This happened yesterday and I’m still a bit shaken up over it. For some context, I’m 16, so I’m not the best driver. It was also a pretty crowded parking lot, I guess Trader Joe’s is the spot to be at 5pm on a Tuesday.

I was looking for a parking spot with my friend so we could meet up with another friend to go grocery shopping with her. I saw a car pulling out so I took the spot, but it pulled out so that you couldn’t see the other side of the road. I didn’t realize that there was a guy waiting for the spot there until after I was already in. I only learned after this incident that you’re meant to pull out and give the other person the spot then. I haven’t been driving very long.

Once I was in the spot, I just stayed there really out of confusion of what to do. Once realizing there was someone there waiting before us, me and my friend laughed a bit awkwardly. I’m sure the dude got the impression we stole it on purpose. He immediately started honking and yelling at us. He was saying a lot of rude things and threatening to hurt us. He said a lot of “fuck you”s and yelled out “if you weren’t a girl, I’d fuck you up” (sometimes sexism IS beneficial!). He eventually drove away after a good minute or two of this. My friend was laughing at this and I sort of chuckled along out of awkwardness and fear. Once he was away, I was shaking and terrified to get out of the car. I waited a long while before trying, even with my friend trying to convince me it’s fine.

He didn’t come out of the car or anything, he was just yelling out of his. He never made a direct threat of violence or that he was going to follow me, but I was really worried about that. 

AITA?