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Locked parking thread 2

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BlueEyesWhiteDragon · 01/08/2021 07:38

Sorry everyone I didn't post a new thread last night but I was a bit freaked out by the comment about finding me online at the end.

Anyway as the world's most boring update it is still here but someone is coming round about lunchtime to pick it up.

I rang 101 and reported it and that I was concerned they'd essentially vanished. They said there wasn't anything they could do about the car as its on private land but I could be liable for any damage if I moved it and that they would check on the registered owner.

I posted it on a couple of the local Facebook groups last night saying
"Anyone know whose cat this is? Please get them to contact me urgently on xxxx as itll be being towed tomorrow"

I had a response from the guys DS and she said she'd contact him and get him ring me. He hasn't rang me but she messaged me back to say he'd collect it at lunchtime if that was OK. I've said fine but we going out at at 2 so if he's not here before then he won't be able to get it till we get back later.

And that's it really.

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harriethoyle · 01/08/2021 09:14

I like the sound of your DB!

Pipsquiggle · 01/08/2021 09:16

This kind of twat boils my piss!!

Entitled and cowardly - everything in this thread has happened because of his twisted entitlement and CFery.

He was told politely that it was private land, to please move your car and the gates would be locked in 5 mins - this is what happened. 99% of people would have moved their car.

Rather than 'own' his mistake and apologise (and show his DC that it's OK to admit you got it wrong and say sorry); he has abandoned his car, got his DSis to contact you and given you a vague pick up time.

Here are my predictions:
*He won't collect it
*He won't apologise - as that would be a fate worse than death for him to do so!
*He will learn nothing from this and think it's perfectly OK to act how he did - wanker

Aprilinspringtimeshower · 01/08/2021 09:16

Have you thought about charging him for parking on private car park. Say it’s a short stay - charge £2 an hour till 6pm and £250 for overnight as it isn’t an overnight stop. Refuse to open gates till he pays up?

IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves · 01/08/2021 09:16

You need to message her saying you will not be leaving the gate open so he will have to knock on your door, like he should have done yesterday.

And don't be apologetic!

Mrgrinch · 01/08/2021 09:20

Op it's them who need to apologise to you. Certainly not the other way around.

MeridianB · 01/08/2021 09:20

Please don’t even think of apologising.

Please do tell whoever collects it (because we know it won’t be him) that he ignored your polite request not to park on private land and ask them if he usually behaves this way.

BlueLobelia · 01/08/2021 09:22

you have been so patient. And polite.

SofiaMichelle · 01/08/2021 09:22

@BlueEyesWhiteDragon

I am just mystified. In my head it went. Lock him in. Him return and ask to be let out. Make him wait for 15/20 mins why I find keys / prat about. probably apologise for the inconvenience Him drive off. Done. Slightly entertaining thread for MN.

Instead I've got. Lock him in. Him return get something out the car. Go again. Return put something in the car. Go missing for hours. Me start to mildly worry. Me start to feel horrifically guilty about where the hell are him and his kids. Post a bemused come get your car on FB. Get a message he'll collect the car today. I almost feel like I should be apologising to him for the inconvenience! I damn well am not going to though.

All of this would be reasonable, OP - being concerned for him, etc. - if you hadn't spoken to him at the time he parked and if he hadn't left the CF note.

If he's entitled enough to think he can tell you he's parking on your property "because there's nowhere else", despite your protestations, then he should damn well have the balls to come and apologise and ask to be let out.

His arrogance has backfired on him. No more, no less.

Don't be feeling guilty or thinking you should apologise!

chaosrabbitland · 01/08/2021 09:24

well it will be funny if he does come after 2 and he still cant get the bloody thing wont it ? that would make me laugh , he obviously not wanting a confrontation hence his sister ringing for him , he might even bring her with him for extra support lol . will be interesting to see how he is when he does turn up to collect it . he must have had to ring a taxi or get a mate to have picked him up last night , although i cant see a cab driver being too happy with bikes being loaded into his boot

ButYouGottaHaveASkillJeff · 01/08/2021 09:26

@yeOldeTrout

And then there's me, who said that this situation was causing OP more inconvenience than it's worth. For which I got lots of sharp & unpleasant replies.

Yet here we are, OP's drive is blocked & she stopped having fun with the situation. Doesn't know how the situation will resolve.

Maybe MNers shouldn't egg these scenarios on. Just a suggestion.

I think the only suggestion would be if someone who owns the private land that you've decided to be a cheeky fuck and park on, tells you you've got 5 mins to move or you're getting locked in - you move!

PaulaTrilloe · 01/08/2021 09:26

CF especially if he outsources the car release to his female relative. What an absolute twunt!

ScrumptiousBears · 01/08/2021 09:26

He is gutless. You told him not to park there and the twat ignored you. He then didn't have the nerve to knock and ask to get his car out. Clearly he just called someone to pick him up in order to avoid dealing with a situation he made for him and his kids.

What type of FB site did you post on? Do you think he is local rather than a holiday maker?

BlueLobelia · 01/08/2021 09:27

yeah cheeky fuckers like this boil my piss also. Just the sense that they can do what they want. Fuckers.

EvilPea · 01/08/2021 09:27

Me start to mildly worry. Me start to feel horrifically guilty about where the hell are him and his kids. Post a bemused come get your car on FB. Get a message he'll collect the car today. I almost feel like I should be apologising to him for the inconvenience!

And that’s exactly where the fucker wants you.

Do not apologise. Give it “your lucky I didn’t charge you storage, your lucky the forestry commission werent here with their machinery, they’d have wiped your car right out”

UnsuitableHat · 01/08/2021 09:28

The saga rumbles on! Some people do like to make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves, don't they? And what an example to set his children.

Pipsquiggle · 01/08/2021 09:29

@IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves

You need to message her saying you will not be leaving the gate open so he will have to knock on your door, like he should have done yesterday.

And don't be apologetic!

Yes this. They can't just roll up expecting the gate to be unlocked
TheAwfuITruth · 01/08/2021 09:31

I bet he sends someone to pick it up, but if he actually turns up himself, do make sure he can see you and your brother pissing yourselves laughing as he walks up the garden path.

bluebeck · 01/08/2021 09:31

I would be tempted to tell the sister the whole story and ask of there is a history of him behaving like an entitled wanker.

I bet he comes round all puffed up chest and nonchalance. I would demand an apology before I released him.

JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 01/08/2021 09:34

My theory is that, after finding himself locked in the second time he returned to the car, he figured he would inconvenience the OP by leaving the car blocking her second drive. He's trying now to cause maximum inconvenience to the OP out of spite.

He won't come back to collect the car, he'll send his sister.

EnjoyingTheSilence · 01/08/2021 09:36

Agree with pp, let the ds know you’ll only be opening gate for original driver

KarlUrbansWife · 01/08/2021 09:39

I think you need to make it clear to the sister that the gate is locked, as you told him it would be yesterday. He will need to come and knock on the door for you to open it.
I'd also say if it's not collected today it will be towed. It's on private property and you've been more than lenient.

KarlUrbansWife · 01/08/2021 09:39

He's probably banking on you leaving the gate open

AddressLabel · 01/08/2021 09:40

@JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue

My theory is that, after finding himself locked in the second time he returned to the car, he figured he would inconvenience the OP by leaving the car blocking her second drive. He's trying now to cause maximum inconvenience to the OP out of spite.

He won't come back to collect the car, he'll send his sister.

Yeah, think this is on the right track. He’s still trying to dictate how the scenario plays out as some kind of power play in his head, as he’s that much of an entitled twunt. He’s deffo going to make out he was an innocent victim and his family are just reinforcing his behaviour.
icelollycraving · 01/08/2021 09:40

Just realised op you had the crazy horse owner!

WingingItSince1973 · 01/08/2021 09:41

@DobbyTheHouseElk

I don’t think he’s going to be fretting at home. He will work it to his favour, these types always do.

Car parks would have clamped or towed him away by now. Really he’s getting away with it. Doubt his life is inconvenienced. Especially if he’s getting someone else to pick it up. Which must involve two people at least. One to drive the collector there and one to drive the CF car home.

Absolutely agree. He's probably loving thinking he's inconvenienced you all evening. Can you imagine being his wife and kids? What an entitled weirdo.
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