Just a humble suggestion for 2009…
(Spotted by Charles in Minneapolis)
And a Happy New Year to you!
January 2nd, 2009 · 40 comments
FILED UNDER: holiday spirit · Minneapolis/St. Paul · Minnesota · office · parking
FILED UNDER: holiday spirit · Minneapolis/St. Paul · Minnesota · office · parking
40 responses so far ↓
#1
eddy
Looks like someone needs to make good penmanship their new years resolution.
Jan 4, 2009 at 12:30 am rating: 22
#2
Erika
the writer’s resolution should be to work on their handwriting
Jan 4, 2009 at 12:30 am rating: 0
#3
Jahzzie
I dunno, something is lacking in this note. There is no backstory! No flavor! Dare I say it, it’s almost like porn without a plot. Or is that asking too much?
Jan 4, 2009 at 12:35 am rating: 5
#4
aaa
Now, I’m wondering if “spotted” really means “I spotted this on my car, but I don’t want to admit that I suck at parking.” What say you, Charles?
Jan 4, 2009 at 1:21 am rating: 4
#5
Canthz_B
Why don’t you resolve to learn the difference between “years” and “year’s” before you leave me another note?
Jan 4, 2009 at 1:32 am rating: 8
#6
Canthz_B
Dude, it’s Minneapolis in January.
I didn’t park, I just slid into the curb!
Jan 4, 2009 at 1:49 am rating: 13
#7
park rose
My mother always told me not to do two things at once.
Jan 4, 2009 at 3:28 am rating: 1
#8
Kris
I suspect that note is from a mother to a child who isn’t susceptible to hints.
Jan 4, 2009 at 8:01 am rating: 0
#9
gjblues
Aaaaaaaaaaah. I thought it said ‘learn how to pack’. I imagined somebody had opened their suitcase after a flight to find a standard ‘we rifled through your bag for security purposes’ as well as this little note from a troubled customs officer.
Now I’m disappointed.
Jan 4, 2009 at 8:08 am rating: 3
#10
anglophile
It looks to me as if the driver may also be one of those people who turn their car off with the wipers in midswipe and don’t wait for them to return to their starting position. That drives me crazy.
Jan 4, 2009 at 8:13 am rating: 7
#11
Trish
Or maybe, the suggestion is that the reader should: Make a New Years resolution while learning how to park. Multi-tasking.
Jan 4, 2009 at 9:43 am rating: 1
#12
Canthz_B
I like how you can see the bitter Minneapolis cold affect the writer.
Note how writing above the lines on the paper becomes increasingly difficult as frostbite sets in.
Jan 4, 2009 at 10:53 am rating: 1
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Jan 4, 2009 at 12:10 pm rating: 0
#14
Thanks!
Maybe the writer should make their new year’s resolution to mind their own damn business.
Jan 4, 2009 at 5:25 pm rating: 0
#15
TheOldSchool
It’s probably just another flier advertisement from The Parking Academy. They’d get more students if they’d lower their tuition, ditch the unitard uniforms, and allow their male students to grow mustaches and/or beards.
Getting parking professors who refrain from groping their less willing students would also be a plus.
Jan 4, 2009 at 10:25 pm rating: 2
#16
Charles Robinson
The backstory (provided with the note but not funny enough to include with the photo, I guess) is that the “ramp” we were in (and it was my brother driving) has pillars all over the place which require each pair of cars to kinda squeeze in there. Snotty drivers like people in Saabs will park right centered between the pillars and give themselves 4 feet of space on each side of the car so their paint won’t get scratched. This driver was nice and was waay off to one side, allowing room for my brother’s Honda Accord to come in next to her. However, he came in at an angle (still left about 8 inches of space between the cars) so that the other car could pull out without any fuss.
The three people in my brother’s car all agreed (in the morning – when we got out of the car) that he’d parked it “fairly”. The reason for the note is unclear. If they needed the whole space to themselves, they shouldn’t have parked so far off to the side. Puzzlement.
Jan 5, 2009 at 10:33 am rating: 3
#17
lillian
i got one of these in HS once, (not with the the new years resolution shit). but i was running late not to mention there are a billion other spaces to park, so…. WOTEVERRRRRRRRRRRR LOLOLOLOL
i don’t see what’s up with people taking their sweet time to write passive aggressive notes to strangers about non-repeat offenses.
Mar 23, 2009 at 4:27 pm rating: 0
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