Parking lots are surprisingly one of the places where people often run into unexpected incidents. In this Hawaii incident, a man confronted three women who were trying to claim an empty parking spot. They were waiting for their friend and stood in the space to reserve it. Of course, not everyone agrees with this kind of behavior, as the majority agree that the first car that arrives should be the one to claim the empty spot.
In the video, the driver asked the three women to step aside since he had arrived first with his car. He argued that it would not be fair for him to search for another location just to hold it for someone who had not even arrived yet. The three women disagreed and continued insisting on claiming the Hawaii parking spot.
One of the women then ordered the man to stop recording, saying that she did not consent to being recorded. The man argued that he was not breaking any law since they were in a public spot. After all, you can’t expect privacy while in public.
The woman then claimed their friend’s car was nearby and told him to move. The man refused, stating that his car was closer since he was literally in front of the parking spot. Ultimately, it was the women who backed down, saying their friend had found another location. However, they did not leave before insulting the man for refusing to give in to them.
The internet was not impressed with the women in the Hawaii parking lot incident. Many found them to be entitled and rude. Some users criticized the women for making a fuss over being recorded when it was clear that you could not complain about such a thing when you were in public. “People really need to learn what the term no expectation of privacy in public means, broadly. Oh, you don’t give consent? Cool. You aren’t in a bathroom, you aren’t in your house, you aren’t in a place where a reasonable expectation of privacy occurs, you’re in a parking lot,” one user wrote.
Others, however, found it funny how the women complained about the man not having the island attitude and just giving up the parking spot. “When I saw the South Park episode about Hawaii and how they portrayed the white people who live there and try to claim some form of ‘island culture’ or something, I really thought they were being facetious. I could not have been more wrong,” one commenter said.
