Whole Foods. Whole Drama.

Today I drove to WholeFoods in Palo Alto to get some lunch. I didn't feel much like eating today and, in fact, hadn't at that point. They have this parking lot with the tiniest spaces in them. I drove around and had to pass up 2 spots because of oversized cars taking up extra room. I think when they designed the parking lot for WF, they assumed that the people shopping there would be all environmentally friendly and aware and would be driving cute little compact cars and not a giant SUV.

Anyways, I found a spot amid 3 empty ones and I parked the farthest to the right as I could. As I was getting out this old lady zips into the remaining 2 spaces and parks right in the middle of them. I waited for her to get out of her car to tell her this, thinking that maybe, you know, because she was old she didn't realize it. But oh yes, she did realize it. In fact, parked that way on purpose because the spots are just too narrow for her. So not even trying to, like, fit into a legitimate space as best she could she just parked across all of them.

As we were walking through the lot I wrestled with maybe telling her the least she could do was *try* to fit into just one but, before I got the chance another old lady (though younger than the first) drove up along side of us and stopped and said: I just wanted to let you know that this woman almost got hit coming into the parking lot becuase she neglected to look both ways before turning. She almost got hit on both sides. Then an old lady show down began as lady number one says: who? and lady number two says: you! and lady number one says: oh I don't think so. and lady number two says: oh yes you did. I tried with all my might not to say to lady number two: oh you mean the lady who took up TWO spots in an already tight and crowded parking lot?

Lady number one starts to walk away just shaking her head like, that bitch be crazy! And not caring, wanting, or interested in seeing what might be true.