I Really HATE It When Someone Parks In Our Spot!!!

[mvazul]

Okay - I know it's fairly petty, but it really irks me when someone parks in our spot in front of our house. We are one of the very few houses on this street that does not have a driveway. Our lot along the street is half the size of the rest of the homes on our street, so we have less street parking. The snow piles make it worse. We have enough room for my van and my husband's car.

On Christmas Eve, we came home to someone parked in our spot. It belonged to the boyfriend of the girl that lives across the street. They have a huge driveway and alot of street parking. Not to mention, the people directly across the street from us - next to this other house - are in Florida until March. So, they can park in front of their house and would be closer than parking in our spot. I had major surgery on Monday and had to traipse around trying to figure out who this car belonged to. I find it extremely rude.

We also live two houses up from a funeral home and across the street from a church. My husband left for the grocery store a bit ago and immediately, someone pulled into our spot. Apparently, there is a funeral today. I'm very sorry about that, but the church parking lot - DIRECTLY across from the funeral home - was EMPTY!!! I went to the door and asked the guy to move his truck. There were people pulling up in front of the neighbor's house also going to the funeral home and they gave me nasty looks. I don't care!!! Park in the funeral home parking lot or the church parking lot - which were both EMPTY!!!

Am I the only one to find this rude??? Sorry for the vent!

Michelle

 

[bitohoney]

Maybe they don't realize it's your spot, but it would make me mad too.

 

[aprilgail2]

Well you may find it rude but if I parked there and you told me to move my car I would tell you to stick it where the sun doesn't shine. The street in front of your house does not belong to you and it is not for your exclusive parking. Would be nice if it worked that way but it does not. Kid across the street has a girlfriend that parks in front of my house all the time so we just park in front of the people next doors house- they park someplace else if I am in their spot....such is life. Any cop will tell you that you can not make people move from in front of your house just because you want the spot LOL....

 

[Andy B]

Okay - I know it's fairly petty, but it really irks me when someone parks in our spot in front of our house. We are one of the very few houses on this street that does not have a driveway. Our lot along the street is half the size of the rest of the homes on our street, so we have less street parking. The snow piles make it worse. We have enough room for my van and my husband's car.

On Christmas Eve, we came home to someone parked in our spot. It belonged to the boyfriend of the girl that lives across the street. They have a huge driveway and alot of street parking. Not to mention, the people directly across the street from us - next to this other house - are in Florida until March. So, they can park in front of their house and would be closer than parking in our spot. I had major surgery on Monday and had to traipse around trying to figure out who this car belonged to. I find it extremely rude.

We also live two houses up from a funeral home and across the street from a church. My husband left for the grocery store a bit ago and immediately, someone pulled into our spot. Apparently, there is a funeral today. I'm very sorry about that, but the church parking lot - DIRECTLY across from the funeral home - was EMPTY!!! I went to the door and asked the guy to move his truck. There were people pulling up in front of the neighbor's house also going to the funeral home and they gave me nasty looks. I don't care!!! Park in the funeral home parking lot or the church parking lot - which were both EMPTY!!!

Am I the only one to find this rude??? Sorry for the vent!

Michelle

Anoying maybe, rude no. Assuming the street is unrestricted parking then it is perfectly allowable.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

Okay - I know it's fairly petty, but it really irks me when someone parks in our spot in front of our house. We are one of the very few houses on this street that does not have a driveway. Our lot along the street is half the size of the rest of the homes on our street, so we have less street parking. The snow piles make it worse. We have enough room for my van and my husband's car.

On Christmas Eve, we came home to someone parked in our spot. It belonged to the boyfriend of the girl that lives across the street. They have a huge driveway and alot of street parking. Not to mention, the people directly across the street from us - next to this other house - are in Florida until March. So, they can park in front of their house and would be closer than parking in our spot. I had major surgery on Monday and had to traipse around trying to figure out who this car belonged to. I find it extremely rude.

We also live two houses up from a funeral home and across the street from a church. My husband left for the grocery store a bit ago and immediately, someone pulled into our spot. Apparently, there is a funeral today. I'm very sorry about that, but the church parking lot - DIRECTLY across from the funeral home - was EMPTY!!! I went to the door and asked the guy to move his truck. There were people pulling up in front of the neighbor's house also going to the funeral home and they gave me nasty looks. I don't care!!! Park in the funeral home parking lot or the church parking lot - which were both EMPTY!!!

Am I the only one to find this rude??? Sorry for the vent!

Michelle

I wasn't aware that street parking was ever "assigned" or belonged to houses adjacent to it.

I was always under the impression that public street parking was exactly that, public, available to anyone who wants to park there.

If you really need that spot, then I would petition the city to have a "private parking" sign placed in front of your house.

Or invest in some cones and block the spot whenever you leave. Although, if you do this, you run the risk of being ticketed for blocking public parking.

 

[wdwfan16]

You are talking about street parking. That is not reserved parking. You are rude to tell others to move.

 

[aprilgail2]

You are talking about street parking. That is not reserved parking. You are rude to tell others to move.

 

[mvazul]

So sorry to offend! Sheesh! My husband and I try very hard to not park in front of other people's homes or have our guests park in front of other people's homes. Of course, they all have driveways, so it doesn't matter too much. Hey, now that you all say it's not rude, I guess we will just start parking in front of their houses and let them fend for themselves. Heck, maybe we'll park in their driveway - they park on the street and don't use it, anyway!! Thanks for the thought!

 

[wdwfan16]

So sorry to offend! Sheesh! My husband and I try very hard to not park in front of other people's homes or have our guests park in front of other people's homes. Of course, they all have driveways, so it doesn't matter too much. Hey, now that you all say it's not rude, I guess we will just start parking in front of their houses and let them fend for themselves. Heck, maybe we'll park in their driveway - they park on the street and don't use it, anyway!! Thanks for the thought!

So we do not agree with you and we are sad?

Park in front of their home is you want. Park in their driveway and your car could be towed.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

So sorry to offend! Sheesh! My husband and I try very hard to not park in front of other people's homes or have our guests park in front of other people's homes. Of course, they all have driveways, so it doesn't matter too much. Hey, now that you all say it's not rude, I guess we will just start parking in front of their houses and let them fend for themselves. Heck, maybe we'll park in their driveway - they park on the street and don't use it, anyway!! Thanks for the thought!

Parking in their driveway would be wrong as that is their private property.

Parking in the street in front of a house, no problem at all, as that is public property.

If I have the choice between street parking or a parking lot, ie: a funeral, church or school, I will always choose the street parking over the parking lot. With street parking, I can get in my car and just pull out and leave. In a parking lot, when everybody leaves at one time, you are usually blocked in for awhile.

Perhaps you and your husband should look into plans into putting in a driveway to alleviate some of the stress of finding a parking spot.

Did you let all your neighbors know you were having surgery and politely ask them, if possible, to leave a spot in front of your house while you recuperate? This won't guarantee you a spot in front of your house, but at least the neighbors might try.

However, if I had a neighbor that was rudely "traipsing around" to find out who was parked in front of their house and telling people to move their cars, I have to admit that I would have to think twice about finding a different spot. I may even think about purposely parking in front of their house

However, if they had let me know politely before hand that they were having surgery and it would make it easier for them for x amount of time to have that spot reserved, I would go out of my way to accommodate that request. It is all about how you ask.

Demanding people to move their cars will only bring resentment amongst your neighbors. Politely asking, but not expecting, will bring you much better response.

 

[mvazul]

So we do not agree with you and we are sad?

Park in front of their home is you want. Park in their driveway and your car could be towed.

I don't care if you disagree with me. I certainly didn't call you sad - you called yourself that. So, if the shoe fits... Laugh all you want. I now remember very well why I stopped posting here months and months ago. And it's not only the responses I'm getting here. I have read several other threads today that people have been upset and others (most on this thread) have basically ripped them to shreds. I guess the holidays bring out the best in people...

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

So sorry to offend! Sheesh! My husband and I try very hard to not park in front of other people's homes or have our guests park in front of other people's homes. Of course, they all have driveways, so it doesn't matter too much. Hey, now that you all say it's not rude, I guess we will just start parking in front of their houses and let them fend for themselves. Heck, maybe we'll park in their driveway - they park on the street and don't use it, anyway!! Thanks for the thought!

Don't worry OP, sometimes DISers are just out to flame rather than just say "oh I'm sorry"... but especially not to "stick it where the sun doesn't shine". I'm sorry you had to endure the flamers of the DIS... it IS sad how sometimes people can't complain about anything on here!

I feel your pain though, my trashy neighbors across the street (who are getting kicked out Jan 1!!!!!) park in my mom's spot all the time! Our street is pretty empty so I'm not really sure why they have to park in front of our house but they do. It's irritating because my mom has problems walking the extra 20 feet if she has to park in the next closest available spot which is on their side of the street and closer to their house.

I'm so glad they're leaving, good riddance! I just wish they'd take our other noisy trashy neighbors with them... all 10 of them living in a 3 bedroom!

Can you tell I really hate my neighbors?

 

[focusondisney]

So sorry to offend! Sheesh! My husband and I try very hard to not park in front of other people's homes or have our guests park in front of other people's homes. Of course, they all have driveways, so it doesn't matter too much. Hey, now that you all say it's not rude, I guess we will just start parking in front of their houses and let them fend for themselves. Heck, maybe we'll park in their driveway - they park on the street and don't use it, anyway!! Thanks for the thought!

WOW! Defensive much? I agree, it's anoying to have others park in front of your house so you can't, but really, there's nothing you can do about it. No need to have attitude here. No one was nasty to you, just stating the facts.

As far as the people who were going to the funeral home , I'm asssuming the funeral home has no parking lot? I would park on the street then as well. I would assume the church parking lot is private property & would not just park there because it is across the street from the business I am going to. Perhaps the funeral was not at that church.

And of course your comments about parking in the neighbors driveways are very outrageous. What I don't get is why you had to "traipse around" to find out who's car was in front of your house. Did you actually find out whose car it was so you could make them move it? By the time you did that you probably could just have parked some where else.

Perhaps now that you know how important a parking space is to you, you should make that a priority if you ever need to move.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

lol, you don't own the spot. get over it. when we moved in, we had someone threaten to call the police if we parked in front of their home again, when that had been the only spot on the road to park. talk about immature.

if you wanted guaranteed parking you should have bought a home with a parking area.

 

[HeatherH]

Where we live, people all have two-car garages (no driveways) but lots of folks use half their garage for storage...which means tons of cars that street park. There is NO "spot" for anyone, to each his/her own, it's a public street. Rarely do we get to park right in front of our house. Sometimes it's even around the corner. We deal.

Honestly, it would NEVER occur to me that it was "bad" to park in front of a person's home if I was visiting someone in the neighborhood. Maybe they don't want to go to the end of the street and turn around to park directly in front of the house across the street. I'm sure they aren't doing it to intentionally be rude. And honestly again...I would be irked if someone ran out to tell me they "owned" that part of a public street and to move my car.

Sorry, OP, enjoy the vent...but I don't agree with your stance.

 

[mvazul]

Parking in their driveway would be wrong as that is their private property.

Parking in the street in front of a house, no problem at all, as that is public property.

If I have the choice between street parking or a parking lot, ie: a funeral, church or school, I will always choose the street parking over the parking lot. With street parking, I can get in my car and just pull out and leave. In a parking lot, when everybody leaves at one time, you are usually blocked in for awhile.

Perhaps you and your husband should look into plans into putting in a driveway to alleviate some of the stress of finding a parking spot.

I would LOVE to do that. Unfortunately, our lot isn't big enough to put one in. The people who are parking here tonight are here for a funeral. The funeral home lot is completely empty. I understand wanting to be able to leave when you want, but have some respect for those who live here. Also, there is an empty lot with no house on it right next to us. Why not park in front of that? Why park directly in front of someone's home? I will always go out of my way to find another spot before parking in front of someone's home. Maybe I am the oddball, but I don't want to make someone else have to park far away from their house.

You never know who lives in a house you have parked in front of. What if it's a home that an elderly couple lives in and they went to get groceries and have a hard time getting to their door? What if it's a home who has a mom who just had a C-section and is coming home with a new baby? Should they be made to walk a block just because it's legal to park there even though there are plenty of other spots - not in front of houses - elsewhere? Like I said, I just had major surgery on Monday. I SHOULD be able to park in front of my house. Who knows? Maybe I'm the odd one for not wanting to put people out when there is no need???

 

[HonnyDipp]

Here OP, I can't do much for your parking space, but I can give you a hug. and a flower

 

[Disneyland1084]

Here OP, I can't do much for your parking space, but I can give you a hug.

Same here OP.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

Don't worry OP, sometimes DISers are just out to flame rather than just say "oh I'm sorry"... but especially not to "stick it where the sun doesn't shine". I'm sorry you had to endure the flamers of the DIS... it IS sad how sometimes people can't complain about anything on here!

I feel your pain though, my trashy neighbors across the street (who are getting kicked out Jan 1!!!!!) park in my mom's spot all the time! Our street is pretty empty so I'm not really sure why they have to park in front of our house but they do. It's irritating because my mom has problems walking the extra 20 feet if she has to park in the next closest available spot which is on their side of the street and closer to their house.

I'm so glad they're leaving, good riddance! I just wish they'd take our other noisy trashy neighbors with them... all 10 of them living in a 3 bedroom!

Can you tell I really hate my neighbors?

I think the OP set the tone for her responses. She said she knocks on doors to demand people move their cars and "doesn't care."

This is rude behavior concerning public street parking

I went to the door and asked the guy to move his truck. There were people pulling up in front of the neighbor's house also going to the funeral home and they gave me nasty looks. I don't care!!!

 

[disney1990]

I can understand how you feel. During the big snowstorm that we just had in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area, we cleared all the snow from in front of our house near the mailbox. If the mail carrier can't pull up to the mailbox, they won't leave the mail. So, what happens, our neighbors, who didn't shovel, parked in the spot and we missed mail delivery for 2 days.