To have left this note on a car earlier?

[JandT]

It said 'Thank you for your inconsiderate and selfish parking'.

I'd parked in Mum and Baby section, the 'space' next to my car wasn't a parking space anymore (although in their defence it hasn't had the paint taken off, it's just they built a trolley park over it so it wasn't really big enough for a car)and they parked so close to my car that although I could get in on my side, I couldn't even walk down the other side, let alone get my sleeping 4 month old in. I had to park the pushchair in front of the car, move the car, then get baby and pushchair in.

I've never left a note on anyone's windscreen before but I was so annoyed! They had even parked at an angle as it was the only way they could get out.

Grrr..

Everyone's parking is selfish.

I am not a fan of passive aggressive notes left for people. Sometimes people make mistakes.

why couldn't you get in the other side?

omdb - i had a passive aggressive note on my van yesterday, it really fecked me off esp. as they know me and could just have knocked on teh door and spoken to me

think I would have written a note saying "thanks for parking so close you selfish prick, hope I haven't damaged your car too much"

Of course YANBU

I left one yesterday, I am 9 months pregnant and couldnt get into my car, Thanks. I really couldnt and they had parked an SUV in a small car space next to me. Poor DH had to get in the passenger side, climb over, get the car out and let me in.

As if I didn`t feel fat enough!

I could get into my car but I couldn't get my baby in. Three door car and there was a very obvious baby seat in the passenger side.

I'm not really a fan of passive aggressive but I think if it had happened to someone not as calm as me it'd have really given them a problem.

Hope it means they think before doing it again!

For the record, we regularly have people park just on the edge of our drive so it takes ages to get in without hurting their car or mine and I always ignore it as I figure they were in a rush. I just thought that was going a step too far.

Katey1010 - I had problems when I was pregnant too, it really does make you feel good when you can't fit in doesn't it?!

I suspect that someone thick enough to park that badly won't have the brains to work out what your note means. You should have gone for something more direct

I left one Saturday Car was parked at an angle so close to one side that friends DD couldn't get in.

Note said something like "next time you park could you please park within the lines and consider other people. Many Thanks"

do you lot drive round with post it notes?

You should have used your chapstick.............. if you saw that thread a while back!

If they are that inconsiderate they will not give a toss anyhow and your note will be chucked away and ignored.

Ripped a page out of my diary! I always have a pen. I dont see it as passive agressive if you dont know who they are and have no other way of communicating. Well, DH wanted to communicate by keying their car. He is a tad overprotective at the moment.

Ooh I'm going to start leaving notes on people's cars. How very strange and pointless.

"I like your bumper sticker, it's a lovely shade of monkey sick yellow"

"I love how you haven't cleaned your car, it really shows you have better things to worry about"

"Lovely cuddly toys on your parcel shelf. Do you have them at home too?"

Oh I've been looking for a hobby for ages.

I wished I had a pen with me the other day to leave a note - car parked so close to mine that I couldn't even get to the driver's door, let alone open it, even if I hadn't been pg. Had to climb over from passenger side - not really easy at 37 weeks

Maybe we should have stickers that say we are preggers on our cars so people know!!!

I think the thing that made it worse was they had a 'baby on board' sign which to me meant they were asking for other drivers to be considerate....

I wrote it on the back of a flier I picked up the other day. Always have a pen but haven't got the hang of keeping paper in the changing bag yet!!

I did think about it Katey - it was at the train station (only started mat leave today so was still commuting last week) and where I park there are no marked spaces, so people just park wherever. This was actually the second time it had happened recently.

Was a bit of a wimp in the end though - saw the woman the next day (distinctive car) and thought about saying something but didn't

And actually, it was inconsiderate parking even if I hadn't been pg - there can't have been more than 6 inches between the 2 cars - NO-ONE could have got in.

Is it passive agressive?

What is it about the note that makes it passive agressive? Is it the sarcasm? If she had said "you parked selfishly" would that not be passive aggressive?

Was it the fact she left a note? Presumably she didn't want to wait for them to come back.

Is everything that's not aggressive, passive agressive? Or was it just a note to inform the car that their crap parking had inconvenienced someone?

GiddyPickle, I wouldnt have left a note in your case. This was an SUV in a small car space and poorly parked as well. Right over on my side. LOTS of space on the other. Also, the spaces in this carpark are set out with two lines between the cars (so you can see where the people are supposed to get out!). They were over the second line into my space. My car is really small so they were just using the spaare space so that it was easier for them. There were normal sized spaces and it wasnt right next to the entrance so not an age or disability issue.

GiddyPickle-I wouldn't have either. It's different if there's no space or they're so small you have no choice. This was at Bluewater and there were (probably literally) thousands of spaces and loads nearby.

Get one of those pens that writes on glass and then you can write

REKNAW

on their windscreen, (but the letters would have to back to front as well)

Funnily enough, I had been looking for glass pens!