Verbalism Personified

Isn't it Enough?

While standing in my kitchen today, I spied a lady attempting to park her car. It would have seemed like any other driver parking any other car on any other day. However on this sweltering afternoon, she spent half an hour at this attempt.

On a sunny day, the interior of your car would probably be hot enough to bake bread. Except that is, if you know where to park. In the carpark behind my block, there are only two locations where your vehicle will receive shade all day long. This is due to the way the tree branches fan out, sheltering the lucky few who snap up the wormy lots like an early bird.

Well this lady obviously knows her lots and has been lucky many a time in nabbing the same spot week after week.

Today is no exception. Returning from somewhere, she sees the lot free and available. However sandwiched on both sides were two large and ackwardly parked sedans. It was obvious that both drivers were in too much of a hurry to bother with making any corrections.

Our heroine was undaunted and she proceeded to twist and turn her vehicle every which way, burning through rubber and petrol to squeeze her hatchback in. After some rather amazing manuevers, she managed the impossible only to find little space with which to open her door and get out. This was a minor detail however as she wormed her way to the back seat and ejected herself and her belongings out the back hatchdoor.

No sooner had she straightened her shirt did she realize that there was another equally sheltered lot adjacent to one of the ackwardly parked sedans. Standing there in disbelief, one could almost feel her brain cooking. If only she had moved forward a little more, she would have seen the lot and saved herself a half hour's worth of petrol, brake pads, arm twisting and wasted effort.

But alas it was not to be and today wasn't her day. As she walked away looking subdued, the owner of one of the sedans emerged to drive away with narry a bother.

Perhaps it was better that she didn't see him coming.

posted by Teutoburg @ 4:29 PM