There’s always a split-second decision to make at the H-E-B parking lot: Do I look for a good spot and potentially get stuck in 20-minute traffic? Or do I grab that perimeter spot next to the road and make the Sahara-like trek in? A tough call.
It sometimes feels like I’ve spent more time in H-E-B traffic than in regular traffic, but that impression is probably way off and just a result of often being hungry and agitatedwhile shopping. The parking lot traffic can be a bit much during peak times. It’s typically due to narrow lanes, a car taking too long to pull out, and way too many vehicles opting for that one spot by the door. Let it go, Indy.
The online professional complaining world certainly has noticed. “Folks,” begins one of those complaints on Facebook, “if you are going to try to navigate the HEB plus parking lot, make sure you know which lanes are one way and which lanes are two way.” Some bold customers are apparently defying the arrows and forcing their way down the lane instead of turning around, something I’ve personally seen many times, and briefly considered doing to get to a prized spot. But I’m not a monster.
It might be the customers’ fault
Like many busy parking lots, H-E-B’s can lend themselves to chaos. There’s a general sentiment that if that person is taking too long to pull out and a line is forming behind, it’s best to move on. But maybe that’s just what the people behind want you to think, so they can steal the spot…