Karen knocks at 5:30am demanding neighbors to park their truck on the street instead of their own garage because of engine noise, couple shuts her down: 'Our garage is there for a reason'

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• My KAREN neighbor wants us to park our pick-up truck overnight on the street even though we have a huge garage. I said NO. AITA?

  “My husband and I (both 33) are renting in a huge 3-bedroom house with a large garage that can fit one huge car and two small ones. One early morning while we are preparing for work, about 5:30 am - yes, that early, we heard a knock on our door and we were both surprised seeing our neighbor. She came across a little entitled - she said if we should consider parking our UTE on the street because it would wake them up everytime we start the car, as their bedroom is parallel to the garage.”

  -ChloeMarie_33

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• At 5:30 in the morning, before the sun is fully up and before most people have had a single sip of coffee, a neighbor knocked on a couple's door to request, with a straight face, that they stop parking their truck in their own garage. Not because of an emergency. Not because of a safety concern. Because the engine noise was waking her up.

  The smirk the wife gave her was the correct response.

  Here's the thing about renting: you get the house, you get the garage, and you get the reasonable expectation that the amenities included in your lease are yours to use. A garage that fits three cars isn't decorative. It's not a suggestion. It's a feature you pay for specifically so your vehicles are safe, covered, and not sitting on a street overnight waiting to become someone else's problem. Asking a tenant to voluntarily give that up because your bedroom happens to face the wrong direction is not a neighborly request, it's an inconvenience tax that nobody agreed to pay.

  And yet, neighbor situations are genuinely complicated. Living in close proximity to strangers means navigating a constant low-grade negotiation of noise, space, schedules, and the fundamental incompatibility of different people living their different lives at different hours. Most of the time it works out fine. Sometimes it doesn't. And occasionally someone knocks on your door at 5:30am and you realize this is going to be one of the complicated ones.

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• "I just gave her the smirk face, we did not say yes neither no to her recommendation.

  My husband and I both agreed that our garage is there for a reason, and we will not be parking our car outside where it’s susceptible to burglars.

  Are we the AH?"

  -ChloeMarie_33

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• The couple's position is completely reasonable. Parking on the street overnight exposes their vehicle to theft, weather, and all the general chaos that comes with an unsecured spot. They have a garage. They rent a garage. They are going to use the garage. None of this requires an apology or a negotiation.

  What the neighbor could have done, and what most reasonable people in this situation eventually figure out,  is adapt. Earplugs exist. White noise machines exist. Bedroom furniture can be rearranged. There are a lot of solutions available to someone bothered by early morning noise that don't involve asking their neighbors to reorganize their entire routine and sacrifice their security.

  Using your own garage at 5:30am is not a crime. It's just Tuesday.

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• Oddly-Appeased

  NTA, you shouldn't have to park outside of your garage because someone designed the layout of the houses badly. Since I'm sure she will be back, tell her to invest in ear plugs or a white noise machine.

• sittingonmyarse

  NTA. Do you gun the engine so it’s extra noisy or is it just a vehicle starting up? I’m sure you’re not trying to be offensive- they’re just pick

• Minflick

  NTA. Are you sitting there revving the engine and being obnoxious and letting it warm up for longer than actually needed? If so, then stop that, it's bad-mannered. If not, then she can whistle....

  
   

• CoDaDeyLove

  Drop a package of earplugs at the neighbor's and say "Hope this helps."

• Harrymoto1970

  Nope. If you have a garage you can use it as you see fit.

• jdthejerk

  A guy up the road had a large loud truck. In a year, someone stole his catalytic converter 3 times. He sold the truck.

• Squishy_mcnissy

  Can they sleep on the street?

• Environmental_Art591

  This is someone chucking a tantrum because their neighbours store their car in their homes designated car space. Its not OPs fault that the sound proofing is cr*p in the house they are rentingthe layout of the housez is not OPs fault and, its not OPs fault their non electric vehicle makes sound when turned on.

  You CAN NOT go to someone's house and demand they not store their vehicle in their garage

• Vegetable-Section-84

  Hopefully soon everyone has: totally Sound-Proofed housing to where the building itself is totally Sound-Proofed and each room inside is totally Sound-Proofed

• SuitIndependent

  You mean you parked your car in the garage?! You’re terrible neighbors. /jk

  Karens are everywhere.

• eugeneugene

  NTA but neither is she. If it's waking her up in the morning then why not ask if you can move it? Worst case is you say no. Best case you say sure and she stops getting woken up in the morning lol.

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