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If you parked 15 minutes away, and they circled for 15 minutes, they came out ahead - because they would have a short walk back to their car, you'd have a 15 minute one.

People like convenience, they don't like being reminded they often have to pay for it.

For example, people are willing to pay more for a dedicated parking space than they are to pay per use - even if they're basically the same.

And this is why so many Americans are obese with mobility problems. Instead of walking an extra quarter mile, they'll circle the block for an hour.

This gets pushed to a ridiculous degree at costco. They actually cause congestion waiting three deep in the rows for one spot to open up. Meanwhile I will skirt around them, park immediately in the ample available parking around the back where the employees take their smoke breaks, and walk right into the store probably while they still wait and stew.