I live in the south and there’s a lot of this stuff here. There’s another man, sort of like the Fred Phelps, who drives a beat up old van painted with signs that say “The Lord Kills,” “Death and Pits of Fire for Sinners,” etc. He always tries to park the thing right in front of the doors of the Cathedral.
A couple of weeks ago we were having a procession and I saw him circling the block, looking for a parking space. The press was going to be there and I knew he wanted to be in the photo, or at least block the procession from getting photographs. A space opened up and I went and stood in it until I saw a normal human being who wanted it. He kept circling and then halted because he saw two elderly parishioners getting into their car to leave...I ran across the street and asked them to stay until he moved on. They did, and finally he couldn’t take the people honking behind him any more and he pulled away. Then the procession came out and he had missed his chance to do his little bit to ruin it. Hah!
Sometimes it’s funny, but sometimes it gets a little annoying, too.
I thrive on challenge but these antics are particularly annoying. Is he a member of any particular congregation?
Sounds like you saved the day, so to speak!