omarphillips.net Personality Test
Welcome to the omarphillips.net personality test! This test consists of one question and should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Please examine the following hypothetical situation:
You pull your car into a parking lot. Those jerks charge you $10, even though the lot is always crawling with creepy guys that smell like urine. But it's close to where you need to be, and it's cold outside, so it's your best option. There was a fair amount of snow on the ground earlier, so the first guy in the lot had to make a "best guess" effort to park within the lines of a parking space. Subsequent car parkers aligned their cars with his. Unfortunately, the first guy missed, so while everyone is properly spaced, nobody is actually between the lines of a designated parking spot. Are you with me so far? No? Then please stop now, you fail the test.
Ha ha, I kid. Please view the following diagram, which illustrates the situation:
By the time you come into the lot, much of the snow has melted. You can see just how poorly the first guy guessed. You scoff at his inferiority, and you question how he was ever granted a license.
When you finish scoffing, you realize you still haven't parked your car. How embarrassing! You hope that cute parking attendant wasn't watching. Do you:
A) park right next to the blue car?
B) park within the lines of the next available full parking spot?
Comments
Sarah said:
B!
Then I go and get married on Saturday!
cadiz12 said:
i'm sorry omar. i saw that this post was about parking and it took me to a bad place. some things you just never get over, you know?
but if i had to say an answer, B.
Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn said:
This one is easy. B. I have a huge-ass car and if I park within the lines of the next full parking spot I will have extra room to open my door.
Mr. 5000 said:
Hmmm… this brings up an interesting dilemma… parking next to the blue car gives you the opportunity to show of your vastly superior parking skill, which can be really good for impressing the ladies. But on the other hand, parking in the next available stall accentuates the other guys obvious inadequacies as a driver, which is a social embarrassment on par with peeing your pants while on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee broadcast on ESPN2 (aka, “The Deuce”), which will consequently lower his chances with the ladies.
I’d go with A. Deep down inside, I’m all about showing off. Plus, I know that few people out there possess my parking skills, so if I don’t park there, probably nobody will, and I just can’t live with that on my conscience. I’ve also been told that I care way too much about parking.
Nadia said:
Where's option
C) Park next to the yellow car (and make the ladies orgasm a little bit)?
elasticwaistbandlady said:
You don't have an option C listed where you choose to stick it to the man and park horizontally instead.
Vertical parking is for conformists, sucker!
Jonathan said:
B
Unless of course, if I'm with my best friend who is a member of the far parkers club. He is NOT one of those guys that will park diagonal across two spots, but he will park at the end of the parking lot next to the curb to eliminate the chance of a door ding in his very nice car. If I’m meeting him I will park one spot over from the curb in order to help protect his car from both sides.
Back to the guys who park diagonal – Answer: Park right next to them so close my mirror will touch theirs.
Syar said:
B.
I can't park outside the lines once I can see the lines. Its just...wrong.
Plus, I like blue cars.
Rhonda said:
B.
People are always looking for a reason to ding my car, and soon as I park next to the other yahoos, they will leave and then I would be the only idiot not parked in the lines.
And I would be sure to give them both one of my fabulous Target parking tickets. http://aintitfunny-rhonda.blogspot.com/2006/11/ridiculously-fabulous-purchase-of.html
wendela said:
D. I'd park about five spaces from the rest of 'em, inside the lines. I always park far away. It's not that I have a great car, I'm just basically sick of people slamming into mine. Maybe I'm just anti-social.
And I want some of rhonda's tickets. I mean, to buy. I don't want to get one.
Lia said:
Of your choices, B. In kindergarden, they impressed upon me the importance of staying within the lines.
But after reflection, I think I'm with Wendela. Park in a different part of the lot, completely ignoring Mr. Blue and Mr. Yellow.
What got me stuck here was the concept of a $10 fee for parking. Here, it's something like $20/hour. Which is just retribution for the sin of bringing yet another car onto this traffic-heavy island.
Matt K. said:
This test is totally bogus, I have NEVER seen a cute parking attendant. Ever.
Becky said:
i'd say B, within the lines of the next available space, so that the issue is corrected for any future parkers who might come along after me and be faced with the same predicament. chances are, the people who parked incorrectly will leave before i will, and when they do, order will be restored to the whole lot once again.
i'd get door dings either way, because people see my "bush is a punk ass chump" sticker" and rage out on me.
Cate said:
B.
B is the only way to go.
Lianne said:
B.
Only not right next to the idoits, because then when they leave some other idiot will try to park in their spot and will be too close to my new car!
Carrot Jello said:
I leave a note on his windshield that says "Learn how to park you MORON!" *ahem* I mean, I would if that ever happened, then I proceed to park far away from him, within the lines. I'm a rule follower.
jazzy said:
it looks like i'm nearly all alone here but i'd go with A.
no sense in wasting all that space by parking so far away just so you can "fit in the lines."
i'm an A girl.
I said:
I had called that Jon would choose "A," but Jasmine too?! That one was surprising.
And while I was going to apologize for the long delay between when I posted this and when I responded in any way, I've decided that instead, I'm going to pretend like the delay is part of the test.