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how to deal w/ someone who can't park at work

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zixxer

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This sounds stupid - but there's a woman at my work who cannot park for crap. She is almost always (75+% of the time) over the line of the space.



Who would you talk to? I'm not 100% sure who it is - if I can find out, is it appropriate to talk to her directly? Make a 'general' complaint to HR? Ignore it?


Since I ride a motorcycle I think she feels "safer" parking next to me since she has more room. It's very aggravating when someone is so close you have to get on the bike from the WRONG SIDE.


She's drives a RAV4 or a CR-V... so nothing outrageously huge
 
Say something, ask around and stuff. If she wants to feel safer about parking, I'm sure that there are some open spaces further back in the lot. Let her park there, she can park across two spots if she likes.

Poor driving skills is no excuse for being inconsiderate, she needs to be advised that it is also unsafe for yourself to be getting on a bike from the wrong side. What if your bike fell over while getting on. Would she be liable, probably not. So stop it now before it gets to that.
 
If you complain to your superiors or HR about someone's parking skills you will at best come across as a nut and more likely as an immature trouble maker. That is a bad thing.

I recommend that the next time this person parks next to your bike, move it to another parking space.
 
There was some soccer cow at work a few years back who drove a Lincoln Navigator. Oh. My. God.

She couldn't drive this thing to save her life. Watching her navigate the parking lot was a treat (totally oblivious and/or uncoordinated). The worse part about it was she was one of those "I have to back in to every parking spot evar" kind of people. So every morning she'd spend 5 minutes or so trying to back this vehicle into a parking spot without taking out a whole row of cars and a few human souls.

Someone eventually had enough. They put a piece of paper under her windshield wiper that read something along the lines of "if you can't drive it, DON'T".

A few months later the Navigator was gone and she was driving a normal car.


So that's what I recommend: just type up a stern note or something and leave it on her car. "Either learn to park or walk" works, as does a picture of a parking spot with a bix 'X' between the lines. An accompanying caption that reads "You go here" should be effective.
 
Originally posted by: ATLien247
There's a wrong side to get on a motorcycle? 😕
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That's what I was thinking, but it's probably hard to get onto the side that's leaning away from you. I have a bike but I've never tried that.
 
Ok You should let the air ouit o her tires that are oer the line

Keep doing that untill she figures it out.
 
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
Originally posted by: ATLien247
There's a wrong side to get on a motorcycle? 😕
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That's what I was thinking, but it's probably hard to get onto the side that's leaning away from you. I have a bike but I've never tried that.
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You should get on from the left side - it's a pita from the right side since it's leaning way away from you - it doesn't look like a big deal, but it is. also considering that many people, including me, (even though you shouldn't) set their helmet/gloves on the seat when they're gearing up. Since the seat is angled towards you nothing will fall off.
 
A car hit my dad in a parking garage on Saturday. They had the audacity to leave his car touching against my dad's truck. When my dad saw it he punched off both of their side mirrors. :laugh:
 
Leave a polite note under her windshield wiper. I'm not being sarcastic, be nice the first time. If she ignores said note, leave a more pointed note.
 
Purchase a set of 4 small, cheap silver pocket knives.

Engrave with "Learn How To Park".

Leave one in each tire she leaves over the line.

She'll learn quick!
 
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