parking

Tags: #sketches #places #portraits Korean shaved ice milk.The woman came out of nowhere and said “I was waiting for that spot” with a raised voice, slight accent and an angry look. “What. But.” We were already exiting the car. She pointed to her white Tesla Model X, the same one that had been backing out of another “add-a-spot” location at the head of the alley between the strip mall buildings when we arrived. “I was waiting for that spot” she said again, forceful, frustrated, even domineering. This was not a conversation, but what does one say in this situation? Possession is nine-tenths of the law? You already have a spot, is something wrong with it? Get yours, I got mine? I offered to let Ali, Jeff, and Jan out here while I went to look for another parking spot, but they refused, said, no, no, let her have it. We aborted exiting the car, made to leave, to go search elsewhere, to hope for another parking space. She was an Asian woman, possibly Korean but I’m assuming,…