A parking one (with photo of pass-agg note)

[MindatWork]

Genuinely interested in people’s opinions on this one - I’ve just returned to my car (parked completely legally in a bay on the road, within the lines and well within the specified 2-hour time limit) to a beautifully-written passive aggressive note - A* for effort.

Whoever stuck it on my dashboard actually put it inside one of those yellow PCN envelopes, folded up so it looked like a parking ticket. Is this a thing people actually do now? Is it a mumsnetter? They have lovely handwriting whoever they are.

In all seriousness, there wasn’t ‘plenty of space further up the road’ when I arrived, and the spaces aren’t just for residents.

I’ve lived in a house like this before so I get it, and yes it’s annoying, but not really much you can do about it apart from say ‘ffs’ and go about your day.

I sympathise as I have a 2 year old DD so completely get the difficulty of hauling kids in and out of the car, but AIBU to thinking giving someone a fright by making them think they’ve been given a ticket (money is v tight at the moment) is - while pretty creative - a bit much?

[MoonJelly]

What on earth is either idiotic or selfish about parking properly in a designated parking bay, @RBKB?

[nosswith]

I would have some respect for a person who called to make the request, or phoned up, but have none for people who leave anonymous notes, however they are dressed up.

@RBKB you are right to be angry. If there are one or two who are the main offenders outside their school, who you think are endangering kids, I'd be on to the DVLA to ask that their eyesight is tested (as they cannot see a sensible parking space?).

[Bookworming]

Why was the note 'passive aggressive'? Maybe the author of it was damned sick of idiotic selfish parking. Instead of posting on here, look for a better spot to park,

If you read the OP the person who put the note was not complaining about bad parking, she was complaining about the fact it was outside her house. It was a perfectly good spot by the sound of it.

Not idiotic or selfish, just parked in a legal spot. Do we now have to find a parking spot and knock on the surrounding doors to see if they approve?

Obviously the doors won't be answered if MN is anything to go by, because so many don't answer their door if they're not expecting anyone.

[Oreservoir]

We used to live near a school. An old lady up the road noticed a car on her driveway at school drop off and pick up.
She went out and tackled the woman who was parking there. The cf replied that it wasn't doing any harm and she wasn't going to stop. The old lady was disabled and had a lot of visitors so she was worried they wouldn't visit.
We also had a nice policeman for a neighbour. Cf stopped parking there after he had a word.

[Dogdaysarehere]

My road is on street parking. By 7pm most spaces are filled with residents cars. What is SO IRRITATING is when non residents park badly and take up more than 1 space.

Outside my row of 3 houses there is space for 3 cars. Always get some twat who parks with no consideration of this and takes up two of the spaces. It’s never a resident because they know how busy it gets in the evenings.

We are now moving to a house with a driveway for 5 cars

[MindatWork]

@RBKB I was parked legally in a bay on the road - not blocking anyone in, not up on the kerb, not hanging over a corner. The road wasn’t anywhere near a school and the houses were all set back from the road, so it’s not like I was directly outside someone’s front door.

I’m not a monster - if I’d pulled up and someone had come out in a rush and said ‘would you mind parking somewhere else please, my other half’s in their way back with the kids and it’s a nightmare to get them in if we can park near the house’ then I’d likely have driven around and found somewhere else to park.

I sympathise with you living near a school as I’ve seen how people park round our way and it’s shocking, but that’s nothing like this situation.

[Veterinari]

@RBKB

I live next to a school. The driving and parking is selfish and lethal. When I ask people not to dangle their dumb 4x4's across corners, park on pavements etc in their rabid determination to get 3cm from school, they either get aggressive or tell me endlessly why they need to be there. They don't give a damn about the safety of the 75% of kids whose parents park safely 5 mins ago. The police have no powers, the school despairs of the behaviour and the council do nothing. A child's nearly been run over and a pet dog on a lead was flattened in front of lots of small kids. Still, the behaviou continues. As a resident, I am angry. Not passive aggressive, ANGRY about the selfish behaviour.

Why was the note 'passive aggressive'? Maybe the author of it was damned sick of idiotic selfish parking. Instead of posting on here, look for a better spot to park, maybe?

Classic me-rail
None of your experience is relevant to the OP who was parked legally in a designated spot.
Surely you can see the difference?

[MindatWork]

On the plus side, will be emailing Justine to ask for my percentage of the ad revenue from all the clicks throughs on the daily fail website

[Blacksheepcat]

I’d definitely park there again and leave a note for them explaining that your car is taxed and MOTed and you’ll park where you like. Suggest they move to a house with a driveway if it’s imperative to them to park outside their house. I’d also add that if they leave any more notes, you’ll be reporting them for harassment 😂

[MellowYellow101]

@roxanne119

Every week pre lockdown we met at my friends house for a coffee I would park on the road down from her house . I was parked reasonably I thought but this chap from his house decided as I didn’t live on the road that I shouldn’t park in front of his house again . I’m not by any means a shrinking violet but I won’t be parking there again . People aren’t coping in lockdown what seems trivial and small sometimes is enormous to some people . Park further along the road . 😊

My friend lives in a terrace house on a busy road with bay parking along the street. If someone came out and asked me to move because its their space, I'd correct them by stating its not. Public roads and public parking spaces are for the public! Yes they live there, but surely you take all of the parking issues into consideration before buying a house? If its such an issue, buy a house with a driveway and dropped kerb.

[Dirtyblondewideroots]

@ivykaty44 how a dashcam records in a locked up and left car without the engine on. A Go pro for a cycle is a different thing.

[ivykaty44]

@Dirtyblondewideroots how what?

They are both recording devices, so not totally different items and both can work without an engine.

[ivykaty44]

www.eyewitnessdashcams.com/which-dash-cam-records-when-your-car-is-off/

dashcameras.net/best-parking-mode/

www.blackboxmycar.com/pages/parking-mode

all the above dash cams record whilst parked, for those pesky parking matters that can then be uploaded to mumsnet for all to see....gone will be the days of demanding detailed diagrams and in will come the demand for footage of the parking mishaps

[Mintypink]

Park there again! What a knob!

[Dirtyblondewideroots]

@ivykaty44 well whaddayaknow? Not sure its worth the faff for 15 seconds of recording but every day's a learning day

[iolaus]

Some people are just rude and very entitled.

I remember being called to a woman delivering her baby at home (I'm a midwife) she'd called an ambulance as things were progressing fast and was on her own, the ambulance service didn't have an available ambulance (this was during the height of the first covid wave) so asked me to go.
I went parked about two doors down from her house on the street (not residential no drives) and as I got out an elderly man opened the door and told me to move as his wife will be home soon. I said (while unloading equipment and putting on PPE) I'm a midwife there's an emergency and went into the house

Few hours later dad is home, baby born, ambulance cancelled all well I go to leave, he comes out and bangs on my window as I'm starting the car (I'm assuming he just wants to make sure everything is ok with his neighbour) - starts yelling about how his wife had to carry the shopping from the other side of the road (literally he pointed to the car which was parallel to me on the opposite side of the road)

[UggyPow]

@Rowgtfc72 - As someone whose neighbour does this everyday, I would just say it is extremely annoying & selfish. For me it means that anyone who parks outside my house makes access on & off my drive difficult as they can’t move the car up far enough.
Also who is a neighbour to make an assessment of what my needs are or will be?