What is WRONG with people?!?

Yesterday, I was driving downtown and wanted to park on the street since I knew I'd be out and about for more than 75 minutes, so I pulled up to back into a spot on Anacapa (one-way, 2 lane street). I didn't make any fast moves, just turned on my blinker and slowed down - it should have been obvious what I wanted to do).

A woman in an SUV was behind me and pulled up too close for me to be able to back into the spot. Rather than go around (which she had MULTIPLE opportunities to do), she stayed put. I turned around and gestured that I wanted to back into the spot. She gestured back, looking like she wanted me to pull in front of the car I was next to (which was a red zone). I gestured that I couldn't and pointed to the spot I wanted to back into again. We gestured back and forth for a while. Then she picks up her cell phone, starts talking, and continues to show no signs of budging.

Mind you, she had PLENTY of space and opportunity to pull into the other lane and go around me MULTIPLE TIMES!!!!! Even if she was not a confident driver, she could have easily done it since it wasn't that busy. What the hell?!

I started getting PISSED. The woman was being a stubborn b**** for no good reason. I was totally ready to just sit there and wait her out. I came thisclose to getting out of my car and yelling at her (which is very uncharacteristic of me). I did actually stick my head out the window to yell that the space in front of me was red and I couldn't park there.

I finally decided it wasn't worth it and I didn't want to keep wasting my time, so I pulled into the red spot, she sped past me (and I called her a f**king b**** and flipped her off, though I doubt she saw since she drove by me so fast - again, very uncharacteristic of me, even in private), then I had to BACK INTO THE STREET and around another car to get into the spot.

WHAT IS FREAKING WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!?!!!!!!

It's a good thing I'm used to parallel parking on the left-hand side of a street, otherwise I don't think I could have!!

I was so upset that even after walking a block to Kinko's and making a trip to the bathroom after saying hi to Nathan, I was still shaky. It makes me so mad to think about it. I hate it when people are so incredibly rude like that. I generally give people the benefit of the doubt and I like to see the good in people, but I have no good thoughts towards that woman. It was a mean, cold-hearted thing to do to someone.