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04-20-2008, 05:03 PM
Knucklehead of the Day
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...because everyone believes they are ... Special!
Sighted by: Bailout
Vehicle: Lifted Suburban
Place: Reno, NV.
Date: April 19, 2008
I arrived in the mostly empty parking lot of a Target store early this morning. While walking through the lot I spotted something that made my jaw drop. A lifted Suburban parked in a COMPACT spot. It was so big it spilled over and the right side of the vehicle was over a foot onto the curbing.
As I neared it the owner, his wife and their 2 children approached the truck and started getting in. The owner was right next to me as I passed and I couldn't help but say to him, "Do you understand what "compact" means, man?". He replied, "Yeah, but I don't give a f***. I park where I want.".
This stopped me cold. That whole attitude just reeks of selfishness and he is behaving and speaking this way right in front of his children.
Rather than argue with him I simply backed away, took out my cell phone and prepared to take a shot. When he asked me why I wanted a picture I told him that maybe I'd send it to the RPD (Reno Police), or just post it on the Internet and make him famous for all the wrong reasons. For some reason he took this as a challenge and actually posed for the shot.
While he taunted me for my reusable bag and whatnot I just walked off. As I approached the store entrance I totally lucked out in that a security guard was coming out. I approached him and showed him the picture I just took, and it was a good thing I had done so as the truck had already backed out and was headed in our direction.
The security guard thanked me and headed right for the truck, flagging him down. I was too far away to hear the conversation but the guard was obviously not pleased with the way it was going as he took down their license plate number (both license plates were covered with those illegal tinted and hard-to-focus things that are supposed to fool red light and speed cameras (I guess he doesn't know that the 6 intersections in our town that have such devices aren't functional). Here they are getting scolded.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/04-19-08_0935.jpg
For the most part I watched from within the store so as to not provoke the guy any further, but once the guard was done and they were headed off I went back outside to make sure they didn't mess with my car or anything (I'm not sure if they knew which was mine, but better safe than sorry). As they passed in front of the store I waved and smiled to them. The wife replied with just a middle finger.
Remedy? Don’t park a Suburban in a compact spot! :rolleyes:
Have stories of your own? Send them and your pictures and they will be the next “What were they thinking”!
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/593/04-19-08.jpg
...because everyone believes they are ... Special!
Sighted by: Bailout
Vehicle: Lifted Suburban
Place: Reno, NV.
Date: April 19, 2008
I arrived in the mostly empty parking lot of a Target store early this morning. While walking through the lot I spotted something that made my jaw drop. A lifted Suburban parked in a COMPACT spot. It was so big it spilled over and the right side of the vehicle was over a foot onto the curbing.
As I neared it the owner, his wife and their 2 children approached the truck and started getting in. The owner was right next to me as I passed and I couldn't help but say to him, "Do you understand what "compact" means, man?". He replied, "Yeah, but I don't give a f***. I park where I want.".
This stopped me cold. That whole attitude just reeks of selfishness and he is behaving and speaking this way right in front of his children.
Rather than argue with him I simply backed away, took out my cell phone and prepared to take a shot. When he asked me why I wanted a picture I told him that maybe I'd send it to the RPD (Reno Police), or just post it on the Internet and make him famous for all the wrong reasons. For some reason he took this as a challenge and actually posed for the shot.
While he taunted me for my reusable bag and whatnot I just walked off. As I approached the store entrance I totally lucked out in that a security guard was coming out. I approached him and showed him the picture I just took, and it was a good thing I had done so as the truck had already backed out and was headed in our direction.
The security guard thanked me and headed right for the truck, flagging him down. I was too far away to hear the conversation but the guard was obviously not pleased with the way it was going as he took down their license plate number (both license plates were covered with those illegal tinted and hard-to-focus things that are supposed to fool red light and speed cameras (I guess he doesn't know that the 6 intersections in our town that have such devices aren't functional). Here they are getting scolded.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/04-19-08_0935.jpg
For the most part I watched from within the store so as to not provoke the guy any further, but once the guard was done and they were headed off I went back outside to make sure they didn't mess with my car or anything (I'm not sure if they knew which was mine, but better safe than sorry). As they passed in front of the store I waved and smiled to them. The wife replied with just a middle finger.
Remedy? Don’t park a Suburban in a compact spot! :rolleyes:
Have stories of your own? Send them and your pictures and they will be the next “What were they thinking”!