Sam's Club (a warehouse store similar to Costco that's owned by the same company as Walmart) does the same thing. They have a small loading zone in front of the store for people with big purchases.
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Boonies (n): a thinly settled rural area
Boondocks (n): a remote, thinly settled rural area
(They both have basically the same definition, but I thought I'd still put them both for good measure.)
There's lots of use cases in cities, too. As you said, most people live in cities, which means most construction work (both for businesses and for private citizens) will be in the city. While the companies that businesses contract with will usually have their own fleet of vehicles, many private citizens contract with smaller privately-owned companies. Many of them use their own vehicles for transportation. (I'm friends with the heads of three such companies in my area.)
Construction supplies (wood, pipes, etc.) like the kind many contractors get at Home Depot or Lowe's is usually pretty long, so they would benefit from having a really long truck. Many of those companies usually need that supplies ASAP, too, so they get it themselves instead of having it delivered. Or, if they know they'll need it, they order it ahead of time and pick it up themselves when it's ready rather than trusting others to get it delivered on time. As others in this comment section have said, long objects like that create a risk of impalation. So the longer the truck, the better in that case. Not to mention they also need to store their tools and stuff in the truck alongside whatever supplies they've purchased.
Technically, parking with a part sticking out is still parking incorrectly.
Taking up two spots, while still incorrect, is still safer for all involved and won't potentially block traffic. I'm speaking as someone who has nearly hit a truck that was sticking out while turning into a parking lot (I wasn't able to see the truck prior to turning) on at least a couple of occasions.
Safety > Convenience
That's not what they asked for in the slightest.
Not to be outdone by the classic Thomas the Tank Engine character skin.
Reddit is not a great replacement for Discord and its live chat features IMO.
I never directly paid for Reddit Gold (in the sense that I had a subscription to it), but I definitely gilded others' comments a lot.
So... a Reddit community with an exclusive Discord server?
tools to help prevent unauthorized sharing
Back in the day, we called them subreddit mods. /j
He's parked at an IKEA. I'm willing to bet he's a contractor that needs that long of a truck to fit everything he buys (including stuff from Home Depot or Lowe's).