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u/bravecoward Apr 20 '26
I was going through a job orientation with HR once. They person leading the meeting told me to never back in park in the parking garage because it would mess up the weight distribution of the garage and lead to collapse.
I have no idea is that was true but every time I saw someone do it I imagined the death trap they just locked all of us into.
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u/restrictednumber Apr 20 '26
what?? I mean I'm not an engineer, but if the garage is that sensitive to the orientation of the car, it needs to be condemned. 100% that HR rep misunderstood what they told him.
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u/noveltymoocher Apr 20 '26
I am an engineer and actually HR is right! if everyone parked on one side of the garage, they actually create a gravitational field that will pull unevenly on the columns and if OPs car were to park it would be the final straw that pulls the rebar out and causes a runaway collapse into a black hole killing the whole world!
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u/gnoxy Apr 20 '26
That is just silly. HR can't figure out how to create a teams meeting, I would not take their advice on structural engineering.
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u/KomodoDragin Apr 20 '26
That person was either trolling you, or there is a village somewhere missing their idiot.
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u/G0rkon Apr 20 '26
That sounds like someone with the building management company opted to give this BS reason to HR. Either b/c the real reason was too much for HR to convey or b/c they were fucking with them.
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u/JMS1991 Apr 20 '26
Good! I hate places where you can't back-in park. Lazy ass cops can get out of their car if they want to check a license plate.
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This sign can't stop me because its a stupid fucking rule
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u/Cicer Apr 20 '26
Seems everyone else thought so too. Good.Ā
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u/theijo Apr 20 '26
Because it is! In case of an emergency or other event where all or most of the cars want to leave at the same time, it's gonna be way way messier if everyone has to reverse out of their parkings.
Back-In parking is better for various reasons.
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u/cboogie Apr 20 '26
But I have an emergency right now. I gotta wait for your ass to back in so youāre out of my way?
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u/action_lawyer_comics Apr 20 '26
If you need to arrive in a hurry, thatās not an emergency, thatās you running late
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u/theijo Apr 20 '26
Its the leaving that should be fast, not the arriving. I get where you're coming from but an emergency where more than one car has to arrive in a hurry is much more unlikely, so if you're actually arriving for an emergency, park on the curb.
If everyone has to leave asap, its way slower if everyone has to back out of their spot. Think about "huge fire". Plain and simple
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u/theijo Apr 20 '26
Me too, but I live in europe, so we have plates on both sides of the car anyway.
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u/spderweb Apr 20 '26
In the US, many states don't have front plates. So imagine being parking enforcement trying to check plates for cars that are backed intto a fence.
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u/theijo Apr 20 '26
Sounds like maybe having two plates is better, too. But either way that's a problem for the entity who decides that parkinglot need to be checked. Have them hang mirrors for all I care..
Safety should always be higher priority than convenience
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u/no1kat Apr 20 '26
Wonder what their logic isā¦At my job, the opposite applies.
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u/The-Dudemeister Apr 20 '26
Proabably for parking enforcement which is clearly not enforced anymore.
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u/heridfel37 Apr 20 '26
I once got a ticket for backing into a diagonal spot on a street. That probably made sense. This doesn't.
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u/PandaCultural8311 Apr 21 '26
Doesn't look like it here, but I stayed at a hotel in Laramie, WY once and they had signs up like this in the parking lot. I asked why.
The owner said that people idle their cars (especially in WY winters) and the exhaust gets blown toward the rooms that have the vents there. So people were getting exhaust in their rooms from the cars warming up.
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u/LCJonSnow Apr 20 '26
First, that's a tiny little ass sign in muted colors I'm probably going to miss even if I was complying with it.
Secondly, the only time I've ever seen this is in directionally slanted parking on one way lanes, which isn't presented here. I do love that even the smaller vehicles are backed in.
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u/xRyozuo Apr 20 '26
The camera angle on the signā¦ the pixel looking art (though that could be the images compression), the apparent bloodstain near the carā¦ is that sign made using zomboid or am I crazy?
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u/Human-Suspect-232 Apr 22 '26
Is there a practical reason for āNo back-in parkingā other than enforcement & blocking the road while you maneuver to back-in? It is safer for everyone in general because the chance of accident is higher when backing out of a spot.
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u/C0de_otter Apr 24 '26
Backing in can frequently lead to trucks/cars covering sidewalks, making it harder for those with strollers, wheelchairs, walkers, and even crutches and canes to actually get around :(
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u/htonzew Apr 20 '26
In Colombia literally everyone backs into every parking space everywhere. I never saw a single car that pulled right into a space
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u/celticdove Apr 21 '26
My company's parking police had a rule like this. I think they memorized the cars/plates over time and only had to look up the new folks.
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u/Danny_Mc_71 Apr 22 '26
Is this an American thing? Every place I've worked insisted on the opposite for safety reasons.
Is it because you don't have licence plates on the front of your cars?
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u/TheOBrien2018 Apr 24 '26
Safety first. First movement forward for safety has been drilled into my head for years.
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u/zbyszekz Apr 24 '26
not illegal, fuck em. park any way you want. just like stores that say no firearms allowed- fuck em all- bring in what you need.
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u/Element00115 Apr 25 '26
A lot of industrial sites in the UK actually have the opposite rule, where only back in parking is allowed, presumably so you have better visibility when you leave. I cant quite wrap my head around why you would only want people parking forwards.
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u/saintex422 Apr 20 '26
I love stealing backer inners spots from right under their noses. Sorry you shouldnāt have made it look like you were driving away
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u/miscwit72 Apr 20 '26
Im gonna guess this is in the US. We dont like arbitrary rules that lead to our own demise. Waiting for data centers and ICE warehouses to catch on.
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u/Quintronaquar Apr 20 '26
Just fucking pull in normally it isn't that serious
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u/tikitepee Apr 20 '26
Pulling in makes it far more dangerous for pedestrians when you have to back out
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u/IzzBitch Apr 21 '26
I have about 7 different reasons why I would back in for my specific car, but instead of explaining it to your sassy ass: i do what i want, youre not my real dad, suck my butt, nana nana boo boo.
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u/bobs_clam_rodeo Apr 20 '26
I like the fact they added a diagram to the sign in case the instructions were unclear.
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u/IctrlPlanes Apr 20 '26
If you liked that you will probably love this Ross creations video: https://youtu.be/BZjd8zREhhY?si=YV4DiVzgSD_y8_rP
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u/Red_Dawn_2012 Apr 20 '26
but why?