‘I've had it’: Neighbor's girlfriend continues parking in another resident's parking spot despite the resident's deterrence, so the resident gets them towed

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Nov 19, 2025 6:00 PM EST

Food for thought: When do individuals begin to forget the Golden Rule? It's essential to remind yourself in your daily life that just because something is without its owner, it doesn't mean the owner doesn't exist. This is a vague, roundabout way of saying that you shouldn't touch what doesn't belong to you, period.

This goes for everything: Boyfriends, lunch in the office break room, and parking spots. If you're not careful, you might just get the karma you deserve.

If you drive a vehicle, you know just how frustrating it is when you're on the hunt for a parking spot and you've struck no luck. What's worse is actually having an assigned parking spot, paying for it monthly, and then another person decides to use it instead.

In this next story, a condo complex resident realizes that an unknown vehicle has been parking in her designated parking spot. The resident leaves multiple notes for the vehicle owner, urging them to leave the spot because it doesn't belong to them. These polite actions are moot, so eventually, the resident calls a tow truck. Were they in the wrong? You tell us. Scroll to read the full story.

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    a car parked in a train station
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    "AITJ for getting my neighbors car towed even though they ‘didn't know’ about the parking rules"

    so this is probably gonna make me sound like an asshole but i genuinely dont know if i was wrong i live in this condo complex in Denver.
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    been here like 3 years. theres assigned parking spots. mine is spot 47 right by the stairs which is nice because i have a bad knee anyway about a month ago (maybe 6 weeks?
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    time is weird) this car starts parking in my spot. like every single day. i come home from work and theres this white honda civic in my spot first few times i just parked in visitor parking and whatever.
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    time is weird) this car starts parking in my spot. like every single day. i come home from work and theres this white honda civic in my spot first few times i just parked in visitor parking and whatever.
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    annoying but not the end of the world but visitor parking fills up fast and a couple times i had to park on the street like 2 blocks away.
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    and im walking back with groceries and my knee is killing me and im just pissed so i left a note on the car.
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    portrait of a woman writing something down with a pen on paper
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    just said "hey this is assigned parking, this is my spot, please dont park here" car kept parking there left another note.
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    this time i was less nice about it. something like "this is private property and youre in my assigned spot.
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    checked with the building manager and she said shed look into it but that was like 2 weeks ago and she never got back to me so last week i come home and the cars there AGAIN and ive had it.
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    called the towing company thats on the sign at the entrance got it towed next day theres this girl knocking on doors asking about her car.
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    turns out shes visiting her boyfriend in unit 312. didnt know about assigned parking because "nobody told her" she has to pay like $350 to get her car back and shes crying about how shes a student and cant afford it and im feeling bad but also like.
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    i left two notes? and theres literally signs everywhere that say assigned parking only? her boyfriend came down and chewed me out.
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    said i couldve just asked around more before getting it towed. that i didnt try hard enough to find the owner but i DID ask around and nobody knew.
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    and i left notes. what else was i supposed to do my wife says i shouldve given it more time or tried harder to track down the owner.
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    that towing was too extreme but my knee was fucked up from walking so far with groceries multiple times.
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    and its MY spot that i pay for now half my neighbors think im an asshole and the other half are like "you were right but maybe harsh" the girl apparently had to borrow money from her parents to get the car back i feel guilty but also annoyed that im somehow the bad guy when she was the one parking illegally for weeks AITJ for getting it towed?
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    should i have done more to find her first? TL;DR: someone kept parking in my assigned spot for weeks despite notes.
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    got their car towed. turns out its a visitor who "didnt know" and now cant afford the towing fee.
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    everyone thinks i went too far.
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