Convenience stores are supposed to be about just that: convenience. Small store, small parking lot, short walk in, short walk to what you need, short walk out: boom, you're done and on goes your life.
People who park their cars directly in front of the entrance of these stores, or by the curb next to the entrance, really bother me. Unless you are somehow physically handicapped, there is no reason for you to park directly in front of a convenience store. And even if you are handicapped, chances are there is a handicapped parking spot for you (required by law) which is extra wide such that you can park your car as carelessly as you want and still have room to get yourself out of the car and into the store. And if you're like the rest of us able-bodied people, you could probably use the exercise anyways - oh, did you run a marathon today? I didn't think so. Walk from the parking space.
I don't care if you only ran in for a box of Newports, or if you just need to get your midday lottery numbers and will be "out in a second", go park your car in the parking spots only 20 feet away from where you left your car in front of the store.
In some gas stations with convenience stores, there is little room between the fuel pumps and the store's entrance. I was at a store today near where I work where there is only the width of two cars' distance between the fuel pump and the store's entrance. So if someone is getting gas and someone parks next to them, there is no room for a car to pass through, and hardly enough room to even walk around these cars.
What if while walking in to get your tin of Kodiak you have a heart attack and collapse.... and the paramedics are called but they can't get to you because your car is in the way? Well, I guess you get what you deserve at that point. However, don't put someone else's life in jeopardy just because you're lazy.
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