libbyparsons
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:02:11 AM new
I live in an apartment complex and there are 10 apartments per section along with 10 parking places. Yesterday, after the ton of snow we got, I went outside and shoveled my sidewalk and dug my car out so that I could get out. I have some medical problems that make that sort of stuff difficult but I had to do it because I dont have a DH to do so (  ). Anyhow, not everyone in my section shoveled their little way out. This morning, I get up, take my daughter to school (5 minutes away) stop at 7-11 and get a cappucino and come home...only to find that someone took my nice, clean shoveled out parking spot! The ONLY spot left was piled with about 8 feet of snow!
I know. Who cares, right? But I was frustrated. *sigh* Hopefully they will be around to plow out the lot today and I can have my cleaned out spot back tonight
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busybiddy
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:08:05 AM new
What you should have done is dragged some garbage cans over and placed them in the spot so that most drivers would pass it by.
Whoever REALLY had to have that spot would at least have had to get out of their nice warm car and do a little work for it!
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libbyparsons
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:09:26 AM new
That would have been a great idea except we don't have garbage cans here there are big dumpsters at every section. And I wasn't even attempting to move some of that
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chepistar
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:22:16 AM new
I lived in Chicago for 4 years ~ people used to keep folding chairs in their trunk just for that purpose!
If someone moved the chairs, it was obvious that they knew they were being a weenie and not just thinking they had good "parking karma".
Sorry that all of your hard work got "stolen" from you!
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gravid
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:34:08 AM new
Our spaces are numbered and they tend to leave mine alone as I park behind whoever is in my spot and they can leave whenever I am out next. Had them come to my door and ask me to let them out. I just say don't park there and close the door.
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xardon
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:39:24 AM new
I did not expect such restraint, gravid. Surely you must have an acquaintance who would wreak some havoc on the offender.
When faced with a social dilemma in the future, I think I will ask myself, "What would gravid do?"
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HJW
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posted on March 6, 2001 06:46:50 AM new
zardon,
gravid has a very creative mind.
It would be grounds for murder in my hood.
The only sunny thought in this story is that
you do not have a husband.
Helen
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libbyparsons
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posted on March 6, 2001 07:13:08 AM new
But Helen if I had a husband the problem wouldn't have been a problem anyhow because I'd just make him go and shovel that spot that is piled 8 feet (not really but I bet there's at least 3 feet from the snowplows throwing it) high.
Better yet I'd have made him get out of bed to take my daughter to school and I'd have not had to worry about it at all
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mzalez
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posted on March 6, 2001 07:20:49 AM new
libbyparsons, what you are describing is one of the reasons why I moved down south from NY. (You live in NY by any chance?)
Here is what you do in this case. Shovel out the spot next to the car, and pile the snow around, behind, and on top of the car that took your spot.
Good exercise, anyway.
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HJW
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posted on March 6, 2001 07:22:10 AM new
libbyparsons
Well, they do have some utility but I would
rather have a snowblower.
Helen
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gjsi
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posted on March 6, 2001 07:39:03 PM new
Not having medical problems, my solution would have been to dig out the snowed in parking spot. The cavate being, I would have piled the snow all over the car in the cleaned out spot, or built a snow wall around the car and then poured water over it to freeze it solid. don't get mad, get even
Greg
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MAH645
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posted on March 6, 2001 09:44:04 PM new
To bad they probably locked the doors,think of how much snow you could have piled IN the car.
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