In my city, cabs are all shared - I was in one on St. Patrick's Day with two rather inebriated people and was listening in because I knew it'd be good Datingish fodder.
Our cab was stuck behind a car whose driver was having trouble parallel parking, and the guy in the back of the cab was getting indignant. "The driver's a woman, I guarantee it. Anything with tits can't parallel park."
Charming, right? While I was initially a little taken aback, I wasn't offended, because I realized that I can't park that way, either.
So here's a poll to see if the guy actually has a point:
GUYS: Can any of your female friends parallel park well?
GIRLS: Can you parallel park?
BOTH: Was this guy a douchebag or just drunk?
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Parallel parking was the one thing I didn't have to try multiple times to get it right when I was taking drivers ed. However, I can't parallel park now to save my life. I let my husband drive anyway and if he's not with me, I just don't parallel park. I'll walk further if I have to but...I'm not very good at it anymore.
Oh --- to answer the last question, he was probably just drunk. Although I've heard statements like that before, it makes me laugh. Doesn't really offend me.
His attitude would've ticked me off - and I don't know if the generalizations are true. That being said - I can't parallel park. I failed it on my driver's test (and yet, I managed to get my license on the first try... go figure.) I learned how to parallel park 2 days before the test, and obviously it didn't stick - then again, I haven't parallel parked since!! I avoid it at all costs - who needs the stress??
What the f*ck. That's just dated, chauvinistic BS. I can parallel park like a GODESS, alright?
Spelling parralllelllll though? That's another story.
I'm the only one of my friends who can parallel park perfectly. Haha It helped me get a 100 on my driving test. : ) So I'm pretty sure that women can drive.
Most chicks I know can't parallel park. Hell, most of them can't even park normally.
One night at work, I witnessed a young woman try to park in a parking space with no other cars on the right-hand side. She pulled into the space crooked, so she backed up and made a second attempt. But she was still crooked and her left rear tire was over the line. She just got out of the car and left it that way, though.
But the worst thing I ever saw was a girl who tried to pull into and empty parking space and not only clipped the side of the truck next to her, but also ran up over the curb!
GIRLS: Can you parallel park? - Yes I can, but I credit it to my time spent driving in Japan. If you want to drive there you have to be good at squeezing a tank into a teacup. BOTH: Was this guy a douchebag or just drunk? - Sounds like he probably was both.
Damn, this one's got me. I didn't have to parallel park on my driver's test, and I suck at it. I'll park blocks away so I don't have to. My bf is amazing at it though, as he's lived in two big cities before.
Hmmm yes I can....
Yes
I can "parallel park" a hay wagon too.
He was just a drunk douchebag.
I cannot parallel park! If somebody, guy or girl, is with me and we HAVE to, I make them regardless if I drove. If I am alone, I will do anything NOT to parallel park, even if it means a far, far walk!
when i was 15 (last to turn 16 out of my friends), they would actually make me parallel park for them. I ROCK AT PARALLEL parking thank you very much to that sexist dbag. i admit that most girls probably cant, but this one grew up near chicago with a natural ability to do so. :)
I know how, and I can, but I'd rather not!
Honestly, being a guy, I actually don't know if any of my girl friends can parallel park. I actually had to help them parallel park a few times when I was with them.
However, for the guy: "Drunken words are sober thoughts." So, yes, even though he was drunk (if he was), he's still a douchebag. Maybe stating the truth, but still be sensible because it doesn't mean that all women can't parallel park. Hell, I still haven't learn to drive stick shift yet and I have plenty of girl friends who can one up me on that. :P
I can parallel park, I got 100 on both my drivers tests, I drive stick and I haven't been in an accident in the 7 years I've been driving. So any guy who says girls can't drive can suck it - I probably drive better than most of them anyways.
Besides, if guys are such better drivers then why do they have to pay higher insurance rates? Young male drivers are the highest risk category for accidents and everyone I know who has been in an accident is a guy. Not that I'm self-righteous or anything...
The dude was drunk.
I can't parallel park. I failed the first driving test because of that shit. They need to let people do the driving on the road first and THEN do the stopping at so and so line and the other crap along with the parallel parking. Not all that first. Than again that instructor guy was a complete asshole. He was just mean.
The second time was way better the guy was nice, gave you pointers and was more laid back. He gave me a couple pts off for not getting into the parallel spot all the way, but I passed. LOL
Where I'm from you don't usually use parallel parking. Haha If there is only a spot I'd have to do that I'd park farther and walk.
I can parallel park perfectly fine.
That guy was a drunken douchebag.
I all but failed parallel parking when I took my driving test, but I've gotten better at it because I'm in the city a lot. So yes, I can parallel park. That guy was obviously a douchebag.
What a douche. I can parallel park, but I'm very out of practice. My driving instructor was an idiot and always pressured me to turn the wheel quickly and hard when all that did was make me hit the curb (he was a really bitchy guy). My dad did the same.
I learned better when left alone with no one instructing the hell out of me.
YES I CAN!
I can't parallel park to save my life.
I think it's just common knowledge that most girls cannot parallel park, it's simple as that.
i'm not gonna lie i can't parallel park...worth anything...sigh
i parallel park wonderfully, and actually taught my exboyfriend, a two of my best friends (one male one female)
I am an excellent parallel parker