Today, for those people who have a life beyond caring for their own children, was the first day this month’s Costco coupons can be used. The first day and last day of the coupons are always crazy days, and some locations are just generally worse than others. I had to go to a different Costco from my usual today. I didn’t like having to go to a different one and entitled lady didn’t help.
I drove up the parking isle in search of a spot. I was heading in the direction of the entrance and my passenger pointed out a spot up front in the isle to my left. I turned and there was a van stopped in what would be my lane if it were a road, so after the oncoming car passed I went around the van. I took a left to enter the isle and then began to turn right to enter the newly vacated first parking spot.
A woman ran up past the right side of the car and jumped into the spot. She waved her arms smiling and indicated that she wanted the spot into which I had already began to turn. I shook my head and kept moving forward. Now upset, she shouted that she needed the spot for her disabled father right behind me. I glared with incredulous anger. Are you fucking kidding me? If you need a special spot, park in the ones labeled as such. It’s called handicapped parking. They’re all over the place and they’re usually empty.
I kept moving forward. I’m in a car. She relented and moved aside, but stood by my door. My passenger hung her handicap tag on the mirror of my car. She didn’t need to as I was in regular parking, but she thought it would help make the self-important woman leave. I got out of the car ready to be yelled at by the crazy lady. “I need this spot for my disabled father!” The woman yelled at me as I watched a car three stalls down back out. Bitch, you’re at warehouse store but your father can’t walk just three more car stalls?
I looked her straight in the eye and snapped back with clenched fists and furled eyebrows, “It’s first-come first-serve lady!” She backed away still angry and grumbled something about, “It’s people like you…this society…blah blah.”
I wish I had the presence of mind to answer back, “Yes it is, but it’s still my parking spot.” I went around the car to retrieve my infant son and saw that he was sleeping. My passenger didn’t want to go near the psycho lady who was with her father and waiting at the Costco entrance. I had to go to the bathroom so I left my friend and child at the car. I passed the lady on the way in and again on the way back out.
My friend was hungry so the three of us went to the Costco food line and saw that Miss Spit-fire was trying to wrangle up a motorized Costco cart for her disabled father. Her father, who not only walked up to the entrance from his further-than-mine parking spot but had been standing at the entrance since I passed him on my way to the bathroom.
We got our food and they got their cart and finally went in. About the same time we finished our food the entitled lady and her father both walked out of the Costco and to their vehicle. He walked. On his own. My friend and speculated that this lady doesn’t visit her father very often, feels guilty about it, and is over compensating. Sanctimonious bitch.

































