Wait elsewhere please…

Over the weekend, my sister and I went to a Chinese mall, which always has a very crowded parking lot. The design of the lot is done quite poorly which results in a lot of traffic jams. Not helping is the fact that it’s a Chinese mall, which means lots of Chinese drivers. So I turned up into the lane right beside the mall entrance, looking for a spot. Luckily a car to the far side is leaving. I stopped and signaled as any reasonable driver would. The car backed out and it headed towards my direction which means I had to wait for it to pass before getting into the spot. At this time, the car which was behind the car that was leaving moved up. At first, I thought she was stealing my spot. As I was about to curse inside my car, I see the car moving by the spot. And then it stopped. Right beside the spot!

I’ve had my license for over 6 years and I’ve never honked at anyone. One of the reason could be I don’t drive that frequently but I’m also a rather patient driver. (It’s a different case when I’m the passenger, probably because I can’t actually do anything overly dangerous as I rage as a passenger.) But this woman just won’t budge. I waited a bit and got annoyed. Beepppp. She still doesn’t move. Honked again. Remains stationary. Finally, some guy came out from the mall, got into the car and it finally left. I don’t have a problem with you stopping to wait for someone, but don’t stop in front of a free spot when the entrance is at least five car spots away, all with parked cars. Not only did she bothered me, she indirectly held up all the cars behind me. I suppose behind her as well but I guess that can’t be help if she has to wait for someone. Although she could have asked whoever she’s picking up to wait on the street. There are plenty of loading spots outside and they don’t hold up traffic.

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Tagged as bad driver, honk, parking