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amother
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Thu, Feb 01 2018, 9:41 am
I've lived in Israel for nearly 10 years but people here still leave me flabbergasted occasionally
Was just picking my kids up from the kindergarten. When I got back to our small car with them, there was this huge van jammed right next to our car, on the driver's side, literally 1 cm (less than half an inch) next to ours. Needlessly, because there was plenty of space on their other side. I just saw a woman from our neighborhood walk away from that car towards the nearby playground. Not daring to move my car out of this tight lock, I went after her and explained it to her. She came back, watched calmly how I wriggled into my car from the passenger side and then sort of directed me out of it. Looked at me expectantly, so I said to her thank you quite ironically. Seems the irony was lost on her. Didn' t occur to her at all to say sorry or something. Israelis! Though she might be American originally, I'm not sure. What would you have done?
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amother
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Thu, Feb 01 2018, 10:35 am
amother wrote: | I've lived in Israel for nearly 10 years but people here still leave me flabbergasted occasionally
Was just picking my kids up from the kindergarten. When I got back to our small car with them, there was this huge van jammed right next to our car, on the driver's side, literally 1 cm (less than half an inch) next to ours. Needlessly, because there was plenty of space on their other side. I just saw a woman from our neighborhood walk away from that car towards the nearby playground. Not daring to move my car out of this tight lock, I went after her and explained it to her. She came back, watched calmly how I wriggled into my car from the passenger side and then sort of directed me out of it. Looked at me expectantly, so I said to her thank you quite ironically. Seems the irony was lost on her. Didn' t occur to her at all to say sorry or something. Israelis! Though she might be American originally, I'm not sure. What would you have done? |
Was she illegally parked? Was this a parking lot where she parked very close, did she go over the yellow line? If yes, I would have asked her to move
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Thu, Feb 01 2018, 10:46 am
When I saw the title I thought it may have something to do with Brooklyn🙃
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amother
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Thu, Feb 01 2018, 10:51 am
Op here, she wasn't parked illegally, just way over the line. But that's how everyone parks around here... minhag hamkom, I guess. Still no reason to jam people in, a bit of eye-measure and consideration for others would do the job even if you don't mind the lines.
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amother
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Thu, Feb 01 2018, 10:56 am
Though, "Israelis" can be good as gold as well, I have to add. Half an hour after the parking incident, my 3 year old son ran off. Another mother from the neighborhood whom I barely know identified him, called me and brought him back home in her car. That's the plus side.
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