#3: The Trader Joe’s Parking Lot
Everyone knows you have to mentally prepare yourself to drive into a Trader Joe’s parking lot. There’s something inherently stressful about the grocery store’s parking lot. It doesn’t matter what time or day you go. You’ll always encounter a minefield of traffic, aggressive drivers, and wildly small parking spaces.
The collective experience of the Trader Joe’s parking lot is so universal that it’s almost like they designed it like that on purpose. Wait a minute…DO they purposefully design their parking lots like that? This is a conspiracy theory with some reason behind it. Maybe Trader Joe’s parking lots are intentionally small and stressful to make the chain store look more popular!