Comments on: The parking lot crowd at Costco http://www.makesmesomad.com/2008/07/the-parking-lot-crowd-at-costco/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:10:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin http://www.makesmesomad.com/2008/07/the-parking-lot-crowd-at-costco/#comment-22 admin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:02:35 +0000 http://www.makesmesomad.com/?p=19#comment-22 Yeah, that's the best. Especially when they see that you've got kids but still expect you to hurry up. My advice to those folks is: if you see that we've got a couple of kids, expect a couple of minutes before we leave, otherwise keep driving. Yeah, that’s the best. Especially when they see that you’ve got kids but still expect you to hurry up. My advice to those folks is: if you see that we’ve got a couple of kids, expect a couple of minutes before we leave, otherwise keep driving.

]]> By: Heather Who Gets Mad, Too http://www.makesmesomad.com/2008/07/the-parking-lot-crowd-at-costco/#comment-18 Heather Who Gets Mad, Too Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:15:38 +0000 http://www.makesmesomad.com/?p=19#comment-18 One more note. I love the folks at Costco who WAIT for my parking space while I am loading groceries and kids into the car. Usually, they take up the entire parking area so the people behind them also have to wait and are unable to either turn around or go around the stopped vehicle. As most parents know, this process can be quite time consuming to get everyone loaded in and ready to go. Plus, I like to give the wee people a little snack, adjust the music and check my voice mail before hitting the road. Good rule of thumb. . .don't go after a parking spot UNTIL the car is running! One more note.

I love the folks at Costco who WAIT for my parking space while I am loading groceries and kids into the car. Usually, they take up the entire parking area so the people behind them also have to wait and are unable to either turn around or go around the stopped vehicle.

As most parents know, this process can be quite time consuming to get everyone loaded in and ready to go. Plus, I like to give the wee people a little snack, adjust the music and check my voice mail before hitting the road.

Good rule of thumb. . .don’t go after a parking spot UNTIL the car is running!

]]> By: Heather Who Gets Mad, Too http://www.makesmesomad.com/2008/07/the-parking-lot-crowd-at-costco/#comment-15 Heather Who Gets Mad, Too Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:09:13 +0000 http://www.makesmesomad.com/?p=19#comment-15 I think that there should be an unofficial guide to driving which is mailed to ALL drivers once a year. I would include the following suggestions. . . 1. Don't pass in the right hand lane. It isn't nice and it isn't safe. 2. Crossing the double line is for dummies. You've got your signal on because you are trying to get across the double line and then two lanes of traffic. Look behind you. . .you're holding up traffic. 3. Accelerate when you pass. Take your car of cruise control and speed up your Cadillac while passing. If it takes you five minutes to pass OR you are going the SAME speed as the car directly to your right then you SHOULDN'T be in the passing lane. 4. Learn the rules of the road in Oregon. Yes, you can take a left onto a one way road at a red light even if your lane happens to be two ways. It is NOT illegal. I think that there should be an unofficial guide to driving which is mailed to ALL drivers once a year. I would include the following suggestions. . .

1. Don’t pass in the right hand lane. It isn’t nice and it isn’t safe.

2. Crossing the double line is for dummies. You’ve got your signal on because you are trying to get across the double line and then two lanes of traffic. Look behind you. . .you’re holding up traffic.

3. Accelerate when you pass. Take your car of cruise control and speed up your Cadillac while passing. If it takes you five minutes to pass OR you are going the SAME speed as the car directly to your right then you SHOULDN’T be in the passing lane.

4. Learn the rules of the road in Oregon. Yes, you can take a left onto a one way road at a red light even if your lane happens to be two ways. It is NOT illegal.

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