Petty snow shoveler gets ice-cold revenge on neighbor who stole parking spot by pouring 10 gallons of water on his car windshield: 'I saw his car in the spot I had just shoveled'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 10, 2026 3:00 PM EST

When the snow starts to pile up 8 inches high, it's time to shovel — too bad these neighbors can't agree on who should claim a shoveled parking space. 

How do we all feel about snow days in this modern age of ours? I know they used to be a major sore spot for drivers — it is pretty annoying to have to clean all that ice off your car, not to mention the hassle of shoveling your driveway. But now snowdays happen much less than they used to, and they dump much less snow on the ground, too. This might make us appreciate them a tad bit more… but not while we're shoveling, of course. 

Shoveling snow is one of my least favorite chores, and I know I'm not alone in my dislike of it. It takes forever. It's grueling. You sweat through your snowsuit, so you're both cold and hot at the same time. If you have a long driveway, forget about it — you'll be stuck out there for hours!

This person lives in an apartment complex, which makes things easier in some cases. Usually, the building is responsible for snow removal. But that may not apply to individual parking spaces. Those might have to be cleared by the actual tenants themselves. Plus, if you need to leave your place before the snow plows show up, you have 0 choice but to break out your own snow shovel and get to work. 

In a mildly infuriating twist of fate, this person shoveled their way through 8 inches of snow before having their hard work snatched from their grasp by a neighbor. If that happened to me, I'd be tempted to put all that snow back in place, nestling their car inside a nice big coating of snow. This person had an even better idea though, which didn't involve picking up a shovel again. Read all about it below! And see for yourself if you think this person went too far, or if their icy revenge was a stroke of genius. I have no idea how their neighbor would recover his car… but he learned an important lesson that he won't soon forget! 

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    'Neighbor took my parking spot after I shoveled. I poured water on his windshield.'

    Woman holds glass of water while smirking, in background are two cars covered in snow in parking lot
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    It was a cold winter day. 8 inches of snow had fallen the night before, and the windchill made it feel as if it were in the negatives (Fahrenheit). I drive an all wheel drive SUV so I have no issues getting out. My wife on the other hand drives a Prius, which slides with the smallest amount of moisture on the road.
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    My car was down at the time, so we had to take my wife's car. I spent 45 minutes in the freezing cold shoveling that car out so we could get to the store. We were gone for an hour, and when we came back, our neighbor had taken the spot I had shoveled.
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    you Our apartment complex doesn't have assigned parking, but in the winter, it's understood that if shovel a spot, it's yours. So when I saw his car in the spot I had just shoveled, I was pretty pissed.
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    I went inside and filled two gallon jugs of water. Went back out and poured them on his windshield. Rinse and repeat. I must have poured about ten gallons of water on his car. Being how cold it was, it was already freezing by the time I poured the last gallon on. It sat like that overnight.
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    The next morning, I got to watch as he helplessly tried to scrape all of these layers of ice off his windshield. Don't take my goddamn parking spot.
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    Edit: you guys need to chill. This isn't r/AITA. I'm not looking for judgement because I already know I'm an asshole. The point of this sub is to tell stories of petty revenge. I'd say I was being. pretty damn petty
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    Edit 2: sorry, I find it so funny people telling me I committed vandalism. No damage was done except for wasting like 5-10 minutes of his time. Ever hear of freezing rain? It does the same thing I did to his car. Never does any damage.
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    This was also many years ago, and the cops haven't come to arrest me yet. I think I'm good.
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    spaghettirodriguez In Pittsburgh we've mostly all agreed on the "parking chair" system. If you shovel it, you put a folding chair or something similar in the spot. If you're someone looking for a spot, you do not violate the sanctity of the parking chair.
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    HalfaManYouAre A few years ago, we got a foot or two of snow in Philadelphia. I lived in the not so good section of west Philadelphia. People would put cones and trashcans on spots they shoveled out. One idiot had the balls to move the cones and trashcans and park in the spot. Guess who didn't have tires when they came back.
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    t3hnhoj I love the OPs Edit. "Guys, I know I'm the asshole here. Fuck him and fuck you all too." I'd gild this post if I could.
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    thats4metoknow Years ago, working for Digital in the 80s on one of the online forums somebody told the tale of an asshole landlord they had in Chicago. When they left the apartment, in winter, they had a waterbed that they
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    needed to empty, which they did by using a hose as a siphon. They ran the pipe. out of the window and onto the landlord's car. Apparently, the car was entombed for the rest of the winter.
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    Black car covered in slow in parking lot, partially shoveled around the car
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