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Steph L. - Feb 01, 2014 5:03:22 pm PST #18744 of 30000

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I went to TJs this am without a thought to the Superbowl, and it was fine. Easy parking even!

We went to TJs, which shares a parking lot with a David's Bridal. I have never had trouble parking there, not even the day before Thanksgiving. But today was horrible. I thought we'd have to shank someone for a parking spot. When we finally parked and went in, though, there was a normal amount of shoppers. So we decided maybe David's Bridal was having a $99 sale or something.

Burrell - Feb 01, 2014 5:03:36 pm PST #18745 of 30000

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Kittens versus puppies!

Burrell - Feb 01, 2014 5:04:46 pm PST #18746 of 30000

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I love that TJs is famous for parking lot hell ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! How did they not fix that before going national?

bon bon - Feb 01, 2014 5:18:03 pm PST #18747 of 30000

It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I suspect designing inadequate parking lots is part of TJ corporate strategy to save money on real estate. Same with Arco, opposite with In n Out.

Eta: even the one in the valley is bad.

Zenkitty - Feb 01, 2014 5:20:53 pm PST #18748 of 30000

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Our new TJ's has a huge parking lot! Shared with Pier One.

Jessica - Feb 01, 2014 5:21:38 pm PST #18749 of 30000

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Heh - TJ's in NYC solves that problem by simply not having parking lots.

-t - Feb 01, 2014 5:23:13 pm PST #18750 of 30000

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fun!

And I've already used the Merlin app to ID what I now think was a Kite. Nice!

ETA: the TJ's near me are in strip malls with shared parking, and the parking situation is fine. Whole Foods, OTOH, awful. And at least one WF parking lot I know was forced to be awful by the city it is in restricting what they could do with exits and entries in totally nonsensical ways

Hil R. - Feb 01, 2014 5:23:28 pm PST #18751 of 30000

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The parking lot at the TJ's here is always fine. But it's the least crowded TJ's I've ever been in. I'm not sure that they really got their target market when they opened here.

sarameg - Feb 01, 2014 5:25:47 pm PST #18752 of 30000

I suspect designing inadequate parking lots is part of TJ corporate strategy to save money on real estate.

I've read something somewhere (how conclusive is that?) that basically this is the case.

Kat - Feb 01, 2014 5:26:02 pm PST #18753 of 30000

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Our TJs in our neighborhood is spacious with a decent-sized lot and still they had to institute a one-way rule with cones for the lot. I often park on the street and walk.

We were at UCLA med center yesterday and I SWEAR the lot there is awful. Plus there is the final indignity that you have to pay a small fortune to park. Fills me with bitterness.

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