Call the Tow Truck
My parking spot is on the right side of the power box and my neighbors’ is on the left.
For a while, especially while I was gone during the evening for work, they have slowly moved their car more and more to the right, until they were literally almost touching my car, keeping me from opening my driver side door.
Since I had to enter my car from the passenger side and this has only been the case for two days, I decided not to immediately say anything to them or my landlords, thinking they just weren’t paying attention.
My side of the parking lot also has an extra space that is unused and unpowered that my brother would park in when he visited. In fact, any visitors could use it as long as they didn’t block my car or could fit between me and the light post. So a small compact can go there, but not a huge heavy-duty truck…
For three years, there hasn’t been an issue with anyone parking there. So, the new neighbors moved in a year ago. Their friends would try to park in my parking space or box me in with their big Dodge Heavy Duties. My car is a small Ford hatchback.
I never complained, but my other neighbors have complained on my behalf, as they could see I was being squeezed out and boxed in by people that parked like they were drinking. Plus the offending neighbors’ friends would park in other units’ parking spaces without permission.
I wish I could say that’s the extent of the idiocy. But no. On top of this, they had attempted to use other units’ power during the winter and began complaining when people started turning off their breakers for their spaces when they left the apartments.
I had been patient and honestly believed they would eventually get the clue that they only had one parking space (as they also drive big Dodges) and they should ask before just parking wherever.
As it is summer, I could move over into the unpowered spot if they really needed to fit their two vehicles there until winter hit. However, I then got a lovely text from my landlord that made my head explode.
Apparently, these neighbors are complaining that I am the one parking too close and that I had dinged their truck.
My landlord expressed that we only get one parking space and mentioned my brother’s car, which was currently parked beside me in the unofficial visitor’s spot…and on the other side of him, my lovely neighbors had parked their truck on the street.
Meaning my brother parked before they got a chance to attempt to get their truck to fit there. So I texted back that they were trying to park in my space and that if they are so upset about how close I was, I would be calling a tow truck to remove their vehicle at their expense.
I also explained where they have been parking, how they have been parking, and what they and their buddies have been attempting to do. My landlord texted back that he wasn’t trying to start anything.
He just asked me to have my brother (who visits once a week to every two weeks) move onto the street out front and that no one is allowed to park in the unpowered spot until we have proper signage put up next month clearly defining who owns what space. Even though it’s already labeled on the power boxes.
I have never had an incident living here for the past three years. My apartment needs repairs but I have been patient with my landlord. I get along with my other neighbors just fine. No one has ever complained about my brother or anyone parking in the empty space beside me.
However, these kids move in with their loud heavy-duty monster trucks, not thinking that they either have to get smaller vehicles or pay for an extra powered space. They then try to intimidate my elderly neighbor and try to take power from other units.
Then when they get all worried that a tiny hatchback is parking too close and they might get dinged, because they are trying to fit two trucks in a single space. And all this is apparently my problem to solve for them.
Yeah, well my solution is having one of their trucks towed and impounded at a nice big parking space located in the local junkyard two miles out of town at their expense.
I’m fine with no one being allowed to park on my right. Doesn’t mean it will solve those dingbats’ parking issues. I’m exactly where I am supposed to be and that’s that.
Story credit: Reddit / KisaTheMistress