A chronic double-spacer neighbor causes frustration for a couple who have tried everything to reason with her, leading to a last resort solution of parking as close to her as possible without hitting her car.
Inconsiderate Parker
The couple had been dealing with their neighbor’s inconsiderate parking habits for months. Almost every day when they returned home, they found her parked in the middle of their four parking spaces, taking up two of them. This was driving them crazy, but they were not confrontational people and didn’t want a conflict with their neighbor if they could help it.
No Place to Park
Despite working different hours, the couple only worked a four-day week, leaving them with Fridays off while their neighbor worked a five-day week. This meant that on Fridays, the neighbor would park in the middle of their spaces, leaving them with no place to park when they returned home. It felt like a constant battle.
Excuses, Excuses
The couple had tried to reason with their neighbor numerous times, asking her to park inside one space, but she always had an excuse, such as being too tired after work (she worked as a teacher’s assistant from 10-3) or having heavy stuff to carry. They understood she may be tired from work, but they were also tired and wanted to be able to park safely.
Confusing!
However, her excuses made no sense as she parked in the middle of the four spaces instead of one of the first two, which were directly in front of her house. This angered the woman as she felt like she was being lied to. She also noted that she paid for 3 spaces and the neighbor paid for 1, so why did she think it was okay to use multiple?
Enough Already
On a Thursday, the woman had a patient pass away on her at work, leaving her upset and frustrated. When she returned home and found her neighbor parked in the middle of their spaces once again, she had had enough. She knew that she was emotional from work but she couldn’t contain her anger any more. Enough was enough, she had to seek revenge.
Petty Revenge
She parked as close to her neighbor’s car as possible without hitting it and texted her husband, asking him to do the same. This meant that not only could the neighbor not really move her car, but she couldn’t even get in it! They set their alarms for 9:45 am, so their neighbor wouldn’t be too late for work, and moved their cars for her in the morning.
Not Guilty
The neighbor was 15 minutes late for work, and the couple received a snotty email from her, saying that they had made her get a formal warning for being late too many times. The woman felt a bit guilty, but her husband pointed out that their neighbor had clearly been late many times before, so it wasn’t entirely their fault. The couple was left questioning whether they were justified or the jerks in the situation.
So Inconsiderate
To make matters worse, the neighbor rented only one parking space while the couple rented three. Her parking inconsiderately left the couple with no place to park, and they had tried everything to reason with her. The neighbor just didn’t seem to care, which left the couple feeling helpless.
“Just Put Up With It”
They had knocked on her door when they got home, but she stopped answering after the first couple of times. They had contacted the council and her landlord but to no avail. The landlord had said that she was only there for a year, so they should just “put up with it.”
Nothing They Could Do
The couple had sent their neighbor 14 emails, three letters, and spoken to her in person multiple times since she moved in back in January, but she still continued to park like this. She even stopped answering her door to the couple so they couldn’t even talk to her anymore.
They Can’t Even Get Her Towed!
Unfortunately, the couple couldn’t get her towed as they would be liable for any damage to her vehicle because it would be getting towed from their “property” (spaces 2/3 both being rented by them). What they decided to do instead was take matters into their own hands.
Revenge is Served
The couple decided to teach her a lesson they would park one of their cars directly behind hers, blocking her in fully. Then one of them would either get the bus to work or get a ride from a coworker. They wrote a letter to the woman and posted it through her door explaining that unless she started parking correctly, they would charge her rent, AND she wouldn’t have access to her car.
Result, Sorted
The woman begged and cried for them to move their car and not charge her rent for the spaces. She said she couldn’t afford to pay any rent to them, but she had learned her lesson and would park properly from now on. The woman kept true to her word and parked as far into her own space as possible, meaning the couple had full access to their own spaces!
The Internet Responded
This person asked, “How can you be ‘too tired’ to park between the lines?”
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Another commenter wrote, “OP and her husband were even considerate enough to set an alarm to wake up and move their cars. Most people wouldn’t have even done that and let her completely miss work. Hopefully, she’s learned to be a decent member of society now.”
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