When it comes to parking straight and within the lines no one can be perfect all of the time. For those times when you're not perfect, back up and try again you lazy pieces of human garbage.

A Special Kind of Lazy

I turned to park in this spot at Costco today and what do I see? [See the above photo] At least some slightly less lazy people try and park their cart on the line, or push the front wheels over the curb, then at least a Smart car could fit. (Still unacceptable!) But this person felt that their discarded cart was so special, having carried the toilet paper that would soon wipe the @$$ of Number One, that it deserved its own full sized parking spot. Either that or after walking at least 3.7 miles through the aisles of Costco, they couldn’t muster the strength to walk an extra 20 feet to put the cart in the return area, or 'corral.' What kills me is that they didn't just leave it where it was when they were done unloading. They obviously took the time to place it neatly in the parking spot, perpendicular and central to the parking block, as if it were a car.


Rantiquette’s rule of parking lots the first: Once you’ve loaded your purchase(s) into your vehicle, always place your shopping cart in a designated shopping cart return area.


Although it’s not required to be a faithful disciple of Rantiquette, taking an extra cart with you to the return area is a bonus. Additionally, embarrassing the hell out of someone you catch attempting to get in their car without returning their cart will absolve you of any ‘Rantgressions’ you may have recently committed. (Camera phones can be a powerful tool if you're like me and would prefer not to confront them then and there, especially if they're bigger than you.)