So far we have been very pleased with the apartment. There have been a couple of things that have made me frown, but nothing serious until our parking lot experiences.
Moving in, we knew that there were no assigned spots. Obviously, some people didn't know this. One day, as I was getting something out of my car, this guy came out his back door waving. I told Josh, "Wow, that guy is really friendly!" Apparently, not so much. That waving, was actually him waving us down to complain that I had been "parking in his spot." Here is the conversation as I remember it.
"Is this your car?" -- Neighbor
"Yes, that's my car." -- Me
"See, this is my apartment, and that's kinda my assigned spot. I mean, I know we don't have assigned spots, but that's kinda mine." -- Neighbor
"Um, ok." -- Me
"Isn't there a spot closer to your door that you could park in?"-- Neighbor
"No, not really. Our front door is kinda in the middle, and I honestly just park in the first open spot I see." -- Me
And, that was it. He turned around, walked back inside his apartment, and slammed the door. No sympathy. I have kinda avoided that space, but the other day he followed me in the gate and when I parked in his "assigned" spot, he jumped out of his truck saying, "Well, I guess I'll just park here on the side and carry in all this stuff." I think that was his attempt to make me feel guilty. It didn't work though. I was carrying bags of groceries anyway!
Friday, I came home from the gym and pulled in the parking lot. The "assigned" parking guy was in his spot, so I was planning to park in the one beside it. Too bad I couldn't. It was blocked by a trash can. Really? A trash can! How rude?! I told Josh about it, and when he came home, he nicely removed the trash can from reserving the spot, and quickly parked his car in that spot. It wasn't the first time we had seen that trash can blocking that spot either. Monday morning we will be complaining about the "reserved" spots, and people trying to make us feel guilty about parking in their spots, but I'm assuming nothing will happen to them.
I don't know why people feel entitled to parking spots. It really doesn't make sense. God forbid you have to walk more than 5 feet to your back door. Really people, really?
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- Amanda and Josh
- I'm not sure if we are interesting enough for a blog, but we will give it a shot. I'm a full time college student (again), and Josh is an officer in the Army. We are a brand new married couple, about to experience our first deployment together. We are hoping this blog will make the upcoming deployment go by faster for us and our families and friends that read. Until then, we will try to update with all of the random things happening in our crazy life!
Just move back to the house again. Do you think you could swing some favors and get the Army to hook you up with some movers? You don't need that stress.
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