Woman's Ex Neighbor Keeps Parking In Her Spot, Gets Their Car Towed

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Dec 24, 2021 7:00 PM EST

Any densely populated area is going to give way to arguments, debates, and concerns between residents over parking, and given the opportunity, people are going to be jerks about parking. Redditor u/ShamyJane posted to the popular moral judgment community r/AmITheAsshole after having a former neighbor's car towed from their apartment building parking lot. It seems that their ex-neighbor kept parking in the lot after they moved and after their spot was taken over by a new tenant, leaving their car in OP's spot — a problem for a pregnant OP who needs to park somewhere.

After OP asked the ex-neighbor to find somewhere new to park and found their car in the wrong spot again, they had it towed — only to be met with a sob story from the ex-neighbor. Admittedly, it sounds like the ex-neighbor was in a tough spot too, but they were asked not to park there. What did they think would happen next?

Check out some more parking drama with another neighbor who refused to park elsewhere, got their car towed, and then expected compensation for the towing. Yes, that's real life. 

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    Font - 2 7 e7 3 6 13 AITA for having my ex neighbors car towed because they kept parking in my spot? I (21F) live right on the edge of my cities downtown. Parking is scarce, or I should say, FREE parking is scarce. I lived in an old house converted into 8 apartment units, and it had its own mini parking lot with 8 spots for the tenants. I had a neighbor (F) who got a job working nights a few blocks away from our apartment which worked out great because she could just walk to work and didn't have
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    Font - I noticed that F was still parking in her old spot, but it was taking forever to fill her old apartment so I didn't really care because no one else was parking there. Well they finally found a new tenant about two weeks ago and he has been filling that parking space. Well unlucky for me, I happen to get off of work right after F starts work, and she has continued parking in our lot, which means that I don't have a place to park whenI get home. I've been having to park on the street and pa
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    Font - I finally caught F after her shift a couple days ago and let her know that she needed to stop parking in the lot now that we have a new tenant because she was parking my space and it was really inconvenient for me to have to pay for parking at my own home and that l'm pregnant so the walk from the street up to the back entrance of the house was getting hard for me. F apologized and said that she can't really afford to pay for parking for her whole shift but she wouldn't park there anymore
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    Font - I alled my fiancé and he called a tow truck. The guy came and took her car, and I pulled my car in and went inside. At about 6 AM F started pounding on my door. When I answered she started screaming at me, asking where her car was, she said she had just worked a 14 hour shift because one of the morning shift had called out and that she was exhausted and needed to get home. I told her that her car was a the tow yard and that I was also tired and needed MY parking sport.
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    Font - She started crying and told me that I needed to drive her there and pay to get her car back because she can't afford it and couldn't get home without it. I told her tough luck, she shouldn't have parked in my spot when I asked her not to, and she'll need to figure it out herself and shut the door. She stayed out there for another thirty minutes before she left. I don't know where she went after that but l've been getting a lot of shit from other neighbors and mutual friends (We went to th
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    Font - Edit: so what our mutual friends have been saying is that our land lord was going to bump her rent when she renewed her lease so she moved into a place that was slightly more expensive but a lot nicer than the apartment she was living in. I guess she bit off more than she could chew and wasn't sure if she could cover rent for this month. I would have been way more understanding if she had just been upfront about it, and we could have worked something out, but for her to say that she would
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    Font - Knittingfairy09113 · 17h • Partassipant [1] NTA You didn't call a town truck until you'd had a chance to speak with her. She needed to figure something else out. This is called living with your choices, being an adult, and handling the consequences. She no longer lives there and should have figured out something else for parking as soon as she moved out. G Reply 672 ...
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    Font - MinecraftArchitect42 · 17h NTA It's your spot, she doesn't even live there anymore and was warned more than once. Who takes a pregnant woman's spot anyway? G Reply 1 530 3 ...
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    Smile - MyMarge · 17h NTA, I laughed when you said that she told you that you had to take her to get it, and to pay for it. To hell with the neighbors. Tell them to let her have THEIR spot. Bet they will clutch their pearls on that suggestion.
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    Font - Frankfourfingers101 · 17h · Partassipant [1] NTA. You shouldn't have to pay for parking because someone who no longer lives in your building is parking illegally in your spot. She may be going through a tough time but it is in no way your fault that she decided to continue to do something she knew was wrong. You were nice enough to not tow her the first time she did it. G Reply 1 136
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    Font - nerdyfitgrl · 17h NTA. If she no longer has a lease then she's no longer entitled to a free parking space that is provided by the lease. You asked her nicely to not park there and she did it anyways. Her money problems are not your problem. If the parking is exclusively for your apartment building a sign should definitely be put up warning people that cars will be towed at the owner's expense if they don't live there . G Reply 46 ...
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    Smile - dontmoveuntildawn • 17h · Partassipant [1] NTA. I'd also inform whoever you rent from to let them know she's still parking there, too. 6 Reply 49 5 ...
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    Smile - aprilgc · 17h NTA: Why would she assume she could park there after moving out? Although, you should have said something when it first started regardless if someone wasn't living in that apartment. G Reply 1 372 ...
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    Font - hecknono • 14h NTA what do you mean "because of me" uh no, it is because of her and her poor choices. She was parking in someone else's spot purposely, knowing you were pregnant and that you had to pay for parking because she took your spot. Did she feel bad about you having to pay for parking? offer to reimburse you? Did she feel bad about making a prgnant woman walk an extra couple of blocks? no. because she is selfish and only thinks of her self. This is all of her own doing. YOU did n
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