Parking at Rainbow Grocery

Monday night we went to our favorite SF grocery, and drove into the parking lot. You are suppose to wait for a spot to open up -- we know this because on numerous occassions, a parking attendant informed us of this policy. As we were waiting for a spot to open, a lady two cars behind us had gotten out of her car, knocked on our window and told us to leave the lot and drive around. She said our waiting for a spot, was causing a line to form, and that we needed to drive around and try again. We told her that wasn't the policy as we knew it, she went back to her car and started honking her horn at us. As she was honking, a customer was entering her car in front of us, so we clearly would have a spot momentarily. She kept honking away anyway!

As we parked, the lady right behind us, was clearly shaken up, so she felt pressured to drive off, and lucky for her she found a spot. The obnoxious lady, took the spot that rightly belonged to the woman behind us.

We later encountered the woman who got shaken up inside the store, and she told us that it was her understanding that we were doing the right thing by waiting in line for a spot. She said several Rainbow staff members confirmed that this was the policy. She encountered the obnoxious woman in the store, and very politely told her that we had it right, but the woman said: "Thanks for letting me know, I'm going to do exactly what I did the next time I come to the store!"

In other words, I will bully and intimidate drivers ahead of me to give up their spot each time I come here. Unbelievable! Why shop at Rainbow if you are so impatient and selfish!