Thursday, October 28, 2004

The Parking Space

Scene: Parking lot in front of drug store. One open parking space beside blue SUV. Second open parking space two spaces closer to drug store. Silver Civic speeds through parking lot and starts the parking maneuver. Confronted with an obviously harried Mommy holding crying and kicking toddler boy (who looks to be about 30 lbs) upside down as she's opening car door. Silver Civic stops and waits there in the middle of the parking lot, which would block any kind of traffic if it were near. The Mommy gets door open and unlocks remaining doors and moves to put child into back of SUV.

What would YOU do in this situation?

The Mommy is obviously trying to get the kid into the vehicle and leave the premises. The Mommy has a disgruntled child. How difficult will it be for her to strap the upset kid into the carseat? Do you stay there in your Civic and wait for her to strap the kid in? Or do you back up and park in the other open space a couple spots down?

This is the situation I was faced with this morning. Did I wait for the space? NO! I was the harried Mommy with the screaming toddler who didn't want to be strapped into his carseat! Argh!

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