Would you block her in?

[awaywiththefae]

I’m WFH and just taking my lunch so thought I’d also whip the bin out. As I do, a car crawls past and then reverses into our parking spot. (It’s our private spot and has our number sprayed in it as well as a sign saying ‘Private parking for number 30’) A woman gets out so I said “Excuse me, sorry you can’t park there” she looks and me and just wanders off up the street.

I mean, I get she might not have realised (although the sign is big and prominent) but to be told and then still walk off without moving - the cheek.

I was a bit taken aback if I’m honest so went back in the house and then I thought, no sod this and I went and knocked on the door of the house she went in, I waited a bit but no one answered!

I wouldn’t mind as such if someone was quickly dropping something off but she’s obviously stopping for a bit. The annoying thing too is the house she’s gone in has a driveway and there’s room for this visitor on it. So I’m a bit to why she’s parked in our private bay.

Grrr, I can’t keep knocking as going back to work (WFH) in a bit, so would I be unreasonable to just block her in with my car? I feel like I need to make a point

@awaywiththefae

Just because a few people were asking for a diagram

when you said she moved to the neighbours parking I thought you meant the neighbour she was visiting!! Wow the brass neck of some people.

Good for your neighbour !! You should go and block her in!

I detest cheeky parkers

Shameless place mark! Your nice neighbour is a hero!

@HeidiHoNeighbour

Either block her in or slag the tyres but only like this

"You've got no chutzpah. You're organisational skills are lacklustre. Your time keeping is abysmal."

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Blossomtoes - Is she just a silly little woman who needs to learn to be kind and demure, shrink into the background and put everybody else first?

You said that, not me.

@beastlyslumber I like your thinking

I am embarrassingly invested in this now 🤣🤣🤣

Except this particular CF hasn’t actually inconvenienced anyone.

Here's the thing.How does she know that?
She's happy to take a risk with other peoples convenience isn't she.

I've blocked someone in who did this when I had a flat with two clearly marked bays for my flat and the was ample visitor parking also clearly marked in our private car park.
I didn't move my car for quite some time either as my car wasn't blocking anyone else's access. They eventually showed up and apologised

Best parking thread in a while

Oooh the response of the neighbour with the cf visitor would really bug me. No apology! Unfortunately typical of people when they know they’re doing the wrong thing, they get defensive and dig their heels in.

@DancesWithTortoises

Yes, block her in. And don't answer the door when she comes knocking.

This

@sunglassesonthetable

Except this particular CF hasn’t actually inconvenienced anyone.

Here's the thing.How does she know that?
She's happy to take a risk with other peoples convenience isn't she.

It's not the outcome that matters but the behaviour. If she is allowed to get away with it, she'll do it again when it does matter.

Block her in and even better have a glass of wine, after all it is Monday lol

@awaywiththefae

Equally laughing and cringing now, I feel so bad I’ve started a massive chain reaction 🤣

Neighbour came home (could see him from my ‘office’ window.) He parked in their other space (the one his wife normally parks in) saw him nosying at the car and then he knocked on my door, wondering if it was our visitor or if we knew who it was. I get on well with this neighbour and so naturally I told him the whole story. 🤭

Anyway he says he’s going to block her in and gets in his car and drives off left up the road (the other direction) so I think he’s just doing a U-turn to get a better angle to block her in but he must have changed his mind because he drove past her and has driven over to the neighbours house and parked right across their drive!!

I can’t believe it! I really wish he’d parked on her drive but no one can get on it now he’s completely horizontal across it. 😬

Lol. Perfect

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Blossomtoes - Is she just a silly little woman who needs to learn to be kind and demure, shrink into the background and put everybody else first?

Oh don't be silly. I am the least demure people pleaser around, but I don't cause inconvenience for the sake of it. When I park anywhere, I make sure I park legally and without blocking peoples' driveways/on grass verges/pavements/cycle paths etc.

CF parking makes me think of this everytime https://www.instagram.com/p/CP-sZsmKDhs/?utmmedium=copyy_link

Did CF Neighbour see him park across the driveway?

What's the rule again about parking across a driveway - it's permissable if the driveway is empty but not if there is a car on it, is that right? So, in theory you could block someone returning to their driveway but not block someone from leaving their driveway. Do I have that right?

What times his wife due in?

I'd like to think I'd then park my car in her drive! (But I'm a wimp, so I'd probably do what you did)

Quoteawaywiththefae Mon 05-Jul-21 15:06:00 What I don’t understand is… she has a drive. Right there. Why isn’t parking woman parking on her drive it’s insane 🤣

I'd love to know the answer to this question OP. A few houses down from me there is a couple who keep using my drive even though they have their own large drive they could use. Why don't they park on their own drive? Why do some people think they have some sort of right to use other people's properties as and when and how they want? Why do visitors park in or across person B's drive when they're actually going to visit person A? Why not park in or around person A's drive? Just because I may not be parked in my drive right this second doesn't mean I won't be coming home from the shops or my job in 10 minutes time and no I don't want to 'pop round to knock' every time I want in and out of my own proprty.
Drives me insane.
Isn't the whole point of buying a property so the owner can have private use of that property? If we don't have private use of our own private properties then what's the difference between my drive and a public car park except I'm paying a lot of money for a house with a drive I apparently don't have sole use of.

I love your neighbour!! lol

I've just read the whole thread - properly cheered me up. I'm just waiting for CF neighbour or CF friend to start a thread now ...

@HeyDemonsItsYaGirl

I think we all know you wouldn't shrug and do nothing if someone used YOUR property without your permission.

😂

Ok - delighted your psychic powers let you know what a complete stranger would or wouldn't do.

I've explained when I'd act & when I wouldn't. And this has happened in my life, and I have acted accordingly. (Not the coming into my house & making tea scenario mind! But absolutely similar parking ones).

It's fine if you don't believe me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don't agree that the CF is right, at all, and have said so (a lot); I just wouldn't block her in & think the posters who are urging this - who've no skin in the game, OP was far more reasonable - are ridiculous.

Place marking!

I can tell on this thread who the CF parkers are and who aren’t 😬🤭

Well, not me! I'm against the blocking action but I'm absolutely not a CF re parking. I'm ridiculously rule-abiding.

Where my kids go to school there are crazy CF parkers, does drive me mad (it's also sometimes dangerous - parked on corners, double yellow lines, obscuring visibility).

I'd never park like this woman - I think I'm a decent person so just wouldn't, and I also really hate breaking rules.

I haven't once defended CF parking woman. I was clear she was wrong. It was the 'blocking her in to teach her a lesson' approach I didn't agree with.