Don’t believe me? Think it’s an observance about a broken love? Nope. For a Vancouver Island woman, it was about being closer to the door when she came out with a two-year supply of toilet paper, or whatever else she went to Costco go buy.

It was a classic meet-cute that turned into gunslinger stand-off in the blink of an eye. Two women spied the same empty parking spot at the same time, and did the only understandable thing: one dove in to cut off the first, then they started arguing about it. (Caveat: I don’t get this. Has anyone ever seen someone remove themselves from a spot they’ve already claimed because the other person yelled at them?)

So far, the story is pretty standard-issue adult playground hijinx. Until the “winner” pulled a machete on the “loser”. What now? Police were called when she brandished the knife “in a threatening manner”, though I’m not sure how many ways you could hold a machete that wouldn’t make me feel a little threatened, especially in the middle of an acre of asphalt.

I’ll admit, this was a headline I couldn’t skip past, but I bet there were parents with kids in the parking lot that day who could have used a little less violent way to prove it’s always a good idea to be a courteous driver, even if you have to walk a few more steps.