People can't park

[Irving]

Just like when the HOV lane is closed at 10am, but open at 3am.

[sampson]

My guess is the guy driving the truck worked for the business and wasn’t the owner. I imagine if the owner knew how Juan or Julio was representing his business he likely wouldn’t be too happy.

But, in the drivers defense, it’s tough to fit a full size truck in just about any parking spot these days. I don’t know if there is a standard size for parking spots but if there is I bet it’s been getting smaller over the years. I don’t have a dually but I’ve been squared up and centered in spots and the stripes were maybe six inches from my tires on either side.

I've noticed this as well. I call it the Airplane Seat Effect. Squeeze more and more parking spaces into the same sized area to accommodate more customers. If the customers car doors get dinged it's not usually going to adversely effect their bottom line and it's no skin off of their knees.

On a positive note.. the lifted truck usually won't get dinged by the smaller car (even crammed in a small space)

[brutal]

Colorado Convention Center Saturday.

Tight spots so no parking next to this doucehnozzle.




And yes, I carried.

[hollohas]

Sidewalk closed...

[Mtneer]

[flogger]

Great idea! I like it.

[Grant H.]

Sidewalk closed...

So, I'm going to argue for this guy.

What's he supposed to do? Hang out into the path of cars and cause traffic issues there?

There is still plenty of room to walk past, and he's eliminating the potential of the usual twits in this thread hitting his truck and running.

Not all of us drive little chit boxes that fit everywhere, and we have to eliminate the risk of damage to our vehicles from morons.

[ChickNorris]

Seems the ladder is more the point of issue than the truck, yes?

[hollohas]

So, I'm going to argue for this guy.

What's he supposed to do? Hang out into the path of cars and cause traffic issues there?

There is still plenty of room to walk past, and he's eliminating the potential of the usual twits in this thread hitting his truck and running.

Not all of us drive little chit boxes that fit everywhere, and we have to eliminate the risk of damage to our vehicles from morons.

Certainly very fair points. So I'll add a little context (which I didn't have in the first post because I was in a hurry...)

This is parked at a construction supply house. The entire other side of the building is contractor parking with plenty of space to get long trucks parked out of the street, even with ladders. And a dozen open spots when this picture was taken.

Nice of him to park his ladder out of the street, but that could have been done 30 ft away without blocking the sidewalk.


Plus, dude needs a ladder rack.

[Irving]

Didn't even see the ladder until now.