'Annoying neighbour ignored my parking note - my revenge made him regret it'
Parking rows can get pretty ugly. Even the nicest of neighbours can blow up over the rights to a parking space, as one mum-to-be has found. The woman has shared her own story of how she took drastic action after discovering her neighbour had repeatedly parked in a spot she was paying for.
The anonymous mum-to-be took to the internet to reveal how she was 38 weeks pregnant and living on the top floor of a block of flats, which has no lift, meaning she had to walk up four flights of stairs. As such, she's keen to park her car as close to the building as possible so that she doesn't have to walk any further than necessary.
However, her neighbour keeps parking in her space, meaning she has to park further away than necessary and she's not pleased. Taking to Reddit, she wrote: "I am currently 38 weeks pregnant. I live on the top floor of a block of flats with no elevator, meaning I have to walk four flights of stairs every day, which as I'm sure you can imagine is exhausting for me.
"Parking for the flats is very limited. There's nowhere local to park, apart from one car park round the back, which is strictly residents only. Each person has to pay for their space which is then allocated with a number matching their flat.
"There are signs clearly stating this, but it is never checked or enforced. Besides this though, the nearest parking is a good walk away down some dodgy side roads. Now this happened last Wednesday when I got home from work and there was a car I had never seen before parked in my space. I didn't think anything of it as maybe a neighbour had visitors who parked there without realising or something like that. It was a little bit frustrating, but no big deal."
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The woman then decided to leave a note for the other driver, asking him not to do it again. She explained: "I wrote on a small piece of paper 'please do not park here, I pay for this space and am heavily pregnant' and stuck it under the car wiper. I parked my car down the side streets, and by the time I walked to my apartment, I was tired and my back was starting to ache from all of the stairs too. Anyway, Thursday when I got home from work, there wasn't anybody there, so I assumed I was right, a neighbour had guests and it was a one-off that someone parked there. Or maybe they read my note and parked elsewhere. However Friday, I got home from work again and there was the exact same car as two days ago in my space.
"I was especially tired this day and just not feeling it, so I walked up to the car and let down the front two tires. This time, I didn't leave a note. Later that evening, I heard someone talking and went so I could hear the conversation better. It was a man speaking to someone saying that he was stuck as he had two flat tires and was unable to move his car. He seemed angry about it, so I didn't say anything. Saturday morning, his car was still there, but it was gone later that evening. I told my husband about it, and he said I am a massive a**hole and even though I pay for the space, I shouldn't mess with someone else's car, I should have left another note instead. I don't think I was being unreasonable though, so am I the a**hole?"
People had mixed reactions in the comments, with one person claiming they love how 'petty' the woman was. "You're going to get a lot of you are the a**hole votes and I'm going to get downvoted for this but I don't care, I love your level of petty. Not the a**hole," wrote one user. Another commented: "To be honest I'm willing to call her a justified low-level a**hole, but mostly because at 38 weeks pregnant, I think it's easier to walk a few blocks then to bend down and let air out of car tires (and stand back up again). I'm honestly impressed - by 38 weeks I don't think I was putting my own shoes on."
A different user posted: "Everyone sucks here. He had already been left a note and chose to park there again. He's an a**hole. You had other options. A second note? Contact the parking manager? The few places I lived with restricted/assigned parking have had parking managers that will have people towed. A**hole move to let the air out of someone's tires."
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