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Parking Lot Altercation

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The setup

A father and his daughter get drawn into a parking-space dispute that grows from angry gestures into an alarming encounter with the other driver’s wife.

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The premise

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On Christmas Eve, a father shopping with his daughter Madison argues with another motorist over a mall parking space. With their windows closed, the two men escalate the dispute through elaborate gestures and exaggerated claims about their health and religious devotion. Madison joins in, only for her father to object to the gestures she chooses. The rival driver calls on his wife, who appears at the father and daughter’s window and makes the confrontation increasingly threatening and messy, pressing against the glass and spraying it with her drink.

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He did a cane, so I’m doing Braille.

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Notes from the archive.

Mikey Day and Chloe Fineman reprise the father-and-daughter pairing from Traffic Altercation, first broadcast April 1, 2023.

ScriptEnglish · 49 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:05

    Oh

  2. 00:06

    Madison

    Oh, my God, Dad, just park.

  3. 00:08

    Driver #2

    Well, I'd love to, Madison, but there's no spots.

  4. 00:11

    Madison

    Well, maybe that's because we're going shopping on Christmas Eve afternoon.

  5. 00:15

    Driver #2

    Ooh, there's a spot. Hold on.

  6. 00:17

    Madison

    Wait, Dad, Dad, watch out!

  7. 00:19

    Driver #2

    Are you kidding me? This guy fully just tried to steal our spot.

  8. 00:26

    Hey, Hey! Hey!

  9. 00:29

    Driver #1

    hey, this spot, this spot is mine. My spot.

  10. 00:35

    Driver #2

    no it's mine my blinker was on

  11. 00:41

    Driver #1

    serious are you serious i was here first are you blind are

  12. 00:56

    Driver #2

    Me? Are you blind

  13. 00:59

    Driver #2

    he did a cane so i'm doing braille

  14. 01:04

    this saw this hurt you see

  15. 01:13

    Driver #2

    Ha! You wish! You wish!

  16. 01:21

    Driver #1

    I swear on my mother! My mother!

  17. 01:29

    Driver #2

    Ugh! I don't care!

  18. 01:33

    Driver #1

    Ugh! My mother is dead! Shame on on you!

  19. 01:41

    Driver #2

    Ugh, I hate this guy!

  20. 01:43

    Madison

    Dude, you blow!

  21. 01:46

    Driver #2

    No! No! Listen, don't! Don't!

  22. 01:49

    Madison

    What?

  23. 01:50

    Driver #2

    I don't want to that and i really don't like that one hand was doing this.

  24. 01:58

    Driver #1

    Madison is right. She's right.

  25. 02:06

    Driver #2

    Shut up. Shut up. Just get Lost. I need this spot!

  26. 02:14

    Driver #1

    I'm handy... ...capped! Handy... ...capped!

  27. 02:20

    Driver #2

    That is bull... ...bull... ...crap! Crap!

  28. 02:26

    No! My blood Pressure is Christian. Very high.

  29. 02:34

    Driver #2

    You are such a liar.

  30. 02:39

    Driver #1

    I never lie. I'm super Christian. Super Christian.

  31. 02:50

    Lie. But

  32. 02:52

    Driver #1

    Yeah, screw you! Screw you!

  33. 02:58

    Madison

    You're such a jerk!

  34. 03:01

    Driver #2

    No, no, no, listen!

  35. 03:03

    Madison

    What?

  36. 03:04

    Driver #2

    Don't do two at once!

  37. 03:08

    Madison

    I'm sorry, it's just a habit.

  38. 03:10

    Driver #2

    Don't say that!

  39. 03:14

    Driver #1

    Come on, man! It's almost Christmas! Let me have the spot, you scrooge

  40. 03:23

    Driver #2

    i'm not scrooge i have a a good heart okay good heart i'm more Santa Claus. Ho ho ho.

  41. 03:36

    Madison

    Dude,

  42. 03:39

    Driver #2

    I didn't know what else to do. I'm sorry.

  43. 03:41

    Driver #1

    Listen to me, maybe you'll listen to my wife.

  44. 03:48

    Driver #2

    Well, I don't see A wife? Your Do you?

  45. 03:57

    Driver #1’s wife

    Drive away right now or I will kill you now and I'll make your dumb daughter watch. My race will eat your face.

  46. 04:15

    The

  47. 04:16

    Driver #1’s wife

    Okay? She hates you, by the way. got it?

  48. 04:50

    Driver #2

    the spot is all yours sir

  49. 04:53

    Driver #1

    i know happy holidays

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