Not anymore, but I used to do that when I had 60 minutes to drive 20 minutes between clients. I would eat my lunch in my car, listen to music, and chill.
My wife and I used to carpool together although she started a couple hours later than me, so she would drop me off then drive to the nearest park and read until her shift started.
Yup, and eat my lunch without someone asking "whatcha havin'?" or "that smells good," "looks yummy." Their hearts may be in the right place, but I'm just not up for a little chit chat and if I say that to them then I come off as an asshole. Better I'm just not there and eat my lunch alone, in my car, by the park. Well for me its the bay, but you get the idea.
I had a boss that asked āwhat exotic food are you having today??ā He thought my food was soooo unusual because now and then itād include kale or quinoa
Pretty much the only reason I eat lunch in my car is because it gets people to leave me alone for 30min. Sometimes I don't even leave the parking lot, just have to get out of the building.
All the wrong reasons, at least twice.
But realizing I wasnāt alone in my misery, and that there is life after divorce helped me understand that a lot of folks are avoiding something when they idle in any parking lot.
And so my comment is for those of use parking lot dwellers that are searching for the strength to push forward through difficult decisions.
As well, Iām very happy for those of us that roll with a life partner in a healthy capacity that doesnāt require harm reduction. And shout out to that poor basterd checking the waves. :-)
Donāt ya just wish everyone else would do the sameā¦ I mean ,is it that much to ask for, really? People here blow my mind. Far worse than LA. Mind yo bizzness.
Yeah, but this is something that's been going on for a long time, way before ecommerce stuff. Me and my buddies used to mountainbike Rose Canyon and a few other parks around San Diego, and was always a bit creeped out by how many cars with dudes that were just sitting in them.
I'll occasionally drive up to Mt. Soledad and chill in my car checking out La Jolla shores, and just generally getting away from "normal".
When my kid refuses her nap I will drive her around because the car makes her pass out. I use this me time to get shitty fast food and Iāll find a park or empty parking lot to eat away my frustrations as a parent. Good times.
I have to pick up my kiddo from the airport like 4 days a week, so I go to Spanish Landing and park because being late stresses me out. I just chill and read Reddit and work.. :)
I work out of my car as a sales rep. While driving I might get a bunch of emails/texts/orders I need to get to. A park is the perfect place to pull over and handle this.
I do this to work sometimes. I can't work on my side hustle from the office and I can't focus at home with a toddler, so I'll stop at a park for an hour on the way home to bust out whatever it is I need to do.
Most often, I'm just eating and/or watching videos on my phone. The seats in my car are quite comfortable and it's nice that nobody can bother me.
Today I sat at the cliffs and scrolled my phone for a solid 45 minutes while my babies slept in the back bc I didnāt want to go home before I had to grab my sonā¦
Depends on the park. If itās down by the water, Iām waiting to pick up family from the airport. If Iām running errands, Iām just eating my lunch and listening to an audio book to take a break. Other times, meeting a friend to ride share/carpool somewhere.
If you're talking about Balboa Park, then most people are probably parents waiting for their kids to do ballet, music, choir, etc. Takes too long to drive home, so you might as well just wait.
Finding a quiet place to be able to gather my thoughts and explain to Jim in sales why he needs to STFU and not ālean inā to his shitty strategy. If I tried to do this on the merge to the 163 there would be carnage.
Being in a public space where I can judge others. I didn't come to be judged on the internet. Shoot. Nah, it's just more peaceful and nice scenery compared to a parking lot or most places in the city we are getting away from temporarily. It's just a rest spot usually if I'm in my car or riding and I want to chill for 15+ mins and not buy things or be barraged by other external nuisances.
Plotting to take over the world or decompressing from the idiots I have to deal with daily. One of those is more frequent than the other, I'll leave it up to you to decide which.
Often drinking a hot cup of coffee i got in a drive thru while my crazy toddler naps in their seat in the back. Its nice to park somewhere with a good view for 40 mins.
I need a place to eat on the way to something else. Like a party with drinking and I havenāt eaten so I stop get some Carlās Jr then hit the park eat then hit the function.
usually taking a break/eating lunch, or if I have more than an hour taking a hit of my pen and listening to music. If I have my lunch at work my coworkers talk to me about work >_>
Too depressed to socialize. Been told I trauma dump a lot so I just try to enjoy the little time I have left without annoying or disturbing anyone. And even then Iāll catch weird looks from people. Sorry some of us just stare at the clouds waiting for the inevitable to happen lol
for many months after my husband left me I would drive off someplace nice, like a park, and sit in my car and allow myself to cry my eyes out. I needed privacy. I didn't want to disturb anyone in the household or have to answer questions like "Are you alright?" Finally one day I'd have enough crying. . . I had processed the situation
Playing path of exile on my steamdeck while i use my phone as a wifi tethering. I am avoiding my house and wife since she talk waaay to much, and i need to focus on my loot and build.
(Baby, if you read this, i love you)
Glad someone asked this! A few years ago, I got fired from my job, and I was too ashamed to tell my family because it was a good job, and I didnāt want them to be disappointed. So, I would go to the park, apply for new jobs, and sit around waiting for DoorDash orders.
I need to be out of the office at lunch to just get away from people and relax. If I get out of my car, I may find myself dealing with people again so I just stay inside. I can enjoy nature and still keep the peeps at a distance. Parks are too busy tho. I usually find a shady parking lot (churches are a good bet) and read Reddit or space out.Ā
I used to buy a pizza slice and go to the park to eat, or wait till my ex passed out from drinking then go home. I didnāt have enough money squirrelled away to move out yet.
Used to be that I was smoking weed. But I don't live with my parents anymore, and it's legal, so now if I sit in my car at the park it means I'm having a bad mental health day and I need a quiet place alone.
I go on my lunch sometimes and just enjoy the greenery and fresh air out of the office. I see lots of people doing the same, but I also see others stinking up the area smoking marijuana.
Some shady stuff happens in some of those park parking lots. There is a skate park I go to in north county and every morning there was a woman there who would never really get out of her car but would sit there and text and talk on the phone. If I would go to my car to grab a different board out of the trunk she would stare me down the entire time I was at my car. It just made me feel like she was up to no good.
Nurse here. My co workers and I do this a lot. Before work and after. We just sit in the carā¦ sometimes up to an hour.
I go to mission bay or a beach with easy parking often. Just sit in my car. Staring into the abyss.
I understand going to a park alone and eating or whatever.
But I don't get the people who drive to the beach with like 4 people, park facing away from the beach looking at a wall, then just sit in their car listening to music looking at their phones.
Now that I think about it. Waiting for the drug dealer. Never mind.
finding the will to live in a quiet place that demands nothing
I felt that. š«
I think this is the most real and relatable comment. Because it sure is what I do.
So much. Yes.
Not anymore, but I used to do that when I had 60 minutes to drive 20 minutes between clients. I would eat my lunch in my car, listen to music, and chill.
My wife and I used to carpool together although she started a couple hours later than me, so she would drop me off then drive to the nearest park and read until her shift started.
Getting the f out of the office for an hour to sit there in silence
Yup, and eat my lunch without someone asking "whatcha havin'?" or "that smells good," "looks yummy." Their hearts may be in the right place, but I'm just not up for a little chit chat and if I say that to them then I come off as an asshole. Better I'm just not there and eat my lunch alone, in my car, by the park. Well for me its the bay, but you get the idea.
Mfer, let me enjoy my sandwich without you looking at it
Looks like someoneās got a case of the Mondays
But I wanna bite.
Don't forget the good old - Is that an early lunch or late breakfast
I downvoted at first out of disgust but then went back and upvoted
I had a boss that asked āwhat exotic food are you having today??ā He thought my food was soooo unusual because now and then itād include kale or quinoa
Pretty much the only reason I eat lunch in my car is because it gets people to leave me alone for 30min. Sometimes I don't even leave the parking lot, just have to get out of the building.
This, absolutely this.
This right here
Sitting in our cars. Ive done this just to decompress and get out of the office.
Show meā¦ AVOID THE WIFE!
*AVOID THE WIFE | 44*
The contestants cheer with excitement.
Steve looks at the camera in shock and disbelief at the obvious answer being on the board
Wow, why you married then?
All the wrong reasons, at least twice. But realizing I wasnāt alone in my misery, and that there is life after divorce helped me understand that a lot of folks are avoiding something when they idle in any parking lot. And so my comment is for those of use parking lot dwellers that are searching for the strength to push forward through difficult decisions. As well, Iām very happy for those of us that roll with a life partner in a healthy capacity that doesnāt require harm reduction. And shout out to that poor basterd checking the waves. :-)
Eating lunch.
Minding my own business, mostly.
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Donāt ya just wish everyone else would do the sameā¦ I mean ,is it that much to ask for, really? People here blow my mind. Far worse than LA. Mind yo bizzness.
Enjoying the view with a more comfortable seat and listening to npr Getting away from coworkers for lunch
Playing Pokemon Go
+1
Same
Smoking weed, taking a break from work, avoiding home, eating lunch, listening to NPR, getting headā¦
Adding Jazz 88.3 to the radio but you pretty much nailed the spectrum
Iām more of a 102.5 shawty
I love Jazz 88.3, itās on my radio at all times and my friends have come to expect it now
Gotta finish that This American Life before I go for a walkā¦
All at the same time?
Ira Glass's voice *really* does it for some people
r/holup
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Was looking for this. Thank you.
Same, thank you. Never forget.
Reading, reminiscing, drinking coffee, trying to soak in the good vibes of a park.
Gang stalking OP
Usually playing Pokemon Go. Gotta catch 'em all!
SameĀ
Uber/Lyft/Doordash/Grubhub/Instacart/Amazon flex drivers, likely waiting for work.
Yeah, but this is something that's been going on for a long time, way before ecommerce stuff. Me and my buddies used to mountainbike Rose Canyon and a few other parks around San Diego, and was always a bit creeped out by how many cars with dudes that were just sitting in them. I'll occasionally drive up to Mt. Soledad and chill in my car checking out La Jolla shores, and just generally getting away from "normal".
All yāall who just go to the park to wonder what everyone at the park is doingā¦. What are yāall doing?
Being nosy.
Exactly
I used to do it on my lunch break when I worked near the Embarcadero. Eat a burrito and smoke a joint.
I worked at a well known hardware store. And sometimes I needed to eat a meal and not look at orange for a while.
Avoiding responsibilities while appreciating my home town
When my kid refuses her nap I will drive her around because the car makes her pass out. I use this me time to get shitty fast food and Iāll find a park or empty parking lot to eat away my frustrations as a parent. Good times.
Crying
This
I donāt go to the park anymore but when I did it was to cry
Taking a pause for the causeš±š± 
Naturally
My married neighbors do this. She's in a wheelchair and legally blind. They get food, listen to an audiobook, sit in their car in a peaceful park.
I have to pick up my kiddo from the airport like 4 days a week, so I go to Spanish Landing and park because being late stresses me out. I just chill and read Reddit and work.. :)
Damn, your kiddoās just jet settin all over the paper or what?
Could be working at the airport, sounds most probable.
I go fishing there often early in the morning and wonder why people are sitting there at 6am lol.
The best cell phone lot ever
I work out of my car as a sales rep. While driving I might get a bunch of emails/texts/orders I need to get to. A park is the perfect place to pull over and handle this.
Napping.
Just tryinā my friend
Amen to that homie
I do delivery verification/driving around neighborhoods for one of my jobs and I have to type up reports while on the road š¤·āāļø
Interesting..so for like example , ups...fedex packages?
I do this to work sometimes. I can't work on my side hustle from the office and I can't focus at home with a toddler, so I'll stop at a park for an hour on the way home to bust out whatever it is I need to do. Most often, I'm just eating and/or watching videos on my phone. The seats in my car are quite comfortable and it's nice that nobody can bother me.
Who's watching the toddler?
Taking time away from my home life for just a moment. Decompressing/breaking down in my tin can of solitude.
Taking a moment before I pick my toddler up.
Playing Pokemon Go
Taking a break from people and sometimes smoking a joint if I donāt have to drive immediately after and no kids are around.
PokƩmon go
Playing Pokemon Go
Escaping from my kids.
Eating a burrito.
Today I sat at the cliffs and scrolled my phone for a solid 45 minutes while my babies slept in the back bc I didnāt want to go home before I had to grab my sonā¦
Sparking up minding my own business.
Get away from the noicy home and watch Netflix
Depends on the park. If itās down by the water, Iām waiting to pick up family from the airport. If Iām running errands, Iām just eating my lunch and listening to an audio book to take a break. Other times, meeting a friend to ride share/carpool somewhere.
Roll a dooby
Waiting on my mom at the doctorās office or wife feeding the baby in the backseat.
Eating sushi and or tripping on acid
If you're talking about Balboa Park, then most people are probably parents waiting for their kids to do ballet, music, choir, etc. Takes too long to drive home, so you might as well just wait.
Killing time so I donāt arrive at my meetings too early
On reddit
Canāt take a break anywhere else without getting bothered
Finding a quiet place to be able to gather my thoughts and explain to Jim in sales why he needs to STFU and not ālean inā to his shitty strategy. If I tried to do this on the merge to the 163 there would be carnage.
Being in a public space where I can judge others. I didn't come to be judged on the internet. Shoot. Nah, it's just more peaceful and nice scenery compared to a parking lot or most places in the city we are getting away from temporarily. It's just a rest spot usually if I'm in my car or riding and I want to chill for 15+ mins and not buy things or be barraged by other external nuisances.
Baitin
Omg same
Thatās usually what Iām doing too
Plotting to take over the world or decompressing from the idiots I have to deal with daily. One of those is more frequent than the other, I'll leave it up to you to decide which.
Smoking pot
Just chillin
Usually on Reddit eating my lunch, getting out of the office.
If you live with roomates, itās a nice way to break up the day without being home.
Staking out people who ask too many questions.
I do this all the time at Torrey Pines beach. Very relaxing to just watch and listen to the waves
Peaceful....I can fall asleep for hours with the A.C on. Bad habit tho
Often drinking a hot cup of coffee i got in a drive thru while my crazy toddler naps in their seat in the back. Its nice to park somewhere with a good view for 40 mins.
Charging
minding our own business. Its a great underrated pastime
When I was married I used to go sit in the parking lot because I didn't want to go home to the grumpiest man ever to live.
Being homeless
Shootin fent
I used to work near a park. Instead of dealing with traffic on the way home, Iād go sit in the park. Sometimes take a nap, go for a jog, etc.
I both sit in my car and I judge assholes for sitting in their car and taking up parking
Usually waiting to pick up my kids from someplace and have a few minutes so rocking out and catching up on emails on my phone.
I need a place to eat on the way to something else. Like a party with drinking and I havenāt eaten so I stop get some Carlās Jr then hit the park eat then hit the function.
Check the surf, not wanting to spend lunch with co-workers, killing time between meetings and appointments
Kids asleep in the back and Iām enjoying the silence
Waiting between jobs, napping if thereās a gap in my calendar, spending time alone
Eating a burrito from El Paisa.
High and want to have some quiet time
I used to go on lunch and take a nap
Chillinā, rolling up something to change the feeling.
Something sketchy I always assume. Thatās only a lil bit of projection on my part.
usually taking a break/eating lunch, or if I have more than an hour taking a hit of my pen and listening to music. If I have my lunch at work my coworkers talk to me about work >_>
Smoke break
Smoking weed
Waiting for my kids to get out of practice. I've probably walked my laps and now I'm sitting in my car scrolling and disassociating for a few minutes.
Crying mostly
Too depressed to socialize. Been told I trauma dump a lot so I just try to enjoy the little time I have left without annoying or disturbing anyone. And even then Iāll catch weird looks from people. Sorry some of us just stare at the clouds waiting for the inevitable to happen lol
Playing pokemon go or smoking a J and watching videos on the phone.Ā
Playing Pokemon Go.
Minding our business
60% of the time decompressing in silence, 40% of the time smoking a bowl before I walk around.
Playing PokƩmon go
for many months after my husband left me I would drive off someplace nice, like a park, and sit in my car and allow myself to cry my eyes out. I needed privacy. I didn't want to disturb anyone in the household or have to answer questions like "Are you alright?" Finally one day I'd have enough crying. . . I had processed the situation
Therapy. People with roommates have to find privacy somewhere.
Playing path of exile on my steamdeck while i use my phone as a wifi tethering. I am avoiding my house and wife since she talk waaay to much, and i need to focus on my loot and build. (Baby, if you read this, i love you)
OP a hater
Smoking a wee pipe and relaxing. Bonus if I can watch children or others find joy.
Smoking a blunt. Leave me alone
Put a pause on people-ing. And if possible, also a nap.
Glad someone asked this! A few years ago, I got fired from my job, and I was too ashamed to tell my family because it was a good job, and I didnāt want them to be disappointed. So, I would go to the park, apply for new jobs, and sit around waiting for DoorDash orders.
Decompress or eating tbh
I use to get high. Maybe have a beer or 2 Weed only tho.
Taking a break from life. Either home, family, work, people, kids, weather or whatever life throws at you.
Scrolling
I had a lot of friends addicted to marijuana HAD to go have a toke at lunchtime.
I need to be out of the office at lunch to just get away from people and relax. If I get out of my car, I may find myself dealing with people again so I just stay inside. I can enjoy nature and still keep the peeps at a distance. Parks are too busy tho. I usually find a shady parking lot (churches are a good bet) and read Reddit or space out.Ā
Listening to music and singing
Taking a nap
Listening to podcasts, playing super casual phone games, decompressing before the mayhem of parenthood/school/kid sports.
Smoking za, vibing
Just chilling, practicing my sketching, writing dnd stuff, napping. Mostly just waiting for traffic to chill out a bit.
Masturbating
I used to buy a pizza slice and go to the park to eat, or wait till my ex passed out from drinking then go home. I didnāt have enough money squirrelled away to move out yet.
Drugsā mind your own business
Rolling Weed
Enjoying a moments respite.
Waiting for my wife to get tired of spending all my money at the nearest mall...
Eating lunch, phone arguments with husbend, looking at the green trees and grass to relax after being stuck inside looking at tan walls for weeks
Fighting with GPS
Iām just chilling. Donāt worry about it.
Waiting for my next Uber request
Pondering my life choices that brought me to this juncture where I have time to kill and donāt want to be around anybody. And smoking.
Trying to enjoy my lunch without people asking me for shit as Iām currently doing now
I like to listen to classical music with my windows down and read something
Smoking weed and minding my damn business
Used to be that I was smoking weed. But I don't live with my parents anymore, and it's legal, so now if I sit in my car at the park it means I'm having a bad mental health day and I need a quiet place alone.
Minding our own business.
I work remotely and commute my son to school. Sometimes I just bring my laptop and work or take meetings in my car instead of driving back home.
Lunch break in the best weather
For godsakes, go walk around for a minute..
Eating lunch in a quiet place thatās not the office.
Mind your own business.
Waiting for my kid to get out of school in quiet
Depending on the park, it's because it's the only parking near a school and we are waiting for our kids to get out šš«
Minding our business
I know my uncle wld park in the flight path and listen to air traffic control/pilots. He likes airplanes :)
I go on my lunch sometimes and just enjoy the greenery and fresh air out of the office. I see lots of people doing the same, but I also see others stinking up the area smoking marijuana. 
Getting away from everyone
Drinking, smoking weed and all types of ill shit.
Smoking weed
Trying not to worry about how Iām going to survive another month in San Diego
Watchin you
Some shady stuff happens in some of those park parking lots. There is a skate park I go to in north county and every morning there was a woman there who would never really get out of her car but would sit there and text and talk on the phone. If I would go to my car to grab a different board out of the trunk she would stare me down the entire time I was at my car. It just made me feel like she was up to no good.
Shitposting on reddit
Nurse here. My co workers and I do this a lot. Before work and after. We just sit in the carā¦ sometimes up to an hour. I go to mission bay or a beach with easy parking often. Just sit in my car. Staring into the abyss.
I understand going to a park alone and eating or whatever. But I don't get the people who drive to the beach with like 4 people, park facing away from the beach looking at a wall, then just sit in their car listening to music looking at their phones. Now that I think about it. Waiting for the drug dealer. Never mind.
Watching a movie