Parking Lot Happenings (770 hits)
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Submitted by grapefruit (View user info) at 2005-09-14 15:14:14 EDT
"The wait will be about an hour."
I leave my car with Firestone for an oil change, and walk across the street to a nearby shopping center to kill some time. After wandering through J.C. Penny for a short while, I realize I have nothing to buy, and wouldn't buy anything from this store anyway. Outside there is a bench located on the sidewalk of the large shopping center. There is a sort of ceiling on this sidewalk so the bench is nice and cool in the shade.
The sun beginning to set now.
I look around me and see another guy sitting on a nearby bench. He has some sort of store uniform on, so I guess he is on break. He is dragging on a cigarette while carefully eyeing all the ladies walking by. One woman with a particularly nice ass bends over to pick up her dropped cell phone. After getting a good few seconds of the perfect sphere I look over to the other guy. I laugh silently as I see him blatantly oggling at her ass. It kind of reminds me of that Seinfeld episode. "It's like looking at the sun. You don't stare at it. It's too risky. You get a sense of it and then you look away."
A white Chevy begins to drive by slowly where I am sitting. It is a security officer patrolling around the shopping center. I recall that a couple months ago there was a shooting here. It must be boring driving at 4mph around the same place hour after hour. But he can't complain; it's his job. We all have to do certain things, no matter how stupid they are.
I check my watch again after another 15 minutes. Out of the corner of my eye I see an old Buick Riviera. It was probably made in the early Riviera years. I continue to watch it because I own an '89 Riviera, and because this guy is driving like a retard. He is backing out of the parking lot slower than it takes an old man to realize he has crapped his pants. He backs up a few inches. Stops. A few more inches. Stops.
There is nothing behind you, idiot. Just back the fuck out.
Almost two minutes go by and now 3 other cars are waiting for him to finish backing out. He finally does, and now starts driving at the slowest speed possible. I get a couple laughs by thinking about how angry those other drivers must be.
10 minutes later I notice a blue car trying to park in a handicapped parking space. The driver parks over the lines, then backs up to correct her error, only to park over the lines again. After about 4 or 5 tries the passenger gets out of the car to help her. She motions her forward a few inches and then tells her to stop.
The car is still sticking 3 feet out of the back of the spot. Real nice work, superhero passenger.
I wait to see the handicapped woman driving the car. As she gets out, I soon see that is not handicapped, or old for that matter.
She is a slightly-fat woman in her mid 20's or so.
Are you fucking kidding me? Is this your first time driving? I am in awe as I rub my eyes to check if I am seeing clearly.
Yes, I am. It is a woman in her 20's. Not only am I shocked that someone her age can't park a fucking car, but I do not understand why she is parkin in a handicapped space. Is being chubby a handicap now? I would like think that she was just a stupid bitch who used someone elses handicap card, rather than think that people consider being overweight as a handicap.
Now a pretty girl sits next to me on the bench. She looks sad. Her legs move up and down restlessly as she constantly looks up from her magazine to look for someone. Maybe someone she needs to talk to desperately is supposed to come and pick her up. She begins to sigh because that "someone" hasn't arrived yet. I don't need any of that. Quit thinking about yourself and making your troubles known to everyone else. Most people no longer have time to think about anyone else, or themselves. All we can think about is getting by.
We spend our entire lives working for someone else, who in turn works for someone else, who in turn works for someone else. Where does it all lead? Why all this work? We speed through school and college, only to deal with more work in a job. When do we finally get a break? When we are 60? Oh that sounds lovely. We can relax when the only thing we can do is play bingo, eat through and IV, and drink our damn apple juice.
Were we meant to do all this meaningless work? When you are on your death bed and you look back at your life, will you be proud?
Before I can think about it any longer my cell phone rings.
"Your car's all done."
Surprised, I check my watch. It has been over an hour.
Time flies if you take a moment to look around you.
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Submitted by Olga (user info) at 2005-09-15 10:11:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2005-09-15 05:03:34 EDT (#)
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Nice
Submitted by pizdets (user info) at 2005-09-14 20:28:12 EDT (#)
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I love watching people around me. I try to imagine what could be going through their minds. It's one of those things which help me realize that those faces in the crowd really aren't just faces after all.
Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2005-09-14 19:12:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-09-14 17:36:28 EDT (#)
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nicely done.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-09-14 17:08:47 EDT (#)
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Good writing - nice and simple...
Submitted by nya_nyo (user info) at 2005-09-14 16:04:53 EDT (#)
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stellar
Submitted by AlexorGM (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:56:19 EDT (#)
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great
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:52:35 EDT (#)
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Awesome, man. Just awesome. What good writing should be!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:51:18 EDT (#)
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"It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life."
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:48:09 EDT (#)
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Auto +2 because I happen to be eating pink grapefruit Mentos right now and I love'em.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:47:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:28:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:28:32 EDT (#)
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nicely done
Submitted by CJRipley (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:22:51 EDT (#)
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"All we can think about is getting by"
Submitted by kerrijoy66 (user info) at 2005-09-14 15:19:40 EDT (#)
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