Man Achieves Goal of Parking in 211 Parking Spaces

Do you have a favorite spot you park in at the grocery store? You might be inspired to try this!

Gareth Wild is a dad from London and like many of you, the tedious job of going to the grocery store each week has weighed on him. He decided in 2015 to start a playful game. He goal would be to park in every single parking space at the grocery store. 211 parking spots later, he achieved his goal on April 27th! As he mentions in one of his Twitter posts, he should have finished in about 4 years but the global pandemic slowed him down. #thankscovid

For the last six years I’ve kept a spreadsheet listing every parking spot I’ve used at the local supermarket in a bid to park in them all. This week I completed my Magnum Opus! A thread.

— Gareth Wild (@GarethWild) April 27, 2021

Gareth made little maps for himself to make the task easier to keep track of.

The orange boxes dotted around the car park are trolley bays, the black space is an irregular shaped patch which is too small for a car and is therefore void and then there are a number of family, disabled and a motorcycle bays. pic.twitter.com/EWJE2xOCYo

— Gareth Wild (@GarethWild) April 27, 2021

The New York Times has the full story. He was even kind enough to share his experience with other shoppers, posting a map indicating which parking spaces to avoid and which were the best to choose. This guy is fantastic!

The spreadsheet has been given a bit of extra razzle dazzle to spruce it up a bit for presentation but this is it, this is 6 years of monotony. pic.twitter.com/kjCpMXeKo6

— Gareth Wild (@GarethWild) April 27, 2021

So for those experiencing the same boring shopping experience, it’s an idea for you to up your grocery game!