23-year-old woman gets 20-year-old roommate's car towed for repeatedly and unapologetically taking her spot: 'She [also] hadn't paid to park for that month'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Dec 9, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Neighborly parking disputes are no new thing, but they almost constitute "friendly fire" when they take shape between members of the same household. There's nothing worse than living with someone who just thinks they're completely immune to the rules and social obligations that everyone else has to follow. This type of behavior speaks volumes to the propensity for people to be petty and selfish, trying to shape the world around them into a form that best suits them independent of any moral or even logical reason. At this point, you probably already have someone in mind who fits this description, probably even a specific former roommate, as it's simply the luck of the draw that you'll have some such roommate at least some point in your life.

This young woman got her own roommate's car towed when her roommate repeatedly insisted on blocking both of their allocated spots, taking up both spots so that it was easier to get her own car in and out at the expense of the ability of her roommates to park in the second spot. After the confrontation that was sparked by her roommate's behavior and her own drastic measures, she turned to this online community to see if she was in the wrong for her actions.

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    AITA for getting my roommate's car towed and her parking pass revoked? I (23f) have three roommates: Sarah (22f), Jenny (24f), and Lucy (20f). Our apartment complex has a really bad parking situation at the moment. We used to have two garages (the main deck, which was bigger, and the second deck, which is smaller) we could park in. Currently, the main deck is under construction,
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    so the only option is to park on the second deck or to park in a different parking two blocks away. (the lot is owned by the same people who own our apartment) When we moved in, we all paid for parking. I paid extra to have the last spot so I didn't have to call people to move their cars when I got home.
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    Since the main deck is closed, we have to park in an odd arrangement. We have four spots designated for our apartment. The only issue is the first two spots get blocked in by the second two spots.
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    We had a system that worked perfectly for a couple of weeks. Since Jenny and I often left the earliest and came home the latest, Sarah and Lucy would park in the first two spots, and we would park behind them.
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    Recently, Lucy has started parking in my spot instead of pulling forward to her spot. This meant I would often get home from a long day of work or school and have to either call Lucy to come down and move her car, or I would have to park two blocks away and walk back home.
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    I confronted Lucy about this many times, and she always used the same excuses that she was tired, busy, had somewhere to go later, etc. I have emphasized to her many times that I currently work two jobs, one of which I don't get home until very late, and that I need to be able to park at the apartment. She just apologizes and promises to remember.
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    Well, she hasn't it's been going on for months now. Lucy recently went home for Thanksgiving and left her car parked in my spot for a week and a half. I got fed up with it and decided to go speak to our complex manager. She was super sweet and said she would immediately deal with the issue since multiple other people had complained about Lucy already.
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    Well, the complex manager towed Lucy's car and revoked her parking pass for the building. Since she wasn't following the rules (parking in her own. designated spot, and I guess she was parking in handicapped. spots and guest spots without a pass) and because she hadn't paid to park for that month.
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    Lucy came back and was furious with me for reporting her. She was screaming and calling me an a hole. And saying I was intentionally trying to ruin her life and get her evicted or kicked out of college. I apologized and said I didn't know they would tow her, but she didn't care and is now telling everyone how much of an ah lelam.
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    Jenny and Sarah agree with me that I did the right thing by reporting her. A couple of our other friends agree with me, too. But Lucy and a few others think I took it too far and are a major a hole for this. Am I the a hle for getting my roommate's car towed?
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    OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the ahle: I should be judged on getting my roommate's car towed and her parking pass taken away. That makes me the a hole cause I might have gone too far over a parking spot.
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    _mmiggs_ .7h ago • So wait-Lucy would come home, see two empty parking spots oriented nose to tail, drive in to the first one, and just stop, leaving an inaccessible parking spot in front of her? NTA This is absurd. It doesn't matter how tired Lucy is - it takes exactly the same effort to stop in the first spot vs stop in the second spot.
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    1962Michael 7h ago . • NTA. Lucy has shown zero regard for you. Especially by leaving her car parked in your spot for 10 days! That's ridiculous. Frankly if I left my car for 10 days I would 100% have LEFT MY KEYS WITH MY ROOMMATES.
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    Personally I would harden up and get Jenny and Sarah to agree. Lucy needs to leave a spare set of keys in the apartment any time she doesn't park in her own spot, AT MINIMUM.
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    toosheeptheorist • 7h ago. NTA - the apartment manager had already received numerous complaints about Lucy's parking. You had also talked to her multiple times but she never rectified her mistakes. She is now in the "find out" phase of FAFO. But I'm trying to figure out how her parking could affect her standing at uni.
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    mdthomas • 7h ago • she wasn't following the rules (parking in her own designated spot, and I guess she was parking in handicapped spots and guest spots without a pass) and because she hadn't paid to park for that month This would have led to the same result even if you hadn't reported her. NTA
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    No-... ⚫ 7h ago ⚫ Edited 7h ago • • • Girl you are NTA at all. you confronted Lucy multiple times to which she gave you fake promises and basically just ignored what you were saying. Your frustrations are valid and it isn't fair for her to have that sense of entitlement. She hasn't paid her parking fees, isn't parking in her spot, even parking in handicapped spots! what else did she expect? If anything i'd give her a smile and say, "you should've listened." She's in the finding out phase around.
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    Jenos00 7h ago . NTA. Lucy refused to respect the rules of society so society handled it.
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    dogwomancali • 7h ago. She wasn't following the rules (she sounds like a selfish inconsiderate person to be honest). She didn't pay that month for parking. And it's your fault she got towed? She's an . Life in general would be so much nicer if everyone simply followed the rules. You are NTA.
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    LaffingGrass • 7h ago • NTA y'all had a situation and found the correct solution for everybody. She decided to go against it knowing it also puts your jobs and well being at risk too because you don't have appropriate access. She very easily could've just stayed in her spot but decided to disregard everyone else's situations to please herself.
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