Valkyre

Park Wherever You Have To

If there's one thing I absolutely loathe, it's shopping at Costco on Sunday. Weekday evenings, no problem. But, I would rather have my teeth yanked, without Novacaine, that go to the local Costco on Sunday. But, sometimes, I don't have a choice. Which is what happened today. Sunday, the place is wall to wall people. People who leave their carts out and block the aisle. People who walk up to the food sample tables and leave their carts to block the already crowded aisles and yak with the sales clerk. Unattended kids who run all over the place. Families of 10 who walk next to each other, instead of one behind the other and block the aisles. Oh! And the husband and wife who were arguing over what bagels to buy and not allowing anyone else in to select their choices. You get the picture. But, the thing I dread the most is trying to find a parking space. I pull in and notice that the few Compact spaces are occupied by large SUV's, that stick way out into the parking aisle, as usual. And the Costco store, itself, decides to alleviate the parking problem by shoving a line of carts into about a half dozen spaces at the very back of the lot. Oddly enough, there was no one parked there. Why not? I don't know. I nudged the Beetle in as close as I could without hitting them. As you can see, I was in the space. I did my shopping and came out to find that no one else took the initiative. Until I pulled out my cell phone camera. If you look closely, you can see a taxi cab pulling in next to my car. He didn't seem to care that about 4 feet of his car stuck way out into the aisle. After I buckled in and started to leave, another car took the space next to me. A small 4 door that could pull in completely and not block the aisle. I really love having a small car in situations like this.