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Citizens on patrol in Southampton

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

About 6 yrs ago, my husband who is a volunteer fireman, while camping at Coopers Beach attending the Southampton muster.

This little old lady with her VW bug was turning around in the parking lot. She hit a truck, hit the same truck again in her attempt to turn around and was about to leave the parking lot. So a bunch of us decided to stand in front of her car so she couldn’t leave.
She told us that “she was late for her tennis lesson” and wanted to leave.

We just waited for the police to arrive and the owner of the truck to arrive as we stood in front of her car so she couldn’t leave!

So that was my “Rude in the Hamptons” Story

- LL

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Entitled Navigator Gets A Twofer

Friday, August 27th, 2010

I had to go to Waldbaums in Southampton to pick up a few items on Friday. I like to park in the spots near the wall where there are two handicapped spots and about 5 regular spots.

I go to pull into a spot and see there is ginormous Lincoln Navigator (in black of course) deliberately parked over the line to take up two spots. I checked to see if there was a handicapped sticker on the car,  because I can understand someone with a wheelchair needing to take the two spots.

Of course, I didn’t find one. Luckily, I was able to find a blank piece of paper in my car and left a nice note for the driver of the Navigator that read, “Learn how to park.”

When I returned to my car I saw the Navigator had gone, and seemingly took my note along with it, just in case it forgot how to park in the future.

- T

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Cell Phone Zombies Prowling Around

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

It’s the people who leave trash all over the place, or talk really loudly on their cellphones while bumping into you walking on sidewalks or in stores … or the jerk who sat in her huge SUV in the firezone at Waldbaums, blocking the narrow roadway and people from getting their cars OUT of their parking spaces, who shrugged and kept yapping away on her phone when I banged on her windshield.

-TS

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Mexican Standoff Ends In Handicapped Lady Blinking First vs Preppy Boat A-Hole

Friday, June 18th, 2010

I was going to a local pizzeria during a break from work. As I was walking through the parking lot there were two cars stopped bumper to bumper and headlight to headlight.

One of the cars was a jeep liberty occupied by a very elderly handicapped lady.

The other was a Mercedes Benz driven by a forty year old man. He had the classic city boy in the Hamptons uniform on; popped collar polo shirt, shorts, boat shoes, aviator sunglasses, and too much gel in his hair.

They were both staring at each other, I looked at both and walked in between the cars. Obviously one of them was going the wrong way and that made them end up in this stupid situation. Instead of putting his car in reverse and backing out, the forty year old man waited for me to be about a hundred feet away.

He gets out of his car and proceeds to yell at the woman telling her she doesn’t know how to drive.

The old lady put her car in reverse and backed up.

It took all my power not do a one eighty run, the hundred feet, grab this guy by his head, and smash his face on the roof of his car. Lucky for him I have to pass strict background checks for the agencies I am applying to and assault is a disqualifying offense.

- Frank

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Park It Like It’s Hot

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Usually I do not like to stereotype tourists out here. I grew up out here and know that some tourists are nice and some locals are jerks. Just like all populations, there are always a few bad apples.

I’m getting really annoyed though. Yesterday I was on the wharf in Sag Harbor when I watched as 4 twentysomethings parked their car in an area that not only was not a parking spot but also was an obstacle to cars trying to leave the
wharf.

Now, most people would have realized from the honking and astonished stares that SOMETHING just wasn’t right here. Nope, they get out and start to walk away. I decide to say (nicely too, giving them the benefit of th doubt that they didn’t realize their error) “Hey, that isn’t a parking spot” which they laugh at and keep walking.

WTF? I hope their car got a ticket and a boot. Just because this is the ’country’ doesn’t mean you can break the law. Some people here have jobs and places to be, have some respect!

- Annoyed K

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Pick Up Your Poo

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Last summer I was visiting the CVS  in East Hampton, when I watched a lady park her car. She jumped out with a dog and proceeded to walk the dog on the grass.

What happened next was shocking.

The dog takes a poo.

She leaves the poo.

The dog and her start to get back in her car.

I stop and ask her if she plans to leave her poo.

Her response, “Don’t be hostile.”

Off she goes.

- Watch Your Step

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Do You Have A Problem?

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I’m driving out of Citarella, via the exit as one should. As I’m pulling out and making sure I don’t run anyone over on the sidewalk in rolls a giant SUV.

Waving my hands, Captain America rolls down his window and says, “What’s your problem?”

“You’re coming in the exit,” I respond comely.

Captain America responds, “Do you expect me to drive around the corner?”

Next time I’m going to put the car in park and call the cops. Enough is enough!

- Park and Dial 911

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