So sunday evening, around the waterfront area, nice weather, sun finally came out and the girlfriend and I decided to go for a stroll. We drove to downtown halifax, found a parking spot. another person had been waiting for that spot, then we realized there are 2 parking spots available. The car i drive is a hatchback VW. The car he drove was a ford taurus. The space he took up was his car with space for 2/3 of a car in either direction. I honk so he moves forward a bit so i can utilize the space he’s practically invading. He moves a bit. I park. He starts backing up again! I ‘m sitting there wondering what’s wrong with this guy. So i honk again since it didn’t look like he was going to stop and was about to back into me. He didn’t like that so he made the effort to get out of his car, walk to my door, and start yapping, because he didn’t have enough space and wanted to park legally. Space between him and the car in front of him was about 1.5 metres, which is about 5 feet. I left him 2 feet of space behind him and he wasn’t satisfied. He kept on yapping, regardless to the fact that i pointed out that he’s well within the comfort zone of his meter space, parked legally since meters are free on weekends and after 6pm in most areas, and not to mention that i pointed out that he has more than enough space to do whatever he please. I kept walking, and he wouldn’t stop talking.
Today, around 1pm, at the Bedford waterfront. I’m standing behind my car, in a parking lot that has about 4 cars in it, but spaces for more than 25 cars. This moron decided to do what, of all spaces available, park his car right next to mine, while i’m taking the blanket out of the trunk, i’m well out of his way mind you, but that’s not enough, i have to pull out the red carpet, for him to squeeze his car in that small spot, were he could have simply driven another 6 feet and pulled into a different spot, facing the water! He was literally sitting there waiting for me to get out of his way, in a 15% occupied parking lot, giving me dirty looks being impatient, because he decided to leave all the spaces that are available and just park there. There are several incidents regarding things like that around Nova Scotia, which i lost count of. But honestly, this leads me to believe that the NS hospitality is really a figment of people’s imagination, since i have yet to experience that.
This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2008.
I agree, but have not had much trouble since I got away from HRM. There seems to be a difference in Nova Scotia hospitality and Halifax hospitality.
Yeah for some reason this is beginning to be common in the Maritimes and likely the entire planet. People are instantly on the defensive and any time they are trying to convey a message they sound pissed off or angry at something. Even if it is the first time you are talking about any particular subject. They come off sounding like they have something to prove or that ‘I’ll show them’ type attitude comes out. Wonder what is up ? Planet of Pricks – The New Way
This is funny. That same type of incident happened to me today around the Bedford area, and previously around HRM. This is recent, unless i never really paid attention and now i barely have any patience for morons and stupid people! Their amount seems to be increasing daily!
Bedford sucks ass.
Care to elaborate, Qwerty? I’ve lived in Bedford for many years and don’t think it “sucks ass” at all.
Of course.Bedford places its lips around the asshole cavity and draws upon it succulently for a minimum of 30 seconds per asshole.I hope that helps!
Hmmmm, in the many years I’ve lived here I’ve never seen this happen? How do you explain? And no, I don’t live under a rock. I’m out and about and I participate in many of the events/programs the community has to offer.
How come in the past few weeks, most of these bitches are blaming Nova Scotia? Like, what the hell people? there are ASSHOLES everywhere… My self not included! And Qwerty, your sarcasim continues to awe and amaze me… LMAO… funny stuff…
“What the heck is RIMJAWB??”- Mrs. Brovloski
Well Catlady, because in NS we haven’t had this kind of behavior until recently. I remember 3 years ago, people were nicer, hold the door open for each other, don’t smoke in each other’s faces, respect each other’s privacy and opinions. These days, it’s becoming a contest to see who’s most rude. Yes I agree everywhere you go you’ll find people like that, but to be honest, living in NS for the last 15 years, i never expected that. Whatever was mentioned in the original post, well let’s just say it wasn’t just bedford, it was all over. Also I have been around many places, and none of what the OP mentioned ever happened to me while there! Besides, we live in NS, why would we post about a place we don’t live in?!
Thanks for the feedback Coyotex.. Maybe I just dont see the assholes like everyone else does.. I was born and raised in Nova Scotia.. In the Halifax/Dartmouth area… For the most part, I see most most people being friendly, and helpful.. I pride my self on being those things, so maybe I just assume everyone should be like that…. I dunno… Plus, the only place I’ve been was Quebec, and jeez louise, I couldnt WAIT to get back East… The people I encountered, wow.. I couldnt believe it, I had NEVER seen anything like that back home…And I also wunna mention that when i wrote “My self NOT included” in my last post, I totally meant to add a wink 😉 at the end, to show that I was joking… 😀
Once you get OUT of the city, people are much nicer, its just there isn’t a whole lot going on outside of Halifax. The first few months when I moved here from the sticks were really depressing cause people are just so self-absorbed, phony and rude. Stay here long enough, you get to become one of them too. Yay, how fun! 😛
See that’s the funny part about it poophead. Living here for 15 years, I just started noticing this recently. I don’t know if it has something to do with me being impatient and intolerant of rudeness and stupidity. I know a lot of people who i personally know complained about the same thing. So maybe it’s just people these days are just becoming careless and rude.
I’m probably gonna get in trouble for this, CATlady, but your exposure to what you perceived as rudeness in Quebec is not surprising. The French are much more direct than the English, and we just don’t know how to take it. We say everything in the most roundabout, “nice” (passive-aggressive) ways we can.You may not find it so hard in other provinces.