One Finnish guy was extremely pissed off by the bad parking habits of Russian drivers coming to his town. So, he started a blog in which he put the pictures of cars (with Russian license plates) parked not by the rules.
Here is how the author describes his own website.
This blog is about Russian tourists parking badly in my hometown Lappeenranta. This is not to implicate that every Russian is like this, nor does it mean that every Finn parks perfectly. But due to the huge amount of Russian tourists in my hometown, you can say this is a real issue.
Here are few more pictures from this blog.
All pictures from http://njetparkering.blogspot.fi/
Someone in Russia noticed this site and posted a link to it in one popular forum, causing the heated debate about the habits of Russian drivers.
Comments of Russian netizens
shmel (replying to the above): I’d like to clarify: does not exceed our national statistics.хотелось бы уточнить: не превышает отечественную статистику.
acinonyx: I have request to our Finnish brothers:у меня просьба к финским братьям:
phenom (replying to the above): Why stop there! Just wash the whole car, so that it does not spoil the picture with its dirty sides.Что уж там! Вымойте всю машину, чтобы не портила грязными боками картинку.
LionAlex: Fuck, and this is the “cultural capital”… Бля, а говорят ‘культурная столица’…
[Note: Cultural capital is the name traditionally given to Saint Petersburg. Due to its closeness to the border with Finland, it's safe to assume that most Russians visiting Lappeenranta on weekends (for shopping) are from Saint Petersburg]
vnezapvo (replying to the above): My neighbor every day parks like that. Conversations don’t help. He doesn’t seem to be in a hurry, but still parks like an asshole.у меня сосед по подъезду так ежедневно паркуется. Просветительные беседы не помогают. И вроде никуда не спешит никогда, а паркуется как мудак.
abuzyarov (replying to the above): Why “like”? Maybe your neighbor IS an asshole?почему ‘как’? Может сосед всётаки мудак?
Evgerh (also replying to vnezapvo): Conversations never help. However, construction foam in the exhaust system helps. Because it’s hard to remove.Беседы никогда не помогают. Помогает монтажная пена в системе отвода отработанных газов. Очень уж хуево она отколупывается.
shadows_and_dust (replying to the above): However, their kids compared to our kids are just kids.зато их дети по сравнению с нашими детьми — просто дети
Evgerh (also replying to gazgolder): Our assholes are such assholes, that even in the competition of assholes they take only second place. Why? Because they are assholes.Наши мудаки настолько, что даже на конкурсе мудаков занимают только второе место. Почему? Потому что мудаки.
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This was one of my most frustrating points while living in Ukraine. I couldn’t believe how people park, or even drove. Nobody cares about anyone but themselves and actually get offended if you point out how much of an asshole they are.
Its strange, but I really don’t think these pictures properly convey how bad Russian parking actually is. They are bad, yes, but you really have to walk down some streets to truly appreciate how bad it gets.
I’ve always wanted to make a set of bumper stickers that say, “In Kindergarten other kids learned to color between the lines, I was too stupid and failed.” Especially as you can get the ones that are permanent and have to be taken off with a scraper.
Good one!
Here is another nice way to explain assholes who they are:
http://imgur.com/H7jBM
It’s just Finland. They hate Russians, but want their money so f*&k em.
A bit stereotypical to say Finns hate Russians… No, Finns hate egoistic idiots. Unfortunately Russia does seem to have a fair amount of them.
LOL.
It’s funny that in the end you just substitute one stereotypical statement with another.
That is, instead of saying “Finns hate Russians”, you say – “There are many egoistic idiots in Russia”.
just put a wheellblock on those asshole cars so that the learn not to fuck with the finnish people and when the want the wheelblock removed let them pay a fine like 350 euro, that will teach them not to falsly park
There is nothing called “fine” in Finland?
Or they are very “tolerant” to tourists?
Honestly, I also don’t park so well. But at least, I think about others when I park.
“It seems” is a wee bit different from “there are”. This is my own opinion, observed for years in my hometown, Lappeenranta. There are a lot of Russians to begin with, and compared to locals, yes, more Russians are a bit more egoistic… And rude. :-D
Oltre a parcheggiare non sanno neanche guidare.
Augis: [translation with Google Translate] Not only bad drivers, but also can’t park.
We all should think about other people when parking. Unfortunately, not everyone is a perfect driver.
Hello We will not pass on nationality. Who hates whom. It is then unnecessary. Perhaps people for months looking for improperly parked cars. Perhaps this is a frequent occurrence in his town.
The main thing is the fact hamskoogo behavior of individual Russian citizens in a foreign country. It must be admitted. I will not touch on the problem of drunkenness and loutish behavior of Finnish citizens in St. Petersburg. The behavior of my countrymen on porkove depressing. I really hope that this is an exception to the rule. We are all not perfect. The proposed treaty, the Finnish citizens do not get drunk, and Russian citizens properly and correctly parked. Mutual.