‘That’s where our landlord TOLD us to park’: Tenant confronts old lady who keeps impersonating their landlord over a parking spot

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Melissa Knudson • Writer
Oct 19, 2026 4:00 PM EDT

How far are you willing to go to protect your parking spot?

Some neighbors are amazing people. They are polite and well-mannered. They keep you updated on general community rules; they keep your packages safe when they're left at the wrong door, and they even offer to water your plants when you're traveling. On the other hand, when you live in a real neighborhood and not in a fairytale land, neighbors can truly get complicated in the best of cases. 

Take it from this neighbor, who tried to be nice to an elderly lady living next door, and now has to deal with an unhinged chihuahua lady impersonating their landlord. At first, these neighbors had a friendly encounter when the lady left her keys behind and got locked out of her apartment. The tenant who wrote this story helped her out. All very polite and friendly. However, the lady decided this person's parking spot was unacceptable and started to leave handwritten notes asking them to move their car. The problem is, she signed off as the landlord. The landlord, on the other hand, had actually given explicit permission to the affected neighbor to park in that spot, as their fiancé was taking up the original parking space. Also, the old lady in the story matches her outfits with her Chihuahua. At least that part is quite iconic.

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    This lady is going to drive me insane. I've lived in my apartment complex for 2 years, her about a year or SO.
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  • At first, she's fine. Bit more chatty than I like my neighbors to be, but she's an old lady who wears matching outfits with her chihuahua so that's par for the course. One time she's locked out of her apartment and I help her. Great, good, fine.
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  • A couple months ago I go on a trip to Arizona. I leave my car parked where I always park it, which is on a grassy tree line. To explain it best, there's one assigned parking spot for each tenant, I live with my fiance so she takes the main parking spot. The
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  • parking lot itself only has about 15 spots in one row, and every one who has a second car has to park along the tree line to the back of the parking lot. That's where my car goes.
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  • So I leave for Arizona, leave my car in its usual spot. Then, twice a day for the entire week I am gone, someone is knocking on our door. My fiancé
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  • doesn't answer for safety reasons since we have no peep hole so we don't know who it is. This person leaves a note on our door asking us not to park there anymore. We ignore it,
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  • that's where our landlord TOLD us to park. I come back home, there's knocking again, this time I answer. It's the chihuahua lady. She says the landlord doesn't allow parking there and is going to put up a sign. I say, okay, thanks, I'll keep parking there and keep an eye out.
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  • I connect the dots that she's the one leaving the note, so I begin parking far away from her car in case she's having issues backing out. I also start
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  • backing out. I also start parking further on the grass so there's more room. I talk to my other neighbors, they don't care as they've got enough space.
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  • Well, weeks go by and there's no sign from the landlord. Cool, I keep parking there. Chihuahua lady is being normal (except for when the landlord spray painted the assigned numbers to the parking spots before repairing the signs,
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  • chihuahua lady spent hours scrubbing the paint off the sidewalk and dumping a bunch of goo- gone until the side walk was stained. Weird, but whatever.)
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  • Just a couple days ago, I get a note on my car saying that parking is not allowed there, signed off as the landlord. Now, I had
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  • already gotten express permission from the landlord over text that my parking there was okay (plus four other people also park along there, I am just the most consistent).
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  • Plus, this handwriting looks awful familiar to the note I received. I send it to the landlord, and she confirms that the note is not from her. She's ped
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  • that her name was used for a policy she hasn't implemented yet, and she again gave me express permission to park there and to let her know if I have issues.
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  • I didn't tell the landlord I know it's the chihuahua lady, since I never saw the lady put the note on our door nor on my car so I don't have proof. All I have is her incessantly knocking on our door about the same sh that lets me draw a conclusion.
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  • Next time I see her, I'm going to tell her that some dumba is writing up notes impersonating the landlord, and that the landlord is ped and wants me to report them- so if she knows anything, let me know!!
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  • Hopefully that'll get her to back off for a bit.
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  • TLDR: Some lady thinks she gets to dictate where everyone parks (and also whether or not there is paint on the sidewalk?)
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  • Living in a community is already hard enough. People have very different ideas of proper and improper behavior, and communication skills between neighbors don’t really excel usually. Tolerance and mutual respect are really the only way to live in close proximity to other human beings, something this lady is not practising at all. 

    Just in case it is not abundantly clear, any neighbor’s conflict (or any dispute of any type, for that matter) shall not be solved over anonymous notes signed with fake names. The only way to let others know you disagree with someone’s practice or ways is by talking to them in a measured and calm manner. Be clear and express what is bothering you. Try to help them see your point of view. If that doesn’t work, then get the landlord involved. Notice how there was never a poorly written fake note nor a loud banging on the door technique involved in any part of this advice. Communication is key, and so is basic respect.

  • Konoshy_831 You may also want to let the landlord know, "by the way, in addition to the note, chihuahua lady also mentioned you said not to park there" and let the landlord confront her directly.
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  • _LaceyMuffin impersonating a landlord is really crossing a line
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  • Even-Permit-2117 Don't be dissin' the matching dog outfits.....JS.
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  • CascadeDesignworks Bring the neighbor some cookies. She's probably just really lonely.
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  • When your neighbors start acting a little crazy, try to be empathic. There might be something there you’re not seeing clearly. It is hard to understand why the Chihuahua lady (epic nickname, by the way) is so upset about the placement of this tenant's car. I like the idea of solving your community troubles with cookies and good intentions. That said, sometimes you gotta stop the problem at the root and confront unhinged neighbors over their bizarre note-writing techniques. Also, I agree with the Internet’s general opinion. The erasing of painted numbers thing is also a little worrisome. Maybe look into that too. 


     

    By the way, this is your official sign to be a better neighbor. And, when in doubt, always choose the cookie path instead of the impersonating route.

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