Writes our submitter in Denver: “I parked my ’82 VW van in the closest guest spot to my home about a week ago, as I’ve been cleaning it out to sell it. Then I was sick for a few days so I didn’t leave the house. Today I found this on the windshield.”
related: It’s my spot and I’ll park what I want to
87 responses so far ↓
#1
Lisa
Is that last part supposed to be a threat? Since the note reads like it was written by an bitchy, entitled 17-year old girl, I’d have a hard time taking it seriously. Furthermore, I’d make sure to let the writer know that she (and it has to be a she, doesn’t it?) just ensured that my “old” car will be sitting in that spot until it’s either towed, or the wheels rust into the ground.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:30 pm rating: 73
#2
Red Delicious
What a dick. Free spaces are up for grabs? Well, too bad. You want the good spot? Get it first. Otherwise? Sucks to be you.
Welcome to America.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:31 pm rating: 90
#3
jake
i think the note was very reasonable – a little p/a.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:37 pm rating: 5
#4
FeatherBlade
This note is why we should still be teaching cursive handwriting in schools.
You can’t get a proper PA note going when your handwriting make you look like a third-grader.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:40 pm rating: 56
#5
Owl
I’m not sure I agree this sounds like a 17-year-old girl or like a “she” at all; I read it as an older man with too much time on his hands and who seems to care way too about his car (and whether or not the person owns or rents), and who spends too much time keeping tabs on other peoples’ vehicles (we have a couple of men like this in our neighborhood).
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:41 pm rating: 62
#6
Madrias
Sounds to me like someone who’s parents bought them a new car. Sink some anchors into the concrete or asphalt, then strap the axles down. It’ll stay there in the nice shady spot and never be moved.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm rating: 14
#7
jdaniel
Move your car. See who parks their car there. Paybacks are Hell, and it’s not a PA note that I would leave on their windshield.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm rating: 23
#8
Beatus Mongous
I can’t have a prime shady spot? Why not? Do you own the street? I mean, granted, you pay taxes on it, but that doesn’t mean you can dictate who puts what where. I’ll tell you where you can put your note.
I hate crap like this. Someone probably usually parks their car in that “prime shady spot” and got all pissed off when they say a VW Bus there for a week. Sorry, but sometimes things just don’t go your way. Tough. Suck it up.
Oh, and new or used, no one likes to get into a burning hot car.
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm rating: 55
#9
Nectaris
I think perhaps the issue is that it IS parked in a “guest” spot, which implies to me that not only is there some sort of organization to parking, and that a car shouldn’t be left there for days on end. Granted, they stated that they will not keep it there forever, but no one else would know that.
Aug 1, 2013 at 6:26 pm rating: 8
#10
Quite Contrary
Never mind that not one of the reasons the note writer gave for why the car shouldn’t be parked there had anything to do with why the car shouldn’t be parked there.
Aug 1, 2013 at 6:39 pm rating: 40
#11
Milhouse
Maybe the note writer thinks he’s the shade police??
Aug 1, 2013 at 6:50 pm rating: 6
#12
Rainlight
Notes like this make me so glad we have as much space in our driveway as we do at my place. Because of a large graveled area along one side of our driveway, we have room for up to seven cars (including in the garage) with three across and two deep. And enough space to fit two cars in front of our house.
We only have to fit four, though my car isn’t there a lot since I’m away due to work.
Aug 1, 2013 at 7:19 pm rating: 3
#13
shipaddict
I submit that the owner of the VW Bus DOES deserve the shady spot. You can bet your butt that the a/c doesn’t work nearly as well in that old thing than it would in a newer car. (I mean, how well does that little metal oscillating fan hanging in the windshield *really* cool down the van?) Therefore, since it will take longer to cool it down, he TOTALLY DESERVES the shady spot.
Not only that, I’m not sure I would want the shady spot, regardless of the age of my car. What’s causing the shade? Trees? Trees hold birds, and birds poop. On my car. No thank you. I don’t like driving around in a crusty crap car!
Aug 1, 2013 at 7:31 pm rating: 48
#14
cal
Before all the shade trees that lined the parking lot where I work were removed by the neighboring trailer park, I used to come in early in the summer so I could get a spot in the shade…BECAUSE I have an old car. No AC is more of a reason to need to park in the shade than having a new car is.
Aug 1, 2013 at 7:36 pm rating: 32
#15
Dawn J
This is why I live in the country. First, we don’t have parking problems. Second, no one leaves stupid notes for fear of having their windows shot out.
Aug 1, 2013 at 11:07 pm rating: 20
#16
Vivika
I would be afraid if I was Submitter from Denver that my car would be towed. If you leave a car in a spot for longer than a week, they usually tow it. Which sucks if you are on vacation.
Aug 2, 2013 at 11:07 am rating: 0
#17
Stefan
I learned two things from this thread:
1) There is a lot of white trash in Texas.
2) Some of them move to Colorado.
Aug 2, 2013 at 1:23 pm rating: 20
#18
Jami
My solution would be to make an enlarged laminated copy of this note to put up as a sign. Then as an answer attach a picture of Grumpy Cat with the big “NO” on it.
Aug 2, 2013 at 2:11 pm rating: 22
#19
wonkette
My house has room in the driveway for 5 cars, plus a 2-car garage and RV parking down the side, plus room to park 3 cars on the street in front of our house. We never park on the street, but sometimes our friends will park in front of our house. The first thing my new across-the-street neighbor said to me when I stopped by to welcome him to the neighborhood and introduce myself was, “Don’t park in front of my house and I won’t park in front of yours.” UH, OK…? I was baffled by his comment, but in the interest of starting off with a mellow hello, I let it go. Of course, his friends and his twenty-something-still-living-at-home-to-mooch-off-mom-and-dad kids’ friends park in front of our house (and every one elses’s house) all the time, especially on weekends during their frequent parties, so there is never any parking on either side of our street for other people to park. Their friends also leave garbage strewn all over the street after parties (Solo cups, beer cans, fast food containers, etc.). All of the other homeowners on our street are sick of these people. Now the idiot is installing a huge big screen TV and speaker system in his backyard around his pool so he can be loud and even more obnoxious. Ah… suburbia.
Aug 2, 2013 at 3:07 pm rating: 7
#20
kacky
Nobody gives a shit about your excuses, and it doesn’t matter if your neighbor’s note is dumb. Move your hunk of junk out of the guest parking spot.
Aug 4, 2013 at 2:34 pm rating: 0
#21
Alice B Goode
Guest parking in complexes is usually ‘free for all’ parking, at least in my experience.
Therefore, the bus shouldn’t have to move.
Aug 4, 2013 at 6:17 pm rating: 7
#22
Gladystopia
“Old” cars should get priority for shady spots, because “new” cars are more likely to have working air conditioning.
If you can fry a hamburger patty from frozen on your dashboard before the a/c on your car can cool the atmosphere enough to stop the process, you get to park in the shade.
(However, if you can get a good sear on the patty as well, you’ll be required to park in the driveway, next to the table with the buns and the condiments.)
Aug 4, 2013 at 10:28 pm rating: 11
#23
My name is Princess!
Dear note writer,
Face it girl, I’m older and I have more insurance.
Evelyn Couch
Aug 5, 2013 at 10:18 am rating: 6
#24
Juniper
Am I missing something here? The VW owner is entirely in the wrong – as it’s a guest spot. Residents shouldn’t be parking in guest spots – much less for 3 frickin’ days. I have no idea what the note writer is going on about either. He shouldn’t be parking in the guest spot either – new car or not. Ergo – they are BOTH douches.
Aug 6, 2013 at 6:06 am rating: 1
#25
Amalink
1. I live in a HOA neighborhood but we all have double (some triple) garages with enough room for two more in the driveway. A few people park on the street and the HOA doesn’t make a big deal (about THAT) unless they are blocking the intersection of course. My neighbor knocked on my door and asked me if he could park in front of my house for a couple of hours so the roofers could use his driveway. Awesome polite!
2. The nuns taught me cursive in 1st grade and I can’t really print well or fast. I always default to cursive even now as an adult. I think it looks nicer is all. But as long as your writing is legible who cares if it’s cursive or print? I think what would have been bad is if the note had been typed up and printed. That would have shown a lot more thought process than was particularly necessary in being a huge d-bag.
Aug 6, 2013 at 4:41 pm rating: 1
#26
Elle
Wow, I’m kind of surprised about all these rules for who can park where (in suburbia, I mean; I understand that multi-occupancy lots would have problems). Here in Australia, it’s a first-come first-served situation and I think pretty much everybody understands that street parking belongs to whoever got there first.
(Mind you, it does help that Australia has fairly low-density housing even in our big cities, so most people are going to have space on their block for at least one car, whether that’s their driveway, a carport, or a proper garage. But still, provided you’re not parked too close to a corner or to someone’s driveway, you can park wherever the hell you like…)
Aug 7, 2013 at 1:48 pm rating: 2
#27
vegangeekgirl
Nobody parks in our spot, because we actually rent it and pay a monthly fee. There are parkingspots nearby. There are no shade whatsover and you can park there for as long as you like. Actually I seen cars with removed license plates standing there for years before they got towed or set on fire.
But we live in the outskirts of town, downtown it’s almost impossible to find a parkingspot. Which means signs about “parking only for residents” the rest of us circle around in search for a space, they are to few of them because they want to encourage people to leave their cars at home and take the overpriced bus for the good of the enviroment it doesn’t quite work out the way they want.
Aug 8, 2013 at 6:53 pm rating: 0
#28
Nope
I can kinda see where the note writer is coming from. I used to live in an apartment complex that had the ingenious idea to put 8 close spaces for 24 units…yes 24. I lived in the corner building of a set of 3 which formed a L-shape. Some jerk in my building had 2-4 cars parked up front all day, everyday at any given time it appeared. So those of us who understand you can only drive 1 at time rarely ever got access to the “good” parking. Why? Because the geniuses in the rental office decided that there was no need for assigned parking. I complained multiple times and they basically told me tough. I’m sorry but if I’m paying $100-200 more in rent than most places in the area, I should have an assigned parking space next to my building.
They had plenty of room to add more parking if they got rid of some of the useless grass that cluttered up the area. I saw maybe 1-3 kids there the entire time I lived there and they were rarely ever outside playing and they appeared to live on the opposite side of the parking lot at that.
Sigh. Why don’t all apartment communities assign parking? Makes things much easier for all involved.
Aug 21, 2013 at 2:00 pm rating: 0
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