Entitled Neighbor Gets Instant Karma After Blocking Way For Emergency Van With His Two Cars And Refusing To Move Them Away
Stories about neighbors are often very instructive, and almost every one of them reveals more and more new facets of entitledness in people. And when it looks like there seems to be nowhere further to go, rock bottom has been reached – the next plot clearly shows us extra ways people can be difficult towards others.
The story that we want to tell you today is no exception, and here the unpleasant neighbor also got what he deserved. First appearing on the Reddit ProRevenge community a few months ago, it went viral, but even if it didn’t, it’s definitely worth sharing. So now imagine: UK, a few years ago, an ambulance call…
The author of the post once had a bariatric patient with a broken hip while working as a paramedic
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The paramedics needed to call a fire truck to evacuate the patient, but the driveway was blocked by the neighbor’s car
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The neighbor rudely refused to move his car, so the author told the firefighters that the patient’s life was at risk so they had their hands free for further actions
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The fire truck towed the car easily and its owner was furious over this, yet could do nothing
The original poster (OP) was working as a paramedic and one day his team got a call to a house where there was a bariatric patient who had fallen. After a preliminary examination, the author of the post suggested that the patient had a broken hip, so they needed to be taken to the hospital immediately. But here the OP and his colleagues faced two problems.
The first was that the patient weighed about 420 pounds, so the fire service had to be called to get them to an ambulance. But the main problem was that the patient’s neighbor turned out to be an incredibly arrogant person. The patient had a car and had a disabled parking permit, and had previously repeatedly encountered a conflict with a neighbor due to the fact that he kept parking his car in their dedicated spot.
And now – the fire service truck had to drive closer to the house, and that very neighbor’s two cars were in its way. Of course, parked in violation of numerous rules. An attempt by one of the OP’s colleagues to politely ask the man to clear the passage ended in swearing at the paramedics. One of the firefighters who tried to talk to the car owner faced the same.
Apparently, the commander of the fire brigade was also eager to take revenge on the impudent neighbor, so he simply asked the OP for formal permission to tow the cars. The original poster officially stated that the patient’s life was in danger, and parked cars prevented the delivery of necessary equipment to the house. This untied the hands of the firefighters.
The fire truck easily pushed both vehicles out of their places, and everyone around – the OP, his colleagues, firefighters and even the police who arrived, watched with visible pleasure the gamut of emotions reflected on the face of the neighbor who came running out into the street. Now he tried to turn to the police for help, but they, firstly, already knew that the firefighters had formal permission from the paramedic, and secondly, they themselves had already fined him more than once…
The original poster recalls that a few months later the patient, alas, passed away in the hospital, but at the moment when the OP’s colleagues wheeled them out, a triumphant smile played on their face – after all, impudence and arrogance finally got what they deserved!
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By the way, cases like this, when overly arrogant drivers block ambulances, unfortunately, happen literally everywhere. But almost always, these drivers also get instant karma. Like the story one of the people in the comments told about a driver who didn’t want to let an ambulance through traffic, so it just rammed his car. And when the indignant car owner called the police, he only received a fine for obstructing paramedics! Flawless victory!
But seriously, obesity is actually a global problem nowadays. According to the World Health Organization, most of the world’s population live in countries where being overweight and obesity kills more people than being underweight. For example, in the UK, where this story is set, from 1975 to 2016 the share of adults that are overweight or obese increased from 40.1% to 63.7%. Accordingly, the risks to health also increased massively.
However, the problem is not only in health risks, but also in the stigmatization of obese people. “I 100% believe eliminating weight stigma will have a huge effect on the levels of obesity not only in the UK but globally. You may never have witnessed weight stigma but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” says Angela Chesworth, obesity patient advocate, in an interview with FoodActive. “As a bariatric patient who is maintaining a 10 stone weight loss, over the past 8 years, I have witnessed so many more acts of weight stigma, not to me but to other people living with obesity.”
Perhaps our revision of this attitude towards obese people will be facilitated by Darren Aronofsky’s recent film The Whale, for which Brendan Fraser deservedly received an Oscar. Perhaps this story about how a man who definitely stigmatized his obese neighbor got what he deserved will also contribute a bit. And by the way, what do you think about it?
People in the comments were glad that the nasty neighbor eventually got what he deserved
I have all the respect in the world for service people. I went to church in a singles class with a woman who was a paramedic. She told how more and more often they were called to active shooter scenes and got there before the police so were literally dodging bullets. I had students whose dad was a police diver. He was called to find submerged cars and drown victims a lot. These were small kinder or first graders knew their dad did that. Another teacher's husband was the canine search and rescue instructor. He went with their dogs to disasters all over the globe. The man across the street now is an instructor to active shooter calls. He trains police and other departments all over the US. This is the world we live in. Bless them for what they do.
I saw a guy that had cut off an ambulance that was heading down the street with lights and sirens on. Our state law is you must pull over and wait for the emergency vehicle to pass. I was heading in the direction of the guy that failed to yield. He pulls into his driveway, hops out and starts fast walking in his house. I yelled at him about not stopping for the ambulance. He said he didn't have time to wait for the ambulance..he only had 30 minutes for lunch. So I parked behind his car and waited. He couldn't get out. He was yelling at me to get out of the way or he'd be late to work. I said "Call the police. I'll move after I explain to them why I'm parked here." He finally apologized for not stopping for the ambulance and I left. Bet he remembers that every time he hears a siren and sees flashing lights.
It’s terrible that additional emergency services had to be called to deal with a parking issue, he should receive an additional fine for wasting their time and resources.
I truly hope his insurance wouldn't cover the damage to his cars either and actually voided his policy for recklessness. What a truly despicable human being that neighbour is. Saddened to learn of the poor patient's death, but relieved he was at least treat with care and compassion.
How this kind of people exist is mind-boggling. How could you be an a*s to Emergency Response people??
I've watched a firetruck ram a car parked in red zone in front of a store. (They check to see anyone was in first.)
I lived in an apartment that had a disabled spot right in front of my building. Now, I was well aware of the fact that my total non-disabled b*tch of a neighbor had been assigned that spot (highly illegal as I had mentioned to the landlord on more than one occasion). My best friend had a disabled permit so I told him to park there, mainly to p**s her off because there was absolutely nothing she could do about it. She complained to the landlord, who came over to talk to me. I said, "Why don't you go ahead and call a tow truck and make sure you explain to them that there is a car with a disabled permit legally parked in a disabled spot?" Neighbor had to be reassigned and the only empty space was on the other side of the parking lot, 3 buildings over. Karma, baby.
I have the utmost respect for service people. My family has needed an ambulance multiple times. Late dad once, mom and me multiple times. These people do incredible jobs and I hate people who disrespect. Just recently there was some jerk who realized it's legal to run a red light to get out of the way, blocking other people from clearing the way. Here (Maryland, USA), it is legal to not stop for a first responder only if you're going the opposite direction on a divided highway. Divided by a proper median, not just painted lines.
In the Army one of my fellow medics talked about driving one of those big cracker box ambulances while stationed in Okinawa. (see pic) He said it was standard procedure to push civilian vehicles out of the way in an emergency. I wish all ambulances and fire vehicles had that right. 30925930-1...5d12d4.jpg 
mid 2000's. Drivers ed in schools here stopped teaching students to move out of the way of emergency vehicles. Even many adults don't have enough sense to get out of the way. Woman pulled out directly in front of a trooper running lights and siren and she not only received a settlement but didn't get charged. He suffered injuries bad enough to force him into retirement. So even the courts are stupid.
Yep, had a neighbor park his car on the curb which is not against the rules in our neighborhood. But his yard was at the top of a T-shaped intersection, and one time a fire truck couldn't make the turn without stopping and backing up. $1000 ticket issued for obstructing an emergency vehicle.
UK councils are (forgive my language) f*****g useless when itt comes to cars blocking drives etc. We have it done to us on a daily basis, we have to fill in an online form that is then processed only during office hours, not ideal when a shift starts at 01:00. We've even tried the police and one car that was blocking the driveway had no roadtax and still nothing was done. People in the UK can't call a tow truck to drag the thing out of the way either, the whole system is a farce. There are even cases of people parking on other peoples driveways and you can't do a thing.
Not sure if petitions are a thing in the UK, but might be time to get one started. Get anyone and everyone fed up with it to sign it and post it to the council. One thing I've found about the UK is that people rarely like to make a fuss and are very passive aggressive about solving issues. We have a saying in the USA..."The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease." Be loud enough and get enough people to back you up and they will start doing something about it...even if their motivation is to make you shut up. New Zealand has a problem with people bringing in too much tobacco from the outside and not declaring it. Paying the duty tax wasn't enough. So they upped the fine. Now you just don't pay $62 in duty tax for your smokes....you pay $462. Maybe if enough people are heavily fined and lose their cars over blocking and parking issues, the message will get through. Plus the council can make some extra money along the way.
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My dad worked as a police officer, went to an EMT school (idk what emt means), and currently a firefighter rn the other day he was working at he firestation and got a call went pull the fire out and there was a woman about 29-30 from looking and he had to call a ambulance but some karen got tired of the sirens and blocked the driveway called the police they checked the cameras and karen got a warning for blocking they way and a ticket (idk why my dad can't remember b/c i was 5 at the time) but the person in the fire was ok just had to get some surgries. when i heard thet i said,"Dad bless your heart"
I have all the respect in the world for service people. I went to church in a singles class with a woman who was a paramedic. She told how more and more often they were called to active shooter scenes and got there before the police so were literally dodging bullets. I had students whose dad was a police diver. He was called to find submerged cars and drown victims a lot. These were small kinder or first graders knew their dad did that. Another teacher's husband was the canine search and rescue instructor. He went with their dogs to disasters all over the globe. The man across the street now is an instructor to active shooter calls. He trains police and other departments all over the US. This is the world we live in. Bless them for what they do.
I saw a guy that had cut off an ambulance that was heading down the street with lights and sirens on. Our state law is you must pull over and wait for the emergency vehicle to pass. I was heading in the direction of the guy that failed to yield. He pulls into his driveway, hops out and starts fast walking in his house. I yelled at him about not stopping for the ambulance. He said he didn't have time to wait for the ambulance..he only had 30 minutes for lunch. So I parked behind his car and waited. He couldn't get out. He was yelling at me to get out of the way or he'd be late to work. I said "Call the police. I'll move after I explain to them why I'm parked here." He finally apologized for not stopping for the ambulance and I left. Bet he remembers that every time he hears a siren and sees flashing lights.
It’s terrible that additional emergency services had to be called to deal with a parking issue, he should receive an additional fine for wasting their time and resources.
I truly hope his insurance wouldn't cover the damage to his cars either and actually voided his policy for recklessness. What a truly despicable human being that neighbour is. Saddened to learn of the poor patient's death, but relieved he was at least treat with care and compassion.
How this kind of people exist is mind-boggling. How could you be an a*s to Emergency Response people??
I've watched a firetruck ram a car parked in red zone in front of a store. (They check to see anyone was in first.)
I lived in an apartment that had a disabled spot right in front of my building. Now, I was well aware of the fact that my total non-disabled b*tch of a neighbor had been assigned that spot (highly illegal as I had mentioned to the landlord on more than one occasion). My best friend had a disabled permit so I told him to park there, mainly to p**s her off because there was absolutely nothing she could do about it. She complained to the landlord, who came over to talk to me. I said, "Why don't you go ahead and call a tow truck and make sure you explain to them that there is a car with a disabled permit legally parked in a disabled spot?" Neighbor had to be reassigned and the only empty space was on the other side of the parking lot, 3 buildings over. Karma, baby.
I have the utmost respect for service people. My family has needed an ambulance multiple times. Late dad once, mom and me multiple times. These people do incredible jobs and I hate people who disrespect. Just recently there was some jerk who realized it's legal to run a red light to get out of the way, blocking other people from clearing the way. Here (Maryland, USA), it is legal to not stop for a first responder only if you're going the opposite direction on a divided highway. Divided by a proper median, not just painted lines.
In the Army one of my fellow medics talked about driving one of those big cracker box ambulances while stationed in Okinawa. (see pic) He said it was standard procedure to push civilian vehicles out of the way in an emergency. I wish all ambulances and fire vehicles had that right. 30925930-1...5d12d4.jpg
mid 2000's. Drivers ed in schools here stopped teaching students to move out of the way of emergency vehicles. Even many adults don't have enough sense to get out of the way. Woman pulled out directly in front of a trooper running lights and siren and she not only received a settlement but didn't get charged. He suffered injuries bad enough to force him into retirement. So even the courts are stupid.
Yep, had a neighbor park his car on the curb which is not against the rules in our neighborhood. But his yard was at the top of a T-shaped intersection, and one time a fire truck couldn't make the turn without stopping and backing up. $1000 ticket issued for obstructing an emergency vehicle.
UK councils are (forgive my language) f*****g useless when itt comes to cars blocking drives etc. We have it done to us on a daily basis, we have to fill in an online form that is then processed only during office hours, not ideal when a shift starts at 01:00. We've even tried the police and one car that was blocking the driveway had no roadtax and still nothing was done. People in the UK can't call a tow truck to drag the thing out of the way either, the whole system is a farce. There are even cases of people parking on other peoples driveways and you can't do a thing.
Not sure if petitions are a thing in the UK, but might be time to get one started. Get anyone and everyone fed up with it to sign it and post it to the council. One thing I've found about the UK is that people rarely like to make a fuss and are very passive aggressive about solving issues. We have a saying in the USA..."The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease." Be loud enough and get enough people to back you up and they will start doing something about it...even if their motivation is to make you shut up. New Zealand has a problem with people bringing in too much tobacco from the outside and not declaring it. Paying the duty tax wasn't enough. So they upped the fine. Now you just don't pay $62 in duty tax for your smokes....you pay $462. Maybe if enough people are heavily fined and lose their cars over blocking and parking issues, the message will get through. Plus the council can make some extra money along the way.
Load More Replies... My dad worked as a police officer, went to an EMT school (idk what emt means), and currently a firefighter rn the other day he was working at he firestation and got a call went pull the fire out and there was a woman about 29-30 from looking and he had to call a ambulance but some karen got tired of the sirens and blocked the driveway called the police they checked the cameras and karen got a warning for blocking they way and a ticket (idk why my dad can't remember b/c i was 5 at the time) but the person in the fire was ok just had to get some surgries. when i heard thet i said,"Dad bless your heart"
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