ST, I did a similar thing, quite innocently. I learned to fly on a C150 in the bush and, by the time I got my PPL, the idea of safely assessing the minimum landing speed was well drummed in. When I moved to the big smoke, and flew the first few times from the city GA airport with my first aircraft - a C150F - I was annoyed to sometimes see all the aircraft blocking the runway 'exit'. No harm..just taxyed to the next one. It was a week or so before a friendlier-than-average controller suggested that, unless I wanted a clearance to the helipad, I might want to give it a bit more distance.
I'm more sophisticated, but probably lazier, these days
