'You can't park here': Woman refuses to move her car from neighbor's driveway, neighbor blocks her in

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Eleonora Bader
Aug 6, 2023 7:00 PM EDT

Parking spots aren't always assigned, which can be particularly annoying if people begin parking right in front of your house, blocking your path, due to the fact that it's technically legal. Still, it certainly isn't proper etiquette, and it is usually frowned upon.

In this case, OP lived on a street where some houses had driveways, yet some didn't, meaning that the house owners had to park on the street. OP had just enough room to park both their cars in front of their house, but when a new neighbor moved in across the street, she would park right in front of OP's house, meaning OP would need to find parking elsewhere. Now, that doesn't sound too bad, but when you buy groceries alongside your screaming toddler, and crying newborn the extra mile isn't pretty.

So, OP trotted up to this new neighbor's house, toddler and newborn in hand. This neighbor, who we'll call Brittany, stared OP down, as she asked her to please not park in front of her house anymore. Brittany was unmoved by the kids and OP's request, and told her that she didn't own the street, then slammed the door in her face. OP was absolutely livid, and honestly, it's totally understandable. I would have enacted some petty revenge myself if I were her.

And petty revenge was definitely on cue. Let's just say, Brittany never parked her car in front of OP's house again. Scroll down to find out how exactly OP got her neighbor to fulfill her request to a T. Next, team morale took a nosedive when the company lost two huge clients due to firing an employee.

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    Wheel - "She slammed the door in my face; I blocked her car in."
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    Font - Posted by u/ithinkisawasquirrel 2 days ago Park in front of my house? Okay, then. It's been about a decade since this happened.
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    Font - I live on a street where some houses have driveways, but some of us don't and we have to park in the street. We had just enough room to park our two vehicles in front of our house. A new neighbor moved in across the street (I'll call her Brittany). Brittany had a tiny Prius and parked in front of our house a
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    Font - lot (she didn't have a driveway). The space in front of her house was almost always empty when this happened. At the time, I had a toddler and a newborn and getting them into the house was a pain when I had to circle the block and park on the other side of the street, hauling the
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    Font - carseat in one hand while juggling a diaper bag, groceries, and a toddler that hadn't developed a sense of self preservation yet. The thing that got to me was that there would be plenty of space for two cars to park, but Brittany couldn't be bothered to
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    Font - pull forward or scoot back. She usually parked right in the middle so no one else could park near her car. One day, I had had enough. I hauled the baby, the stuff, and the toddler up to her porch and knocked politely on her door.
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    Font - Me: "Hey, I live across the street. I was just wondering if you could park in front of your house instead of mine, please." Brittany: "Umm, that's, like, really inconvenient for me to drive around the whole block just to park."
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    Font - Me: "I know. But, as you can see," gesturing to the circus at my feet, "I have my hands full. It makes it harder when you park in front of my house. Can you please try parking in front of yours instead?" Brittany: "Look, I'll just park where I want. There's no
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    Font - assigned spaces." Door slam. Oh, It. Was. On. I wasn't sure what my revenge would be, but I knew it would be coming. The opportunity came a couple days later. I came home and my
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    Font - spouse was already parked in front of her car. But lo! The next door neighbor wasn't home yet. I could park behind her. I'd have to scoot up to make sure there was enough room for my other neighbor (they were innocent in all this). So I pulled up behind them and checked the space. Two feet of room. Back into the
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    Font - car to inch forward some more. Checked again. Still had a good foot. I kept doing this till there was literally inches between our bumpers. And here's the thing, I had two cars at my disposal now whereas she only had one. So
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    Font - into the spouses van I go to inch backwards until they were only inches from kissing bumpers. Perfect. Point of note: both of my vehicles were old, scratched, and beat up. I probably wouldn't notice another dent in them.
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    Font - But the Prius was pristine. I knew Brittany wasn't likely to risk it. I expected that I would get a knock on the door sometime that evening. But when I took the trash out that night, Brittany and her Prius were gone. She must've executed a 200 point
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    Font - turn to get out. I cackled to myself and went to bed happy. The best part was, she stopped parking on my side of the street after that one incident. I guess she realized it really was more convenient to park on hers.
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    Font - Puzzleheaded_Age6550 1 day ago I used to live in a house I rented in a suburban neighborhood. We had a driveway, with two spots to park. But there were three people in the house, all with cars and
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    Font - very different schedules. So one of us had to park in the road to ensure everyone could get out for work and school. No problem, parking was allowed, and hardly anyone else in the neighborhood parked on the street.
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    Font - One day I get a knock on my door, and this woman tells me that it's inconvenient for her that we park in the road. The speed limit was 15! But she stated that because it was downhill, she sometimes drives fast,
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    Font - and so our car made her slow down. I said back to her "So, you want me to stop parking in a legal spot so you can exceed the speed limit?" And then she started yelling "I know you rent! I'm going to call the landlord! You're going to regret
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    Font - this!" My landlord called me a little while later, laughing, and apparently he'd said basically the same thing I had said to her, that we were parking legally, and he wasn't
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    Font - going to tell us to change that for her to illegally break the speed limit. 1.4k Reply Share
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    Font - Pristine_Parking5202 2 days ago That must have been one heck of a maneuver for her to get out. I don't know, it's a Prius, maybe she picked it up and scooted it out! 367 Reply Share
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    Font - Buffalo BillMurrays 1 day ago I have what sounds like the exact same parking setup and can't imagine being upset by someone parking in front of my house. You don't own the
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    Font - street just because you own or rent the home. With that said, not pulling up to allow a car to fit behind you is bad etiquette.
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