Social Dilemma-Can You "Hold" A Parking Spot for Someone??

Today's social dilemma came from something that happened to a friend of mine over the last weekend.  Of course it's the Christmas shopping season everywhere, and parking spots are sometimes hard to come by. Well, when she was looking for a parking spot, she saw this.   A man sitting in a fold up chair saving a parking spot for someone.  She did take a minute to roll down the window and ask him what was up, and he said he was saving the spot for his buddy who was on his way there.   They argued back and forth a bit with her telling the guy it wasn't fair and him saying he wasn't budging so ultimately she went to find another spot.  What do you think about this? Is this okay??   I think it's kind of ridiculous.  I know we all want the closest spot into the store, but we're really only talking about an extra 50 feet or so most of the time. I've seen it happen from time to time too, but I think parking spots should go to the first person WITH A CAR who finds the spot.  Not somebody just sitting there waiting for another car to come in.    I feel like there should be a law or at least a store policy against it, but so far, I've never heard of anything like that.    So what do you think?  Is it okay to save a parking spot for someone, or should this kind of thing be banned.  I say ban it.  What about you?  Let me know on the TRY Facebook page!