The "joy" that is other humans

"Pixel" (Improbcat) 04/25/2016 at 21:32 • Filed to: None

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I was having a weekly gathering of friends working on props & set for a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! my driveway tonight, and as such cars were parked up and down the street to leave the driveway itself clear for working.

A neighbor that I previously thought was cool with me came up to me and started demanding to know who owned a car parked in front of her house and shouting that “If you hit my car I have your license number” , then went off on how my friends “always” park in front of their house, veered into “I’ve lived here for 30 years and you haven’t” , paused briefly to scream “Don’t be nice to me!” at the car’s owner offering to move the car, swerved to “My husband needs to park there when he gets home!” , before screeching off shouting yet again about how she’d call the police if her car was hit as she had the license plate.

In addition to sounding like round 3 or 4 of an argument we’d never actually had, about an issue they’d never previously brought up to me. They consistently have at least 1 vehicle parked in front of my yard, 2 in front of their house, and an empty driveway.

It was very hard, but I managed to resist the urge to park my big rusty truck with the back bumper exactly on the property line. Which would have left them with not enough room to fit their two vehicles in front of their house. Instead we moved all the vehicles around so not only were we not in front of her house, but the person parked there didn’t even have to back & fill to get out of the spot. Shortly after my friends all left her husband got home, and promptly parked with his truck halfway over the property line in front of my yard.

I am currently trying to decide between being the better person, or getting cards professionally printed that say. “If you are going to yell about people parking in front of your house, at least don’t be such a raging hypocrite.” and leave them under their wiper every time one of their many vehicles parks in front of my yard.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Pixel 04/25/2016 at 21:42

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What kind of an idiot parks on the street when they could park in the driveway? If they have a garage, I bet it’s full of craft supplies or some other stupid junk which is why they can’t park there...

But seriously, when I’m looking at places, street parking is a deal breaker. It's just... wrong.

Dru > Pixel 04/25/2016 at 21:44

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Get the chains. Hook up. Drag their vehicle backwards so it's not in front of your property. I've been tempted to do this myself many times.

Master Cylinder > Dru 04/25/2016 at 21:48

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Oh God, this. I have a neighbor who thinks it’s cool to park his shitty car in front of my house every now and then. Even though he lives alone and has a garage. And no other cars. And he could just park in front of his own house.

I don’t do anything about it because it’s technically public property and he technically has just as much right to park there as he does any other spot on the street... but damn, it’s annoying as hell.

Dru > Master Cylinder 04/25/2016 at 21:53

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That's asinine. At least my neighbors always have a butt load of people over. It's not uncommon for someone's front right tire to be in my yard.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 04/25/2016 at 22:08

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You’ve obviously never been to San Antonio. Average homeowner has a two car garage full of junk, one huge truck that wouldn’t fit in the garage anyway in the driveway, and a collection of 3-4 beaters parked in street.

I grew up somewhere that prohibited on-street parking from midnight until 6 AM on weekdays. You could call the PD and get an exception for a few days if you had guests. It was nice because you could park in the street for business and quick visits, but it kept this kind of crap to a minimum.

Die-Trying > Pixel 04/25/2016 at 22:12

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with women like that........ the argument is never about THE ARGUMENT. she doesnt care about you. she doesnt care about your friends. she doesnt care about where you are parked. she doesnt care about where they parked. its about her not getting her way about something at HER house. you are just the outlet where she is venting......... you might talk to guy and just ask HIM sometime how HES getting along. if HE is okay over there. tell him “yeah i talked to your wife the other day. she was real worked up over SOMEthing. i forget what. things going okay?” leave her out of it.

after the divorce she’ll be moving soon enough.

Birddog > Pixel 04/25/2016 at 22:41

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Ooh. I love “those” neighbors. There’s not much you can do but be the better person and just smile and nod. Don’t say a word, don’t yell. Then make sure everyone you know comes over as often as possible to clog up the street parking. Let them call the Cops, let them burst in rage.

Just remember to smile and nod.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 04/25/2016 at 22:49

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I think a lot of that is common, except perpetually-used street parking. I've never lived somewhere that street parking for extended periods was a possibility. That sounds like some kind of third world hell.

His Stigness > Master Cylinder 04/25/2016 at 23:28

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If you’re in California you can call you local police (NOT 911) and say it’s been parked there for more than three days, and they’ll mark it, and if it’s still there in 3 days it gets towed. I had to do that once for someone who parked their beater truck on my street, even though he lived down the street. He had expired tags so it got towed. He never parked near me again.

His Stigness > Pixel 04/25/2016 at 23:32

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All people like that is care about themselves. I live on a street (HOA controlled) with parking on only one side (not my side!), and everyone is supposed to park their cars in their garage or in their driveway. AHAHAHAHA!!! NO ONE DOES!!! Everyone parks one car in the driveway and the rest on the street. My neighbors across the street park their Tahoe in the driveway, the big lifted Silverado in front of their house, and the work truck somewhere else on the street.

But really, the worst are some new people who park one car in the garage, and the other ON THE STREET!!! They leave their fucking driveway empty!!!

Also, people don’t know how to read and always park on the no parking side. It’s almost always the church goers who like to take up ALL of our parking on the weekends, but you know damn well if we did that to their street, they’d bitch.

I hate people.

Danger > Pixel 04/27/2016 at 00:15

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The street is public. No one in any subdivision owns the street in front of their house. Why does it matter to people so much which cars are parked where?