Judy thinks she's entitled to a specific spot on my street.
Posted Mar 23, 2020, 9:46 PM UTC
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More info. I live on a street with not even close to enough parking. A lot of the people here leave out buckets or cones to save the space in front of their house which really pisses me off but i don't move them because I figure someone will damage my car.
Judy did not have anything blocking "her spot" but when I came back I had this note. It's been a couple days since I found this note and since then no one has parked in the spot. I guess it wasn't that important to her after all?
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Seriously? They dont pay for these specific spots but try to leave objects on said spots to reserve them? Wow that's garbage
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When I lived in a 3rd floor flat there was a guy on the ground floor that put traffic cones in 'his' space as parking was limited and otherwise you'd have to park on the road, 100 yards or so away. If I came home and found the only space available was 'his' space then I'd move the cones and park there. He'd then put the cones right in front and right behind my car at night, so I'd kick them out of the way and drive off in the morning. This carried on for a while until one day I came downstairs and he'd put the cone on the bonnet of my car.
I had a shitty old car so wasn't worried about damage or anything but was pissed off on principle. So I put the cones in the back of my car and went to work. When I got home from work he came flying out of his door and said that I'd stolen his cones and he was going to call the police. Until I pointed out that the cones had 'Metropolitan Police' on them so if anyone had stolen the cones, it was him. I also told him that I'd park wherever there was a free space and if I ever found a cone on or near my car again, I'd insert it inside him - without lubricant.
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This is beautiful lol
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No vaseline (Ice Cube voice)
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Sounds like it's time for a good neighbor to clear all the dangerous debris from the roads.
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While this isn’t as common anymore, parking spot dibs in Chicago is an unwritten rule. It’s most common after it snows and you dig out a parking spot. https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/chicago/chicago-parking-dibs-the-unwritten-rules-thrillist-chicago
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Yeah but that’s different, I think. If it takes me 2 hours to dig out my car in the morning, I don’t want to take another hour to dig myself a new spot at night because someone who didn’t put in the time swooped in on the fruits of my labor. It’s just common courtesy during heavy snowfall. Even chicagoans don’t block parking spots in the summertime.
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It was ONLY ever common after snowstorms. Anyone who tried that any other time would probably get laughed off the street.
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Welcome to Chicago
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Amateurs. In Pittsburgh we use chairs. #respectthechair
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If you shoveled the snow, you earned the spot!
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Same in Baltimore!
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Could this have been misworded and she needs the space because she's disabled or something? Maybe not for parking?
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I've had a handicapped space put in for this type of situation. My neighbors were so pissed we ended up moving. It was just one apartment but they literally tried to break into my house over it. I guess they thought I should walk from the lot over, I got the tag because I was too lazy. I was so sick my hair fell out and I walked with a cane. People are fucking insane.
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What the actual fuck...
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There were other issues with our apartment, like the stairs, but they were the primary reason we moved.
With the beauty of mail forwarding they were able to harass us until they got bored.
How fucking sick do you have to be to do that?
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I hope you parked there anyways and then wrote on the note "go find one then"
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Or.... move to note to another car.
Give the neighbors something to fight about.
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that sounds like a great way to entertain yourself during the quarantine. got any popcorn?
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Being childish and petty like is totally acceptable after the teenage years
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'No you cant park there thats my spoooooottttt!' Is also pretty childish and petty tbh.
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The hypocrisy is... immeasurable
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Daily challenge to beat Judy to it accepted.
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careful, she sounds like she'll key your car.
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Daily challenge to catch her keying my car on video to sue her for vandalism accepted.
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My neighbor thinks she owns the curb in front of her house along with half of the curb down the side of her house, which is all precious public parking for the neighborhood. Including her garage, that’s enough room for at least 5 cars and she’s a single woman. She used to call the police and social services with fake anonymous reports causing all kinds of problems for any neighbor who dared to park in any of those spots. She ended up buying TWO more cars in addition to her SUV in order to take up the spots on the street, preventing anyone from parking in them. That’s a single woman living alone with three vehicles just so she can stop anyone from parking near her house.
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Your neighbor has a screw loose.
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I am a petty ass bitch, buttttt if she doesn’t move the cars from the street parking spots, they may qualify as abandoned vehicles. I would look up some town/county ordinances about this very topic. If such things carry a fine? Let the town inspectors know about the persistent problem and they may go ham. Just something to consider after this quarantine is over.
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She moves her cars every few days to avoid breaking any laws. She knows the laws well, that’s how she’s managed to cause so many problems for the neighbors. This has been going on for over ten years. The police say there’s nothing they can do. Everyone gave up after a few years and just tolerates her now for the most part.
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I’d throw bricks through her car windows.
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She installed cameras all along the outside of her home and inside all of her cars after someone keyed one of them.
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Check the legality of the 2 extra cars a lot of the time if they don't have up to date registration and what ever else your state/country requires you can call and report them.
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She’s on top of it. She’s a wealthy woman who lives alone, knows the laws inside and out, and can’t hold down a job very well. She has nothing better to do and nobody to spend her money on besides herself. As long as she switches the cars between the spots every few days, it’s legal. This started 10+ years ago and she hasn’t slipped up once. The amount of time and money this woman has wasted on this, I can’t understand why it matters so much to her.
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I wish I had the money where I could buy a house and a car, and then buy 2 more cars just to be a petty assclown
I definitely wouldn't be a petty assclown, it would just be nice to have that type of money
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If you’re willing to pay the annual DMV registration you can buy a few driveable wrecks and park them about. But yes, I agree. I have been driving the same vehicle for almost 25 years; I can’t imagine having more than one car.
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She is wealthy with no one to spend her money on besides herself. Her father was a wealthy man from China and she inherited all of his money when he died. Her primary vehicle is a Mercedes SUV and the other two were a brand new truck and a brand new sedan. She lives alone in a three bedroom home with three nice cars.
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If I had that kind of money I would replace my ‘98 and then buy each of my parents a new car. This woman’s husband and child left her along with every relative who has ever lived there with her. She also gets fired frequently from her jobs. I loved the people who lived in her home before her. No one ever had any problems before she moved in.
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It's always sad when shit like that happens. We have someone like that on my street
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Aye fuck Judy yo!
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Yeah f that b son!
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My car is worthless, 100% chance I would abandon it (but keep paying taxes) in that space and buy another car instead of moving
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Wtf is up with Judy’s handwriting?
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She’s the one who left notes in plants vs zombies
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Ok I’m dead. Absolutely, hilariously spot on.
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My moms name is Judy, so I expect nothing less from another Judy.
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I have the opposite issue. I own a parking spot, in a small layby attached to a car park. I live above a shop, and the deeds to my flat show that the layby that has 3 spots in, one is owned by me. The company who manages the car park, and the upkeep of the buildings, who I pay a considerable sum to annually, refuse to mark up the 3 spots as owned by the 3 flats. This means that there are constantly people parking in my spot, and I know if I try and put cones out, or mark it in any way, the reaction I would get would be akin to those written here.
It's fucking annoying, but despite owning land for my personal use for parking, I have to sometimes leave my car somewhere in the local area, outside of the carpark, no where near my home, because people are in my spot.
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If it's right in front of her house and she has a disability then it's justified. My grandmother had a disabled parking spot in front of her house and you'd be shocked at the amount of inconsiderate assholes who parked there anyway.
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If there is a disabled spot outside the house, unless it has the numberplate or name specified (AFAIK) then anyone with a blue badge can park there (UK)
Yes its crap if you have one outside your house because you need one
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True.
Although the resident has to pay for the disabled spot to be marked outside their house, anyone with a blue badge can park there and they don’t specifically own that spot.
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My brain would interpret that as
“Hi,
I want to play a game. I challenge you to park here before me each day until the end of time. This will be fun.
Love Judy”
I’m also competitive. You better believe I’m putting Judy in second place and that that’s just another word for loser.
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My Daughter and SIL recently moved into a neighborhood with a "Judy" across the street,who "welcomed" them with a rant about how they couldn't park in "her" space. Her justification was how she has lived in her home for 45 years...blah,blah So my SIL,shut the "discussion" down with a handing her two construction cones,told her to put them in her special spot and inform the city that nobody else could park there. He added how he was amazed how after 45 years she hadn't managed to get the city to designate that spot as her personal parking with a sign/notice. 1 week in and the moving the cones game she has to play everytime she moves her car is hilarious to watch. If she's parked in her special spot the cones have to go on her lawn next to the car,if she moves the car to go anywhere she needs to get out and place the cones in her special spot,when she get's back she has to get out of the car to move the cones to park and so on....the cones are currently sitting on her lawn abnandoned. BTW Miss special spot, has a driveway and a Garage to park in...but chooses not to because she is a hoarder
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I didn’t know children could drive
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My sister would probably do the same if it would work. Everytime someone parks in "her spot" infront of our house she storms inside pissed off.
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It's Judy's turn to cry...
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There's a lady on my street who tried to do something like this. Our street is a one-way, and there's an intersection a little ways down that's the closest turn to our houses.
This bitch will run the stop sign at the intersection because she's terrified that someone might take her spot. She's almost hit me more than once.
I got tired of it, so I changed my route home from work a bit so that I get home from work a few minutes earlier than before. I park in the lady's spot and I'm usually unlocking my door just as she drives by with the best fucking Karen look on her face.
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I would get a sign and stick it in the ground, or duct tape it to the wall by the parking spot, telling Judy to go fuck herself...
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I would make sure to park there every day... maybe even get another car to switch out so she can never park there.
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oh that to me says "park here whenever you can!!"
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Just seems like the kind of lady who would probably justify this by telling you “I pay my taxes!”
Or who would call the police on you for parking on the street, but in front of her house.
There's a guy who lived catty-corner from me that has a perfectly good garage with alley access, but only parks in the street spot in front of his house. Across from his house is a Pokemon Go gym, so sometimes people are there doing raids and people park in "his" spot if his car isn't there. If he returns while there raid is still happening, he throws a tantrum going on and on about "his" parking space.
boneappleteaEDIT: I stand corrected. r/boneappletea to myself; all my life I thought it was “caddy-corner.” TIL.
I always thought it was kiddy- corner lol learn something new every day.
I too was unsure of the correct spelling, so I googled it before I submitted the reply.
I always heard kitty corner!
We say it kitty-corner where I’m from.
I thought it was kitty 🤷🏼♀️
Edit - Ope clicked your link I wasn’t wrong lol
He has every right to park in front of his own domicile. Your Pokémon will have to park across the street.
As well as everyone else that's allowed to park there. But he doesn't have a right to say only he can park there. He can choose to be as upset as he wants about it too, as long as he doesn't harm anyone in the process.
Parking enforcement is generally a different department than regular cops. They would probably ticket Judy for making a false report.
It would be a good idea to check Judy’s registration sticker to see if she is current, as otherwise you can call parking enforcement.
And check the local statutes for your area about how long you can park on the street. Some places will tow after, say, a few days. They may come out and chalk the tire. If they come back and it hasn’t moved, they could tow it or boot it, depending on how draconian your area is.
Did that for a week and they slashed the convertible top of my audi. Shits gonna cost me 2.5-3k feelsbadman.
Why would you prevent someone from parking in front of their own house? That’s what you’re doing when you park in front of their house.
Man, you're totally right! If there are cars parked in front of my house and an empty spot across the street, I better not take it!
Oh, wait... Streets are public parking. First come, first serve.