She communicated by expression and body language. So the perplexed middle-age guy moved it. Then he watched as the older woman executed a wide turn and headed her car straight into a parking space in the row across the driving lane. He quickly figured out why she parked where she did. Obviously, the woman believed it the safest location.
Parking lots can be dangerous places.
Cars have been broken into or stolen and people have been robbed and assaulted and even murdered in parking lots. He couldn't blame her for wanting to feel safer. But, hey, he has paid dues at that center for years so his kids could take a variety of dance and music and art lessons. And, as a member, he had never seen or heard of any rule against using the parking lot for the purpose of meeting a school bus. The middle-age guy grew more aggravated every time he remembered how he had given into the older woman's expression and gestures and moved his van simply so she could make that wide turn.