A man has taken to social media to share the ‘threatening’ notes he has been receiving from his neighbour over where he parks his car – but there’s one major issue with her complaints
Parking squabbles are a notorious source of friction among neighbours.
For those blessed with a driveway or designated parking, the daily battle for a spot on the street may be an unfamiliar annoyance. But for many who depend on finding a roadside space, the daily return from work can be marred by the sight of nowhere to park outside their own house.
While no one has dibs on the public road, tensions can run high. Some residents might take to placing cones to reserve their unofficial spot, while others leave furious notes on windscreens, insisting drivers move their vehicles. One man on Reddit said his neighbour keeps leaving irate messages over a parking space with just one issue – he pays to park there.
He posted a snap of the latest note, which stated: “Hey! This is a paid parking spot. Please don’t park here again, or I will have to call a towing company. Thank you! Have a great day.”
In his Reddit post, he clarified the situation, saying that it is a paid spot – and he’s the one footing the bill.
His post read: “I keep getting these letters on my car. They are correct. It is a paid parking spot. However, I PAY FOR IT. This is the third (and most threatening) note I have received in the last seven days. I have lived here for almost two years and had the same paid parking spot since I moved in. About a week or so ago someone started leaving these on my car. It’s definitely the right spot, and I definitely pay for it.”
The online community rallied around the man, advising him to speak with his neighbour regarding the parking space and suggesting that the whole kerfuffle might be down to a simple mix-up.
One commenter shared their own experience, revealing that they had been caught up in a similar debacle when their property manager inadvertently double-booked their parking space, leading both them and their neighbour to believe they had rights to the same spot. Another individual recounted an episode where a parking dispute was resolved after discovering their neighbour had simply mistaken their allocated space.
A person recounted: “I had this happen to me a few times before I finally caught the person doing it. We found out our property manager double-sold the spot by accident; they put the wrong stall number on my neighbour’s lease. Thankfully (again) there was an available stall a few spots from mine so they changed the number on my neighbor’s lease and they got that one.”
Another chimed in with their story: “This happened to me before. My parking spot was numbered 21, the person kept threatening me with notes until one day she blew up on me when we came across each other in person. She had just moved in a few weeks ago when I had been there for 3 years. She insisted I was wrong and that it was her spot. She finally showed me her parking permit. The number on it was 12. Not 21. She never spoke to me again.”
Another frustrated car owner suggested a diplomatic approach: “Place a note on your car that you pay for the spot and ask them to leave their phone number and name for you. Then you can call them and talk about it. Someone might just have mixed up the numbers or the landlord gave them the wrong number for their spot.”
