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Is it okay to "hold" a parking spot by standing in it for a few minutes? (lemmy.world)
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Curious what the community thinks of this. When I have a friend who's less than 5 minutes away, sometimes I will go out and look for (street) parking spots, and if I find one, I'll just stand in it until they get there. In my opinion this is totally okay to do, given that they'll be there in a few minutes.

But every now and then someone fights me about it. They'll nearly run me over trying to park in it, and I'll say I'm holding it. They'll say you can't do that. Idk man, look I get it if it was like 15+ minutes that's no good, but if a friend is just a few minutes away I think that's totally fine.

I mean we're talking about a public street here. Tell me if you think I'm wrong

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[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago

Unless you shoveled it, no.

As you say its public, they are there your friend isn't they have the right to the spot. Doesn't matter how long your friend is going to be even if they're right behind them, they have right of way by being first to a first come first serve spot.

If I were your friend I'd ask you not to do this unless there some sort of urgency (e.g. being kicked out), or medical reason for which them having a closer spot matters. Otherwise walking a little isnt an issue.