Disneybuckeye
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Yes, I know another neighbor and snow vent.
We were slammed with about 10-12 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday. We live on a wide, but small residential street in a neighborhood that has been around for over 100 years. Many houses on the street do not have driveways or garages, and many that have them the people do not use. Everyone parks in front of their own house if they street park. (yes, parties, holidays etc. are a different matter but do not come to play in this issue)
This morning DH had to leave really early as he coaches HS swimming and they had the meet to see who goes to state. DS helped push him out due to all the snow. About 10am I went out to shovel an area to get to my car for work tomorrow and a path to where DH parks his car. I spent over an hour moving heavy snow around. Keep in mind I am only 5'3'' and am pretty petite. It was hard work.
Our next door neighbor came out while I was shoveling, waded through the snow to his car that was in front of his house, and tried to drive away. He got stuck. He then shoveled a small path to get his car out and left. I was shoveling before he came out, while he was out there, and still going when he left. He knew what I was doing, why I was doing it, and that I spend quite some time doing it.
When he returned he parked in front of our house right where I had cleared the spot for DH's car. I saw him park there and walked out and asked him to please move as I had cleaned that spot for my husband I offered to shovel a spot out for him if he would like in front of his house. He is well over 6 feet and in good shape. He also shoveled his walkway yesterday so I do not believe shoveling is a health issue for him. There were also no other cars parked in front of his house so he had 50 feet to maneuver. There was no danger of him sliding into another parked car.
I know street parking is first come first serve, but there was no danger of him not having a spot to park in if he did not park in front of my house. The whole 50 feet in front of his house was open as was his driveway. That is much closer to where he was going than where he parked in my clean spot. The only inconvenience was he had to walk through snow when he opened his car door if he did not park where I shoveled. I feel like he was being lazy and inconsiderate and am appalled that I had to ask him to move. Was I out of line?
We were slammed with about 10-12 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday. We live on a wide, but small residential street in a neighborhood that has been around for over 100 years. Many houses on the street do not have driveways or garages, and many that have them the people do not use. Everyone parks in front of their own house if they street park. (yes, parties, holidays etc. are a different matter but do not come to play in this issue)
This morning DH had to leave really early as he coaches HS swimming and they had the meet to see who goes to state. DS helped push him out due to all the snow. About 10am I went out to shovel an area to get to my car for work tomorrow and a path to where DH parks his car. I spent over an hour moving heavy snow around. Keep in mind I am only 5'3'' and am pretty petite. It was hard work.
Our next door neighbor came out while I was shoveling, waded through the snow to his car that was in front of his house, and tried to drive away. He got stuck. He then shoveled a small path to get his car out and left. I was shoveling before he came out, while he was out there, and still going when he left. He knew what I was doing, why I was doing it, and that I spend quite some time doing it.
When he returned he parked in front of our house right where I had cleared the spot for DH's car. I saw him park there and walked out and asked him to please move as I had cleaned that spot for my husband I offered to shovel a spot out for him if he would like in front of his house. He is well over 6 feet and in good shape. He also shoveled his walkway yesterday so I do not believe shoveling is a health issue for him. There were also no other cars parked in front of his house so he had 50 feet to maneuver. There was no danger of him sliding into another parked car.
I know street parking is first come first serve, but there was no danger of him not having a spot to park in if he did not park in front of my house. The whole 50 feet in front of his house was open as was his driveway. That is much closer to where he was going than where he parked in my clean spot. The only inconvenience was he had to walk through snow when he opened his car door if he did not park where I shoveled. I feel like he was being lazy and inconsiderate and am appalled that I had to ask him to move. Was I out of line?
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