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WWYD car parked on our drive

826 replies

Marsaday · 19/07/2016 21:48

Some complete asshat has left their car parked on our drive.

It has been there at least since my OH got home at 4.30, but could have been there all day.
Have phoned 101 and police say not reported stolen but they won't do anything as the car is on private land and not blocking us in. It's not a car that we recognise as belonging to neighbours and we're not near a hospital, station, airport etc.
We have currently parked across the drive preventing said car from leaving and left our phone number on the window. However, as we have a baby and a toddler our phones are on silent at night.
WIBU to leave the car blocked in until morning?
Or how can we get the car moved?

OP posts:

wonkygiraffe · 21/07/2016 21:05

This happened to me once. Blocked them in and waited for them to knock at the door. Next thing I knew, guy had come back but instead of knocking at my door, he got back in the car and began the process of attempting to turn around in tiny back and forth movements so that he could drive across my lawn and get out. Didn't want tyre tracks on my lawn so I went out and had words and then moved my car. I couldn't believe the nerve of him!

MiddleClassProblem · 21/07/2016 21:19

exaltedwombat you have any other ideas?

WhineWhineWINE · 21/07/2016 21:23

Anyone can make a mistake. Failing to apologise is a choice though.

Mummytoourspecialbaby · 21/07/2016 21:33

I think someone mentioned it but a a random person in my very small town lived across from the train station. A random car parked there. They were having work done of their house and had a 1 tonne bag of sand delivered. It was dropped off blocking the car in! There for days u til the sand was used up. I think this story made the national papers.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 21/07/2016 21:38

Ashamed of Britain?

Overreact much? Give me a fucking break.

MummyZu · 21/07/2016 21:52

I think that everyone is jumping to conclusions without knowing the other side of the story? Innocent mistake? Emergency? Whatever? Keep calm until you know the story. And if it was intentional then just say please don't do that again or I will get it towed away, and end of. Much worse things can happen in the world. What makes the world a bad place is when people jump to conclusions, get angry quickly, don't listen to 'the other side' and wanting retaliation. We all do it and I'm no exception. If you are able to block the car it means that there is enough space for you to park without being on the road, so in all honesty one day of someone parking on your drive has not killed you. So just relax, go to sleep and you will know the other side of the story soon. Just be calm. Everyone is just getting you angrier and more frustrated which just doesn't help the situation. In the scheme of things, it honestly isn't such a big deal. And no honestly it wasn't me parked on your driveway just in case you're wondering.🙂

kali110 · 21/07/2016 22:05

exalted
Ashamed of Britain, my god
Racism, abuse makes me ashamed, but this makes you ashamed?
Maybe the cheeky person who parked across op's drive for hours should be bloody ashamed!
No i think the person has probably parked there as there were no spaces. Laziness.
People used to park over my drive (and other neighbours) when i lived near a school because there was nowhere close to park.
I think the op has been very restrained, if it had been me that car would have been towed hours ago.

kali110 · 21/07/2016 22:07

Does it really matter what the other side is though? Why would you park on someone's drive?

bedouincheek · 21/07/2016 22:20

Maybe (just to be equally irritating) purchase a few rolls of cling film and wrap the bastard car - thus preventing all any any damage to it, now it is parked on the road. Wrap it in layers and layers and layers. Proper takes ages to get off, as don't want to use anything sharp eh?

I accept no liability should this go horribly wrong

rainbowstardrops · 21/07/2016 22:27

Bloody cheeky feckers!

Ketchuponpizza · 21/07/2016 22:28

Loving this thread! 😂

ChippyChips · 21/07/2016 22:29

I'd be fucking livid.
My old neighbours (who have since fucked off moved) felt they had the god-given right to park on my drive whenever the need arose because we didn't have a car at the time.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/07/2016 22:31

Innocent mistake - if it was an innocent mistake, why not apologise when they realised?

Emergency - leave a brief note through the OP's door, explaining.

It didn't kill you - relax and go to sleep - would you be OK with someone making use of your private property without asking, without explanation. Say someone sets up a picnic on your lawn - there's still room for you to use the lawn - would you be able to relax and go to sleep, MummyZu? I certainly wouldn't.

If I buy or rent a house with a drive, I have a reasonable expectation of being able to use it when I need to/want to. I should not be expected to accept other people, who haven't contributed to the rent/mortgage, use my drive without my permission.

exaltedwombat · 21/07/2016 22:37

"...not blocking us in" is an important part of the original post. Is this car really causing a problem, to anything beyond your sense of entitlement?

And yes, maybe it's been delivered to a mistaken address. Maybe it's been dumped by joyriders and the owner hasn't discovered it's missing yet.

But the real problem is the amount of venom in this thread.

TheNotoriousPMT · 21/07/2016 22:38

An explanation that doesn't involve malice or stupidity....

The car is actually a time machine and the OP's drive was at the precise point in the space-time continuum for the owner to take apocalypse-avoiding action.
Er....... Anyone else?

tazgirl · 21/07/2016 22:49

Please don't let this fade into nothingness, we demand an exciting finale

mellowfartfulness · 21/07/2016 23:00

Oh bollocks, exalted. Having someone help themselves to a bit of your private space without apology or explanation is bloody intrusive. There's nothing wrong with feeling entitled to things you do in fact have the exclusive right to use. I wouldn't be happy with someone rocking up uninvited to eat their breakfast at my garden table, either, or having a snooze on my bed after I've got up for the day. The fact of my not physically occupying those spaces at that precise moment doesn't magically make it a non-issue.

Not to mention that even if you're not blocked in by dickhead parking, emergency vehicles may be blocked out.

lovealookabout · 21/07/2016 23:08

Ahhhh the impotent rage of a barber that never happened

SoupDragon · 21/07/2016 23:09

"...not blocking us in" is an important part of the original post. Is this car really causing a problem, to anything beyond your sense of entitlement?

So, you would be happy with someone taking up temporary residence in your house provided they didn't get in your way?

And yes, maybe it's been delivered to a mistaken address. Maybe it's been dumped by joyriders and the owner hasn't discovered it's missing yet.

Maybe you should read the whole thread. Or at least the OP's updates. Then you would know that it was neither of those things.

But the real problem is the amount of venom in this thread.

No, ther real problem is that some people can't spot when people aren't being serious unless there is a big flashing "lighthearted" sign.

lovealookabout · 21/07/2016 23:10

*barney

kali110 · 21/07/2016 23:24

Oh yes i'm sure it was delivered to the wrong address,they just happened to find the right address in the 15 minutes the op was out?
What a coincidence

MummyZu · 21/07/2016 23:27

SDT....Genius. If it happened to me, I would just leave a note and wait inside until they returned and ask why they had parked their car there. If it was intentional then I would ask politely that they please didn't because it inconveniences me...and end of story. I wouldn't fight over a such a trivial matter. It's not like they are doing that repeatedly. It's not like they do that all the time. It's not as if they have 'stolen' the space or the house. The driveway is still there as is the house. Read into the history of the world where you will find nations stealing others' nation from literally under their feet. My husband's whole house (worth millions of ponds) was stolen by forgery (albeit in another country) and he can't get it back. I would be interested to know why the car has been left there and if it is just an innocent mistake, I think all the angry people on this thread should take a step back and reflect on their lives and think that perhaps their anger and resentment and their 'quick to jump to conclusions' is actually holding them back from achieving greater things in life, and truly being happy. This may be a lesson to all of us.....we'll wait patiently and see...

MummyZu · 21/07/2016 23:29

And oh yes SDT...Genius....about your question of them not apologising when they realised it was a mistake, how do you know they have realised its a mistake yet??

MiddleClassProblem · 21/07/2016 23:38

exhaulted entitlement? It's the op's drive! It's their property, you numpty.

NotoriousPMT do you think it's the op herself parking on her own drive?

Alleycat1 · 22/07/2016 00:00

Of course, there is an easy solution for those of us bothered in this way - we should put up gates. Not always feasible, but a great deterent.

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