u/Evening-Big-9094

I was leaving a strip mall and it was extremely crowded, with no spots left in the parking lot. There were cars waiting on the street to turn into the parking lot. I got into my car and very quickly pulled out so someone could take my spot, but as I was leaving, a guy was sitting right in the center of the aisle with his hazards on and I couldn't go around him because there were cars on the other side of the lot and the road was narrow. This parking lot is also one way traffic. I honked twice (2 short beeps) and he didn't move, so eventually my mom got out of the car and knocked on his window to ask him to please move forward so we could get out. I didn't hear what he said to my mom but apparently he was rude to her and said something like, "Yeah, well, I'm waiting for a spot, lady." He pulled forward to the side a little bit, but I still couldn't get past him due to the cars on the other side on the lot. I rolled down my window and said, "I still can't get out" and he just waved his hand at me, like "go around" but I literally couldn't. I also couldn't backup because there were people behind me in the parking lot trying to exit at this point too. I then lay on the horn, and he sticks his middle finger out of the window at me, so I shout, "Dude, move your fucking car." He goes, "you're a fucking asshole" and still doesn't move, so I shout in my scariest voice, "quit blocking traffic and move your fucking car!" and he finally moves so I can get past him. He spits at my car as I drive around him and calls me an asshole again, but I just drove away to get on with the rest of my day. My mom said I was kind of harsh in the interaction and the guy called me an asshole twice so I feel bad (lol). But was I the asshole? You can't block traffic just because you want a parking spot. I tried to be nice at first, too.