Sunday parkers…

Parking slots—all parking lots have them. It’s those little lines to help guide your car so you can fit it in that very large asphalt field in front of buildings. You’ll see sometimes those lines are white or yellow and all asphalt fields will have the ones in blue for the handicapped, and you’re supposed to park between the lines. I can not stress enough the importance of between because I’ve seen this principle violated many times. You’re not supposed to park on them. You’re not supposed to park on top of them. You’re supposed to park between them. I’m not sure if it’s because the world is filled with spatially impaired people, but I thought it was worth stressing. Mostly, because when you park incorrectly, you short change your fellow man on the opportunity to park his car because you’re greedily taking two slots. (Finger wag.)

And while we’re on this topic, how about this concept—if there’s not a parking slot indicated by those lines…don’t park there. I find this principle violated every Sunday at church by lazy people who don’t want to park in the back and walk to the front. Instead they make up all sorts of parking arrangements which makes it difficult for the rest of us to back out. Thanks for thinking of your fellow man in the pew!

So, in short, when you park your car, can you just try to get it in between the lines, so no one opens their door and dings your car; or you don’t take up more space than you’re supposed to? It’s really a simple concept. You can color outside the lines; just don’t park outside of them.