To be annoyed by this note pushed through my door - photo

[catgirl1976]

I’ve recently moved to this street.

I know it’s politely written but it’s so passive aggressive.

The “end of the road” in question has a primary school on it. There were no spaces there at 830am when I needed to park. And there was someone in the space outside my house so I parked about two door down from my house in the only possible space.

I also have a blue badge.

AIBU to be annoyed? No house number on it so not sure which neighbour sent it

I would soak the note in water and then make a papier mâché effigy and stick pins in it.

Some people are ridiculous. I have a neighbour like that. As long as your car is taxed and insured, you can park it where you like!

This sounds like my shithead neighbour opposite.

She has a benny if we park across our OWN drive (eg if several people visiting). She claims it prevents her parking on her drive - it really doesn't - and that its illegal.

Makes me laugh because if we lived somewhere really urban and busy like I used to, she'd realise what 'difficult parking' actually is. Unless the spaces are explicitly reserved to each house, on street parking is first come, first served.

Some people have no clue. Ignore.

It would be from the house u parked in front of. I would make it my mission to park there purposely.

But if that were the case, why not put their money where their mouth is and sign it?

They know they're not being reasonable or they'd own it.

Also seems unlikely that the entire street have got together and made this pact.

I used to get notes like this all the time as a district nurse. I never once blocked a drive and always parked legally.
Ignore the knobhead.

meh, Id be irritated but it was a polite enough note from someone who clearly wanted to avoid confrontation (meaning they would never actually talk to you so why bother about them?).

Unsigned notes are a pita though. I had one through my door complaining about my dogs shitting in front of the houses (that opened onto the street) and leaving it there. I would never do this so it was complete bollox.
I just wrote an arsey letter back and stuck it in my front window!!LOL😂

Anything that starts with 'Polite' I find so fucking rude.

Ignore.

You have zero obligation or need to 'work with the neighbours' to park on a public street, especially when you have a blue badge and you can't park in front of your own house due to other cars. FFS. Some people are just unreal when it comes to entitlement.

This.

By the time I've read it, I'm bored.

See also Please be advised that.

Quite - but there is also zero obligation on neighbours to take in parcels, put your bins out when you’re on holiday, let you know that shady men were looking in your windows/van etc.

There are plenty of benefits to getting on with neighbours, and plenty of disadvantages to reducing your relationship to simply what you are obliged to do.

OP has a disability and if she is unable to engage in the parking etiquette on the street then that’s understandable but I’m astonished at the attitude of posters on here towards their neighbours, bearing in mind how protracted and stressful neighbour fall outs can become.

This 👏

Nothing worse than a rude/condescending letter labelled "polite notice". It's like MN posts that start "kindly," and then go on to say something devastatingly unkind.

It’s the opposite of polite if it’s anonymous - it’s trying to dictate something with no right of reply

Perfectly worded note imo

Presumably whomever lives in the house that the op parked in front of

Ignore, they could try being neighbourly by not sending passive aggressive notes through your door about a road noone owns the right to park on. It would be different only if you parked in a way that made it difficult to get cars out others driveways, otherwise don't think again about it

I didn’t think of that 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ it’s been a long week - my rational thinking must have left me.

Do both you and your partner have a car @catgirl1976 ?

There’s just me and DS. I left DH in January hence the move

Well it would be if they had left their name/house number and an offer to have a chat about it.
The fact it is anonymous suggests the writer knows they are being unreasonable.

The owner of the house in front of which the op parked is the author. I’d have thought that was clear

So the neighbourly shit bag hasn't signed it .

I’d stick my blue badge in the window.
I have a blue badge and do try to park by my house or close. I don’t want to park in “someone else’s” spot but on the same token, I can’t be walking to end of the road if I can’t park.