I’ve yet to go to a Trader Joe’s that doesn’t have a completely and totally fucked parking lot. I can count the total number of spots on my fingers and toes and they are always fucking full.Even if you are lucky enough to find a spot and you park dead center between the lines you still can’t get out of your car without knocking your door against the car next to you. It’s like a sick social experiment to see how much bullshit people will put up with for cheap wine and shitty produce.
No grocery store can get by with 20 parking stalls that are always full but two things have really brought this problem to a head. First, all the goddamn hippies and hipsters that shop at Trader Joe’s aren’t walking, riding their fixies or using whatever other mode of transportation they think is better than a car to get there. Second, the Trader Joe’s customer base has expanded to include all the chuckleheads that shop there because they see the hippies and hipsters and think it must be cool. You’re talking your standard mix of college students, house wives and people who wish they were hipsters but can’t pull the trigger on the skinny jeans. I mean how bad do these people want hummus and trail mix?
I understand the Trader Joe’s brand is supposed to be a “better value” but if I have to deal with this shenanigans they call a parking lot I ought to be able to buy some name brand goddamn Honey Nut Cheerios. It’s to the point now where I just don’t go. Sure I’d love some cheap tapenade and a little two-buck-chuck as much as the next guy but I refuse to deal with the human psychology experiment that is the Trader Joe’s parking lot.
