Parking lots are very tricky places. You have to maneuver your vehicle down several rows before deciding to choose a space. Once chosen, the driver must put their car in that space. It's harder than it sounds.
People sometimes use this opportunity to be creative. I suggest to use something else as a creative outlet. However, many people think otherwise.
Some people choose to position their car so it takes two spaces (1 point, not very creative and can be messy). If you park far enough over the line you magically have plenty of room to open your door. But you also run the risk of someone being ornery and parking really close to you to salvage what's left of that missing parking spot (2 points for those people for taking back the space!).
People who drive with trailers or just have long vehicles sometimes park so they take up about ten spaces (3 points for how many spaces are taken up). There are places where extra long vehicles seem to not be welcomed due to lack of appropriate parking spaces. But those places underestimate how determined people can be. Fortunately, most people that use those parking methods park in the back of the lot away from the people that choose to park the traditional way. This style of parking is unlikely to happen during the Christmas shopping season.
My favorite is backing into an angled parking spot (Five points, creative but not too messy). Clearly you're suppose to pull in forward. If you back into the angled parking space and then leave it's like going the wrong way down a one way street. Trouble happens when oncoming traffic comes your way.
It's been a few years since I learned to drive, but I don't remember learning to park like that. What driving school did these people go to? Maybe it is a driving school from the arts academy (people who color outside the lines)? Who can know?
And what are we supposed to do with all these points?
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