I spent most of my adult life just parking arbitrarily in large lots. Didn't even realize this until a girlfriend pointed it out to me. In retrospect, I suppose I was optimizing for spending as little time in my car as possible. It never even occurred to me that my goal should be "park as close to the building as possible".
My partner gets mad at me for my "park in the easiest spot to park in" strategy too. We're both able-bodied humans, though, so there's no reason we can't walk 40 extra feet to the store entrance.
