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Is this wrong? Go on make me into a reasonable person again.

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thefirstMrsDeVere · 11/05/2011 09:42

Last night OH got home from work about 11.30pm. I heard his car then I heard him honking his horn. This is very unlike him because he is a responsible sort of person and doesnt make a lot of noise when he comes home.

So I look out the window and some chump has parked half way in his disabled parking space. at the end of his space the neighbours have parked their old trailer thingy for years so its blocked off that end.

OH had to spend ages shunting the car in and out of half a space and damaged the bumper.

OH is not precious about this space. He never plays the 'disabilty card', he doesnt rant and rave if people park in it when he isnt here IYSWIM. Even I try not to get het up about it.

But his legs are really bad at the moment. He is dragging one of his legs badly and is pretty unstable (legwise not head wise!) atm.

So when I went to drop DS off at nursery I came back and have just about blocked the offending car in. There IS a bit of space at the front but the driver will have to make good use of his/her power steering and it could take some time.

I can see the car as it is directly outside my front window so if the driver is a brain surgeon or member of the SAS and has to get out quickly I am very happy to move my car, or if they knock on my door and ask me I will move it.

OH has left a polite note on the car asking them not to park there too.

I know its all a bit passive aggressive but I dont know who the car belongs to and there were plenty of spaces a bit further up the road last night.

Just writing that down has calmed me a bit. I know I shouldnt get narked but I worry about OH. If he falls over

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 11/05/2011 13:13

Competative disability? I've never heard anything so ridiculous.
Tell her to fuck off then when she gets there, fuck off some more (so pleased I finally got a chance to type that)

Dropdeadfred · 11/05/2011 13:14

Kreecher Grin

Highlander · 11/05/2011 13:22

don't stoop down to their level.

Speak to them directly, calmly, politely. Give them a note at the same time to reiterate your points.

make sure they completely understand why they can never park there.

Then you can send round the heavies next time Grin

thefirstMrsDeVere · 11/05/2011 13:43

I honestly would have spoken to them directly but I had no clue who owned the car. MN has taught me not to be lily livered. I have read far too many AIBUs to think that being sneaky is the Right Thin To Do Grin

I suppose I could have gone down when they were working out how to get their car out but I was ironing a very important pair of shorts at the time so I just had to look out the window at them.

Mwahahahahhahaa.

Glad to have given you that chance kreecher feels good dont it?

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thefirstMrsDeVere · 11/05/2011 13:53

dropdead her OH has some sort of arthritic condition. I know its quite bad. He gets out and about well enough but I suspect he is in quite a lot of pain. I have no reason to think he doesnt need a parking space but he can apply for one and I dont know why he doesnt if they want one.

She is bizarre though. She has a huge great ramp in her garden. It takes up the whole garden even though OH is not a wheelchair user. I can see no use for it whatsover. I think its because it was free and they were entitled to it. Weird. It snakes all the way down, blocking the lawn so there is no room for the kids to play and there is nothing at the end of the garden for it to lead to. Confused

Anyway I think she was just reminding me that her OH is disabled. The irony is I am probably the only person in the road that believes her. Her 'friends' all go on about him being well enough to travel, go to football etc. I wouldnt dream of assuming that meant someone wasnt disabled.

She has done it before. When we got a makeover she got really narky because her OH was disabled too so why shouldnt she get one. FFS She is welcome to my new sideboard if she can give me my DD back and my OH's health oh and cure DS2 while she is at it Hmm

Mind you this time she did ask what was wrong with OH. She thought he had arthritis (which I know is a horrid, horrid conditon) but when I told her it was MS she went 'fucking hell' and shut up.

She is right classy.

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aliceliddell · 11/05/2011 14:24

thefirst - go get 'em! We have a police number (yes, police!) to call when the gits park in our disabled space. Cops use reg no. to get mobile no., phone them - et voila! In the meantime, we've had to park somewhere else and generally arse about to get in the house to phone the cops, but mustn't moan because they only parked for a minute/half an hour/2 hours because they were delivering something/emptying their rubbish into the skip/collecting someone up the road/acting like a cock. Handy you have all those essential for wheelchairstotally frivolous dropped kerbs up your road...

aliceliddell · 11/05/2011 14:28

That strikethrough feature...Hmm

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