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AIBU?

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Yet another school parking one! AIBU

6 replies

Chopbob · 27/11/2018 16:46

Grrrr.
Just picked my DS up from school.
I normally park a few streets away from school and walk so I don't get in anyone's way (or at least I thought I was out of the way). I really try to be considerate.
I parked on a normal road, no signs anywhere, no yellow lines, no other cars parked at all. Totally empty. The road backs onto back gardens so not in front of anyone's house.
As I was loading everything into the car, a man pulls up next to me says I cannot park there or he will block me in. It is his parking space.
I was a bit Hmm as it was just a normal road and he could park basically anywhere on the road, but I did say i was sorry as I didn't realise it was permit or private parking.
He replied it wasn't private but he was disabled so he should be able to park behind his own house. Agreed- but I'm not to know he has a disability.
I said I wouldn't park there again but it might be worth getting a sign up or a disabled bay marked out just so people know and will park elsewhere, otherwise they wouldn't know.
So he goes mad at me and purposefully blocks me in!! He is sick of me parking in his spot (I have parked on this road maybe 2-3 times since my ds started school so very rarely). I do admit it wasnt my finest hour and i was pretty rude to him after he blocked me in. Luckily I've got mad driving skills lol so I got out.
Thinking about it he has parked like a tit before when I have parked elsewhere on the road/ on different roads and has parked waaaaaayyyy too close to get the kids in the car/blocked me in.
I get that it must be really frustrating to not get parked outside your home (or back garden) but really- blocking people in on an empty road seems a bit much.
AIBU or is he?
Obvs I won't park there again Smile

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AlexanderHamilton · 27/11/2018 16:49

If he does it again I’d report him to for blocking the highway & verbal abuse.

Shoxfordian · 27/11/2018 16:49

I'd keep parking there if someone was so rude to me
He doesn't own the road!

Owletterocks · 27/11/2018 16:52

YANBU you have every right to park there. I have a bil who thinks he owns the space outside his house, it drives me mad. I live on a busy road with no off street parking, I park where I can and if someone parks outside my house then I park somewhere else, it’s not a massive deal and part and parcel of not having off street parking. That’s why houses with off street parking cost more

Chopbob · 27/11/2018 16:54

I wish I had the guts to park there again!

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LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 27/11/2018 16:55

The pavement outside someone's house isn't actually their space so he has no right to demand that you park elsewhere. That being said for my own sanity I'd probably park somewhere else.

sanpelle · 27/11/2018 16:58

Just keep parking there and ignore. If he gets abusive then call the police. Currently got an ongoing issue with my neighbours putting cones out to stop people from using a public road with no markings. I've literally never seen their car parked anywhere but directly outside their house and they are so obsessed it's sad. They've clearly managed to bully everyone else for so long if they've always got 'their' space.

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