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Car parking with diagram

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schoolcats · 09/01/2020 15:02

I'm parked up in this space in diagram 1, excuse the back of envelope job.

When I arrived there was a car and van already here, I parked next two the car so the van had ample space to get out. I didn't park next to the van because I knew the car park would fill up and I'd get blocked in. There are no marked spaces. If I'd parked next to the van I'd have blocked him in.

Then, diagram 2, another car arrives (Ca) and parks, closely followed b6 another car (Cb), the van is now blocked in. At this point the van driver gets out, stands next to my window and shouts that I have blocked him and should go and park somewhere else.

I could of parked where Cb is now parked but didn't as it's poor visibility when pulling out because the wall is six foot and you can't easily see what is coming from that direction and it's a busy road. Car Cb will be going soon as they (and I) park here daily and they pick up somebody at this time and then go (they have gone as I am typing this), the van is no longer blocked in and they are still sitting parked up in their van.

I have locked my door and am ignoring him. He intermittently beeps his horn and shouts for me to move my fucking car.

Who is being unreasonable? I could move my car now and block in car Ca but after the van drivers behaviour I'm not moving anywhere.

OP posts:

ShirleyPhallus · 10/01/2020 09:19

Well that escalated!

GiveHerHellFromUs · 10/01/2020 09:22

@OldEvilOwl because it's not really relevant. He wanted to leave when his child arrived so didn't want to need to be blocked in, and probably didn't want to have to have the argument when both their children were there

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 10/01/2020 09:22

You seem to be hung up over the fact he was a man
YOU parked in the wrong space, YOU refused to move, YOU are in the wrong.
Sorry if I'm being deliberately obtuse

adaline · 10/01/2020 09:43

Why is everyone missing the point that he didn't even want to leave the car park anyway?

Because it's irrelevant. He shouldn't have been blocked in in the first place! If OP had parked more considerately to start with, none of this ridiculous scenario would have happened.

I've been blocked in at work before and it's really frustrating and totally unnecessary. It's like people don't give a shit about anyone else's life/convenience as long as they have somewhere to dump their car.

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 10/01/2020 16:14

schoolcats maybe next time you should park over on the far side of fuck and it'd avoid you blocking people in

🤣

QueenOfTheFae · 10/01/2020 16:30

so - you parked in space1 because he was in space 2? and them others turned up, technically you were blocking his exit

if you had parked like the bottom half of my images, you would have not had a problem? (I am reading the situation right?)

mummmy2017 · 10/01/2020 16:43

QueenOfTheFae

No.

Van parks in space 2.
Someone parked car afterwards in space 1.
OP parked in space 3.
Cars arrived afterwards parked in 5 and 6.
Only parking troll here is car 1 who was not OP.

QueenOfTheFae · 10/01/2020 16:50

thanks @mummmy2017
Op was in space 3? van driver should fuck off then

QueenOfTheFae · 10/01/2020 16:51

although OP might have found it easier to park in space 5 ( or was that the one that was hard to get out of?)

adaline · 10/01/2020 16:59

Only parking troll here is car 1 who was not OP.

No, because if OP hadn't parked where she did, the van could have manoeuvred out to the right and driven out where she'd parked.

As it is, he had a wall to his left and behind him, limiting the space he has to manoeuvre. If OP had parked in the space next to the van or the one on the other side of the car park, the van could have driven out.

SydneyMamma · 10/01/2020 17:53

The van driver is a twat to be so aggressive but you're being unreasonable not to move to let him out, even if you didn't originally block him in and especially as you're still in your car.

You're also being unreasonable to say "could of". It's "could have".

purplebunny2012 · 10/01/2020 17:56

I've read some of the updates. I don't blame you ignoring his abuse when he didn't even want to leave! If he'd had 2 brain cells to rub together he could have just asked you to move when he actually was ready.
Pillock

FixTheBone · 10/01/2020 18:00

Yabu, you should have parked over to the left as far as possible, the car Infront of the van is a dick, I mean, who would park like that?

mummmy2017 · 10/01/2020 18:04

Look, you were told the space holds 3 cars parked side by side and two rows.
That means everyone parks and blocks in row one, on purpose all the time.
Everyone who parks there accepts this, so the van is the idiot driver , by parking so far forward he was trapped by walls, when a car parked behind him.

ffswhatnext · 10/01/2020 18:13

You and the silly prat who parked in front of him blocked him in. Just because a car could eventually move out of the rear space, a van wouldn't.

At most space is for 4 and no-where near 6. Hopefully, those who continuously get blocked in will complain and someone will start monitoring the situation. They probably thought no-one could be daft enough to park in the middle like that and so didn't mark the bays.

adaline · 10/01/2020 18:20

the car Infront of the van is a dick, I mean, who would park like that?

No, that car didn't do anything wrong, because if the OP hadn't parked where she did, the van could have manoeuvred and driven out through her space.

But OP blocked the space and the van then didn't have enough space to manoeuvre out properly/without knocking the wall or another car.

mummmy2017 · 10/01/2020 18:20

I do have to laugh at how your blaming the OP, you can't admit the car blocked the van in. End of.
OP parked to drive away.
The two on the left parked together and were fine one would have to wait to release the other in return for not searching for a space elsewhere yet the van driver matters more.

ffswhatnext · 10/01/2020 18:28

I love how the op didn't want to park in the logical spaces because of the wall, yet expected the van driver to somehow manoeuvre to drive past the ops car, into the far empty space and have the issue of the wall.

Surely as a driver, you have to deal with the simple fact that at times you have to drive from somewhere that visibility is blocked?

GiveHerHellFromUs · 10/01/2020 18:30

@mummmy2017 I think all 3 were idiots and think the layout that they're parking in is wrong. If they'd parked like @maddening suggested there'd be no issues.

The van driver was obviously happy to get out from behind the car though so OP was the one who blocked him in

ffswhatnext · 10/01/2020 18:33

Van driver might not have been happy to have to drive from behind the first car to begin with. But would have still managed to get out, until op came along.
The other two cars didn't do anything wrong and parked where op should have. So even though the other car was happy to wait, op technically blocked in the Van and car at the back. All because op didn't want to deal with the wall.

Dontdisturbmenow · 10/01/2020 18:43

I expect there is a traditional parking rule which mean who comes first goes at the back to allow someone to easily park in front of them, same on the other side. Because it's the smart and considerate way to do it and maximise the number of cars that can park.

Most parents have the common sense to get it and act accordingly....then you have OP, clueless!

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 10/01/2020 18:53

I do have to laugh at how your blaming the OP, you can't admit the car blocked the van in. End of.

mummy, are you OP? Come on now, you can tell us.

damnthatanxiety · 10/01/2020 19:16

I am struggling to understand how so many posters are so adamant that the OP blocked the van man in. The van ended up being blocked because C, OP, Ca & Cb were parked all around him. Ca & Cb parked AFTER the OP. So why are people so determined that it was the OP that blocked the van man in and not C, Ca or Cb?

When the OP parked, the van man was able to exit. Regardless of how the roughly drawn picture looks, the OP has stated that after they parked (before Ca & Cb parked) the van man was able to exit. So it really was NOT specifically the OP that blocked the van man in. The van man was blocked in because one by one, cars arrived and blocked his exit. The OP was not the person who finally blocked him in. It was Ca & Cb.

It is obvious that the van man went for the OP because she was the only woman. I would have eyeballed him and stated clearly that I was not the one to block him - the later arrivals (Ca & Cb) were so he should take his bleating to them....unless he was too scared to because they are men..

damnthatanxiety · 10/01/2020 19:19

added to which, van man was not wanting to leave at the time he was verbally attacking the OP. He was just fretting about the possibility that the person he was picking up would come out before everyone else. He wasn't even blocked in as he didn't actually want to get out at the time.

Cloglover · 10/01/2020 20:03

The point is, you don't seem to realise that the car park doesn't have room for 6 cars that are double parked. No public car park works on a double parking basis because the point of a car park is that you can come and go without being blocked in.. The car park has room for 4 vehicles along the side walls leaving a free central gang way. Just because you weren't blocking him in originally doesn't mean you weren't causing an obstruction. So Yabu to park where you did. Although he was being u not moving when he had the chance as he must have realised you were being clueless and at the end of the day it doesn't matter who is right or wrong if you can't bloody leave!

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