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HOA Karen Thinks She Owns The Parking Lot, Learns A Hard Lesson When She Can’t Get Back In Her Car
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Ah, parking disputes, the unofficial competition of passive-aggressive behavior and petty revenge. There’s something about a good parking spot that turns otherwise regular people into strategic masterminds, willing to deploy anything from lawn chairs to buckets just to claim their precious piece of asphalt.
And, if you’ve ever had to navigate a shared parking lot, you know the chaos that erupts when someone decides the rules don’t apply to them. That’s what one Redditor had to deal with when a neighbor decided to claim the best spots in the parking lot, using a bucket to “reserve” her place.
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Some neighbors will do anything to keep “their” parking spot, and others will do anything to teach them a lesson
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One neighbor finds their car blocked by an entitled lady who refuses to move and keeps “reserving” parking places by leaving a bucket in her preferred spot
Image credits: Stephan Müller / Pexels (not the actual photo)
The woman usually takes up 2 parking spots, placing a bucket in the spot when she leaves, saying she is the HOA’s chairman’s wife, so she can park wherever she wants
Image credits: August de Richelieu / Pexels (not the actual photo)
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The poster’s daughter teaches the entitled woman a lesson by parking very close to her driver’s door, making it impossible for her to enter her car
The OP (original poster) lives in an apartment block with two shared parking lots, where the classic “first come, first served” setup applies. Simple, right? Well, not for one resident, whom I’ll just call “Bucket Lady.” You see, Bucket Lady believes in a different kind of parking hierarchy, one where she gets first dibs, no matter what.
Whenever she leaves, she places a bucket in her favorite spot, marking her territory like some sort of suburban lioness. And if she feels extra entitled? She just takes another spot for her oversized people carrier, blocking the OP’s car. Because why settle for one spot when you can claim two?
After a few attempts to reason with her, our OP was hit with the ultimate HOA power move: “I’m married to the chairman of the HOA, so I can park wherever I want.” Ah, yes, the classic spouse, uncle, “dog groomer’s hair stylist of someone in charge” defense. As if wedding vows come with VIP parking privileges.
Now, most people would just grumble and move on, but not this Redditor’s daughter. No, she saw an opportunity for some delicious petty revenge, and she took it. This fearless daughter rolled in with her beat-up car and parked just 3 inches from Bucket Lady’s driver’s side door, so close that it would take a contortionist to squeeze in. Translation: she was trapped in her own entitlement.
I wish I could have seen the look on Bucket Lady’s face when she found her car blocked in. Because let’s be real, there’s something deeply satisfying about watching an entitled person get a taste of their own medicine.
Image credits: Freepik / Freepik (not the actual photo)
A sense of entitlement often comes from someone’s belief that they deserve privileges they didn’t earn, or that they just deserve more than other people, making these folks think rules don’t apply to them. Entitled people believe that they should benefit from any given situation, and when they don’t get their way, they usually lash out at others.
The best way to handle them? Don’t give in to their unwarranted demands to avoid reinforcing their sense of entitlement. Call out their behavior when necessary, but don’t get dragged into their fantasy where they’re royalty and you’re just a mere peasant in their kingdom of delusion, especially when dealing with a neighbor who thinks wedding vows come with a VIP parking pass.
To find out more about the situation, Bored Panda reached out to the poster for some comments. They told us that they were not the only one who had issues with the woman, but they never brought up this issue with the HoA, since all the residents get along well, and reporting this situation would cause problems between the HoA and the residents.
We asked the poster if their neighbor, or her husband, ever tried to retaliate against them or their daughter after the parking incident. They told us that “At this stage there hasn’t been anything, but I am sure that they will try something. A little while ago I got a letter from the HOA complaining that my dog is doing his business on the bucket lady’s roses,” the poster shared.
We asked the poster if the woman eventually stopped using a bucket to reserve her parking spots. They told us that she is still doing it, and probably won’t stop as long as her husband is the chairman of the HOA.
Would you have done the same? Or do you have your own legendary parking revenge story? Spill the details in the comments!
Netizens had a field day with this story, some suggesting throwing the bucket in the trash or filling it with concrete
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Betsy S 9 months ago
HOA's should be abolished. Why would any home owner put up with federal laws, state laws, city laws, community bylaws and then CHOOSE to add another layer of authoritarianism by giving permission for some crotchety old biddies to get all up in your business? I don't care how much I like a house. If there's an HOA in place, that house is yeeted out of consideration.
person (i think) 9 months ago
Sometimes there is no choice. There are [newer] cities where most houses are in an HOA of some kind. One of (maybe the main) reasons is when a lot of houses are developed at once, the developers get a tax credit or don’t have to meet as many codes or something like that. Basically, the stipulation that the development/houses will be in an HOA saves the developers/builders a lot of money. I’m sort of remembering something about being able to pad the cost of the roads on to the HOA? That may be wrong; I don’t remember exactly what those incentives are because it’s been a long time since I worked in that industry. Incentives vary by state. P.s. I’m not sticking up for them, just saying why we have so many in the US
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Betsy S 9 months ago
HOA's should be abolished. Why would any home owner put up with federal laws, state laws, city laws, community bylaws and then CHOOSE to add another layer of authoritarianism by giving permission for some crotchety old biddies to get all up in your business? I don't care how much I like a house. If there's an HOA in place, that house is yeeted out of consideration.
person (i think) 9 months ago
Sometimes there is no choice. There are [newer] cities where most houses are in an HOA of some kind. One of (maybe the main) reasons is when a lot of houses are developed at once, the developers get a tax credit or don’t have to meet as many codes or something like that. Basically, the stipulation that the development/houses will be in an HOA saves the developers/builders a lot of money. I’m sort of remembering something about being able to pad the cost of the roads on to the HOA? That may be wrong; I don’t remember exactly what those incentives are because it’s been a long time since I worked in that industry. Incentives vary by state. P.s. I’m not sticking up for them, just saying why we have so many in the US
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