Do you WANT to lose your car?

[Crossbow]

On the way in to work this morning... Seriously made me go WTF...

I dropped my wife off at the bus stop and then turned down a residential side street so I could spin around and head for the office. A white Benz was driving (rather slowly) in front of me. Annoying, but no big deal.

About halfway down the street, he stops, parks and gets out of the car and runs up tp a house. Notice that I didn't say "pulled over" at any point. No, he parked in the middle of the lane. To make it even more WTF-worthy, he left the engine running, with the driver's door open into the oncoming lane!

Dude, if I didn't almost scrape my tires on the left side curb, I would have ripped your door off. And trust me, I was temped. Very tempted. If I had a snow plow, I'm not sure I would have been able to resist. (Probably the main resaon I'm not allowed to have a snow plow...)

Also, if I had a passenger (and we were less than upright citizens), your car would be around the corner and gone before you ever got back from behind the house you just ran up to! It couldn't be easier to steal a car!


It was a nice car. Do you really hate it that much?

[protege]

It was a nice car. Do you really hate it that much?

Some people are careless when it comes to their vehicles. Nearly every day, I see a few vehicles with the engines running...in the Square L parking lot. Buses, trucks, Corvettes, it doesn't matter. Sure it may be "only a few minutes" but is losing an expensive mode of transit really worth risking it? Someone could easily rip off your ride, and be well out of town before you even notice. Considering that the highway is less than a block away...your car could be out of the state (the Ohio border isn't far off) in less than a half-hour. Say goodbye to that sports car!

[Gerrinson]

Also, if I had a passenger (and we were less than upright citizens), your car would be around the corner and gone before you ever got back from behind the house you just ran up to! It couldn't be easier to steal a car!

If you were a couple of mostly upright citizens you would simply move the car to an appropriate parking space somewhere down the block and around the corner.

And perhaps mail the keys back to the address on the registration.

[LillFilly]

Well now, remember; THAT sort of thing only happens to OTHER people! Not that Spechuel Snerflake!

[Crossbow]

After talking with a co-worker that lives in the neighborhood, he offered a counter-theory for the behavior. Not a good one, mind you, but one that has merits...


Drug delivery, specifically the recreational kind.

The driver of the car did run up the driveway and around the back of the house, rather than stopping at either the front or side doors, both of which are visible from the street. The neighborhood is somewhat above average, but still on the border of a seriously not-nice part of town.

Possible. Still insanely stupid, but possible.