To get the rage with this woman

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So, school run time.
School is rural so 95% of people need to drive. It’s a 40 minute walk each way for me and lots of roads with no pavements.
So people need to park on residential roads around the school unfortunately.
Anyway, the past week I’ve seen a woman pulling into the side road that I always park on, about a 5 minute walk from school.
Every single morning she parks her car on a stretch of road that has spaces for 2 cars.
Except she parks slap bang in the middle, leaving 4 feet in front of her and 4 feet behind her so no one can share that bit of road.
Even with 2 cars parked on that stretch there’s plenty of room for people to use the dropped kerb, get in and out of car boots etc, although her kids are about 10 so she’s not getting buggy’s out of her boot.
She just swings in, driving like she stole it, hogs 2 parking spaces and swans off.
Surely common courtesy especially when people are limited for parking is to not hog 2 parking spaces?

Point it out to her nicely and ask her to park more considerately. Maybe she just hasn't realised she is being discourteous.

Seriously tempted to ask her to move forward a bit.
If she didn’t park and literally run out of the car door into school I might catch her.
Don’t even know what her rush is. Another 12 minutes til the bell goes and she got out about 10 minutes ago and it’s freezing out there.

Leave a bit earlier? So you can park first and she can also.

Agree with PP, get their first, leave her space, she might realise there’s room for 2

Alternatively, ask her politely to move forward?

I’d leave a friendly note on her car asking her to leave space for another car. One saying “thanks so much!” at the end and putting your name, so she doesn’t complain about an anonymous rude note.

She's probably doin it intentionally so no one parks next to her car and runs of so no one can say anything.. is it a particularly new car?

just ask her, she may not realise what she's doing, most people are pretty flustered on the school run. Save raging at her for if she refuses!

Definitely ask her to move forward. Why wouldn't you?

It’s not a particularly new car. Like a small ford, maybe focus type car?
I think it was a 2013 plate car.
Maybe it’s her pride and joy though!
I was so close to beating her today too. She was about 20 feet in front of me on the road and straight away pulled into the middle of the double space before I could get there.

I asked someone the other day if they had lost the trailer from their car. He parks like a dick every day near the school in the tiniest car known to man. He always parks in the middle of two spaces. I hate selfish parkers it's the bane of my life living in a terraced house with no drives.

I would just pull up behind her as she parked and encourage her forward, if she didn't take the hint the politely of 'oh sorry do u mind pulling forward a touch just so I'm not over this driveway'

I park up pretty early, around 20 minutes before the bell goes.
She’s even a few seconds earlier than me and then dashes out and must stand in the playground for 20 minutes!
I reckon it’s tactical! She gets there so early to bag the double space and then stands in the playground for 20 minutes so no one can ask her to move forward a bit! Maybe I should admire her determination!!!
I wonder where she parked before though. She’s never been a regular of my particular side road!

Your sister is NBU and you can't expect her to consider your feelings on FB ahead of campaigning for a reversal. Is there a way you can use your EU passports or non-UK residency to benefit her family?

Actions have consequences.

I also live rurally, and there is a kind of etiquette to school run parking in our village. Everyone has their own "spot" even though its not talked about. Years ago I parked the same way, over 2 other peoples spots and was left a note asking me to budge up a bit. It was friendly though and now that person is one of my closest friends.

Leave a note, but be nice about it, or wait near her car and talk to her.

Wrong threads wits!

Thread even.

hahaha GreatDuck, i know which thread you thought you were on!!

Re the parking lady - get some friends with Smart Cars to block her in

definitely leave a note!

Or pull in behind her (as far as you can) and beep and mime for her to move forward?

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I'd have a polite word with her

Or get there earlier or park further away. If you get there 20 mins before the bell, you could always park a 10 minute walk away.

Do you think she might be worried about getting rammed in?

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Recently a new person started parking at my daughters school right in the entranceway to the empty house lot that everyone uses for parking.

They would be there all day so no access for drop off or pick up to the empty lot (house was pulled down years ago and block cleared), I just left a polite note letting them know and thanking them for parking elsewhere in the future, since then they haven't parked in the entry once. I am sure they are an imbecile if they didn't realise they were in the entrance had just been excited to fine an empty park close to where they were going everyday and somehow not noticed that they were blocking everyone else and not just inconsiderate.

Haha no not me, Witsend.