Neighbor Keeps Blocking Woman’s Driveway, She Makes Sure He Doesn’t Do That Again
You never know what kind of neighbor you’ll get: an overly friendly couple, a noisy party animal in his late 20s, an aggressive granddad who hates everything and everyone, a hoarder, a chronic complainer whose name miraculously turns out to be Karen, whatever.
This Redditor and her husband, for instance, are living next to an “entitled” parking space blocker – however, there’s no need to fret as the two have found a perfect way to teach him a lesson!
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This couple had their parking space blocked by their “entitled” neighbor
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They asked the man not to do that and he eventually moved, but blocked it again the next morning
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Image source: u/InfamousSoftware8053
“Entitled neighbor is angry I am using my park space” – this internet user took to one of Reddit’s communities dedicated to snooty folks to tell its members a tale of how she managed to deal with her parking space thief of a neighbor. The post garnered 7.5K upvotes as well as 274 comments discussing the audacity of some people.
Many reasons could potentially explain someone’s humongous sense of entitlement. Perhaps it’s their upbringing and environment – how people were treated by their old folks and other authority figures in their lives, specifically whether they were spoiled rotten and always had their problems taken care of – some cultural factors can play a part, too, or it may be just plain narcissism.
Whatever it is, Reddit’s sub that goes by r/EntitledPeople has a plethora of tales in stock that are bound to raise your eyebrows, and today’s is not an exception, though it includes a rather tasty ending!
Now, dealing with such individuals is, of course, incredibly challenging – let alone when you are forced to see them every flippin’ day because you live 50 feet away.
You could try talking it out and hope that they’ll take a hint, involve authorities or even consult a lawyer if they become downright insufferable to the point where it hinders your daily life; however, each situation is unique, and it just so happens that sometimes you’ll have to get a little personal to get the point across.
A healthy and understanding neighborhood is a dream of the majority of, if not all, homeowners, as at the end of the day, it’s nice to know that you can always rely on a lending hand. But life is unfair, meaning that most of us are stuck with nasty parking spot thieves and serial whiners who won’t hesitate to report you to the HOA if you look at them funny.
They realized that he left his car open, so they released the handbrake and pushed it into the street
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Anywho, even though u/InfamousSoftware8053 did happen to have a difficult neighbor on her radar, she and her hubby found a superb way to put a stop to his parking space antics!
The thing is, the couple didn’t have a vehicle as they both worked from home and were OK with using public transport – however, eventually the woman got a promotion, and the two decided to finally splurge on a car.
The neighbor in question owns three cars and has already pestered someone into donating him their driveway, but surprise, surprise, that wasn’t enough for his humble collection as in order not to block the vehicles, he decided to start parking right in front of the OP’s driveway.
Naturally, the author and her spouse grew frustrated as the guy didn’t even bother to ask for permission, but before resorting to drastic actions, they decided to talk.
They approached the culprit and urged him not to block their driveway; the man got very defensive, and after getting threatened with vehicle removal, he finally came out and moved it.
Unfortunately, it only lasted for a day as the very next morning, the car was blocking the author’s parking yet again, and it was time for the aforementioned drastic actions!
u/InfamousSoftware8053 and her spouse were over the moon to find their neighbor’s car unlocked, so they decided to let the hand brake loose and push it to the middle of the street, as well as stick a warning note on his windshield and tape his doorbell so it would continue ringing until he woke up and saw the consequences of his blatant entitlement.
Not too shabby when it comes to revenge, huh?
Fellow online community members shared their thoughts and opinions on the matter
We live on a dead end road. There is a quite a large turning at the end, large enough for delivery lorries. Most have drives that fit one car but the road is wide enough to park outside your house. We had a short term neighbour, flipping a house, her car in was always in the drive at the side of her house. Her son was disabled from the waist down, his car was parked on the road, about the same distance from the door. He couldn't turn in their full drive and it would take an extra 2/3 mins to go to the end so he used everyone elses drive. Disabled we all turned a blind eye to it. But he hit a fence post, garage door, crushed a wheelie bin, drove over a kids bike, etc. What could you really say. I've got a lot better now but at the time I found it very difficuit to walk, often freezing up. Bin day I went up to on to the road to collect the little black bin for glass. Halfway back when he started backing in, I can't move, I shout, he keeps going, I bang on the car as it come up against me but nothing he just keeps going, PT1
PT2 he knocks me down and continues reversing over me, the only thing saving me was that I was in the centre. And then he was gone. A neighbour shouted at him and he put his finger up. Later that day I spotted the mother, she said I should be ashamed, I was lying and he was disabled. I pointed out my security camera and she could see the footage or I could call the police. They moved out. The house sold a few months after. I do feel a bit bad about it, I just got a fright and a few scrapes but some of my neighbours have young children and it may of been one of them next.
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The show mentioned in the comments is "Fear Thy Neighbor" but usually ends in one neighbor being murdered and one in prison. It's a good but terrifying show that males me scared to move.
We live on a dead end road. There is a quite a large turning at the end, large enough for delivery lorries. Most have drives that fit one car but the road is wide enough to park outside your house. We had a short term neighbour, flipping a house, her car in was always in the drive at the side of her house. Her son was disabled from the waist down, his car was parked on the road, about the same distance from the door. He couldn't turn in their full drive and it would take an extra 2/3 mins to go to the end so he used everyone elses drive. Disabled we all turned a blind eye to it. But he hit a fence post, garage door, crushed a wheelie bin, drove over a kids bike, etc. What could you really say. I've got a lot better now but at the time I found it very difficuit to walk, often freezing up. Bin day I went up to on to the road to collect the little black bin for glass. Halfway back when he started backing in, I can't move, I shout, he keeps going, I bang on the car as it come up against me but nothing he just keeps going, PT1
PT2 he knocks me down and continues reversing over me, the only thing saving me was that I was in the centre. And then he was gone. A neighbour shouted at him and he put his finger up. Later that day I spotted the mother, she said I should be ashamed, I was lying and he was disabled. I pointed out my security camera and she could see the footage or I could call the police. They moved out. The house sold a few months after. I do feel a bit bad about it, I just got a fright and a few scrapes but some of my neighbours have young children and it may of been one of them next.
Load More Replies... The show mentioned in the comments is "Fear Thy Neighbor" but usually ends in one neighbor being murdered and one in prison. It's a good but terrifying show that males me scared to move.
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