Parking princess

[crochetmonkey74]

So, theres a woman in my road who is a total parking bitch. We live in a public street with no restrictions, very few houses have drives so parking space is limited. Theres one woman who has home made no parking signs on her fence, and leaves notes if you park there as she feels entitled to the space outside her house. Sometimes theres literally no where for me to park apart from there, I was moaning about it to a friend and she said 'I dunno maybe park on a nearby street, if she gets that het up about parking you have to feel sorry for her really so just be grateful you're not her'
I was ENRAGED by this , I actually have a pretty crap life at the moment and I'm just wondering when I get to be treated like a princess or does it only happen If you're a total dick and leave notes on everyone's car. You know you sometimes just get sick of 'being the bigger person'
Rant rant rant rant

Well I have an update. Her husband shouted at me tonight. Said it was technically his space. I said it wasnt, its public road with no restrictions, he said he had unloading to do (so did I by the way) lots of shouting but I stood my ground. Now I feel anxious he will do something to my car but I am leaving it there. Interesting, he was very aggressive but when i mentioned my Male neighbours name "yes it's a pain isnt it me and Jack are trying to work it out" he suddenly got less aggressive in tone.

Can you get cameras in case "something" happens to your car?

Sparkl I can but not ny tonight, but I'm thinking that if they do anything my car stays there longer, so hopefully they won't
I mean, I'm probably going to be a chicken and from now on avoid parking there as I dont want to get shouted at , but I didnt want to move it tonight and didnt want to train him into thinking he can shout me out of the way

Thats a good approach I think. I can be bloody minded and stubborn but being shouted at by a bully of a man in the street is not my idea of a good time.

Parking wars are the worst. Its a public road ffs. Well done you for standing your ground tonight.

I’d keep parking there and contact 101 to say that your neighbour harassed you in the street because you parked outside his house. A visit from the police might help him to understand that he’s wrong about the parking and it’s not ok to abuse people.

I walked past a shop today that had a sign up requesting that the road outside was left free for their customers. It's cheeky and unenforceable.

Park there. If she leaves a note put it back through her door saying - note left in error. I am parked on a public road. Every time

^this x 1000

Teach the cheeky cow some manners.

@pussycatlickinglollyices

Park where you like and ignore the silly cow and your friend

This

Forget the 'life is too short' brigade. They are losers.

Seen your update. Do not be put off by bullies. I had a man shout at me because I parked outside his house. They have no right to do this. Its bullying and intimidation. You have done nothing wrong. They wouldn't dare shout at a man.

Ugh. I'm not a report to 101 person but I think if he shouted at me again I'd be inclined to report him see if they can have a word. Nasty nasty man.

@crochetmonkey74

Well I have an update. Her husband shouted at me tonight. Said it was technically his space. I said it wasnt, its public road with no restrictions, he said he had unloading to do (so did I by the way) lots of shouting but I stood my ground. Now I feel anxious he will do something to my car but I am leaving it there. Interesting, he was very aggressive but when i mentioned my Male neighbours name "yes it's a pain isnt it me and Jack are trying to work it out" he suddenly got less aggressive in tone.

Do you live alone, OP, or do you live with a man? Disgusting this should be a consideration but we live in the real world.

This would make me more determined to park there. Take a photo of the note, post it back through her door saying public road, you pay road tax and to GTF.

If you end up with more notes, them shouting at you I'd report it to the council or police.

Fuck. That. Shit.

Don't pander to idiots.

I would report his harassment to the police and keep any further notes you receive as proof of further harassment.

I live alone but it's a recent change, I have a very close Male neighbour. The way the houses are you cant quite tell who's house is whose (shared alleys to back entrances) so they wont be able to tell we go in seperate houses. We are also friends so I can tell him I've used his name to make the man back down. Honestly I feel like I'm in a street of nutters as at the same time an old lady came out saying she cant get out of her house (she could, she was looking at the wrong bit of her wall) and she was really overdramatic

*whose

I'm all for 'park where you want' but I'm in the same situation at work where the people living in the nearby houses are very precious about the road space outside their houses even though they have no claim to it and have put up hand-written disabled parking signs. One person even parked me in twice (she didn't have one of these hand-written signs).

I felt very intimidated knocking on her door to ask her to release my car. The bitch didn't even look at me and huffily moved her car. So I understand it's not as easy as 'you are in the right so park where you want'

I only ever park there when there are no other options and dread it, so I can't imagine what it would be like if that was where I lived. In your shoes I would call the council and get them involved.