'I was just trying to exit': Karen threatens to call law enforcement on her neighbor, who has to make unavoidable 3-point turns to get out of their tight parking spot, then accuses them of burglary ideation

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Aug 17, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Parking feuds are unavoidable in suburbia and cityscapes—nobody is safe from the wrath of a defensive homeowner and a driver who's simply trying to get by. In this next story, a Karen-esque figure threatens to call law enforcement over a condo tenant who has been using her driveway for a three-point turn they must make in order to exit their parking spot. Don't blame them—blame the condo for providing inefficient parking spaces.

I don't drive, to be sincere, but I do know when someone is being annoying and entitled on purpose. This is basically what I do for a living. So, when I read this story, I realized that in reality, neither of these two "subjects" is in the wrong. The condominium that the driver lives in cannot provide ample space for inoffensive, out-of-the-way exits from the parking spaces, and the Karen figure fails to be a decent human and refrain from bold accusations. So, I guess Karen is technically the "bad guy"—there always has to be one. Scroll below to read the full story.

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  • "Neighbor threatened to call cops over backing out my car in front of her garage"

    So this incident happened a few days ago but it honestly stuck with me a little bit since I'm the type of person to go about my
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  • day and not get into arguments or confrontations over minor things, I believe this is the right sub to post about what happened
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  • I live in a condo building where the setup is somewhat hard to explain but I'll try my best, there's 2 driveways and all the
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  • parking spots are towards the right side (One issue here is that there's definitely not enough parking for all the residents). My
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  • building is by driveway 1 which is also right near the exit and my "neighbor" lives in the building directly in front of driveway 2.
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  • Sometimes after work and later in the day, all the parking spots near driveway 1 will be occupied so I have to park closer to driveway 2. Keep in mind, all of the parking spots are open to any resident who lives here.
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  • When I have to park like this, my method of backing out is to back out and take a three point turn where my car briefly faces her garage for about 2 seconds. (I
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  • don't play any loud music, my car isn't loud, I've never hit anything, and I really just go about my day without even thinking about the garage). The other day, when I
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  • was completing my turn, she opens her garage all the way and as I'm about to leave she (F 40s) practically jumps in front of my car and tells me to wait. I was a
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  • bit confused since I've never seen her in my time living here so I opened the window and she started off pretty hostile asking me "Why do you keep doing that?" I asked her what I was
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  • doing and she demanded that I need to stop turning in front of her garage. I explained to her that I didn't want to reverse out for a longer period of time and back
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  • into driveway 1 as it was more dangerous and that this is what I was comfortable with doing and she started accusing me of wanting to look into her garage
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  • and house or spying on her which caught me even more off guard. I assured her I wasn't doing that because I didn't have a single clue who she was and told her I
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  • was just trying to exit. She then said she's seen me back out this way multiple times (no idea when this happened) and threatened to call the cops if I did it again, which I responded to by saying "Ok?" and drove off.
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  • I told my dad about the situation and he laughed and said next time I should tell her to call the cops
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  • Time-Improvement6653 Karen quite literally has no leg on which to stand. If anything, she'll be fined for wasting police resources. I'm in Canada, and I know things work differently Stateside (especially State-to-State, which is confusing A, but I think this particular understanding is universal )... just let AA her, but also install cameras round your property. It'll be HILARIOUS. ☑
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  • JustForTheThrill_24 Definitely, I think the police would laugh her off, also was thinking about investing in a dashcam because the way she jumped in front of my car was much more dangerous than anything I've ever done lol
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  • Time-Improvement6653 did she do the jump onto the hood like I've seen in Tosh.0 and the like?
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  • JustForTheThrill_24 I know exactly what you're talking about LOL and I really thought she was about to do that for a second, my car was moving super slow but she suddenly ran in front of it and put both hands on my front hood telling me to wait and stop
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  • Kayback2 I don't know how it works where you live, or in a complex, but where I am driveways are public property up to the property line, which generally means you can put one set of wheels and almost all the way up to the next set of wheels on to a driveway and not be considered "on" their property yet. General rule of thumb here is if using a driveway for a 3 point turn no more than 2/3 of your vehicle can be on the driveway, but that's not technically the LAW.
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  • ZivaDavid004 They're talking about driveways at an apartment block. Yeah, it's technically private property, but both people involved are tenants. The issues here are not whether it's private property, it's a paranoid woman thinking a 3- point turn is something that can be done while simultaneously casing a place
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  • JustForTheThrill_24 Thanks for the explanation was just about to expand upon it! Yeah it is private property but the driveway and parking lot are open to all tenants, and the driveway is shared between everyone on the block so no one has their own driveway per se. Her next door neighbor has to back out of their own garage and pass by hers as well as multiple other individuals on the same block
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  • SpicyLuvvv She must think your car's front bumper has x-ray vision and criminal record
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  • Useless890 Tell her that whatever might be in her house or garage is completely uninteresting to you, but the next time you run into your childhood burglar buddy, you'll be sure to give him a heads up.
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