Should I have punched this guy in the mouth?

[Villainaire]

Earlier tonight I stopped at the grocery store like I do a couple times a week to buy some Naked juice. I usually buy 2 bottles, AND NOTHING MORE. I use the automated checkout line, and I estimate that it takes NO MORE than 3 minutes to get back outside of the store from the time I enter.

With that said, whenever I do this I don't park in a parking spot, but I park in the fire lane and usually turn my hazard lights on unless there's a parking spot extremely close to the entrance.

So I parked in the fire lane... went in bought the drinks in about 2 minutes, and when I came out there was an employee climbing into my car. Just before he put his last leg in my car and shut the door I said "hey!" He didn't close the door, but hopped out and looked kinda scared.

He switched his demeanor ASAP and said "You CAN'T park here." I said "Sorry bout that, I'm leaving".

Up until this point I hadn't mentioned him getting in my car, nor did I plan to.

HIM: (as I'm getting in my car and starting it) Hurry up and just go.

ME: Dude, chill I could've left quicker if you weren't in my car when I came out [censored].

HIM: What'd you say?

ME: Why the [censored] were you getting in my car when I came out?

HIM: To teach you a lesson

ME: You're [censored] stupid, go bag groceries. (I was pissed at this point, but nowhere near mad enough to fight, I just wanted to piss him off more)

HIM: Next time you park there I'm calling the police

ME: Riiiiight...

(He was getting pissed, and if someone was watching they would've assumed we we're about to fight, but for some reason I wasn't super pissed.)

ME: Look dude, I'm leaving, it's no big deal, just chill the [censored] out and leave me alone.

I drove off and I was checking for him in the rear view and he was just standing there until I got back on the main road (like 250 feet away from the entrance).

I'm not mad at all, but I told both of my female roommates and they said they'd have beat his ass.

The guy was probably like 27-33 years old, and I'm guessing he saw me get out of my car when I came because I doubt he would've done that to an elderly person, female, or anyone over 30.

I will inevitably park in the same spot sometime in the near future, and I'm sure he'll wanna feel tough and confront me again.

[delta k]

Bring two sets of keys and lock your door?

[Full Metal]

You should have punched him in the face and next time you should park in a normal parking spot.

[siccjay]

Park in a parking spot like everyone else.

[Villainaire]

The hazard lights stay on when the keys are out of the ignition. I don't just leave my car running when I go inside. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Klompy]

wtf kind of a poll is this?
anyways, I think both of you are idiots for this. Just park in a normal spot, or buy more then 2 of these drinks each time you go so you dont make so many trips to the store.

[Villainaire]

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Park in a parking spot like everyone else.

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From here out I'm only parking in fire lanes and handicapped parking spaces. So that's out of the question.

[GooseHinson]

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Next time he starts the confrontation should I...

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[2+2 wannabe]

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both of you are idiots for this

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the fire lane is there for a reason; I hate when people do selfish [censored] like this

that being said, who the hell gets into someone else's car?

punching him would be ridiculous

[dogdrool]

Are you telling me you're too lazy to park in a normal spot like everybody else? I love how people think that just because they're buying two items they have the right for some super ultra-expedited shopping experience. If anything delays them, they're suddenly like "HEY! I HAVE VERY FEW ITEMS!"

"HEY! YOU HAVE 10 ITEMS, BUT I ONLY HAVE A BANANA AND A TUB OF VASELINE! STEP ASIDE!"

Do you think that every person who anticipates a shopping time of under 5 minutes should be allowed to roll up into the fire lane?

Clearly the employee was wrong to try to drive your car away. And his whole "to teach you a lesson" crap was out of line too. Still, your argument is greatly weakened by your need to park in the fire lane.