Live CF parking thread (with diagram!)

[lovesapinot]

So NC for this as not sure if neighbours are on here.

I am off today & woke up to the sound of doors banging and loud voices.

Have a glance out of bedroom window & there are 2 vans & a land rover parked on my ACTUAL drive!

Now I guess it's easily mistaken as a public car park so don't say anything immediately but once I'm up and toddler is dressed I go downstairs to see.

My next door neighbours are away on holiday. But of a weird driveway as their house has its own but it's round the back of ours and ours is at front so if you use sat nav it brings you to ours as their house is other side of our driveway ifyswim.

Diagram to show you what I mean.

Anyway they are unloading tools etc onto big sheets on my drive and walking over grass to neighbours

I said to them it was a private drive and could they move onto neighbours and they said they won't be long

I was too shocked to say much more than 'no please move now'

Grrrrrrr!

We have a drive in front of our garage, plus we have the front garden put down for parking. I wish someone would park on them, so I can have a cf parking thread! Unfortunately we have lovely neighbours, we all share parking spaces (after asking nicely first!), we take in parcels, we all talk to each other and borrow stuff from each other, too bloody nice! Lol

Unfortunately we have lovely neighbour

So do we.

Bastards!

So, tomorrow, how about you park across your neighbour's driveway for a bit of fun! Stop him from parking there too!

Oh my days, this thread has been awesome! I also clicked on the link to the tinsel parking thread and have sat here giggling like a loon! Well played OP and well played FIL!!!!
DH needs a bit more training though

You handled this perfectly OP! Hope he's learnt his lesson Haha

SchadenfreudePersonified

Yeah, bastards!

Am a little late to the party but YEAH!!!!!

What a great thread.

The cow bag in me would be tempted to leave the gate open tomorrow to see if he comes back and dares to do it again

Honestly can’t believe the form of the man - or the neighbour, if it’s true that he told him to park in your drive. What an entitled knob! Very proud of you all!!! Interested to see what tomorrow will bring!

I've followed this thread all day op bloody fantastic outcome! Hope he comes back tomorrow

Almost had a thread of my own earlier, an AA van blocked my car in my drive. I had to go and pick up my mum so asked him if he would mind moving his van as he had blocked me in. He said "do you need to get out then" (Yes you prick that's why I'm asking) He slammed his van door and parked outside another neighbour. when I got back he was even further up the road.
What's wrong with these men?!

What a thread! Brilliant 👏🏻

I am so here for #gategate

Well done for standing up to cf man

I have just read the entire thread and have been chuckling all the way through. Well done, OP!!

DH and the kids, on the other hand, are not as appreciative as I'm pretty sure dinner has cooked to within an inch of its life as I have sat here reading this. 😉

I've just stayed up WAY past my bedtime to read this.

Best.Thread.Ever

Loved this thread!!!

#gategate

I’d be inclined to park your car where it can’t be blocked in tomorrow as if he is back then he sounds like just the sort of wanker to do that.

Well done Op!

Great outcome

Was explaining this thread to a male friend who didn’t seem to get that this was a real thing - parking on someone’s drive. And when I suggested that if a man had asked him to move he’d have done it straight away so op’s locking him in was perfect

Still don't get it (and I promise I'm not just trying to be 'that person').

It's not that I wouldn't care about someone parking on my driveway but I'd probably think - CF, never mind.

I just can't imagine getting riled to the point that it takes up an entire day and hundreds of posts on Mumsnet.

I am truly and sincerely intrigued - not trolling I promise.

As an aside, I am by no means any kind of doormat! I've been described as an 'assertive powerhouse' before! Maybe that's why I don't care - I know he would move if I asked him to - I'm pretty scary, even when chilled out!

OK boom.. sure. But if you then actually HAD asked that man to move his car and he'd laughed at you, not taken you seriously and then not moved the car, you'd still think 'eh ok I'll leave it then' would you? Would you really?

Marvellous result! Ooh, I hope he turns up today!

Hope your gate is locked this morning! Add a big sign that says...

NO PARKING FOR YOU, CF

My popcorn is on the stove ready for today's installment. 🍿

How can the OP be done for unlawful imprisonment when she asked the CF to “ger off my land” several times in the day? He could have walked off the drive through he bollards as presumably he had been doing all day.

Sorry, I was being flippant, which clearly didn't come across.