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Hostile note left on my windscreen

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Whatsgoingon777 · Yesterday 21:59

For the past week I have been working in a different town. It is temporary, and I will return to my usual workplace by Christmas.

Parking in town is very expensive, so I have been parking in a quiet cul de sac about a 10-15 minute walk from my work.

Every house has a drive way and I’m parked right at the end away from their homes, and there is always plenty of space for anyone else wanting to park there.
I also have a tiny car.
I would never park here if it seemed like I would be inconveniencing the people who live there. My car is doing no harm there and is in the way of no one!

Anyway I return from work this evening to find a note saying ‘TRY A CAR PARK’

It seems utterly pathetic to me, but they clearly think I’m in the wrong.

AIBU thinking about parking here still?

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Sleepyjeans · Today 01:56

theushers · Today 00:35

It's not their street and it's not their business.

They are the ones paying the council rates for their area, so in a very real way it is their street.

Lol. Nope. Absolutely not. We all pay council rates for our areas, and none of us owns the road. At all. What an absolutely bonkers response 😅

ArtieChoke · Today 01:56

Emma6cat · Today 01:52

Imagine if everyone was like OP, the cul de sac would be full of other peoples cars. Also the residents dont know its only till christmas. We have an unwritten rule in our street that we all keep our cars off the road and on our drives, if we can. Now and again someone from out of town will leave a car all day while they jump a bus or train into the city. They only do it once. Our resident neighbourhood watch leaves them a nice little note. Petty I know 🤣

Highways everywhere have cars parked at the side, it’s not unusual

Sleepyjeans · Today 02:02

You would piss yourself with terror if someone knocked on your door to ask you what on earth you were doing writing such a creepy note 😆

Electric cars have cameras all around to catch weirdo losers sneakily sidling up to cars with your pitiful notes 😂 here's hoping that becomes a standard feature on all cars.

allthingsinmoderation · Today 02:52

OneoftheWeddingPeople · Yesterday 22:02

Legally you can but this sort of cheapskate behaviour is detested by residents so you can expect to be harassed until you pay for a car park.

Why should someone "expect to be harassed" for parking legally?
Why is someone saving money be "detested"?

DeftGoldHedgehog · Today 03:01

Loveofeclairs · Yesterday 23:36

I can’t believe how many people see nothing wrong with this. I live on a cul-the-sac and we’ve had occasions when our bins weren’t emptied because of cars parked on the road. Yes, there was enough space for car access, but not for a bin lorry to turn.

Just park on a main road or pay for parking like everyone else.

Rubbish.

Keepingittogetherstepbystep · Today 03:10

The note sounds annoying but it's tame compared to where I live.

I live in a cul de sac with no drives and no turning circle. It's 22 houses with space for 11 cars if everyone parked sensibly so usually 9 get to park. I got pushed out one
day so parked on the next street which is wider and got the wonderful 10cm bumper parking at each side. Took me forever to get out thankfully never had to park their again.

Yes as long as it's road legal you can park anywhere that's legal and isn't causing an obstruction whether you should is another matter.

ThatRoseViewer · Today 03:20

I bought a house on a cul de sac hoping I didn't have strangers lurking around with their vehicles and nuisance parking.
So bugger off to a car park.

ShattonerfDaParp · Today 03:23

No you're not doing anything wrong from a legal point of view but you need to consider whether you want to be the rightest woman in the graveyard. The sort of territorial, curtain-twitching busybody who left the note clearly doesn't give a hoot about 'legal' and will key your car eventually. I'd park on the main road in the interests of a quiet life.

LuciferOverLancashire · Today 03:27

FucksakeLavender · Yesterday 22:21

Print this off and leave it on your dash.

Why? I don’t understand this one, who is the child? Sorry if I’m being stupid !

chickbean · Today 03:40

Do dashcams work when cars aren't moving? I'd be tempted to get one to capture the NIMBY and/or any vandalism.

All the streets round us are used for school parking (filling up throughout the year as the sixth-formers pass their driving tests). As long as they don't impede our driveways I don't see what there is to complain about.

Ineffable23 · Today 03:44

I'd probably switch my parking up and park somewhere different each day. But I'd probably also see if I could find a dash cam to record while I was parked as I reckon there's a non zero chance of getting your car vandalised, as per the responses from people in this thread. I've had a relative who had a car keyed in a similar situation.

lifeisgoodrightnow · Today 04:19

Yabvvu for not providing a diagram… can’t believe no one else has asked !!! ;-)

iamnotalemon · Today 04:39

People are very possessive about parking, even when it’s not their space and on a public road.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · Today 04:42

The road I live on has the first unlimited free parking before town (and we’re the first house on the town end of the road). We get a lot of people parking in front of our house for work. They have every right to park there. We shrug, and park further up the road. We have never considered vandalising the cars.

Chickadee26 · Today 04:49

My husband would be like you, I would use a car park.

Lamelie · Today 05:16

OneoftheWeddingPeople · Yesterday 22:02

Legally you can but this sort of cheapskate behaviour is detested by residents so you can expect to be harassed until you pay for a car park.

Speak for yourself. I’ve lived on streets where I had to take my luck and now have a drive. I’ve also been lucky enough to live next to a beach and a park. It’s not cheapskate to park legally and conveniently 😆

FizzyPopLove · Today 05:24

dracn · Today 01:53

i know an elderly couple who missed an important hospital appointment because someone blocked them in.

I’m surprised by the responses here. Yes they don’t own the road but the road is also not a car park.

The op is not blocking anyone in. Bizarre nonsensical response.

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Whatsgoingon777 · Today 05:26

ifIwerenotanandroid · Today 00:21

IME the end of a cul de sac is used for turning (precisely because it's a cul de sac), so while you're looking at it as 'I'm not outside one of their houses & they can't even see me', you may actually be in the way of people who need to turn around to get out again. This would include delivery vans. trucks etc, as well as people who've gone the wrong way & need to get back to where their navigation went wrong.

I live on a cul de sac with a turning point so I get it.
Their houses are down the ‘turning around’ end of the road and I am right down by the end of the road that joins the main road. And I am not parked on the bend or turn at all so I really am truly not in the way 😂

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