Driving is not just driving! It shows one's manners, discipline, upbringing and respect on own self and to others as well. It is the same way as parking your car! If you do not know how to park your car properly,it also means that you are really not a good discipline and not having a good manners person. If you do not know how to respect others, how do you aspect others to respect you?! Ok!you may say that I am really a fussy person,but I'm sure if that happened to you,you might feel the same way I do! Well,there is a long parking lot beside our school gate far behind! I had park my car there since 2009. It written my number plate on top of my car roof too(although it is a bit blur, but if you look properly, you wil see it)! Mostly, outsiders do not dare to park their cars in all of our parking lots if they come to our school for some purposes. Same thing happen if I go to others school. We will not simply park our car at their parking lots because it written number plates there. That is some kind of respect too. But, I really do not understand why youngsters nowadays are really less understood. A kindergarten young teacher that only teaches in our school kindergartens for only few weeks, who had already see me came in and out from the school's hostel, always meet me during late afternoon after school hours, always see my car parking at MY place.... still park her car at my parking lot when my car is not there. First few times I do not feel anything, because I know that maybe she does not know I live there and she does not realised that that is my parking place. But after many times I see her parking at my place, I started to feel angry!! When again, I saw her car parking at my parking lot yesterday, I feel so angry! I really want to park my car in front of hers that time,so that she can't drive out her car and she will be forced to come to call me out. But for not putting the matters burning, I cool down myself by parking at my colleague's lot. The nest day, all the colleagues were asking why I park at others lot? After they know the matters, they asked me to talk to her about the it. I'm thinking myself... Maybe I'm the one who is too fussy about that. Maybe the young kindergarten teacher does not feel anything at all. Ok... I can't change anything although I feel angry about that or I had written so many things. But, at least I feel more relief after I say out all those words that stucks in my heart.
The car - 7285 is the car which I mentioned just now.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom one is my car. I was forced to park at other parking lot.
Yes. You said driving reflects one's character and culture. So same thing applies to parking own's car. When someone park at your booth, that's the time we see how you react and how you deal with her. Yes, you can go to her directly and show your displeasure and anger. But this reflects you negatively. I would suggest you can let her feel your displeasure in a more diplomatic way or some sarcastically way, just like your dad taught you all these while....
ReplyDeleteActually she did wrong when she parked her car at your parking lot; but when you parked your car at someone else' lot, that doesn't make you any different from her. You are using other people's belonging for the benefit of yourself. Am I right?
ReplyDeleteThe best thing to do, is to voice this out to her diplomatically. Make clear to her that the parking lot belongs to you. As you mentioned, your car registration plate is not that clear. You may want to give her the benefit of doubt that she didn't notice what has been written there :)