To get the rage with this woman

[dontstopscheming]

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?

All you have to say is "there's usually space for 2 cars here! Would you mind moving up a bit tomorrow, that would really help me out" and unless she's a complete cow she will.

Ah this gets my goat! We live within walking distance of town centre and get loads of shoppers parking here, without fail they will take up a two car space, I genuinely don’t know how they are so blind to it? If there is a dropped kerb, space for two cars and then another car, why would you park slap bang in the middle of it?! I have asked people to pull forwards if I happen to be outside!

this got my goat with one mum until I put on my big girl pants and asked her politely if it was ok to move forward so we both could fit. yes she is being inconsiderate but will likely be more considerate if you ask her to be.

@WitsEnding ooops, @GreatDuckCookery apologies

I can’t help wondering whether she’s hopeless at manoeuvring out of tight parking spaces, so leaves herself yards of room at each end! It would explain why she arrives so early, too - to make sure the big double space will be empty for her!

If she didn’t park and literally run out of the car door into school I might catch her.

So ask her in the playground.
None of this leaving notes on windscreens passive aggressive shit.

Don’t see her in the playground. Mine are in foundation stage and hers are about 10 so opposite ends of the school. I’m not entirely sure what she even looks like as she runs so quickly from her car in a whirlwind!

This needs neither the rage nor a thread.
'Excuse me, could you nudge forward a bit. Thank you.'

Write a little note & tomorrow when you watch her dash from her car stick the note on her window she'll see it soon as she's back in the car and hopefully she will be more considerate from then on.

She won't even know it's from you

I agree, just put a polite note on her windscreen:

"Hi, as there's considerable pressure on parking spaces during school drop off I wonder if you would mind pulling your car forward slightly to free up another space behind you.

Thanks a million."

I'd get there before her, and park exactly like she does, and see if she gets the message.

Just ask her nicely. No need to get so worked up about it. Maybe she hasn't been driving long? Maybe she's been blocked in before? I've not been driving long and it took me a while to work out how much room to leave and still get back out confidently. I've been asked to nudge up before when parking outside an excercise class. I did, with no quibble.

The rate your going you will quietly seethe about it forever until you snap at her. And she will think you're nuts.

She probably doesn’t realise.

Perhaps she's making sure she doesn't block anyone's drive?

How is a note passive-aggressive? It has the potential to be, but it doesn’t have to be! Same as any method of communication.