Comments on Sister Skinny: Parking Pickings

Why is it that the perfect parking spot always app...

2008-04-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

Why is it that the perfect parking spot always appears AFTER you've hiked 1.5 miles to reach your workout haven? Does this mean I can shorten my workout, or perhaps have one more cookie? (I limit myself to 3) I think I will have the cookie.

Oh Hell Yeah!!!'Poll Position!' Not sure if other'...

2008-04-02T18:26:00.000-07:00

Oh Hell Yeah!!!
'Poll Position!' Not sure if other's use that saying but that is what my husband and I yell when we get an awesome spot up front!!! Its almost a contest that we have when we are in the family car. It's the little things that get us excited HA!

I am WAY too lazy to look for the good spots - it ...

2008-04-02T16:57:00.000-07:00

I am WAY too lazy to look for the good spots - it always seems like more work to me than just zooming to the back. Although, maybe that takes me longer.....

P.o.m. Never at the gym? You must go at prime time...

2008-04-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

P.o.m. Never at the gym? You must go at prime time!

Donna, AMEN.

Ok, here's the thing. Whenever I get a far spot (o...

2008-04-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, here's the thing. Whenever I get a far spot (only because I'm FORCED to park far) I try to make the best of it and think, "Oh yes. I'm sure I'm burning oodles of calories walking this extra distance." But give me a front spot and I am SO there.

And with kids? Don't even get me started...

emmy, yeah, it's funny, at the gym I never have the debate -and everywhere else I've got the kids...that's a lot of annoying extra calories burned just for a far spot. But on the occasion I do go somewhere without kids in tow, I do the same thing :)

Randi, Lazy? LOL, I like to call it "efficient."
I think biking to the gym sounds cool -IF- it's feasible....and you own a bike.

abby. THANK you for commenting. We'll be in the weird club together.

WM, I am a TERRIBLE "parker" and want to reduce my chance of hitting (yet another) car while parking! LOL! KEEP PARKING FAR AWAY! ;)

h, I was actually thinking of the 8th east lot. (but the 8th north one is just as bad!!) and monster trucks. I KNOW. And pimped out hummers and Escalades. My van looks teeny in those parking lots, lol!

I'll be right back...

2008-04-02T13:32:00.000-07:00

I'll be right back...

As a momma of three, I'm all about the closest par...

2008-04-02T13:29:00.000-07:00

As a momma of three, I'm all about the closest parking spaces. I've only got so many hands! The shorter the distance through a busy parking lot, the better. Calories be damned!

I also get very excited about good parking spots. ...

2008-04-02T13:18:00.000-07:00

I also get very excited about good parking spots. But I NEVER find them at the gym. But the mall or grocery store - I gloat about a good spot.

That gym parking lot is nuts. I park at one end to...

2008-04-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

That gym parking lot is nuts. I park at one end to be close to the play room so my doll doesn't have to walk through the jungle of Monster TRUCKS!!! Have you ever noticed how many park there? Together?! I counted 4 the other day. Then, for an extra workout, and the bruises to prove how tough I am for parking so far away, I skate over the ice covered parking lot to the front door. Truly, I have bruised my backside on the $%^@666@™!*! parking lot.

You are smart to dodge the monster trucks and ice; keep parking close to the front doors!

if I am alone, I always park far away both for the...

2008-04-02T11:27:00.000-07:00

if I am alone, I always park far away both for the extra steps and less dings. And truthfully, I am a TERRIBLE "parker" and want to reduce my chance of hitting (yet another) car while parking!!

if I have kids with me, I always try to find the close spot because walking thru the lot with kids stresses me out!

I not only park as close as I can, but, I guiltily...

2008-04-02T11:22:00.000-07:00

I not only park as close as I can, but, I guiltily admit to impatiently waiting for someone to back out, or stalking people on their way out to their cars.

I can honestly admit to staying places longer, ie, the pool, just because I know I have one of the coveted close spots.

Im weird. I know it.

I'm a far-parker. Or I try to be. I'm a convert I ...

2008-04-02T10:58:00.000-07:00

I'm a far-parker. Or I try to be. I'm a convert I guess. I often catch myself driving close but then kicking myself for passing open spots far away because not only am I going to spend longer driving around for a spot than walking to the door but I'm trying to not be lazy.

oh - did I just call you lazy? ;)

And I'm a far parker for absolutely everything, groceries, meetings, work. one of my profs made fun of people driving to the gym saying they could have saved a bit of gas, money and the environment if they'd just bike to the gym or even just bike around their neighbourhood. obviously not good for everyone.

LOL! I actually have an internal struglle about th...

2008-04-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

LOL! I actually have an internal struglle about this sometimes, should I walk and burn a few extra cals or should I take that spot...

oooh Im curious as well.about the parking far when...

2008-04-02T09:57:00.000-07:00

oooh Im curious as well.

about the parking far when there is a close spot.

its such a highly touted fitness tip yet do people really do it?!

M.

hahahhahaha you are too funny.

2008-04-02T09:34:00.000-07:00

hahahhahaha you are too funny.

Sarah, mostly because driving around searching fo...

2008-04-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

Sarah, mostly because driving around searching for a parking spot makes me a crazy person. LOL!
Yes yes. I could see that. It makes me crazy too, but crazy in an excited way not a frustrated way, lol...

As for more likely to get dinged, yes. If I drove a really nice car maybe I would think that..

Lol, I'm one of those people who automatically go ...

2008-04-02T08:22:00.001-07:00

Lol, I'm one of those people who automatically go to where I KNOW I will get a spot (i.e. the back!)... why you ask? Not for calories, or some sense of hopelessness... mostly because driving around searching for a parking spot makes me a crazy person. If I have ever had road rage, it was probably in a parking lot, searching for a spot!

Oh yeah, and there's this tiny part of my brain that imitates the voice of my parents which still tells me (like they did when I was 16 driving their vehicles) that I should park at the back because I'm less likely to get dinged there. True or not, I hate it that I hear that little voice still!!

anon, yeah I thought of both of those things. All ...

2008-04-02T08:22:00.000-07:00

anon, yeah I thought of both of those things. All I can say is I'm crazy for the front spot. So crazy I'd take it any day over a couple extra calories. Now that I write it down I feel even more weird. LOL.

Honestly they are probably thinking it would be be...

2008-04-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

Honestly they are probably thinking it would be better to park far away and get some extra calories burned!!! I always park the furthest away 1. so my nice car doesn't get dinged! and 2. so I burn extra calories!

hilarious! and oh, so true:)

2008-04-02T07:56:00.000-07:00

hilarious! and oh, so true:)