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Who's the A*hole

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autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:16

Small car park. Quite tight parking. A car is touching but not over the white line. The owner of the car parked next to that car decides to pull for ward the card wipers and push in the wing mirrors. Who's the dickhead here the person parked on the white line or the person who messed with another persons car?

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JoeLovesGina · 04/08/2023 18:21

You are allowed to say arsehole on here.

JusthereforXmas · 04/08/2023 18:13

alwaysmovingforwards · 04/08/2023 16:30

If it's just the push of a button, why not fold them when you park before leaving the car?

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Because there was/is zero need too and now they are damaged so its not 'just a press of a button'.

seafronty · 04/08/2023 16:49

Both of them. Pair of a holes.

alwaysmovingforwards · 04/08/2023 16:30

JusthereforXmas · 04/08/2023 15:29

Do NOT go pushing in peoples mirrors.

Some twat keeps doing it to my car but my mirror are AUTOMATIC not manual and they have caused damage. If I catch them doing it again they will be getting a bill.

If a bloody bin wagon and JCB can get down the street with our cars parked (and neighbor has a huge builders van that they have to get by) and zero issue then I certain whoever the twat who thinks they have the right to be touching other peoples cars can manage.

Also my car is here when I'm here, I'm literally meters away in my house, so if there was a genuine issue just ask. I know its not the immediate neighbors (2 in each direction or 2 across the road) or the bin men because we all simply knock on each others doors to ask if someone can drop back if they are too close.

If it's just the push of a button, why not fold them when you park before leaving the car?

ActDottie · 04/08/2023 15:58

Screamingabdabz · 04/08/2023 14:23

The person who can’t park centrally in a tight car parking spot.

This it’s just lazy and make sit hard for others. Although the other person had an immature response I’d probably push in wing mirrors but not the wipers.

July2025 · 04/08/2023 15:48

Both really?

It tight parking spots like this it is pretty essential to park in the middle of the lines.

Pulling windscreen wipers forward is a slightly dramatic over-reaction. Whispering 'fucking knob' to yourself is quite sufficient.

HJ40 · 04/08/2023 15:40

You are. This is mn so it's AIBU and it's ok to fucking swear.

MrsTerryPratchett · 04/08/2023 15:31

donquixotedelamancha · 04/08/2023 15:07

They are both arseholes.

This. If you can't park, find a space further away and walk.

JusthereforXmas · 04/08/2023 15:29

Do NOT go pushing in peoples mirrors.

Some twat keeps doing it to my car but my mirror are AUTOMATIC not manual and they have caused damage. If I catch them doing it again they will be getting a bill.

If a bloody bin wagon and JCB can get down the street with our cars parked (and neighbor has a huge builders van that they have to get by) and zero issue then I certain whoever the twat who thinks they have the right to be touching other peoples cars can manage.

Also my car is here when I'm here, I'm literally meters away in my house, so if there was a genuine issue just ask. I know its not the immediate neighbors (2 in each direction or 2 across the road) or the bin men because we all simply knock on each others doors to ask if someone can drop back if they are too close.

Coronado2 · 04/08/2023 15:27

NamelessNancy · 04/08/2023 15:04

Not that simple. Depends on how the cars on the surrounding spaces were positioned when that car was parked. I've parked loser to the line than I would like before because the car on the other side is badly parked. Domino effect.

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I agree with this. If the only space is one where the car next to you is up to the line sometimes you also have to park up to the line. If they then move and someone else parks central, it might look like you just can't park.

towriteyoumustlive · 04/08/2023 15:22

Both are A-holes.

Parking right on the white line is really annoying and petty. Learn to park in the middle of a space.

Folding out the wipers is equally petty.

A marriage made in heaven!

lyralycra · 04/08/2023 15:20

Windscreen wipers were pulled forward to alert the car owner to the fact that the wing mirrors had been adjusted?

ManateeFair · 04/08/2023 15:16

I don't really understand the windscreen wipers thing.

Nothing wrong with pushing the wing mirrors in though.

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 04/08/2023 15:16

Anyone who comes onto AIBU and starts AITA/ who is the A thread is automatically the arsehole.

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 15:10

Furrydogmum · 04/08/2023 14:48

Thank you @AnObserverInThisDarkWorld . @Titicacacandle I wasn't insulting you!

Sorry I read what you said completely wrong!

Largeslice · 04/08/2023 15:09

The person (am guessing it's the OP) who parked badly is the arsehole

donquixotedelamancha · 04/08/2023 15:07

They are both arseholes.

NamelessNancy · 04/08/2023 15:04

PrrrplePineapple · 04/08/2023 15:01

This. Park better.

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Not that simple. Depends on how the cars on the surrounding spaces were positioned when that car was parked. I've parked loser to the line than I would like before because the car on the other side is badly parked. Domino effect.

PrrrplePineapple · 04/08/2023 15:01

Screamingabdabz · 04/08/2023 14:23

The person who can’t park centrally in a tight car parking spot.

This. Park better.

alwaysmovingforwards · 04/08/2023 14:59

If the 'offending' car isn't over the lines it's in the bay. The fact it's right on the edge is a minor PITA.

Pushing a wing mirror in to avoid contact is sensible.

Doing stuff to the wipers is the work of a dickhead.

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autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:55

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 14:28

I'm not being immature I'm struggling to work out if there is something on a car you can pull forward! But thanks for the insult!

I don't think anyone is unreasonable to push in someone elses car mirror to avoid it getting damaged if that's the last spot in the car park and the other person had to get in there.

I do think it's absolutely hilarious that someone would get so worked up about someone elses parking that they would do it on purpose and pull out the windscreen wipes. I'd feel very sorry for them because imagine having to live with yourself with that amount of rage!

I find the pompous perfect car parkers that get enraged funny. Try to find the funny side too OP!

How did you guess which one I was 😂

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autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:54

AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/08/2023 14:25

Pushing the wing mirrors in is a sensible idea if it's tight

Windscreen wipers is a little childish though

On both sides

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CatsOnTheChair · 04/08/2023 14:53

I push in the wing mirrors of every car I walk past who is pavement parked in such a way to inconvenience me.
Moving the wipers is unnecessary.

There is a school of thought that everyone should park on the white line.... not sure how that works when some people park forwards, and some reverse tho.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-shares-parking-position-hack-24390080.amp

GCAcademic · 04/08/2023 14:50

pigsDOfly · 04/08/2023 14:30

Has MN suddenly turned into Reddit?

It seems that way.

Furrydogmum · 04/08/2023 14:48

Thank you @AnObserverInThisDarkWorld . @Titicacacandle I wasn't insulting you!

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