You know who you are. You pull past the spot, stop traffic, and then spend forty-five seconds reversing into a space that you could have pulled into face-first in three.
You do this because you believe it will save you time when you leave. It will not. You saved four seconds on departure and cost everyone else a minute on arrival. That is not efficiency. That is selfishness wearing a seatbelt.
A single parking space on West Main Street has been listed for sale at $375,000, marking what local real estate analysts are calling “a new milestone in Bozeman’s ongoing relationship with the concept of money.”
The space — a 9-by-18-foot rectangle of asphalt located between a pottery studio and a restaurant that changes concepts every four months — was listed Tuesday by Gallatin Valley Properties with the description: “Rare downtown opportunity. South-facing. Mountain views (if you stand on your car). Steps from dining, shopping, and existential crisis.”