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AIBU?

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AIBU to be so upset about this note left on my lovely MIL's car?

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Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 26/11/2013 18:21

My MIL comes to look after our 2 year old twins for half the week. Today she found this note left on her car:

Your parking is very inconsiderate. You leave huge gaps between your car and others making it hard to park. My children need to go to school and should be able to park outside our own house in the mornings. Please learn to park better! Annoyed neighbour

For the record I don't think she leaves huge gaps between cars (you need to leave some gap of course!). And no one owns the parking space on the road outside their house (we have people parking out the front of our house all the time and don't think anything of it)

Anyway, I'm probably feeling unreasonably upset on her behalf!

OP posts:

Facebaffle · 26/11/2013 19:20

Our neighbour has taken to leaving anonymous notes on cars that are legally parked outside our houses.

Another neighbour found a letter on her car (and is a relative of the letter writer ). She found out who is was from and they no longer talk.

DisappointedHorse · 26/11/2013 19:24

Leaving a pissy note isn't very nice but I would definitely encourage MIL to park a bit more considerately if its true.

I live down a road which is a pain for parking and the amount of times I see someone parked in the middle of 2 spaces is unbelievable and it has been tempting on occasion. I don't understand why people can't be more considerate.

Whatevertheweather · 26/11/2013 19:25

I live in a street where non residents park to walk to work/shop in town. It is beyond frustrating not to be able park anywhere near your own house and do leave notes when my drive is frequently blocked. Our drive fits one car on and technically we should always be able to block our own drive with our 2nd car but can't even do this most of the time because of the way people park and then bugger off for 8-9 hours!

Not saying your MIL was parked badly but if she was the note may have made her think twice next time causing less inconvenience to other residents.

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 26/11/2013 19:29

The bible of cunty parking

ivykaty44 · 26/11/2013 19:38

I would leave a note on the dash board

If you are not happy with my unpretty parking, come and knock the door and have a pleasant cup of tea and chat about it. It is far better to be friendly and much more likely to get a positive result

Shockingundercrackers · 26/11/2013 20:06

I'd be printing off estate agents particulars for properties nearby with garages, highlighting the bits about parking and leaving it on the annoyed neighbours windscreen.

People who think they literally own the public highway outside their houses are nobs.

custardo · 26/11/2013 20:07

people who leave notes instead of talking are wankers

parking wankers

hollyisalovelyname · 26/11/2013 20:12

My DF is such a bad parker somebody once left a note on his windscreen with the following words on it:
'Next time you park like that leave a f***g tin opener!
They were right!!!

DoJo · 26/11/2013 20:13

I have left perfectly pleasant notes on people's cars asking them to move a little further up along the lines of 'As you may know, the parking down here is a nightmare, so if you wouldn't mind moving your car to the end of the space next time you park it would really help make it easier to fit more of us in. Many thanks, DoJo at Number 15'. Why people let themselves get so wound up before leaving a note is a mystery - the person you are writing to isn't to know that you spend every night seething over their parking!

girliefriend · 26/11/2013 20:23

My mum had a note glued to her window telling her not to park in front of a neighbours house, it really upset her plus was a pita to get off

On the other hand I had a minor tantrum at the wend when I couldn't park infront of my mums house because I wanted to hoover the car out

eatriskier · 26/11/2013 20:41

We've had a shitty note from one of our neighbours complaining about our MIL's parking. She drives an estate and it does overhang our drop curb. Except the note wasn't from the neighbours who she may have caused issue from, it was from the other side who wanted to park two cars outside her own house. So we nicely (actually) pointed out that they could do what they liked in front of their house but if they parked anywhere overhanging our drop curb we'd call the police on them again (again not meaning for parking, again as in we've had to call the police on them several times).

And the neighbours who she may inconvenience? Well we have a lovely relationship with them and they often park outside our house over our drop curb when they know someone needs to get on and off their drive at stupid times. They always ask and always move the car before they know we'd need to move and we know they'd move straight away for an emergency. A little courtesy goes a long way. Shame more people don't realise that.

Financeprincess · 26/11/2013 21:06

I left a note on a car once, and only once. They had blocked me in at a station car park and I had to get a member of station staff to guide me out in a 27 point turn (really) so that I could get to a hospital appointment. The station staff issued a £50 fine and yes, I left a note expressing the hope that they enjoyed paying it. It was anonymous, and I had no regrets whatsoever!

SeaSickSal · 26/11/2013 21:15

I live on a cul de sac where parking is extremely tight. I actually read that and wondered if she lived on our road. Some people just pull up or leave 1/2 - 3/4 cars length in front of them and it's incredibly frustrating when you can't park because a few people have been selfish.

And it is always the same handful of people who do it. If your MIL is doing it every night and it always means her neighbour can't park it would be incredibly frustrating.

ConfusedPixie · 26/11/2013 21:36

Could totally happen on my street. There are spaces for three cars between drives, and it's a short road where many of the houses have more than one car. We all fit on it people park properly and three cars can get into each space between drives, but if people my landlords park their vehicles over two 'gaps' then they waste a whole other space.

No need for PA notes, but I can see why if people park inconsiderately on your street and they just got fed up.

Pearlsaplenty · 26/11/2013 21:40

Yanbu the road is for anyone to park on. But maybe she should try to park better, it is annoying when people park badly.

Angloamerican · 26/11/2013 23:46

I left a note on someone's car on Saturday, in a shopping center car park. Some twat driving a 4x4 had parked virtually diagonally in his space, with the result that I could barely squeeze into the driver's door, and I couldn't open the rear door. I'm pregnant and had two young children to put in car seats.

If I hadn't had my children with me, I'd have like to have smashed every window in his bastard car. As I did have them with me, I settled for leaving a suitably pissy note, with liberal use of the word "prick".

If your MIL does park as the note suggests, the note was entirely justified.

SugarMouse1 · 27/11/2013 00:51

photo it and put it up on FB/Twitter!

She deserves to be paid back, so key her car in the dead of night, slash her tyres etc

Send her junk mail from various companies

Post dog shit through the letter box at night/early morning

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