‘Move Your Caravan’: Man Gets Even With Camping Site Neighbor via Malicious Compliance

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    Font - Posted by u/joni79 20 hours ago You want to be strict with the camping site rules? Then let's be strict with the rules!
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    Font - Context: Few weeks ago I was touring Europe on my car and caravan with family. Usually people are very nice on camping sites with their temporary neighbours but this incident was a big exception to that rule. TL;DR; at the end.
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    Font - Story: We arrived to a very large camping site in the middle of Sweden late afternoon and after getting our keys and a printout info (camp site rules and local tourist attractions etc., actually like a magazine) from the reception we went to find our designated pitch to set up the caravan so we could start relaxing after hours and hours of driving.
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    Font - Now it might be relevant to see how the pitches and driveways are set up for the story to make better sense. See the linked picture (https://imgur.com/a/Gw8sjBy.) to help you visualise. Let's say I've been assigned the spot 67 and the old geezer of this story has the pitch 58.
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    Font - So we release the kids to go find a playground and start the process of setting up camp. I back up the caravan to the pitch, detach the car, manually crank the support legs down and so on when a grumpy old geezer approaches yelling "Four meters! Four meters!" It was hot, I was sweating from the manual work and a
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    Font - bit confused so I ask perhaps a bit sharply what he is going on about? He manages to explain that "the rules say the caravans have to be 4 meters (about 13 feet) apart and that I absolutely must move my caravan" which is already half way done setting up camp.
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    Font - Now I admit that I did put my caravan only about 1 meter (little over 3 feet) from the back of the pitch but this j k has his own caravan roughly the same distance or less from the perimeter and his front tents ground lines are ON OUR pitch. I go around checking the situation and leave
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    Font - my wife to talk with the geezer. I come back around after maby 30 seconds and see my wife upset. Before I can ask why, she tells me that the geezer told her verbatim "to go back to Finland!" after she had pointed out that his tent cords are attached to our side.
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    Font - So I get angry. I'm positively seething and for a moment I consider getting physical, but then I decide to get petty instead. So I go undo the setup we've already done, I move the caravan, double check that I'm within the rules. This took me about 7 minutes. Then I go tell the geezer
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    Font - that I've now complied, so if you want to be strict with the rules, then let's be strict with the rules! Your own caravan is clearly in violation of the rules, so move the fu ng thing or I promise I'll go to the reception and complain. I was so angry that I remember my hand shaking while I emphasised my message with finger pointing. So I was pretty angry.
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    Font - Fallout: We got great satisfaction seeing he had to disassemble most of his front tent, crank up the support legs, get the car, attach the car, move his caravan and then re-setup everything. Took him and his partner about 25 - 30 minutes to do so. If you want to be aj ´k, make sure you are also in compliance before complaining to
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    Font - someone else. These kind of rules that are usually more like suggestions anyway... Oh, and I also told the kids that there is a special situation here, you don't have to be quiet and consider the neighbours like normally. Instead you can shout and play as loudly as you like (within the allowed
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    Font - times to make noise) and they did. luckily the other surrounding pitches were not occupied at the time so this didn't bother anyone but the geezer and his partner. I also got a small solace from the fact that my wife did reply to the "Go back to Finland" comment with the age old classic
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    Font - "Fk you!". We left the site and continued on our way the next day as planned. TL;DR; Old geezer tells me to move my half setup caravan because it's too close to the border. I move it and force him to move his more complex setup also, since he is breaking the same rule he asks me to comply with.
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    Font - Zoreb1 +2 20 hr. ago · "If you want to be a jerk, make sure you are also in compliance before complaining to someone else." The first rule of being a Karen/Ken. ✩ Vote Reply Share
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    Font - fuld eit security-six 20 hr. ago "I considered getting physical, but decided to get petty instead." That's my favorite part of the story ↑ Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Takssista · 20 hr. ago Maybe you finally found the famed "Perkele", camping in Sweden... Vote Reply Share
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    Font - joni79 OP 20 hr. ago This camping site is actually really nice and we've been there many times before. And will go again since it's so conveniently located and nice place. (First Camp
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    Font - Gränna). Nothing bad to say about the place, just this one grumpy old fuk that was having a bad day. Vote a Reply Share
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    Font - Glugstar 20 hr. ago I have found that people who are very strict with demanding others to follow the rules, often do not follow the rules well themselves. Bunch of hypocrites. They scream foul the loudest.
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    Font - ZackBagley1449QE 17 hr. ago Wow, what a frustrating encounter! It's great to see that you stood your ground and made sure the rules were followed Camping should be a peaceful and friendly experience for everyone. Reply Share Vote
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    Font - Windronin +2. 20 hr. ago Heh... You should have said to the geezer "You're finished" If i lived in finland i would overuse that phrase Vote Reply Share

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