‘Nice try’: Resident claims public neighborhood area as her personal parking space, leading neighbor to a clever payback

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Apr 22, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

This might sound completely ridiculous, but before anyone thinks of buying a car, they should really consider whether or not they have a space to park it where they live. If they don't, then they simply should not buy a car.

Another thing they should absolutely not do is assign a random public area in their neighborhood to be their own personal parking space because A. It's illegal, and B. It is just going to create an uncomfortable situation with the neighbors. But still, some people buy cars when they don't have anywhere to park, and that results in them claiming a public area to be their personal parking space.

This is exactly the problem OP (original poster) has to deal with in this Reddit story. OP posted pictures of a sign her neighbor put up that declares a public area in their neighborhood to be her personal parking space. OP is at a loss with what to do about it, so she turns to the trusty people of Reddit for advice about payback.

Scroll down to read the full story and some of the helpful advice. After that, click here for a story of an employee who quit but still had to train their replacement.

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    "Enjoy it while it lasts"
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    My neighbour put up a sign saying a PUBLIC part of our close is reserved for her car
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    I live in a small close in a city in the U.K., every house has its own parking spot, besides that, all areas of the close are shared between everyone who lives here, my neighbours think they own the close for some reason,
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    she always parks her car in the same part of the road that is completely public (not marked or owned by anyone or any house in particular, anyone can park there if the space is free) and she gets annoyed if anyone
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    else parked in that spot. We came home one day after a trip and she has put up this sign and reserved a public space for her car. The audacity is astounding to be honest, but as you can imagine they are very trashy people so is not worth it to say anything. I can't wait to out of this place. get the
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    RESERVED PARKING FOR PLEASE KEEP CLEAR 5 COUN 4
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    RESERVED PARKING FOR NO 4 PLEASE KEEP CLEAR
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    Browndog888. 15 hr. ago Yep, that signs going straight in the bin.
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    mawkish · 16 hr. ago • Put a sign that says LOL under it
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    • PlaceYourBets2021 14 hr. ago RESERVED PARKING FOR NO 4 PLEASE KEEP CLEAR LOL
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    sunny-beans OP. 16 hr. ago Thought about putting my car there as soon as she leaves but I don't have the energy to get into something with them, they are awful (besides this we have had lots of issues with them) I am moving in 2 months, just want to never see these people again tbh lol
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    No-Exercise6782. 15 hr. ago RED You should do it anyways and just ignore them, if they call the cops you can just show them that it's not their parking space, and they'd get fined for wasting the police's time.
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    sunny-beans OP · 15 hr. ago I am not driving atm because I had a se... e so can't drive for 12 months according to UK law, and our main car has a parking space, so I haven't needed to take the space, but if we do need it and is empty I will definitely park there, I am just not going out of my way to do it
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    JohnnysTacos · 11 hr. ago · edited 10 hr. ago As someone who also has terrible neighbours: if you are feeling a bit less reasonable, my petty- revenge move in the past has been to sign my neighbours up for tons of spam emails/calls from
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    various websites. If you have their email address or phone number, just start creating accounts on random websites and checking the "receive marketing emails/calls/texts" box.
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    Best part is, it isn't easily traced back to you and should continue to annoy them long after you leave.
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    sunny-beans OP · 10 hr. ago Omg that's genius actually, but I don't have their email or phones, wonder how I can get it? I actually want low key legal ways to mess with them as they have made life for us, I absolutely hate them.
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    Bumblebee377 · 6 hr. ago • Find their Facebook or social media. Most everyone has a trail on the internet and maybe they will have their email associated with social media accounts or LinkedIn. Reply Share sunny-beans OP · 16 min. ago Will look into this today...
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    brpajense 14 hr. ago Contact the council. Throwing up signs in public property is frowned upon and can be punished with fines.
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    jakeyboy723 · 14 hr. ago Yes. Phone as if you're asking for clarification.
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    BigBobby2016 · 13 hr. ago It certainly looks like a store bought sign, but my city did issue signs like this so you could reserve parking on the street in front of your house. Ours had a sticker from the city you had to pay for though, plus you needed a parking sticker for your car.
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    Academic Welder5352 · 14 hr. ago I'm in Bristol, don't mind cycling past with a screwdriver... Reply Share sunny-beans OP. 14 hr. ago Cheers mate!
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    grampsNYC 14 hr. ago Buy a bag of bird seed and every time you walk by spread some over it
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    Brainvillage · 13 hr. ago This whole confrontation is painfully British. Reply Share sunny-beans OP. 13 hr. ago Honestly so utter pettiness! true, pure
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    Frizzlewits 15 hr. ago I would buy an old car and park it at that spot and leave it. And ofc it has a sign under the window nr 4.
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    Le-Deek-Supreme · 13 hr. ago Everyone in the neighborhood should just add their name to the sign.
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