Transportation: Today, I went to the mall and had to parallel park. It took me...

By greek_dancer - 13/07/2009 05:14 - United States

Today, I went to the mall and had to parallel park. It took me 10 to 12 minutes of maneuvering before I got into the slot. When I turned off the car and got out, there were 8 people laughing hysterically and clapping for me. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/01/2017 08:22

Today, the last parking space outside my work was tiny but I tried to parallel park there in desperation. A school kid saw the whole attempt and sarcastically clapped me as I gave up and drove away. FML

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I'm new to all this!

By Anonymous - 18/08/2023 20:00

Today, I tried to parallel park in front of a crowd. After several failed attempts, someone shouted from a window above, "Nice 23-point turn, dumbass!" I was practicing on an empty street. FML

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By moonbears - 22/10/2015 16:46 - United States - Portland

Today, as I tried to parallel park at a busy spot downtown, a group of teens jumped in front of my car and started a slow clap. FML

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Not my best work

By Anonymous - 08/05/2024 09:00 - United Kingdom - Newcastle

Today, I thought I'd finally mastered the art of parallel parking. Feeling proud of myself, I got out of the car to admire my handiwork, only to realise I'd parked halfway onto the sidewalk and completely blocked the entrance to a cafe. I had to sheepishly move my car while enduring the glares of annoyed pedestrians. FML

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By greatdriver...4 - 31/08/2011 11:07 - United States

Today, I tried to back out of a spot in a parking garage. I did a 12 point turn, hit the car behind me and still didn't manage to get out of the spot. Everyone was staring at me, and the attendant had to come over and move my car for me. I have to park there every day. FML

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By parkingisawesome - 06/05/2011 00:35 - United States

Today, leaving the restaurant I work in, the car next to mine was very crookedly parked. I had a hard time backing out. It turned out the whole restaurant was watching me, and they all started to clap as I drove away. FML

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By socargone - 17/01/2017 22:00

Today, I'm so bad at parking that I saw the guy next to me openly cringe as I pulled into a spot. FML

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Chasing cars

By Anonymous - 26/10/2023 08:00 - Canada

Today, I tried to parallel park my car in a tight spot. After several failed attempts, I finally parked, but then realized I had parked on a slight incline. My car started rolling backwards. I had to chase it down the street in my pajamas. FML

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Park life

By Anonymous - 10/12/2010 21:55 - United Kingdom

Today, I spent ages looking for a parking space at the mall. I saw a couple walking out of the mall and decided to follow them and take their space when they left. After following them for a good ten minutes, I realised they were heading to the bus stop. FML

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By whoneedsdumbcars - 14/08/2009 08:29 - United States

Today, at a restaurant, I noticed a really hot girl leaving with her friend. A few minutes later they came back, laughing uncontrollably, and announced that some moron forgot to put on their parking brake and the car was rolling into the full parking lot. It was my car. They watched me chase it. FML

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my_life_sucks13 0

Monday 13 July 2009 12:13

why did it take you so long? and , im sorry, but you would have to be pretty sad to stand and watch someone trying to parallel park for 10 minutes.

24788 6

Monday 13 July 2009 12:09

Hey, I don't even know how to parallel park. As sad as that is, I've never had to use it in my 4 years of driving.

Comments

fireandice27 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 16:22

Aahhhh totally sounds like me. When I did my driving test I was a real pro at the reverse parallel parking and got 100% for that section in my test. Unfortunately, I didn't reverse parallel park at all after my test and when I finally had to one day I couldn't do it. I had to get out of the car, and my friend had to get in and park the car for me haha

jpd212 1

Friday 17 July 2009 18:58

oh!!! so you're a woman??

xwtf_manx 0

Friday 17 July 2009 23:06

Don't feel too badly, my parallel parking skills are about on parr with yours, lol

whitey_fml 0

Saturday 18 July 2009 5:17

this is a stupid FML. who's moderating these days?

Gina_1379 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 0:48

EVRY1 STOP WITH THE SEXIST COMMENTS!!!!

BSCaller 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 8:53

Lying tip #34: people at malls don't pay any attention to you whatsoever, because they are either walking into the mall, or into their car.

dead14eternity 0

Monday 20 July 2009 15:19

when i read the fml i said it's a woman, then i look down and it says woman

XxHU4LxX 0

Wednesday 16 September 2009 8:29

You deserve it for being a woman and thinking you can drive.

daltonromanowski 11

Monday 21 September 2009 8:28

I love all these retarded comments about her gender. If anything, her gender is contradictory to the stereotypes you all buy into so easily. Statistically, women are better, safer drivers. It's been verified over and over and over again. So what if it took her ten minutes? I'm sure most people wouldn't be able to parallel park at all. Even so, FYL for drawing a crowd.