Bank Holiday Frustrations.
I decided this morning that I was going to tackle the parking bays at Morrisons while the shop was closed today, also planning on popping into B&Q while we were there!
We all got into the car and drove a few yards down our road when some STUPID idiot opened their car door just as I was reaching them!!
Hubby wasn't even looking so didn't know what I was doing, he said later on that he thought I was stopping for a car, which I was, but a parked one rather than one coming towards me! There's absolutely NO WAY that they were looking when they opened the door and They're so damn lucky that I spotted them when I did or they'd have had a lot of damage to pay for, as well as a verbal tongue lashing for being so stupid in the first place! I hope they can lip read because they really were what I called them!! To top it all off, there was no wave of apology or anything!!
I was actually shaking for a while after that, so it was lucky we headed to my father-in-law's, even though we'd agreed to do that AFTER the parking! The idiot had thrown me that much that I'd forgotten where we were going and everything!!
Anyway, I eventually calmed down and we headed for the car parks, which I discovered was rather busy because Halfords was open, though strangely B&Q wasn't!! Damn!
The kids got out of the car and had a play near Allied Carpets while we must've been there for a good half an hour reversing into and out of bays in the corner. I tried doing it the way I was taught in my instructor's car, though I knew it wouldn't work coz I've tried it before! I tried turning slightly earlier, then took full lock off too soon, tried a little less lock, turned too much when straightening, then eventually gave up, went for some petrol and came home feeling more than a little frustrated! I can drive INTO parking bays (most of the time) but I just don't seem to be able to reverse into them! I guess I just need a bit more practise.
We haven't long got back from seeing Mr Bean's Holiday too, which I drove us to and back home again. All that was fine, though I had to park round the corner again, but it meant I could bump onto the kerb to get into the bay properly. Cheating I know, but it's what hubby does and said I should do!
There's one more day of the Easter bank holiday left, so let's see what tomorrow brings, if indeed we head out in the car anywhere!
We all got into the car and drove a few yards down our road when some STUPID idiot opened their car door just as I was reaching them!!
Hubby wasn't even looking so didn't know what I was doing, he said later on that he thought I was stopping for a car, which I was, but a parked one rather than one coming towards me! There's absolutely NO WAY that they were looking when they opened the door and They're so damn lucky that I spotted them when I did or they'd have had a lot of damage to pay for, as well as a verbal tongue lashing for being so stupid in the first place! I hope they can lip read because they really were what I called them!! To top it all off, there was no wave of apology or anything!! I was actually shaking for a while after that, so it was lucky we headed to my father-in-law's, even though we'd agreed to do that AFTER the parking! The idiot had thrown me that much that I'd forgotten where we were going and everything!!
Anyway, I eventually calmed down and we headed for the car parks, which I discovered was rather busy because Halfords was open, though strangely B&Q wasn't!! Damn!
The kids got out of the car and had a play near Allied Carpets while we must've been there for a good half an hour reversing into and out of bays in the corner. I tried doing it the way I was taught in my instructor's car, though I knew it wouldn't work coz I've tried it before! I tried turning slightly earlier, then took full lock off too soon, tried a little less lock, turned too much when straightening, then eventually gave up, went for some petrol and came home feeling more than a little frustrated! I can drive INTO parking bays (most of the time) but I just don't seem to be able to reverse into them! I guess I just need a bit more practise.
We haven't long got back from seeing Mr Bean's Holiday too, which I drove us to and back home again. All that was fine, though I had to park round the corner again, but it meant I could bump onto the kerb to get into the bay properly. Cheating I know, but it's what hubby does and said I should do!
There's one more day of the Easter bank holiday left, so let's see what tomorrow brings, if indeed we head out in the car anywhere!
posted by Ailsa @ 9:36 pm
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