

As we would say here in South Texas, he done ride the short bus! What a wiener. We have that problem where I work, we take care of it by double parking behind the jerkwad and blocking him into the parking space. Childish I know, but well worth making him take the time to find us and ask us to move our car. :)
ps Love the kitty pix!

Lazy jackass.

I actually ranted about stupid people and their cars on my blog yesterday too!

PLEASE send the photo to the local police along with date, time and location.

Yes, we all know the reasons why the very tall 2-year-old did it. He deserves a parent-substitute who will smack his hand, and tell him he's been a bad boy!

My husband has a bigger truck (no, he is not compensating for anything) and uses it as a truck, hauling, towing, etc. He can usually get the whole thing into one space and we often park way out at the back of the lot and walk a little farther if it's one of those lots with the really small spaces.
I hate to see a driver take two spaces, but if those were the only ones available at least he didn't block the driving lane with the back end, although backing in to one space would have accomplished the same thing!

This is how you park a gianormus truck in a spot designed for a Prius.

Hey! My husband expects me to park like that. Or else park as far away as possible from other vehicles. Heaven forbid he should get a door ding in his rusty 1992 Dodge pick-up truck!

You know why guys with trucks do that? Because they can. It doesn't have anything to do with door dings or not having enough room. I have a teenage son who drives a pickup. Trust me, I know whereof I speak. If you go by my son's school after it snows and snow has been plowed into big mounds, you will see trucks crawled halfway up the mounds and parked there. So, if a guy has a truck that is capable of parking over the curb then that's where he's going to park it. I would bet that the owner of that truck is a young guy and not someone's grandpa!

Wow, that's impressive. That took effort. Someone really thinks his fancy, gas-guzzling truck is awesome enough to need two spots. Maybe his tire will blow out or he'll mess up his axle when he pulls off that curb.

Thanks for the laugh, Laurie!

While I agree he/she, nay, *IT* is a moron, I disagree with comments above that vandalism (keying, flat tires etc) is the proper course of action. Perhaps a note of sarcasm, "Brillant parking, dude!" on the windshield would be better? No need to incite further moronic actions on the driver's part!

Cracks me up when I see trucks like that in LA!!! Where is he drivin it?? It's so clean!!!

Here in the south that truck would be dirty dirty with mud.

We get parkers like that here in VA too. Drives me insane! Along with the jerks in sedans who can't possibly park without backing into a space, especially in a crowded parking lot. Grrr. People is sooo stuuupid!

Some people are just special. And I don't mean in a good way.

If you think that's bad, you should see some of the park jobs done by idiots who obviously cannot parallel park and so should not be allowed to drive in any city. It amuses my daughter and me no end to point out bad park jobs!

The over-compensating idiot who parked that monster truck (no woman would park that way, ever) should be reported to the police and the owner of the parking lot. I'd be very surprised if he came back to an un-key-scratched truck with all four tires intact.

He must be special. More important than the rest of us. Rules do not apply.

Ver-ry interesting, but not unusual. How about the person who parks so close to your driver's side that you can't get in. And, the huge parking lot is nearly empty? Their vehicle loves your vehicle . . . du-oh! Or, it's just a way of remembering which vehicle they parked next to. . . You know, that beige car?

Hey CAP! LOVE the photos from the new camera. What kind did you buy? I'm in the market soon, I hope (as soon as the new job begins). I'm pretty sure friends and family are getting tired of the fuzzy shots taken from my TREO.

Have a great day!

http://auntmelissaskitchen.blogspot.com/

Two spots AND up on the curb? Now that takes talent! Though I might be able to top it...I was coming to work (I work at a large university) at the same time that a basketball game was starting. While looking for a parking spot (never easy), I saw an a-hole who had taken up not two, but FOUR spots! One of those ridiculous tricked-out Toyotas...I wanted to ram him with my car...just because. Ugh.

truk parking

ur doing it rong

Hey! That's my truck!! J/K!

Well, I'm glad to see we're not the only ones who have those kinda drivers. I swear kicking a Caddy 23 years ago put into labor. Even if I wasn't 9 plus months preggers I wouldn't have been able to get into the driver's side door. Oh, and my car had a verrry high shifter. In between the seats.
Now, I pull as close and as straight into the spot next to them and sometimes leave a rather terse note.

Well, let me defend for a moment. Based on where the front wheel of the truck was, it looks like he may have just wanted to keep it from sticking out into the lane. The tree didn't help any either. Well, I'm the optimist....hehe

He was too busy watching the blonde in the short skirt get out of her car.

Laurie, that's my husband.

Just kidding, but it totally could have been. His truck looks just like that one and has been working in LA lately (he's the guy on the backhoe shutting down lanes and backing up traffic at La Brea and Hollywood). I showed him the picture and he said it wasn't him - he's a good parker, plus his truck looks much better than that one (his words, not mine).

Anyways, thanks for the laugh. It would have been pretty embarassing if it was him.

Jackass. Makes me wish my everyday vehicle was a TOW TRUCK!

No, I used to live in LA...I definitely do not think this an April Fool's joke!

Not April Fool.

Permanent fool.

Shiny white truck with off-road suspension and I bet it never gets dirty. What a jackass, poser, outdoor-wannabee hormone case. Ick.

Where has our beloved CAP gone?

where you at?

Missing you, Laurie! I need my Crazy Aunt Purl fix.
I hope you are well....maybe in another exotic location?:)

I'm thinking he parked like that because the truck is so big it would have been sticking out into the middle of the lane otherwise...

AND..Where are you???

Maybe she's on a fabulous secret vacation! Hope all is OK

Are you OK? Don't forget to send a postcard.

Hello? Hello? Where are you? Have you gone on another great trip again? Is everything OK? We are beginning to worry...

happy friday! wish you were here.

(sigh)

Yet another guy who hasn't learned that it's not the size of the truck, it's the skill of the driver!

I had to laugh -- those are Idaho plates. I'm thinking redneck....;)

Frankie, Soba & Bob.....where's your Mama????

Laurie, we're sorry! Come back and post, we need you! Fresh catnip for everyone, on the house!

Hmmm, this guy from Alberta perhaps?????

Dude? I think I seen that A-Hole in the Mira Mesa Target parking lot. Wow. He gets around!

If Laurie has vanished on another exotic vacation, we should have our own little contest to guess where she went this time. My guess is Egypt. Not BFE, just Egypt.

Okay, I have to say I think that is my Brother...No, just kidding. Although when he was in High School and had his big jacked up truck he use to do stupid things like that all the time. If I had my bets on where this guy was from I would say he lives next to my brother in upper Wisconsin.

Jill in Florida

Hope you are having a great time!!! We want to hear ALLLLLLLLLL about it, 'k?

here's pets for the fur-foots, from Libby and Ladye Jayne purr-r-r-r-r-r-r!

Jenni in Edmonton - it snowed today! 10 cm (which sounds way more awful than 4 inches - see how "Gauge" has taken over our thoughts?)

I say she went to Brazil. That's my bet.

I saw a guy get miffed at someone who parked like this and then kicked a big ol dent in the door....parking like this to protect your car is just asking for the wrath of others who may not feel guilty about their reactions....

ahem? Where are you?

It's amazing to me that all Laurie has to do to wind up her faithful readers is take a picture of something goofy--doesn't matter what it is, everyone has an opinion about it, or a solution, or an explanation, and after a few comments they go off on a whole new tangent. Amazing.

I think Laurie went to Finland, where she might still be able to wear all her handknits. :)

That's true Jules. Finland and handknits. I thought maybe she went to Brazil for some warmth and hot bods....hmmm. I may need to rethink this.

OK. Either Brazil, or Iceland. Those are my guesses.

Let's hope she's not in jail from kicking the truck after taking that photo and the po-po locked her up!

where are u aunt pearl???

Where you at????? Hurry back and don't ever go away again! :) Hope you're having a blast.

Purl -
Everytime I check the blog and you are not here, I feel a little frisson of worry.....
Hope all is well, come back soon.

I have the same thoughts as Deb! Hope all is well and that you come back to us soon!

Laurie? Earth to Laurie? Are you OK?

Laurie, your cyber-stalkers are getting a little restless. Hope everything is ok and we're thinking good thoughts for you.

Laurie, you haven't posted in a week. I'm really getting worried about you.

I don't think she's on a secret vacation like Rome...I think this time it's more serious. I hate to be a downer everyone...I just have a bad feeling.

If anyone knows anything, please post in the comments for the rest of us.

Laurie, I'm getting worried too! If you are too busy to post something big, just leave a note in the comments section letting us know you are okay.