Friday, July 23, 2010

Park No More

Yesterday, I arrived back at Hobby from a trip up to Denver. I have been using the Parking Spot to leave my car for years now and, even though they are a little more expensive, have always had great service. Well, now they have starting parking cars in the aisles and blocking others in when all the spots fill up. These car owners leave their keys and then they get jimmied around when people come and go, which I frankly would have a really difficult time being comfortable with myself. This time though, I was one of those blocked in cars and spent 15min waiting for someone to move the car behind me (they didn't) and finally Austin Power-ed my way out of the spot and around the car that was parked half behind me.

On the one hand, it's only 15 minutes and seems pretty trivial to get upset by. On the other, at the end of a trip when I make it to my car I really, really am ready to leave and don't like being inconvenienced by someone else's greed in over filling the lot. I guess I will be voting with my dollars and find somewhere else to park, that should help them figure out their overcrowding problem.

3 comments:

Melissa said...

Ugh seriously? Is this in the covered or uncovered portion?

nujoud said...

Covered, which is sad because I paid more to get blocked in.

Gavin said...

Jen likes the Parking Spot. It's cheaper, but not as convenient as the city lot which is a short walk from the terminal. They close that one when it gets full, so you don't have to worry about overparking. In ten or so trips, I only recall one time I had to go somewhere else.