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Would you block her in?

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awaywiththefae · 05/07/2021 14:03

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 Confused 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? Blush I feel like I need to make a point Grin

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MikeWozniaksGloriousTache · 06/07/2021 12:03

It’s a good thing OP isn’t in Canada as this would be a well boring thread Grin

Would you block her in?
paperdollar · 06/07/2021 12:06

All your updates on this thread have had me laughing out loud. So funny how it all played out. Hope for an update on nice neighbour/the note!

MaMelon · 06/07/2021 12:10

@timeisnotaline Grin love it!

Roasteros · 06/07/2021 12:12

What a satisfying thread! It had everything; an interesting premise, a clear, linear narrative, and a satisfying denouement. The diagrams, too, OP, were first-class!

My favourite part of these types of threads, though, are the posters who come to moan, chastise the OP in a superior tone because they know better, and who only post so that they can take personal offence, thus making it all about them. Big ups to these posters for keeping the Mumsnet nation entertained!🏆😂

twilightermummy · 06/07/2021 12:13

Not sure if I missed it but, did the guest ever leave?
I’ve been howling at this thread!

olidora63 · 06/07/2021 12:35

I have just sat and read this thread for a whole hour …pure gold and a brilliant distraction from something I am worrying about. Have laughed out loud so many times and scared the dog 😂
Shall be looking out for more updates later …enjoy your day OP and everyone else who has enjoyed this entertaining thread 😉

HaveringWavering · 06/07/2021 12:36

I enjoyed the twist where a poster came on to chastise OP on behalf of her boss for not paying enough attention at work!

Brookes99 · 06/07/2021 12:40

She's taking the piss but blocking her in is incredibly petty and childish in my opinion - you don't need the space at the minute, and are going to look stupid when you have to go out and move your car eventually...

mummyh2016 · 06/07/2021 12:44

Do people not RTFT Hmm

DadDadDad · 06/07/2021 12:45

@Roasteros - I love the way Brookes99 has popped by to nicely illustrate your superior poster point.

godmum56 · 06/07/2021 12:47

@igelkott2021

If you are a healthcare worker visiting someone with a drive, why not park in their drive? When tradespeople visit me, they park at the end of my drive and move if one of us needs to get our car out.

And if people can see you are unloading, they know it's only for a few minutes and they'll put up with it. That's not the situation here, where a CF thought she was entitled to park where she liked and stuff the inconvenience it might cause the OP or others.

I am quite shocked that so many MNers think it's ok to park inconsiderately (and illegally in some cases). Although I suppose it's the same syndrome that allows kids to run around cafes indiscriminately or lets dogs off lead in areas where they should be under close control. All about entitlement and lack of consideration.

round where I live, there are loads of houses with no drive or a drive only big enough for one car (the owners)
DadDadDad · 06/07/2021 12:47

@mummyh2016

Do people not RTFT Hmm
Sadly, some don't seem to even skim for the OP's updates or recent replies - as discussed at length, eg here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4255237-for-the-love-of-all-things-read-the-thread
WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 06/07/2021 12:51

I v rarely park in people's drives as it takes longer! If you are driving down a street looking for number 149, you have probably driven past it by the time you have spotted it. Much easier and quicker to park somewhere on the street vaguely nearby, get out and find it by foot.

Also, and sadly, sometimes you visit people who you really don't want to know which car you came in.

If you're looking for no 149, you don't only start looking once you think you're at 149 - you check which is the odd side and if the numbers are going up or down and then glance over every dozen or so houses; then, when you get to 131, you start going really slowly.

But all of this is irrelevant if you only need to park near to the house and then walk the last few yards to find the right house - the main thing is that you find a free PUBLIC spot on the road (or in a car park). Pulling up on the road outside 139, in a safe, legal, non-obstructing space is fine; slamming on the brakes and then parking right across 153's drive is selfish, illegal and wholly avoidable by anybody with the slightest consideration of others.

Babygotblueyes · 06/07/2021 12:55

After the GP post, does that mean I can park in the GP spots next time I take my elderly father to the surgery and all the parking is full?

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2021 12:58

@Babygotblueyes

After the GP post, does that mean I can park in the GP spots next time I take my elderly father to the surgery and all the parking is full?
Of course it does. The space isn't theirs and your father is a priority.
AnnaMagnani · 06/07/2021 13:02

If you're looking for no 149, you don't only start looking once you think you're at 149 - you check which is the odd side and if the numbers are going up or down and then glance over every dozen or so houses; then, when you get to 131, you start going really slowly

Funnily enough, I've thought of doing this. Why don't you try it? And see how many of the Great British Public actually number their houses so you can see the numbers from your car, especially in the dark - worse if its house names. Or go apeshit following a car driving slowly trying to see the numbers.

Next, you could try teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.

WeatherwaxOn · 06/07/2021 13:11

Presumably because they care about their neighbour.
I would challenge it if I saw it on the assumption that the sign is there for a reason.

Treaclepie19 · 06/07/2021 13:12

You need to keep us updated. This is brilliant 😂

Blossomtoes · 06/07/2021 13:14

@WeatherwaxOn

Presumably because they care about their neighbour. I would challenge it if I saw it on the assumption that the sign is there for a reason.
I’d mind my own business if it wasn’t my driveway but that seems to be a dying art.
LittleNibbler · 06/07/2021 13:17

@Brookes99

She's taking the piss but blocking her in is incredibly petty and childish in my opinion - you don't need the space at the minute, and are going to look stupid when you have to go out and move your car eventually...
@Brookes99 and you look ‘pretty stupid’ commenting on a thread without reading the whole thing (it at least the OPs updates)

@awaywiththefae I wonder if CF neighbour regularly has people park in your spots when she thinks you arent there...

Snazzysausage · 06/07/2021 13:47

CF neighbour knocked on nice neighbours door last night (and OPs door though neither of them answered)
presumably as he recognised the car parked across his drive as nice neighbours. He wouldn't have then gone and written a note saying he didn't know what house they were visiting and stuck it on the windscreen.Note is from a third neighbour IMO.

sunglassesonthetable · 06/07/2021 13:49

I’d mind my own business if it wasn’t my driveway but that seems to be a dying art.

tbh Blossom you seem to have the hump.

You were only just objecting to a certain type of car being used as a GP vehicle because YOU'D never seen one used like that.

No you're put out with people being close with their neighbours.

sunglassesonthetable · 06/07/2021 13:58

I reckon it's NICE neighbour finishing of business with CF neighbour DH. Leaves note, goes to work.

It was a long note so he'd had time to vent and parking his car across CF neighbour's drive demonstrated his depth of feeling.

Actually could feel ( a bit ) sorry for CF neighbour DH who gets home from work with no idea that CF wife and CF visitor have been CFuckers and pissed off the locals whilst he was out.

Love the cone on the car.

SunshineCake · 06/07/2021 13:58

@Congressdingo. I wasn't justifying the CF behaviour! Just giving an opinion on stuff I have heard 🤷‍♀️

Blossomtoes · 06/07/2021 14:01

@sunglassesonthetable

I’d mind my own business if it wasn’t my driveway but that seems to be a dying art.

tbh Blossom you seem to have the hump.

You were only just objecting to a certain type of car being used as a GP vehicle because YOU'D never seen one used like that.

No you're put out with people being close with their neighbours.

I haven’t got “the hump” at all, nor am I “put out”. I just don’t stick my nose into things that don’t concern me. 🤷‍♀️