Inconsiderate Neighbor

[f1seb]

I'm going to have to set this up a little bit and then you guys tell me what you think.

Last month we got a nice snow blizzard over 2 days that covered all the streets up. Naturally the plows come through and plow up whatever cars are parked on the streets by the curbs. Both me and my brother own 2 cars each and we like to park the new cars in the driveway and the crappy work cars on the street right in front of our house.

We dig our cars out each time this happens and we also clear away the snow to make ourselves our normal parking spots on the street. This guy lives one house over from us across the street. All he does is clear out the front of his car and drives straight out. Then when we come back from work he always parks his car in our cleared away spot, meanwhile his normal spot in front of his house is a giant snowbank cause he's too lazy to clear it out. So this only leaves one spot open for us.

We either have to go and clear out a spot in front of somebody's house or we have to go further down the street and be a prick to somebody else. Last night we had a nice little blizzard again and we rinse and repeat. I come back from work and I have a nice little spot to park in and my brothers is also cleared away. 2 hours later I look outside my window and lookie here if it's not that piece of sh*t Saturn parked right in behind me in my bros spot. This guy did it again.

So apparently this guy thinks we're his personal snow plowing service. But since i knew this guy would do it again I decided to clear out a bit more snow in the front of my car so I kinda go further in front of the house of my next door neighbor who only has 1 car and parks it in his driveway. When my brother came back from work we cleared out the snow from behind the Saturn and boxed that bastard in. He only has about 1 inch of clearance to both cars. Are we being too anal because it's a street and public parking, or would you guys do the same thing in our shoes?

Cliffs: Each blizzard a guy 2 houses down and across is too lazy to clear out a spot on the street for himself and parks in the spots my brother and I clear out in front of our house. Enough is enough we strategically cleared the snow this time around and boxed his b**** arse in between our cars.

[krash]

I think you're in the clear. I would have done the same. If he's too lazy to clear his parking space then he should deal with it. Next time, park in his driveway

[E7-S14]

lol common courtesy allows you to "own" the spots IN FRONT of your house.but the street is public property.. soo

He probably doesn't think twice about it.

thought process:"Dam, my spots snowed in.. Oooo cleared spot, awesome!"

when the snow clears.park your car in front of his house for a week.

[Rob.Vegan]

I would have definitely done the same. I would just be careful that he isn't going to ram your guys' cars trying to get out or something.

[f1seb]

I would have definitely done the same. I would just be careful that he isn't going to ram your guys' cars trying to get out or something.

We don't care, both of the cars we used to box him in are our work cars. a 1997 Tbird and a 2000 VW golf. Those cars are both rusting out and have dings and dents on em. Let em try to push my Tbird around and we'll see what happens. My bro is also an NYPD cop just in case he wants to get a little brave we'll have something for him.

[krash]

I would be more than happy if he did that to my car. Pwn him through insurance.

[flohtingPoint]

If you live in a city, you take your parking seriously. By city, I mean a densely packed one, not like where I live now in Fairfax.

In Germany, we had this jerk who would double-park me late at night sometimes. I talked to him several times about it, but he would just ignore me. I got a call to come into work for an emergency situtation needing a cleanup on our mail servers, so I walked down stairs, clipped his e-brake and pushed the car out of the way. It was still rolling when I left and I assume it met the end of the parking complex wall.

[troskinatior]

I would of told the guy to stop being a d!ck and make your own spot and if he doesnt I would put a foot of snow on top and around his car.

[f1seb]

If you live in a city, you take your parking seriously. By city, I mean a densely packed one, not like where I live now in Fairfax.

In Germany, we had this jerk who would double-park me late at night sometimes. I talked to him several times about it, but he would just ignore me. I got a call to come into work for an emergency situtation needing a cleanup on our mail servers, so I walked down stairs, clipped his e-brake and pushed the car out of the way. It was still rolling when I left and I assume it met the end of the parking complex wall.

And that's it? No more to the story? There's gotta be more!!

[THawks]

I know several places where stealing someones spot will get you beaten up and even shot. There actually was a shooting about three blocks away from me in December for this very thing.

[krash]

If you live in a city, you take your parking seriously. By city, I mean a densely packed one, not like where I live now in Fairfax.

In Germany, we had this jerk who would double-park me late at night sometimes. I talked to him several times about it, but he would just ignore me. I got a call to come into work for an emergency situtation needing a cleanup on our mail servers, so I walked down stairs, clipped his e-brake and pushed the car out of the way. It was still rolling when I left and I assume it met the end of the parking complex wall.

gahh I'm so bored....

[flohtingPoint]

And that's it? No more to the story? There's gotta be more!!

Dunno. The messaging incident was heavily on my mind at the time, so I didn't stick around and see what happened to the car. I'm assuming it just banged into the complex wall at whatever speed a car can gather after being pushed down a slight incline. This was at my GF's place (I couldn't stand living in the city in Germany, I lived out in the countryside in Miesau) and we broke up a couple weeks after this happened. I never got double parked again though.

But no, to answer your original question, you're not overreacting. Parking is a very sensitive subject when it's scarce and peopled dont f*** around with that type of thing unless they want to have their valve-stems removed or get keyed. You're well within your rights to be angry about what happened.

gahh I'm so bored....

Thats awesome!
Modified by flohtingPoint at 3:44 AM 2/12/2010

[troskinatior]

If you live in a city, you take your parking seriously. By city, I mean a densely packed one, not like where I live now in Fairfax.

In Germany, we had this jerk who would double-park me late at night sometimes. I talked to him several times about it, but he would just ignore me. I got a call to come into work for an emergency situtation needing a cleanup on our mail servers, so I walked down stairs, clipped his e-brake and pushed the car out of the way. It was still rolling when I left and I assume it met the end of the parking complex wall.

No that's awsome.

But that's also very cool.

gahh I'm so bored....

[jona300zx]

if it is in front of your house then what you are doing is fine by me.

[Loki]

Can cops ticket you for parking too close? I'm not sure.

Anywho, when it's very cold, sneak to his car and spray water in his locks. Let him deal with that frustration for a few hours.

[bluepillow]

I have an couple inconsiderate neighbors too. The one next to me shovels her section of the sidewalk and throws the snow on my car thats parked in the street. Or, throws it over the "sidewalk border" to my side.

The neighbor across from me consistently parks his size XXXL pickup truck in front of my house. Now this alone doesn't bother me, it's a public street, park whereever you want. However, the street I live on is a very narrow side street. This pickup dude parks his truck exactly where my driveway begins, right down to the last inch, making it nearly impossible for my dad's van to leave my driveway being that it's so narrow. One evening my mother wrote a note asking him if he could leave a small space from the driveway (so that it's easier to maneuver in and out of the driveway without the risk of hitting any other cars). The douche ripped the note up. I know he has every right to park there, but I didn't think it would be a big deal to ask him that. It seemed understandable to me

[flohtingPoint]

Can cops ticket you for parking too close? I'm not sure.

Anywho, when it's very cold, sneak to his car and spray water in his locks. Let him deal with that frustration for a few hours.

I've gotten a parking ticket for parking too close to someones driveway before. I didn't think it was bad at all and it was in the suburbs, but apparently I was breaking some kind of law.

[Tyler]

your brothers a cop, do whatever the f*** you want man!

[r34 gtr]

Steal his car, sell it to a metal recycler (no title needed!), and spend the $200 you get out of it on booze.

[krimsonviper]

I love the stories in here. Storing them all for later usage!

[breadbox]

I don't like putting my trashcans on the street incase the night before someone wants to park there, but people suck sometimes and my trash never gets taken.

[breadbox]

Also you are good to go with that situation, stick gum in his door locks.

[srpowered240sx]

time for a frozen car. get five or six 5-gallon buckets. fill them with water. wait til middle of night, dump 1/3 of bucket on roof of car every 10 minutes until water is gone. by the time youre done, there is about 2 inches of ice built up.

[Dire91]

Can cops ticket you for parking too close? I'm not sure.

Anywho, when it's very cold, sneak to his car and spray water in his locks. Let him deal with that frustration for a few hours.

Hahahaha that's a good prank

[n240sxfnatic]

time for a frozen car. get five or six 5-gallon buckets. fill them with water. wait til middle of night, dump 1/3 of bucket on roof of car every 10 minutes until water is gone. by the time youre done, there is about 2 inches of ice built up.

It doesnt really work like that. pouring water over the car will melt whatever ice is on it and the rest will just fall off. Believe me, ive tried.

[dusred]

It will only do that if the car is still warm from use. That's why you wait til 2 AM.

[Bubba1]

It will only do that if the car is still warm from use. That's why you wait til 2 AM.

I had an ornery neighbor like that years ago. Behind my house we have an alley with garages/driveways tie into it. This scrooge neighbor, a divorced chiropractor who worked out of his home had a one car garage diagonally across from my garage where he kept his car. Alleys are a low priority for the town's plow so we're usually on our own, (That's why I have a blower now)

My next door neighbors wife was 9 months pregnant when we had the blizzard of '96. 3' of snow in one storm. No one of our street had a snow blower at that time, so we needed to dig out the long alley by hand, just in case she went into labor. All of the neighbors that use that alley (except the retirees) were asked to help at least a little. He was the only one to flat out refuse. It wasn't for health reasons. He was in good shape, He was just ornery.

He smiled and told us he was gonna let us do all of the work and he'd just shovel into our completed work when we finished. It sounded amusing, but he was dead serious. We warned him he may not see his car until spring and not to expect help from any of his neighbors should he need something from a store or a ride. He didn't care.

Well, we needed a place to toss all that the snow so we buried his garage door under literally 10 tons of very dense snow. We periodically mashed it down to make it even more dense. It took a little longer to clear the alley, but it was worth it. He could not access his car for at least 3 weeks. We all got a good laugh as he had to take cabs to run errands. We made sure to smile and wave whenever we saw him coming or going in the cab. He ended up selling the house a few months later and moved away.A happy ending.

[snwbrdr435]

I would have borrowed a plow from a friend or shoveled as much snow as i could onto his car.

[marlin29311]

Awesome Story....

WIN!!!!

[dusred]

PWNED! :pwned