26 February 2023 , 16:05
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When you live on a busy street with limited parking, it can become an issue and cause problems between residents.
One woman is wondering whether she was in the wrong for her strong reaction to a neighbour parking in her mum's spot while she was out shopping.
Minutes after the neighbour parked in the spot, the 19-year-old called to get the car towed away – and he wasn't happy with her.
Explaining the situation in a popular forum, the daughter explained that she lives with her parents in a small neighbourhood.
In the post, she confessed: "One day, as my dad was at work and mum was out grocery shopping, I saw a guy parking his car in our spot.
'My selfish neighbour stole our parking spot - my revenge means he'll regret it'
The man was not happy (stock image) (Getty Images)It continued: "I waited a bit, maybe he was just making a one minute pit stop, but he was still away after about five minutes, and there were a few visitor parking spots available, so I was baffled why he decided to steal ours."
She decided the call a tow truck, which arrived just three to four minutes later.
The woman continued in the Reddit post: "As the tow truck driver was hooking the car up, the guy came out and saw it. He immediately got into an argument with the tow truck driver and was saying he was 'only like, 10 minutes!'.
"My mum got home about half an hour later, and I forgot to mention to her what happened, but 10 minutes after she returned, the guy that stole our spot came to our house and argued with me and mum, saying he was only going to be there for five more minutes.
"It got heated, but he eventually walked away, still p***ed off."
Most of the commenters agreed that she was not in the wrong, because she couldn't have known how long he was going to stay parked there.
One person said: "You couldn't know if he was going to be five minutes or five hours. It wasn't his spot, and he had no right to park there for any length of time."
Another agreed, commenting: "Assuming the spot was clearly marked as 'reserved', whoever parks there without permission does so at their own risk."
A third said: "Don't park in other people's spot, 10 minutes or not. You pay for the spot, he doesn't. Play stupid games win stupid prizes."