For over half a decade, 39-year-old Gareth Wild from Bromley, London, made it his mission to park in every single spot in the parking lot at his local grocery store.
After six years, he successfully completed his mundane mission of parking in all 211 available spots.
"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," he tweeted. "This week I completed my magnum opus!"
In 2015, the father-of-two wanted to add a little fun to the "monotony of parking," according to BBC. He then created a chart of every parking spot in the Sainsbury's lot, and a spreadsheet to keep track of each one he parked in.
With the help of Google Maps, Wild used his spreadsheet to identify each 211 spots, excluding disability spaces and motorcycle bays, and divided them into categories A-F.
Wild, who averages about one big shop per week, conservatively estimates he visits the grocery store 60 times a year, meaning that he could have completed his challenge in under four years. Wild noted in his tweets that the coronavirus pandemic, however, slowed him down.
Wild completed his challenge on April 24 by parking his Skoda Octavia into F20, which he described as "a pig to get in," the outlet reported.
His Twitter account, which now has over 5,000 followers, became filled with people following the man on his strange journey, and asking questions about which parking space is the best.
"It turns out there's a lot of questions about car parks," he said.
"I don't think I've ever seen a thread on Twitter where it's been so unanimously positive. I don't expect that from Twitter, so it's been refreshing," he added.
As for choosing his favorite spot, Wild tells the BBC "It's all about C1." He joked, "The moment you drive in, it's the first one you see past the restricted bays. Right at the front, near the trolleys. Every criteria is met."
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