Car Stalking.
If you haven't read my previous post on table stalking, I strongly advice you to go and read it now. It can be found here. You really should read it right now before continuing reading.
Anyway, yesterday I was at Suntec carpark after watching The War of the Worlds. More on the movie later, because I do have to get to the point on 'car stalking'.
Car stalking. It is very simliar to table stalking, just that it takes place in a carpark, and involves cars (what else). It only happens when there is a severe shortage of car park lots, or it could also be caused by simply kiasu Singaporean drivers.
It happens like this:
Person who has parked his/her car in carpark comes out of building, and goes into carpark.
Almost immediately, a car which has been hovering around the building exit area goes into full red alert.
I bet the car driver at that point is thinking something along the lines of this: "Target located. Closing in at the speed of x km/h. Target headed towards the red zone of the carpark, carrying shopping bags and children."
Yes. Shopping bags and children are extremely important factors in this delicate operation.
You see, if the target is carrying shopping bags, and chances of the target being ready to leave the carpark is 50-50. This is because the target could be putting everything into the car ready to leave, or, simply putting the shopping bags in the car because he/she/family members/gf/bf/whoever bought too many things, and the number of shopping bags has started to become a hinderance towards the intended shopping spree.
As for the target being with children, the chances of the target leaving is higher, with a 75% chance that the target is leaving and 25% that the target isn't. This can be explained because (usually) people don't bring their children to the carpark just to get something from the car and then go back. They probably would leave their children in the shopping mall, because children, being the noisy, pestering creatures they are, will probably kick up a big fuss if brought all the way from xxx location to the carpark and then back to xxx location. Their brains are just unable to comprehend why that item from the car is important enough to warrant a trip back to the car. And they seem to think this way whether a not the item is for them or otherwise.
As for the target carrying shopping bags and at the same time with children in tow, the chances of the target leaving is very high. Just about 99%. The reasons are the same as explained above. The 1% chance of the target not leaving even though he/she is carrying both shopping bags and children, is to take into consideration the several weirdos who just have to do that and not leave. In general, these weirdos who do that and still not leave, are prone to receiving several glares from drivers who have just car stalked them to their parking lots.
So, in conclusion of this matter, the best way out of these sticky carpark situations is to simply take public transport. After all, with COE prices hitting the roof, and all that trouble with driving tests and theory tests to pass (with flying colours), why bother, and then land yourself in this sort of situation?
-I came up with 'car stalking' because I noticed several drivers carrying out this operation yesterday as I walked to the car at the Suntec carpark, after watching The War of the Worlds.-
As for the movie, it was well, relatively nice. Because while the storyline was obvious (to me at least), the special effects really really rocked. And the director did manage to create a nice sense of suspense with certain scenes involving the aliens.
I don't really have much to say about the movie, and anyway I don't think I should say it. That is the job of the Straits Times' critics, not mine. Leave it to them to do it, why should I help?
Anyway, yesterday I was at Suntec carpark after watching The War of the Worlds. More on the movie later, because I do have to get to the point on 'car stalking'.
Car stalking. It is very simliar to table stalking, just that it takes place in a carpark, and involves cars (what else). It only happens when there is a severe shortage of car park lots, or it could also be caused by simply kiasu Singaporean drivers.
It happens like this:
Person who has parked his/her car in carpark comes out of building, and goes into carpark.
Almost immediately, a car which has been hovering around the building exit area goes into full red alert.
I bet the car driver at that point is thinking something along the lines of this: "Target located. Closing in at the speed of x km/h. Target headed towards the red zone of the carpark, carrying shopping bags and children."
Yes. Shopping bags and children are extremely important factors in this delicate operation.
You see, if the target is carrying shopping bags, and chances of the target being ready to leave the carpark is 50-50. This is because the target could be putting everything into the car ready to leave, or, simply putting the shopping bags in the car because he/she/family members/gf/bf/whoever bought too many things, and the number of shopping bags has started to become a hinderance towards the intended shopping spree.
As for the target being with children, the chances of the target leaving is higher, with a 75% chance that the target is leaving and 25% that the target isn't. This can be explained because (usually) people don't bring their children to the carpark just to get something from the car and then go back. They probably would leave their children in the shopping mall, because children, being the noisy, pestering creatures they are, will probably kick up a big fuss if brought all the way from xxx location to the carpark and then back to xxx location. Their brains are just unable to comprehend why that item from the car is important enough to warrant a trip back to the car. And they seem to think this way whether a not the item is for them or otherwise.
As for the target carrying shopping bags and at the same time with children in tow, the chances of the target leaving is very high. Just about 99%. The reasons are the same as explained above. The 1% chance of the target not leaving even though he/she is carrying both shopping bags and children, is to take into consideration the several weirdos who just have to do that and not leave. In general, these weirdos who do that and still not leave, are prone to receiving several glares from drivers who have just car stalked them to their parking lots.
So, in conclusion of this matter, the best way out of these sticky carpark situations is to simply take public transport. After all, with COE prices hitting the roof, and all that trouble with driving tests and theory tests to pass (with flying colours), why bother, and then land yourself in this sort of situation?
-I came up with 'car stalking' because I noticed several drivers carrying out this operation yesterday as I walked to the car at the Suntec carpark, after watching The War of the Worlds.-
As for the movie, it was well, relatively nice. Because while the storyline was obvious (to me at least), the special effects really really rocked. And the director did manage to create a nice sense of suspense with certain scenes involving the aliens.
I don't really have much to say about the movie, and anyway I don't think I should say it. That is the job of the Straits Times' critics, not mine. Leave it to them to do it, why should I help?
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