Why do people try to find the closest parking space?

moomootruck

americans today are so lazy and can't walk twenty feet without eating something to recover the energy lost from walking. that's why america is the fattest country in the world. hey at least we are number one!lol

Stupid Flanders

I am the same way as you and park way in the back, but only because I don't want my car to get dinged by careless people or carts.

I think it is hilarious when I pull into a parking lot behind another car and am walking through the doors of the store while they are still driving around looking for a close spot.

UCANTCME

I agree, I park far away and the rest of the drivers are just lazy and have to have that front space.

mrsdevoted

I wonder the same thing, but its also the same reason why a person would walk around there house for hours looking for the remote, rather than just getting up and turning the TV manually. I guess well never know(lol). Just the way some people are wired

Richard G

To be in the very first parking space closest to Wal Marts' doors is a simple prize cherished by all.

Square Brain

They'd rather waste more precious time and gasoline circling around a few laps like buzzards, so they won't have to walk so far to get inside Wal-Mart to save money while they're buying a lot of crap.

Paul

Just plain old fashioned laziness. (you knew that, right?)

Same reason perfectly healthy people use handicapped parking spaces.

undir

In most cases people are just lazy to walk. There are some people though who for some reason might need to park close, due to some health problem that makes it hard/bad for them to walk far but which is so temporary or recently occurred that they don't have a blue badge.

I usually go straight to the farthest away spots. That way I always find a space fast, and that extra walking is usually just good for me, but I have had to park closer sometimes in the past due to injured feet.

terrellfastball

Because they are too friggin' lazy to walk. That's ovvious by seeing the size of some of those clowns walking into the local arches joint after circling the lot 6 times to get the spot by the door.

the_manic_mechanic

One word: "Laaaaaaazy."

Randomgal

So they will have a shorter distance to walk from their car to their intended destination. And then, once finished at that destination, they would have a shorter distance to walk back to their car.

So yeah, like everyone else has said...people don't want to put in extra energy towards a physical activity than they have to.

txofficer2005

They want to walk less distance. I, like yourself, don't mind walking a little farther, especially if it reduces the number of pedestians walking near my vehicle when I'm trying to back out. I have seen many vehicles stalk pedestrians, just waiting for them to find their car and pull out.

What irks me the most is when someone honks their horn because they want your space and you take longer than they like to get situated and back out.

greg s

just pure lazy, i park my truck farthest away and take 2 spots so i don't get door dings, i do the same in my big truck and wait until someone parks next to me before going inside because most of the time i have a car hanging 3 feet past my front bumper and all the spaces are made for truck and trailer and i stick out 5 feet farther than anyone else

Mr. Praxis

Are you asking because YOU want the closest parking spot?? It sounds like it. People do that because: 1- they are truly physically handicapped and can't walk long distances, 2- they got there before you or 3- they're lazy. Be glad if you find a close one or be glad if you find one at all. In the end, what difference does it make? You have to walk a bit more? Chin up and give me 20 laps around the parking lot Marine!!!

bball lover

ur rite-but ppl just dont lyk to walk tht much to the store

toms4ndan

i think you forgot the /rant at the end of that.

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