'I was having the time of my life watching him struggle': Guy blocks in a neighbor after he parks in his reserved spot, entrapping his vehicle in a parking lot jigsaw as revenge

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 16, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

He came home from a long day of work, exhausted, fatigued, and ready to kick his shoes off for the day, but when this man rounded the corner to his homeward bound sanctuary, he was unsurprised at the full parking lot in front of him. Parking was always scarce after work hours and oftentimes his fellow apartment dwellers would fight over the last available space to store their vehicle overnight, and with the closest spots being the most desirable, the stakes were very high. 

Lucky for our hero, he had a designated parking spot—or so he thought.

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  • If you've ever had the misfortune of living somewhere with terrible parking, you know that it's a dog-eat-dog world out there. After circling your block for 20 minutes with no luck of finding a parking spot, you start to debate if a $60 parking ticket is worth it to leave your vehicle in front of a fire hydrant or over the curb somewhere. At a certain point, most drivers will do just about anything to get out of their car and go home for the night. 

    When the man in our next story realized that his reserved parking spot was stolen, he decided to risk it all to teach the thief a lesson—and it certainly paid off. 

  • "If you’re gonna take my parking spot, enjoy your extra steps"

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  • I have an assigned parking spot at my apartment complex. It's mine, clearly marked, no confusion. This one guy that seems nice in previous conversations, has parked the 2nd time in my place, I talked to him the first time and he apologised.
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  • Instead of talking to him (a second time), I just parked directly behind him. Not blocking him in completely just close enough that he'd have to do a very awkward 17-point turn to get out.
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  • Took him a solid 5 minutes to escape, I was having the time of my life watching him struggle from my window.
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  • retiredhawaii Got home late one night, my spot was taken. Street parking full, at least on my block. I wasn't going to drive blocks to find a spot. Parked behind the car that was in my spot. In the
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  • morning I heard honking and then someone knocking on apt. Doors. When they got to mine, I said yup that's my car behind yours. I parked there because someone took my spot. He
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  • asked if I could move it and I said sure. Give me a minute to get dressed. (Many minutes) He said he was in a hurry and would be late for work. I took my time, went to the car but
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  • wouldn't you know, I left the keys in the apt. Go back to get them, open the hood, hit the starter and said I need to do this to get it going. (Not) He
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  • was patient but ped. I told him sorry this is taking a while. Sometimes it doesn't start at all. Eventually I move the car but he never parked there again.
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  • born again_atheist I worked graveyard back in the day and we also had assigned parking spots at the apartments I lived in that were all numbered. Sometimes when I came home from work someone would be in
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  • my spot and I would do this same thing. Park right behind them but give just enough space to make it miserable to leave because I ain't got no time to f I with this when I'm trying to
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  • get home to relax after a hard night at work. If they came to knock on my door to ask me to move I would promptly ignore them. People knew not to let their friend/visitors park in reserved spots but they let them anyway.
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  • CoderJoe1 I did this once, but completely blocked in my a h le neighbor, making him late for work as I made him wait 30 min as I used the bathroom before letting him escape. So satisfying.
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  • tomhermans Friend of mine was a bar owner and people used his driveway in the city as a free parking spot. He had a few dozen letters with a very clear printed message and some glue at hand and pasted it thick on the drivers side.. Happy scratching
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  • MinuteOpinion85 I come home to someone parked in my spot at least once per month. I drive a half ton truck. I park across the front of them and make it so they can't get
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  • out. I then leave a note on their window to call when leaving. Last time I kept giving the guy excuses and made him wait 45 minutes. He was double parked in both of my stalls so f him.
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  • HRKatinhell I just parked behind the car in my paid for spot. Friday night had a date got home really late Saturday slept with ear plugs. Sunday I went outside guy begged me to let him out. He was visiting my neighbor was married to another woman. He was in trouble
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  • SavingsOk8459 Once, someone took my spot. I thought to myself self that is was probably a misunderstanding, so I just parked on the street and put a note under one of the wipers. The next day they were still in my spot, and the note was
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  • gone. That's when I got a bit mad. I had a big car, so I just towed their car to the nearest available spot in the street. I think they panicked a bit, because the next day I witnessed from my window someone almost having a panic attack when they
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  • didn't find their car They did eventually find it, because it was gone a little bit later that same day. I don't know if anything was broken on that car when I towed it, but it was definitely in park at the time....
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