neighbour using my drive when I'm out.

[birdladyfromhomealone]

I came home early this morning just after 11am as i have had a chest infection since before Xmas and was struggling at work.
When I got home there were two cars on my drive, one park almost touching my front window and the other one at an angle beside it.
This is the only way to get two cars on the driveway so whoever it was parking there must know the driveway well and how to get two cars on it.
Outside on the road is permit parking and no parking between 10 and 12am.
This is to stop commuters and shoppers parking as we are five minutes from a huge indoor shopping centre.
I had to park behind them blocking them in and blocking the pavement also.
I left a note on my car for the traffic warden
Please knock on door as I have to obstruct the pavement due to two illegally parked cars on my drive.
half an hour later my next door neighbour in his 70's who we NEVER see knocks on my door.
Totally unapologetic and says one car belongs to his wife's carer as she cant park on the road due to restrictions and the other is a neighbour from up the road who uses our driveway when we are at work as her driveway is not big enough.
Even though I was fuming he still just didnt seen to think it was a problem even saying.
Well when your at work your not using it and at least it makes it look like some one is home.
I told him to get them moved straight away.
The carer came round looking really sheepish and asked would I mind if she parked during the restrictions between 10 and 12 as she has been given a ticket in the past. I said fine if no one is in but why cant my neighbour move his car off his drive to enable his wife's carers to park. He cant afford £40 a year to pay for a permit for his carers?
The other car nearly touching my front window is still there so I have put a not on it.
Caroline, I have reported your car to the police as an abandoned vehicle. Since then Nicholas has told me he gave you permission to park here. Nicholas has no business or authority to use our driveway. It would have been polite and neighbourly to at least have asked permission. If your car is parked on my driveway again I will be reporting you to the police.
Tomorrow if I am feeling better I am off the B&Q to buy a chain and paddlock so they cant use my drive!

OK, unhealthily addicted to this thread. OP, are you lying in the driveway waiting in front of the wheels like a human-penguin bollard??

Caroline is waiting for the coast to be clear tomorrow. Cheeky cat.

Shamelessly place marking

21 pages of hilarious comments and STILL no Caroline?? Hope OP is at B & Q buying a bit of chain and a large padlock!

Placemarking and not ashamed!

I'd rapidly join ParkOnMyDrive and start charging the woman!

My rates would be VERY, very high....

Honestly, about 10 friends and neighbours dressed as penguins. Standing stock still, not speaking. Inching ever close to Caroline when she comes, in a sinister fashion, shuffling ever closer to her and her car.

I'm in!

I would imagine she will wait till you go out and take it. Can you spy any curtain twitchers looking to see if you've gone?!

Maybe you could send your DH to B&Q for the chain and padlock before it closes (better be quick!) so she can be locked in tomorrow, regardless of whether his car is there or not :)

Shamelessly placemarking

cherry I was in latent labour for over 2 weeks with dc#3.

DC1 was seven weeks - measurable trace and everything. Consultant signed me off work so he'd stay in (started at 33+) then the little git held on and on and on.

Beginning to think Caroline has similar tendencies.

I cannot concentrate on Silent Witness because I keep checking back for updates! Hurry up Caroline!

Don't people realise we have other things to do and can't be checking threads constantly to see if Caroline's been back?

Come on!!

Polly, somewhat ironically, DH was watching an old Planet Earth episode about penguins, which obviously only served to make me laugh even more. He's now paused it until my hiccups calm down.

Creepy penguin bollards

So, is the car now abandoned?

Can you get a wheel clamp from anywhere? Obviously you should be having a sick day tomorrow but can you Amazon prime one to your house if she doesn't come for her car tomorrow? I would so do that!

I had to quit my job at Christmas, so I have NOTHING to do! As long as happyflappy can tape Judge Rinder for me, I can be available to drape myself across the drive? I'm pretty sturdy so it would take Caro AND her secret lover to shift me! I would be happy to facebook live the whole thing?

Never have I wished a chest infection not to clear up too quickly.*

Or, to paraphrase the wonderful Frasier, "God bless the virus that invaded your chest cavities."

happy sigh

Love parking threads. This for classics?

She's not coming tonight is she? Her Dh should be home by now too, so she's not going to send him round either.

I'm meant to be watching Silen Twitness tonight because a friend is on it. Blooming DC3 will not go to sleep so Caroline is keeping me almost sane.

Thanks for the reminder Bunty.

I'd forgotten Silent Witness was on.

If Caroline uses your driveway when you are at work because hers isn't big enough, where does she park it when you are at home?! Who parks on hers during the day normally? If it's her partner/kids, surely they would be there in the evening and at the weekends too? Where does she park then!?

Caroline parks on the street except between 10 and 12 when the permits are in force and because she is too fucking tight to pony up for a permit then she drives the car over the road to OPs drive for 2 hours, then back to the street.

Creepy penguin bollards

I never liked that Caroline 😒
Always acting like it is everyone's fault that her drive is too small...

And don't get me started on Nicholas...