The Parking Spot Thief

20 Jan, 2009  Uncategorized

I was a bit annoyed and pleased today. My father and I had decided to go to Souq Wagif to go buy some sirwals (the pants we wear under the thobe).
We put on our thobes and head off.

It used to be that it was packed on the weekends but its packed everyday now and finding a parking space is a hassle.

We finally spot a guy leaving and indicate to go in. All of a sudden, from the opposite side, some Indian guy in his 1980′s busted up car starts to nudge in while the guy’s exiting.

He was trying to take our space. My father’s face was shocked. In my mind I was thinking, if this guy tries to just take the space, I’m getting into his car and I’ll reverse it out myself.

I just couldn’t believe how much of a rude person this guy was being! Luckily, another Indian guy with his European looking mates noticed. He quickly jumped in front of the Indian guy’s car and said stop.

My father drove into the spot. As we exited, the guy said “I would never have let that guy go in front of you. I saw you were here first.”

We smiled and thanked the guy for helping us (for getting the space easier and for avoiding a fight.)

After we park, my father walks up to that parking spot theif and says “If you parked in that spot, you’d never come out.”

He looked at us as if he had no soul and shrugged with a tiny smile as if to say “That’s the way it goes.”.

Disrespect to the max.

  • http://www.qatariadventures.blogspot.com sybil

    I LOVE your dad’s comment. Nice! I hate when people don’t mind the “Q”. That’s a way bigger pet peeve than the driving for me.

  • Mr. Q

    Sometimes you just cant let things like that go you know…

  • http://Hmmm....www.bluepearlsworldofwonderatnowhere.com Me

    Well I just give really mean looks when they do that to me at Souq waqif – its almost as if they know I am a girl and they do it on purpose. I can scream – thank God when I scream they cant hear and just notice the fast mouth movements and quickly turn away…Yeah I can be a BeeATCh
    And this going round and round Souq Waqif to find one parking is abit nauseating! They should really do up that place across the road so people can park there.

  • http://Hmmm....www.bluepearlsworldofwonderatnowhere.com Me

    PS: Did you get your sirwals? *chuckles*

  • http://www.sparkleed.piczo.com Rawan

    Heey, I love your father’s, my uncle’s comment. Lol keep bloggin!

  • Kei

    I did indeed get my sirwals :)

  • http://Hmmm....www.bluepearlsworldofwonderatnowhere.com Me

    oooohhh goodie!!!!!

  • Rainbow

    I don’t see what their nationalities have got to do with it.

  • Kei

    @rainbow, the point is that people are so quick to blame nationalities and I am making it a point that you find good and bad people from all nationalities.

    In this case an Indian parking spot theif and an Indian gentleman who stopped the theif.

  • Rainbow

    If you say so :) It would read just fine and get the point across (perhaps even better) if you had left in out IMHO.

  • sunshine

    Theif= Wrong
    Thief= Correct

    Just thought I’d mention it to you, since you are such a stickler for perfect language ;) Just read your blog on Peninsula language.

  • Kei

    lol thanks. I’ll get that fixed :P

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