Faisal Siddiqui, Gulf Today
Parallel parking can be a tricky job even for seasoned drivers as it needs a lot of precision and each manoeuvre at the wheel has to be perfect to get the job done.
It is quite a common occurrence in parking lots where one can see drivers struggling to squeeze in their cars between two already parked cars.
However, more often than not some good Samaritans do appear to help out the distressed person at the wheel.
Recently, a similar video was posted on TikTok, which showed a woman trying her best to parallel-park her vehicle, but all her efforts go in vain.
To rub salt into the wound, a passerby is seen rushing past the car clutching her dog in a way suggesting that she understood the lady driver’s parking skills similar to that of a novice.
The lady in car tried the entire manoeuvre she had learnt at her driving school but all proved futile.
Once she even came out of the car and measured the space available with her feet, but all her calculation went haywire the moment she took control of the wheel.
Finally the help arrived in the form of another woman who patiently helped the struggling lady to navigate the whole process successfully.
Though it took time but the kind lady bore it all with a smile.
After the mission was accomplished the distressed lady came out of her car and gave a big hug to thank the kind woman for her help.
But the twist in the tale followed the very next moment, when the good Samaritan went straight to the car parked exactly behind the car just parked by the distressed woman and sped away.
Netizens are baffled as to why the woman decided to do so as she could have done this in the very beginning and thus making the parking a breeze for the struggling lady driver.
A heated debate has began on social media platform after the video went viral.
The video since it was posted on TikTok has garnered 8.5 million times on TikTok and 9.1 million times on Twitter.
A TikTok user wrote, “How did she even past the drivers ed, or the driving test?”
Another TikTok user Stepmother of Dragons wrote “The way I screamed after watching the end of this video!”
“Btw, I’m not laughing at homegirl trying to parallel park, I’m laughing at the woman who helped her at the end.”
Aziz Gilani wrote, “Because folks casually obscure their front license plate before filming a bit. It's still funny though.”
Trainer Gloria said, “ Instead of helping her, she should have driven away so the parking spot would have been double the size.”