We’ve started a new weekly (or so) feature on The Big Show called Brandt’s Randt. Basically I spout off a bit about something that’s bothering me. It’s about entertainment, pure and simple. It’s meant for listeners to identify with and sometimes take issue with – I’ve had all sorts of reactions but as long as people react, it’s worth doing! Occasionally I will share the text of a Randt – like today’s, about people who park in no-parking zones. And there’s a bit of a kicker at the end!
Is it just me?
I don’t understand the people who park in no parking zones and put their 4-ways on in some misguided belief that flashing lights make them invisible. It’s as if they’re saying, I know I’m blocking a fire lane but I’m extremely special and – look! Pretty red lights! 4-ways are not Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak. Unless you’re pulled over for a mechanical problem, your 4-ways should be in the OFF position. Not, on, off, on, off.
And let’s get back to where you’re parking. If you’ve got sore legs or something, get a proper sticker and take the closest spot with the blue paint. That’s what it’s for. But if it’s just because you don’t want to spend the little time it takes to walk all the way to the door, well, I have no sympathy for you. If we all ignore the rules, what we’re left with is anarchy. The parking lots are getting busier with shoppers and I know there will be drivers who are tempted to slide up to that no parking zone closest to their favourite store. I’m saying, don’t do it. Even if you don’t care about looking like a total jerk, just remember, you haven’t bought me a gift in years. Consider this your present to me. Park in a regular spot and we’ll call it even. Thank you.
PS. Before we went on air with this, co-host Blair admitted that he regularly sits in the car at the curb of a store with his 4-way flashers on, waiting for his girlfriend. He says it’s perfectly normal! I say he’s being a jerk! What do you say?
Agree with YOU! How about the people who have to walk around your car coming in/out of the store, and walk out in front/back of your car into traffic driving by–dangerous for pedestrians. Most of us need exercise–park and walk Is better for you in the end.
Hmmm…jerk? I would definitely not call him a jerk. A turd? A dink? Idiot? Ass-munch, squirrel, douche-bag, moron, ass-clown, ass-hat, ass-pirate, shit-pickle, nimrod, butt-nugget, peckerhead? Maybe….but never jerk. Usually I just laugh at guys who do this because it’s obvious they’re just doing what they’re told.
I had a comment, but I really can’t improve upon what Kevin has expressed so eloquently. By the way, stay the hell out of the disabled parking spots! Even I don’t use them because I’m fully capable of walking from one end of the parking lot to the other.
Real radio is people telling it like it is, and I salute Blair for being blithely honest enough about his 4-way fetish, to confess to having done it even if he didn’t know he was about to be shown the error of his ways. Sounds like compelling radio – did he say he’d change???
I don’t think so! That’s one of the beautiful things about our show. We are who we are. And it was fun to have a little Twitter war with him about it. I’m not sure he’ll give up the habit but at least he’ll know for sure what those who see him doing it are thinking!