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To move the fecking cones???

40 replies

Ginosaji · 09/12/2016 21:05

I live in a street where parking spaces are at a premium, the street im on and the surrounding ones are all permit parking and no-one has drives & there are no designated spaces, despite having a permit i fully accept that it does mean i still have to take pot luck on getting a space out the front of my house & that sometimes i will have to park in the next street or much further up the road (the road in live on is very long)

But for the last few days there has been a particular car that has been using cones to 'reserve' themselves a space! And for some reason they are doing it right outside my own house, so not even outside their own!

I know that even if they didnt do this that i still wouldnt be able to guarantee getting that space myself, as i said i fully accept that, but aibu to feel highly irritated that they are doing this & would ibu to remove the cones and hide them??

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HeadElf · 09/12/2016 21:54

Ooo thank you ever so much, now it's a proper parking post Grin stick the cone on top of the car.

Ginosaji · 09/12/2016 21:55

Theres another one at the front of the car, i think they ought to both come and live in my cellar, they must be awfully cold outside and they can make a fort with all the boxes Smile

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Champagneformyrealfriends · 09/12/2016 21:57

Take them!!!!!

Sweets101 · 09/12/2016 21:58

Remove them, then take them to the local police station to hand into lost property. Say they were left outside your house and you thought you better hand them in incase they'd been stolen and dumped.

MakingMyWayThroughTown · 09/12/2016 22:00

That would seriously irritate me! Take the cones and keep them safe & warm in your cellar. Smile

MsJudgemental · 09/12/2016 22:31

Remove them and park.

DierdrePewtey · 09/12/2016 22:32

Cones ---> bin

Job done.

GloGirl · 09/12/2016 22:33

Decorate them like mini Christmas trees and place them somewhere prominent Grin

MsJudgemental · 09/12/2016 22:33

We also live in a residents parking zone. Reserving a spot is only deemed acceptable for removals / skip/ scaffolding / large delivery.

misson · 09/12/2016 22:36

I was relieved to see orange cones, not penguins.

Move them.

steppemum · 09/12/2016 22:37

I love th eidea of decorating them like Christmas trees.
Do you know who is doing it? If so, decorate them put them on their doorstep with a little note saying they don't need to reserve a place for Santa's sleigh as it will land on the roof and reserving anything else is illegal

TheWitTank · 09/12/2016 22:42

Run over the cones "accidentally" and squidge them flat. Repeat as new ones arrive.

Ginosaji · 09/12/2016 22:44

Sadly i dont know who is doing it, i reconise the car as a regular in this street, i just dont know who it belongs to lol like the idea of dressing them up all christmassy, I think i will remove them, dress them up and then find the car xmas morning and return th, be a nice xmas surprise Grin

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PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 09/12/2016 22:46

Just run over them. I have in the past not because I'm a bad driver or anything

SlideAway82 · 09/12/2016 22:49

This reminds me of Ma Boswell doing it in Bread!

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