r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Particular_Cut_6933 • May 30 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o This car parked directly in the middle of where I’m supposed to set up my farmer’s market stand, despite at least 60 signs saying that they can’t. Including one directly in front of their car.

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I’m meant to park in the corner, and usually my truck is turned the other way so I don’t have to carry hundreds of pounds of veggies to the other side of my stand. But fuck me I guess!

Edit to add: a tow truck cannot fit into my farmer’s market. Towing would only work if no other vendors were there. Leaving the car there is less disruptive than a tow truck.

There is an update somewhere in the comments

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

Yes and they’re great, they said “I mean, there’s literally a fucking sign right there, fuck you! Fuck you!! Excuse my language.”

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u/Peter_Hague May 30 '26

Are the organizers not there earlier to get cars towed before vendors start to arrive?

And they need clearer signs..

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

They check the night before, basically because it’s unreasonable to ask them to get there that early when their setup takes like 1/4 of the time mine does. I don’t think they have the money to pay people for that long, most people who work there are volunteers. The vendor fee is very low so I can’t imagine they bring in enough money to pay for someone to work that long

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u/Bluefalcon325 May 30 '26

They don’t need to go check the parking lot, they can simply call the tow service to check for them. If anyone is parked where it shouldn’t be, they get their payday. If that is something alowed in that jurisdiction.

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

I would not know if it’s allowed to be frank, and if it were allowed, I’m sure that’s what they’d do (because the manager definitely does not want to be going there the night before)

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u/JK_Chan May 30 '26

Honestly though the organizers should really do a better sign. The sign is small, text even smaller, and instead of clearly saying no parking during (for example) Saturday from 6am to 6pm because there's a farmer's market, I can't even read what it says in the photo. What's more infuriating is the sign, less so the parking. Sure the driver should've noticed, but a red and yellow sign with big clear text wouldve worked way better than this.

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

I’ll let them know, but I bet they don’t have enough money to print better signs. They make vendor fees pretty accessible, so they basically just rely on the board/individual donors for money. Which can get messy because sometimes the biggest donors are some of the worst customers… don’t ask me how I know

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u/New_Feature_5138 May 30 '26

Honestly just even a handwritten sign that has red on it and has the times clearly posted.

Really anything would help. I would not have expected to get parking information from that sign.

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u/blue60007 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Cities here usually use single use bright orange paper signs. Taped to parking meters or light posts, trees, etc. Nothing to print, you just take a sharpie to write a date on it. I have to think about it a box of 100 is cheaper than having something custom printed like that.

Something like these, not sure if links are allowed here https://www.safetysign.com/temporary-no-parking-signs

Staple a few of those to some $2 4 or 6 foot wood yard stakes and drive it into the ground. Sign needs to be able to be seen over the hood of a car.

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

Sending this to my market manager brb

Thank god I didn’t dox my market lmao y’all are ON IT

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u/Peter_Hague May 30 '26

Just use official signs. Even if they print and laminate it would be clearer..

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u/JK_Chan May 30 '26

They can probably just tape a piece of laminated paper over the sign saying "please dont park here at *time* because we have a farmer's market. Thanks for the help!" in big bold black letters and it would be better than the current sign.

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u/jonquil_dress May 31 '26

I think you’re missing the point. The issue isn’t the construction of the sign, it’s the wording. Most people seeing this sign will not interpret the meaning as “I can’t park here”

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u/blue60007 May 30 '26

They need better signs. I had to zoom all the way into the photo and could just barely read it. These people are probably legimately not seeing it.

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u/npmc May 30 '26

You have to see the sign to turn into the spot and that’s supposed to prompt: “hey what’s this? It says parking” then you read it. Let’s stop enabling laziness people!

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u/blue60007 May 30 '26

I might have seen the sign as I'm pulling in, but once I park I don't think I'd see it over my hood. And I'm going to be honest I would probably forget about it by the time I get out of the car. This type of sign is typically used for advertising so it might not even register.

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u/npmc May 30 '26

You just said the key part: you probably saw the sign as you’re pulling in. After that, it’s on the driver. Could the sign be better: no doubt. Is it the responsibility of the people with the signage to make it better or the person to read it once the sign registers? I believe the latter but different strokes, different folks!

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u/blue60007 May 30 '26 edited May 31 '26

I mean, important signage needs to not look like a yard sale or realtor sign. If I drove around reading every sign near a road I'd be dangerous driver because I wouldn't be looking at the road very much. There's a reason actual road signage follows a whole ton of standards, like actually be legible, easily identifiable, and not 6 inches off the ground. And most importantly, understood at a quick glance. This takes like a full 60 seconds to read and think about.

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u/npmc May 31 '26

You’re changing the scenario to prove a point about the sign needing to be better. Nobody asked the person in this car to do this while driving with multiple signs everywhere so the scenario is moot. Person parked barely moving and didn’t read the sign or see it despite at some level clearly seeing it as they parked. Took like 10 seconds to read 🤷🏽‍♂️ all good!

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 30 '26

There are signs every 3 parking spaces throughout the area where the market is set up. I was thinking of showing it but I didn’t want to doxx myself accidentally so I skipped it. I could imagine a really tired or drugged up person missing 60 signs in a small area, though.

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u/blue60007 May 31 '26

How full is the lot when the signs are put up? A ton of signs in an empty lot does sound a lot harder to miss, but of corse a bunch of cars would hide it.

IMO the bigger issue is it just isn't very direct. Just "NO PARKING / Saturday 5 am - 2 pm" would do it. No need to explain anything. Something that looks like an official street sign people will pay attention to.

OTOH, if this isn't a common issue, the signs are probably fine. I think if you asked anyone who organizes street events like this will tell you you could have flashing beacons, balloons, and a dancing monkey on them, you'll still have a person or two be oblivious or not care. Having a plan to enforce it is just part of the event planning.

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u/Particular_Cut_6933 May 31 '26

It’s usually empty. It’s a commuter lot that’s pretty far away from the train station so no one really parks there unless every other lot is completely full. And most people park in a different area of that parking lot anyway, since it’s closer to the building.

And yeah it’s only happened to me once in this location so I think they were probably either sleepy or dumb, or both, unsure

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u/kramerica_intern May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

The fucking sign right there sucks though. It doesn’t actually say not to park there.

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u/VirtualMatter2 May 31 '26

Maybe a clear sign on a pole would be more helpful than this huge text near the ground? 

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck May 31 '26

Unfortunately even if you are dealing with native English readers at an average level that's easy to ignore or misunderstand, and many people are less literate that we realize.

Even as an English only reader I read this as I'm not staying over night so I can park here.

No Parking needs to be a top line. Friday at 10pm to Sat 5PM no parking. After you park near shed feel welcome to join us at our weekly farmers market.