I watched from home as a social worker from Comprehensive Behavioral Care drove one of their vans into the municipal lot behind my building. Coming off the State St entrance, she didn't go straight ahead to one of the reserved spaces they use, but instead took the short route by driving against the traffic arrows to the pay spaces on the south side of the lot, where she parked.
Of course, that meant having to make a 300-degree turn into the space - something that usually results in backing out once or twice to get into the angled space properly.
Maria Andretti made it on the first try..........or so she thought. I figured after that 275-degree lunge, she would be eager to correct the embarrassing attempt. I figured wrong.
I decided to watch her get out and see her expression when she saw how off her parking was - how a third of the van was in another space and blocking a car from getting out - and then fix it right away.
After 5-10 minutes, she finally emerged, fed the meter, apparently saw nothing unusual, and sauntered across the street to CBC.
This happened between 12:30 and 1pm. I went out about a half-hour after she pulled in, saw the van was still there and took the below photos. You can see from the right front wheel in the second image that no attempt was made to park correctly - just pull in and leave it.
How can someone be so blind, inconsiderate, and nonchalant? If you were the CBC, would you want this person driving your clients around?
In fairness, I should mention that I've never seen less-than-exemplary driving in that lot from other CBC drivers.
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