A scene spotted in a San Francisco parking lot this week pretty much sums up the current state of the city's streets: three Teslas, all parked outside the actual parking spaces. Not one. Not two. Three. Apparently the lines painted on the asphalt are just suggestions when you drive a vehicle that costs more than some people's annual salary.

Look, we're not here to bash any particular car brand. Bad parking is an equal-opportunity offense. But at some point, you have to wonder if there's something in the over-the-air updates that disables spatial awareness. As one Bay Area resident put it, calling it a Tesla thing versus an asshole thing is a distinction without much difference — "the Venn diagram is damn near a circle."

The irony is thick. These are vehicles that literally advertise the ability to park themselves. One local couldn't help but ask: "Can't these things park themselves?" Apparently the AI is willing, but the owners can't be bothered to press the button.

Another resident offered what might be the most generous possible interpretation: "It's so no one 'accidentally' dings their car." Ah yes, the old "I'll take up multiple spots to protect my paint job" move — the vehicular equivalent of putting your bag on the subway seat next to you.

Here's the thing that actually matters beyond the memes: San Francisco has a genuine parking shortage. Spaces in commercial lots and on city streets are a finite public resource. When someone — Tesla driver or otherwise — decides the rules don't apply to them, they're imposing a cost on everyone else. It's a small-scale version of the same entitlement that plagues this city's approach to enforcement across the board.

SFMTA is happy to ticket grandma for an expired meter, but somehow the "main character" crowd gets to treat parking lots like their personal driveways. If the city actually enforced parking violations consistently — and made the fines sting — this behavior would correct itself overnight. Instead, we get what we always get in San Francisco: selective enforcement, zero accountability, and a lot of people who think the rules are for everyone else.

Park between the lines. It's not that hard.