To lock our bollard into place?

[ontheedgeofwhatever]

Someone has parked on our drive for the third time this week - I have no idea who they are as both times they've been there when I come back from the morning school run and gone when I come back from the evening one.

The last owners of our house installed a small bollard that can be pulled up from the ground and padlocked in place. It makes it impossible to get into our out of the drive. I've already left 2 polite notes asking them not to park on our drive. AIBU if I lock the bollard and go out for a few hours?

You meanie! She really should have sorted it out herself though!

Ah drat! I wanted fisticuffs and shouting [huffs]

Whoops that wasn't the outcome we all thought was going to be

Oh wow, feel sorry for the poor girl :( oh well, all done and dusted. The suspense was murderous!!

Agree with IawnCont. Why not just knock on the door or leave a note explaining?

Sheds a tear.....

Phew - actually quite relieved that you weren't confronted by a road-rage-parking loon. (Thanks for coming back - was on tender-hooks!).

Ahhh well at least it's happy ending!! ish

Wow. Well, st east it's sorted I wanted blood

At least

oh well, at least you were able to sort it!

Poor her, and poor you :-(

Thanks for the update though...

Thank you OP! Glad you are OK and nothing horrid happened.

Restored my faith in humanity.

I wouldn't have parked there more than once after getting a note, despite what he said.

Why would YBU to raise a bollard on your own property? They are taking the piss.

No, I think that's a nice ending! I bet you're glad you were polite throughout now, I'd have got much shirtier and assumed they were bastards taking the piss and be all now. She sounds a bit dim though, I wouldn't park in someone's drive because a friend of theirs told me they "wouldn't mind!".

She shouldn't have just ignored the notes tbh.

Glad the outcome was ok though ish

Thank God you didn't shit on the bonnet and shove a banana up the exhaust.

Glad it wasn't an aggressive person op

oh silly mare....she should have just written on your note and put it back in your letterbox!

Never mind you lot - I am very relieved it turned out as it did. I came back early as i couldn't enjoy the pizza I was terrified I might have unleashed the hounds of hell or worse upon myself and my family.

Its exactly the sort of thing my friend would do. He's a lovely bloke but has difficulty understanding normal boundaries whcih can cause problems - sigh

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