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Live parking!

182 replies

DailyMaui · 22/01/2022 12:51

We have parking at the rear of our home - there’s six garages and space for four cars to park. Someone has parked across two of the spaces (one is where I park) and the only place for me to park and not inconvenience the other two cars belonging to residents is to block the CF car in.

We live right in a town centre so people do often park there and get really arsey if confronted. There’s a big private sign so it isn’t as if they don’t know.

Anyway, is it too early for wine?

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RogerDodger · 22/01/2022 16:28

Not at all placemarking

BruceAndNosh · 22/01/2022 16:28

Can't you get one of your neighbours to move into the blocking position?

MissSmiley · 22/01/2022 16:31

@DailyMaui

Miss Smiley my car is blocking the CF. I can just drive off easily. But then the CF will escape - and will escape the wrath of me and giant hairy dog too. Grrrr.
Oops I did see your amazing diagram, a bit blurry with painkillers sorry
3scape · 22/01/2022 16:35

Shame about the teen. We need a reciprocal MN taxi service to support fellow mn ers in acts of pissing off the cfers

wineandcheeseplease · 22/01/2022 16:53

placemarking!

BellaBella1984 · 22/01/2022 16:57

Ooh I like @BruceAndNosh idea!

Sundancerintherain · 22/01/2022 16:59

Parking my arse for an update.
My best real life CF parker worked in a property next door but 1.
She would regularly block residents in then refuse to move, company owner had warned her but she gave no shits, until the day she blocked my neighbour in . We decided to have a Bbq , she invited her dad and him and my DH parked so tightly at each end of her car you could barely get a sheet of paper between them. Of course by the time she realized many beers had been consumed so she had to leave her car until the next day.
Good times Grin

Sideswiped · 22/01/2022 17:04

Is anyone else hoping and praying that the CF car is still there when OP gets back and then goes on the wine? Grin

BellaBella1984 · 22/01/2022 17:09

@Sideswiped Yup! (Clearly need to get out more, but this has made my day. I love a good CF parking thread!)

Mumsnut · 22/01/2022 17:11

I'll come and park in front of him if you're in Surrey!

Qwertykeys · 22/01/2022 17:12

Waiting for an update

LakieLady · 22/01/2022 17:18

@Mumsnut

I'll come and park in front of him if you're in Surrey!
And me if you're in East Sussex!
BeckyWithTheGoodHair010101 · 22/01/2022 17:21

Blatant placemark Grin

BluebellsareBlue · 22/01/2022 17:24

Also placemarking but I'd have words with your brother as C*ltic aren't playing today.....

whynotwhatknot · 22/01/2022 17:25

should have left a note saying it was private parking anyway or they'll just come back and do it again

Original poster
DailyMaui · 22/01/2022 17:26

Well the car was still there when I left. Now waiting for ungrateful teen who is already late and doesn’t realise the necessity of me getting back home ASAP.

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SoupDragon · 22/01/2022 17:27

@whynotwhatknot

should have left a note saying it was private parking anyway or they'll just come back and do it again
There is already one.

From the OP: There’s a big private sign so it isn’t as if they don’t know.

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DailyMaui · 22/01/2022 17:29

@BluebellsareBlue

Also placemarking but I'd have words with your brother as C*ltic aren't playing today.....
Oh he’s toast. Scary or not.
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Figgygal · 22/01/2022 17:30

You just know theyll be gone before you get back and then how will you vent a that pent up indignation
Theyre that much of CFers

millytint44 · 22/01/2022 17:31

If it's private parking isn't there any sort of patrol who can stick a ticket or a clamp on the CF car?

Mirw · 22/01/2022 17:35

Get a Denver Boot and put it on cars that shouldn't be parked in the area. Ask for £100 to take it off... They soon learn to go else where.

MathsFiend · 22/01/2022 17:36

@BluebellsareBlue

Also placemarking but I'd have words with your brother as C*ltic aren't playing today.....
Wrong… watching them right now……
LondonQueen · 22/01/2022 17:37

Fingers crossed you're back before they leave!

Hoppinggreen · 22/01/2022 17:40

@subsy1

Grateful teens get lifts, ungrateful teens can take the bus!
Grateful teen? What’s one of those?
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DailyMaui · 22/01/2022 17:41

There’s only been one cheeky fucker repeat offender. It’s always worse before Christmas and I came back to find two spaces taken up by a large white, very fancy car. Knocked on all the neighbour’s door but it wasn’t theirs/guests so figured it was yet another mean arsed shopper who didn’t want to spend the £1.50 parking in the car park half a minute away. Despite its fanciness, it was quite grubby so I wrote “you park like a cunt” on the back. I didn’t block it in though as I was feeling generous. Christmas spirit an all.

About a month later it was back and again parked across two spaces (who the fuck does that anyway?) I was just backing in to block it when the owner returned. She tried the “ I live here” rubbish and when that clearly didn’t work she pretended it was her first time and she didn’t know it was private… So I told her that she still had the remains of “you park like a cunt” on her rear end and it was me who had done it the last time.

Ungrateful teen maintains she said 5.30 instead of . We have wasted very precious time.

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