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Who's the A*hole

37 replies

autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:16

Small car park. Quite tight parking. A car is touching but not over the white line. The owner of the car parked next to that car decides to pull for ward the card wipers and push in the wing mirrors. Who's the dickhead here the person parked on the white line or the person who messed with another persons car?

OP posts:
Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 14:17

I don't understand what was pulled forwards?

HirplesWithHaggis · 04/08/2023 14:19

Would make sense to push in the wing mirrors, they're designed for it. NAH in these circumstances.

Furrydogmum · 04/08/2023 14:20

@Titicacacandle the cars wipers I think.. An immature response certainly!

Screamingabdabz · 04/08/2023 14:23

The person who can’t park centrally in a tight car parking spot.

AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/08/2023 14:25

Pushing the wing mirrors in is a sensible idea if it's tight

Windscreen wipers is a little childish though

fridaynight1 · 04/08/2023 14:26

Can we have a diagram?

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 14:28

I'm not being immature I'm struggling to work out if there is something on a car you can pull forward! But thanks for the insult!

I don't think anyone is unreasonable to push in someone elses car mirror to avoid it getting damaged if that's the last spot in the car park and the other person had to get in there.

I do think it's absolutely hilarious that someone would get so worked up about someone elses parking that they would do it on purpose and pull out the windscreen wipes. I'd feel very sorry for them because imagine having to live with yourself with that amount of rage!

I find the pompous perfect car parkers that get enraged funny. Try to find the funny side too OP!

VariationsonaTheme · 04/08/2023 14:29

I’ve pushed the mirrors in on cars before, when someone has parked too close. I’m sure they’d rather I did that than scraped them. Never done anything to wipers though!

pigsDOfly · 04/08/2023 14:30

Has MN suddenly turned into Reddit?

pictoosh · 04/08/2023 14:30

Pushing in the wing mirrors is fine...better than scraping past them. I don't understand the bit about pulling the wipers forward though...why would someone do that, they're not in the way?

AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/08/2023 14:40

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 14:28

I'm not being immature I'm struggling to work out if there is something on a car you can pull forward! But thanks for the insult!

I don't think anyone is unreasonable to push in someone elses car mirror to avoid it getting damaged if that's the last spot in the car park and the other person had to get in there.

I do think it's absolutely hilarious that someone would get so worked up about someone elses parking that they would do it on purpose and pull out the windscreen wipes. I'd feel very sorry for them because imagine having to live with yourself with that amount of rage!

I find the pompous perfect car parkers that get enraged funny. Try to find the funny side too OP!

They weren't calling you immature. They were calling the response of pulling the wipers up immature

Silvers11 · 04/08/2023 14:45

And this is a problem because...............

Furrydogmum · 04/08/2023 14:48

Thank you @AnObserverInThisDarkWorld . @Titicacacandle I wasn't insulting you!

GCAcademic · 04/08/2023 14:50

pigsDOfly · 04/08/2023 14:30

Has MN suddenly turned into Reddit?

It seems that way.

CatsOnTheChair · 04/08/2023 14:53

I push in the wing mirrors of every car I walk past who is pavement parked in such a way to inconvenience me.
Moving the wipers is unnecessary.

There is a school of thought that everyone should park on the white line.... not sure how that works when some people park forwards, and some reverse tho.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-shares-parking-position-hack-24390080.amp

Original poster
autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:54

AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/08/2023 14:25

Pushing the wing mirrors in is a sensible idea if it's tight

Windscreen wipers is a little childish though

On both sides

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Original poster
autienotnaughti · 04/08/2023 14:55

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 14:28

I'm not being immature I'm struggling to work out if there is something on a car you can pull forward! But thanks for the insult!

I don't think anyone is unreasonable to push in someone elses car mirror to avoid it getting damaged if that's the last spot in the car park and the other person had to get in there.

I do think it's absolutely hilarious that someone would get so worked up about someone elses parking that they would do it on purpose and pull out the windscreen wipes. I'd feel very sorry for them because imagine having to live with yourself with that amount of rage!

I find the pompous perfect car parkers that get enraged funny. Try to find the funny side too OP!

How did you guess which one I was 😂

OP posts:
alwaysmovingforwards · 04/08/2023 14:59

If the 'offending' car isn't over the lines it's in the bay. The fact it's right on the edge is a minor PITA.

Pushing a wing mirror in to avoid contact is sensible.

Doing stuff to the wipers is the work of a dickhead.

PrrrplePineapple · 04/08/2023 15:01

Screamingabdabz · 04/08/2023 14:23

The person who can’t park centrally in a tight car parking spot.

This. Park better.

NamelessNancy · 04/08/2023 15:04

PrrrplePineapple · 04/08/2023 15:01

This. Park better.

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Not that simple. Depends on how the cars on the surrounding spaces were positioned when that car was parked. I've parked loser to the line than I would like before because the car on the other side is badly parked. Domino effect.

donquixotedelamancha · 04/08/2023 15:07

They are both arseholes.

Largeslice · 04/08/2023 15:09

The person (am guessing it's the OP) who parked badly is the arsehole

Titicacacandle · 04/08/2023 15:10

Furrydogmum · 04/08/2023 14:48

Thank you @AnObserverInThisDarkWorld . @Titicacacandle I wasn't insulting you!

Sorry I read what you said completely wrong!

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 04/08/2023 15:16

Anyone who comes onto AIBU and starts AITA/ who is the A thread is automatically the arsehole.

ManateeFair · 04/08/2023 15:16

I don't really understand the windscreen wipers thing.

Nothing wrong with pushing the wing mirrors in though.