So who's in the right with this parking conundrum?

[parkingpalaver]

I'm kind of sitting on the fence here so I thought the MN jury could decide who's being unreasonable (I am not one of the people involved)

There is a shared house with 6 occupants and two driveway spaces, and some spaces usually free in the street. It's just a case of whoever gets home first gets the spaces on the drive and all the occupants are satisfied with this arrangement.

One occupant (A) who lives in the house is going away for the weekend. His car is parked in the street. His mate is coming over in his car and they are getting the train to their destination. His mate parks on the drive as everyone is at work, and when the other occupants get home they complain about the random car taking a space.

They send message to A asking why his mate has parked on the drive, and he says "what difference does it make, my car could have been on the drive, but I parked in the street, and my friend used the space on the drive".

Who's being unreasonable?

Is it a controlled parking zone. Maybe the tenant had a permit and his friend didn’t. That’s why he let his friend park in the drive and he parked on the street?

The moral thing to do imo would have been to both park in a way that allowed those around to park near the property. But then maybe the biblical rain outside swaying my POV

I think he is BU to allow his mate to park on drive but can see his reasoning about how he could have parked there.

A lady in my street always uses my neighbours space and after parking there awkwardly so I couldn't use my passenger door she did eventually ask my neighbours permission (I think!).
Came home other day to find her being clamped and having gone inside and opened my windows to hear her discussion with parking enforcement discovered it's due to loads of unpaid fines for this address and previous ones she's still clamped in his space! He has family visit for the weekend (he's disabled) so I don't know where they'll park. My own ds is disabled or I'd have offered my space and used another for a few days.

Parking twats boil my piss!

If B isn't that far away then A is extremely unreasonable not to pick him up and leave space on the road or drive.

Not controlled parking zone no.

A is being unreasonable. No one should be taking up the space while away on holiday.

A is being unreasonable. His friend should have parked somewhere else.

It’s not really mixed responses - most people think A is being a dick, but you are probably A and don’t want to accept this.

I don't think A is unreasonable at all. What's the difference between his own car on the drive or his mate's? Broad as it is long. One space, which A is entitled to as first there, is taken up, no more and no less.

If you were going away for the week so didn’t need your car to be in proximity of your building which has limited spaces and others who would benefit from the proximity, why wouldn’t you park your car on the street?

Unfortunately many are saying A would be unreasonable even if it were his own car so they're not really addressing the question.

I'm not A, I don't even live in the house!

Why do you care then?

Because one of the housemates is a close friend and asked me what I thought 🤷🏼‍♀️ I couldn't make up my mind so thought I'd ask MN. Is that ok?