Parking sucks in any major city; SF, LA, Seattle, Dallas, Hou, Chi, Madrid, London, and the Mecca to some (NY), I've seen them all.
A large number of motorists all in a hurry, clamoring for a finite number of parking spots usually results in people being rude. Of course, you can apply this to any situation in life when someone puts their needs over being civil.
And now, as Jon Liebowitz, host of the Daily Show (his stage name is Jon Stewart....not man enough to use his real name)
would say...."Your moment of zen"