Just about got clipped at lunch

[cactusjack]

So I was on my way to lunch today and pulled into a little strip mall. I wanted to stop at the bank to hit the ATM and I saw a parking stall right in front of the bank. I start pulling into the the parking space, and I'm about halfway in and the guy in the cage in the space on my right starts to back out. I popped the throttle so he'd hear me and my driving lights were on and my high beam was on, so I thought he would have seen me at the very least.

Instead of just backing straight out, this guy cranks his wheels and starts swinging the front end of his car over into my space. I stopped immediately and he stopped with his front fender maybe 6-8" from my right leg. I didn't even have time to give him a big shot of Stebel horn. He rolls down his window and says "sorry about that. I didn't even see you". Well of course he didn't, because he wasn't paying attention! I just acknowledged him and after he moved back I pulled forward and parked. I didn't even cuss at him. I must be getting soft in my old age.