18 March 2013

Two weeks worth of bad parking photos, it's like all your Mondays have come at once

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We took last Monday off, but you did not. You’ve been hunting these bad parkers down with incredible enthusiasm. I am impressed. If I had the ability to make all of you a badge, I would totally be making all of you a badge right now.

You can play too! Send photos of poor parking efforts in to images@the-riotact.com, and be sure to include the name you want credited!

Also, here’s a fun game. Try and Spot Mickey Mouse looking creepy as hell in these pictures.

Lets get to it!


1. Lofmyx has been staking out at Jamison shops.

It’s been quiet at Jamison recently, but yesterday it picked up, with the last 4 being taken in the space of 10 minutes.

The first was near the airport on Canberra Day holiday.

blerg eww yuck ewww egads

2. Rioter tim_tam_twinky caught this one:

I took this photo at the canberra birthday celebrations. Our centary brought out our finest parkers 🙂

oops

3. A mysterious reader sent this series of images, but took no credit. Like a real hero.

Belconnen Mall:
zing

Jamison:
doik

Costco:
ouch

Dickson KFC:
eek


4. Holden Caulfield used his keen skills of observation and noticed this massive truck.

It’s only taking up the three car parks and was also doing a decent job of blocking the driveway.

fwoar

5. Amanda was thinking of us.

Snapped this one today for your viewing pleasure!

lookingdownonyou

6. Curlylocks spotted this jerk.

Hey John captured this today at about 12.00pm. Not only is he taking up one disabled parking space but two. Darn inconsiderate sod. Had my mother with me who has a disability, frustrates me when people do these types of thing. Brother left a lovely note on his windscreen for him.

oh

7. Rioter bitterness gave us a choice of photos.

At the risk of being a single-issue submitter, behold this parking job on Lonsdale Street on Friday evening.

Your choice if you want to use the snarky diagram, or the original.

Oh we’ll use the snarky diagram.

snark

8. Damien hit us with this one.

idontknow

9. Dean gave us this little gift.

penultimate

SPECIAL BONUS PICTURE!
We have a bad driving photo to share with you from Grunge_hippy today!

Just as a special treat.

This one was spotted on the parkway this morning reading a novel while driving.

There are no words

goodbook

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Could she be reading a street directory? (She doesn’t look like a GPS kind of gal).

Or am I being overly charitable?

Mess said :

Right, because ‘FFS’ is also such great grammar.

I’m sorry, but anybody who uses “could of”, or even thinks for a second that it makes sense, has no place questioning the grammar of anybody. Ever.

poetix said :

grunge_hippy said :

She looked like a fantasy fan. The book was quite thick….

The illicit love of Brendetta, the leader of the She-guards, could be contained no longer. She mounted her trusty tricorn, the last of his ancient breed, and cantered along the tree-lined Avenue of Captivity to where Prince Tarquinius lived his secluded existence; officially a guest, but in reality a prisoner of cruel King Cuthbert.

The junior guards, Crumpetua and Labillia straightened up when they saw the unexpected arrival of their commander. ‘Dismissed’ was all Brendetta said to them, and they lost no time in heading back to the Hall of the Virgins, in which all the junior guards lived a spartan existence, knitting cashmere jumpers to make the long hours on duty a little more tolerable when the North Wind blew.

Brendetta’s hand, accustomed to gauntlet and sabre, shook as she inserted the key and pushed against the oaken door. it was the hour of Tarquinius’s bath, and he looked up, his long hair bejewelled with drops as if he still possessed the crown so unreasonably usurped by Brendetta’s royal, yet irrevocably vulgar, master. Removing her (special word for a knightly mask, to be provided by the wise Sir Google) Brendetta’s lips trembled. Her voice, accustomed to the issuing of orders and, where necessary, the punishment of errant virgins also quavered like a candle in a sudden breeze.

‘Yes, Tarqunius,’ she faintly whispered, ‘it is I.

Your captor. And your captive.’ Tarquinius stood, revealing…

And on and on and on for seven hundred pages….How can she be expected to put that down?

(Good fantasy is quite different, I know.)

We want more, we want more!!

grunge_hippy said :

She looked like a fantasy fan. The book was quite thick….

The illicit love of Brendetta, the leader of the She-guards, could be contained no longer. She mounted her trusty tricorn, the last of his ancient breed, and cantered along the tree-lined Avenue of Captivity to where Prince Tarquinius lived his secluded existence; officially a guest, but in reality a prisoner of cruel King Cuthbert.

The junior guards, Crumpetua and Labillia straightened up when they saw the unexpected arrival of their commander. ‘Dismissed’ was all Brendetta said to them, and they lost no time in heading back to the Hall of the Virgins, in which all the junior guards lived a spartan existence, knitting cashmere jumpers to make the long hours on duty a little more tolerable when the North Wind blew.

Brendetta’s hand, accustomed to gauntlet and sabre, shook as she inserted the key and pushed against the oaken door. it was the hour of Tarquinius’s bath, and he looked up, his long hair bejewelled with drops as if he still possessed the crown so unreasonably usurped by Brendetta’s royal, yet irrevocably vulgar, master. Removing her (special word for a knightly mask, to be provided by the wise Sir Google) Brendetta’s lips trembled. Her voice, accustomed to the issuing of orders and, where necessary, the punishment of errant virgins also quavered like a candle in a sudden breeze.

‘Yes, Tarqunius,’ she faintly whispered, ‘it is I. Your captor. And your captive.’ Tarquinius stood, revealing…

And on and on and on for seven hundred pages….How can she be expected to put that down?

(Good fantasy is quite different, I know.)

grunge_hippy6:39 pm 19 Mar 13

She looked like a fantasy fan. The book was quite thick…. She was not even aware of her surroundings. She didn’t even look up as I was clearly taking a photo (we had to slow down to 80kmh to maintain speed to take the photo)

She was driving below the speed limit…at least.

poetix said :

I wonder what book the woman is reading? Bring up the Bodies would be appropriate. Perhaps she should catch the bus and read undisturbed by those bumps and squeals.

But I wonder how many of the outraged have ever read, or even written and sent a text message while driving, which is equally dangerous? Though shorter.

She looks like a 50 Shades of Grey fan…

#7 – is that other car (in the background, LHS) parked on the footpath?

number 6 is terrible.

and the bonus picture…no wonder we have to be so vigilant when driving.

#morons

Pork Hunt said :

Mess said :

gentoopenguin said :

The last one is beyond shocking. Maybe one of her friends should buy her an audio book? Or, even better, a brain transplant???

I agree. This photo actually makes me angry. She could of killed someone.

Could have, not of. How hard can it be ffs?

Right, because ‘FFS’ is also such great grammar.

I use my drive time to catch up on invoicing and prepare BASs. Who’s got time to read?

Here’s a tip: get some rigid cardboard, cut a strip 15-20mm wide, and then duct-tape it a quarter way from the bottom of the steering wheel. Now you have a place to rest your notepad, iPad, book, or whatever it is you need to focus on while driving and your hands are free to perform other tasks like drinking coffee or texting.

I wonder what book the woman is reading? Bring up the Bodies would be appropriate. Perhaps she should catch the bus and read undisturbed by those bumps and squeals.

But I wonder how many of the outraged have ever read, or even written and sent a text message while driving, which is equally dangerous? Though shorter.

Pork Hunt said :

Mess said :

gentoopenguin said :

The last one is beyond shocking. Maybe one of her friends should buy her an audio book? Or, even better, a brain transplant???

I agree. This photo actually makes me angry. She could of killed someone.

Could have, not of. How hard can it be ffs?

Could have even used could’ve but instead they ‘have of’ made a right ‘mess’ of it 🙂

Mess said :

gentoopenguin said :

The last one is beyond shocking. Maybe one of her friends should buy her an audio book? Or, even better, a brain transplant???

I agree. This photo actually makes me angry. She could of killed someone.

Could have, not of. How hard can it be ffs?

What is it with bad parking and small cars? Are they related to the small car drivers who, when lined up at lights, stop about 2 car lengths away from the car in front of them … nudging forward like snails until they peak at a distance of around 1 1/2 car lengths .. seriously, parking people – it’s not that fn hard!

Having gone from driving small cars to a bigger one I think the issue is that with a big car there aren’t a lot of options for getting it parked.

Whereas in a small one you can be all over the place.

gentoopenguin said :

The last one is beyond shocking. Maybe one of her friends should buy her an audio book? Or, even better, a brain transplant???

I agree. This photo actually makes me angry. She could of killed someone.

gentoopenguin3:34 pm 18 Mar 13

The last one is beyond shocking. Maybe one of her friends should buy her an audio book? Or, even better, a brain transplant???

poetix said :

Even though #6 is very bad, can I just say Spotto?

Spotto!

No.

Even though #6 is very bad, can I just say Spotto?

Spotto!

Another boguemobile at the Kambah Village taxi rank last wednesday night. 2 bogan looking blokes, complete with ciggies hanging from their lips and rat tails driving their old red ute. They weren’t youngies either but well over 40 – or have just had a hard life.

While there were at least 70 other spots free a whole lane away… selfish mongrels…

thebrownstreak691:38 pm 18 Mar 13

p996911turbo said :

Reading a novel while driving? Is that all? I won’t be impressed until we get a photo of someone writing a novel while driving.

Those who read while driving are unlikely to have the mental capacity required to actually write.

does lofmyx win something for the double-bunger [the fourth pic]? great spot, that…

rekkun there should be an honorary prize for riotous parking of the month…

Yep, that sure is a creepy as hell Mickey Mouse..

My mate Andy was in the Paras. On leaving the service he worked as a pylon rigger. He fell off a pylon and lost most of his left leg to amputation. One of his subsequent delights was to block in people parking in disabled parking spots, and go off and do his shopping.

More than once I returned to his car with him, to see some Chav/Bogan hopping mad at having been given a ticket for parking in a disabled spot.

Their anger soon cooled when they realised the guy who they were hell bent on extracting revenge on, was not some poor disabled weakling, but a 6’ 3’ tall, built like a brick outhouse, ex-squaddy. Oh how we laughed.

p996911turbo1:00 pm 18 Mar 13

Reading a novel while driving? Is that all? I won’t be impressed until we get a photo of someone writing a novel while driving.

I note the lifeline banner at the base of the page (on my current viewing)

That frets me like those people who wear headphones (not hands-free, but full on ear covering headphones) while driving. Who needs to hear ambient noise while driving!

It just annoys me how clueless some people are. They just don’t care.

Same goes for people that wait til the last second to slow down, and constantly jam on the brake pedal to stop. They just don’t realise that one day, you may put your foot down and not stop on a dime.

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