So I pull in to work today around 9:10AM. Since they are ripping up a parking lot here that leaves about 500 parking spaces less then there was a few days ago. So that means you have to park way the hell in the back of the building. Well I was used to this because I have many times parked back there before they opened a new lot here. I know where to park.

So I pull into the back lot where it is setup for 2nd shift people in the front and has about 60 spots in the back past a sign for 1st shift parking. I head into the lot instead of the gravel lot that I bottom out on where everyone else was going. There were 5 other cars parked there. The side of the lot would look like this.

BACK |____>________________________________|> FRONT

The > would be a signs and the | would be the ends of the lot.

I park my car in my old spot back there and start heading into the building. I get about 150 yards from my car and I get, "EXCUSE ME, HEY!, YOU BLEW RIGHT PAST ME!"

I says, "What?"

He says, "You need to move your car."

So I say, "Why?"

Mr. Security Guard Traffic Director says, "That is 2nd shift only parkin'"

I say, "No, look at the sign, it says 2nd shift is in the front, there are 2 other signs with arrows pointing towards the front that say 2nd shift parking but past that is 1st shift."

He says, "Are you 2nd shift?"

I say, "What the hell does that have to do with it? It is first shift parking back there, go look a the sign."

He tells me to move my car or else I am going to get a ticket. I have never had a ticket here but I have heard it is just a slip of paper that my manager gets a copy of. I proceed to ask him why I would get a ticket if I am a 1st shift employee parked in a 1st shift spot. He tells me that he doesn't have time to argue with me and I tell him I have all day for it.

So I walk back to my car and drive up to talk to him a little more(at this point I was planning to turn around anyway after talking to him and parking it back in the same spot.

I ask him why I have to move my car?

He says, "It is 2nd shift parking only."

I say, "No, go look at the sign."

It goes back and forth like this for about 2 minutes and then another security guard pulls up. I ask him, 2nd shift parking is only up to those signs right?

He says, "Yep, sure is, from these signs up here until those signs back there."

At this point the guy I was arguing with turned white, no small feat for a black American. The guy who drove up was explaining that the south side of the lot past those signs are for 1st shift and past the signs up to where they were standing was for 2nd shift.

I thank the guy and turn my car around and park it in the same exact spot. Get out and walk in, watching to see if the guy would even look at me. Not a glance. ;)

I am still a little torqued up about it but I am sure glad I was right. :)