Have you ever had someone block your driveway, causing inconvenience and frustration? Well, I have a story to share that will make you chuckle and maybe even inspire you to take action when faced with a similar situation. 🚗💥
##The Driveway Dilemma
I live next to a school, and it’s not uncommon for parents to back up into my driveway while waiting to pick up their children. Most of the time, it’s not a big deal, but one day, things took a hilarious turn.
###The Encounter
I came home to find a woman parked in my driveway. Politely, I asked her to move for a moment so I could pull into my garage. But her response was unexpected. “I’ll only be a few minutes,” she said. I explained that I couldn’t wait because I was blocking traffic on the narrow street.
###Taking Action
Unwilling to wait, I parked my car perpendicular to hers, effectively blocking both vehicles. As I walked past her, I mentioned that I urgently needed to use the bathroom. Hearing honking and the doorbell ringing, I calmly told the child on my doorbell camera that I would be out shortly.
###The Aftermath
After a few minutes, all the vehicles and students were gone. I took my time getting back to my car, causing the impatient woman to honk her car horn and screech her tires as she left. My neighbors, witnessing the ordeal, chuckled and nodded in understanding.
##The Lesson Learned
###1. Don’t Mess With a Homeowner
When someone blocks your driveway, it’s your right to take action to ensure you can access your property. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself like I did in this situation.
###2. Maintain Your Cool
Even in frustrating situations, it’s essential to keep your composure and handle the issue with wit and humor. A lighthearted approach can defuse tension and lead to a more positive outcome.
###3. Take Control of the Situation
Instead of waiting passively for the person blocking your driveway to move, take control of the situation by finding creative solutions, like parking strategically to make a point.
##Wrapping Up
Next time someone blocks your driveway, remember this story and consider how you can assert your rights in a playful yet effective manner. Stay calm, stay collected, and don’t be afraid to think outside the box to resolve the situation.
For more entertaining anecdotes and practical tips for dealing with everyday annoyances, visit our website. And remember, when life blocks your driveway, find a way to navigate around it with style and grace. 🚗✨
That’s almost perfect! The only thing I would have changed is instead of avoiding eye contact I would have maintained eye contact with Karen as much as possible.
Nice role model for her kid. POS.
Good job. Poor kid.
Love this! I have a similar issue in my neighborhood, although thankfully no one has parked in any of the driveways yet.
We moved a year ago but the neighbourhood we use to live in has a school down the street. Cars would line the whole street, both sides at morning drop off and afternoon pickup. The amount of cars that would block our driveway was ridiculous.
Oh my gosh, I feel bad for the kid, this entitled woman is setting an example to that poor kid. Its so astonishing to see peoples reactions when you do petty stuff like this. Applause
Police: What’s going on?
Women: This car blocked me in!!
Police: Do you live here?
Woman: No I was trespassing!!!!
The audacity of this b
My friend bought some of those obnoxious neon green NO PARKING VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED stickers and believe me, after sticking a few of those on the driver’s side window, people stopped blocking her driveway. They were the size of a piece of notebook paper, so not something small that just wasn’t noticed
This is by far my favourite revenge story
Parents used to do this on my street, I’m five houses down from the school. The guy who lives two houses down works for the railroad. He moved in about four years ago. Less than a year after he moved in, no parking signs during drop-off and pick-up hours were placed down our street. I’m sure he has everything to do with that. He parks his company truck across from his house in the driveway of the house across from him that has been vacant (except the owner comes monthly to do the yard) for over 20 years. They end on the other side of my driveway that is farther from the school. The guy across the street works from home (I do too some days) and I watched him go out and tell the guy planting the signs to move them closer to the school. My partner and my maid have both gotten tickets for parking in front of our house. That part sucks, but not having random people in front of my driveway or house is worth the $40.
That’s awesome!
Would have been a perfect time to crack a beer and be too under the influence to drive.
Something similar happened to a friend of my mum’s, he got home found his garage blocked so parked the car and got a taxi to his girlfriends house and stayed over night.
You’re nicer than us around this school across the street. I would tell them to move. The business across from me has a sign no public parking. The city also put up no parking signs on our side of the road across from the school. The entitled idiots were parking in the open field behind us and in along the road causing big ruts that the mowers were having a hard time mowing. Next door told the city they need to stop them parking or mow it themselves. Signs went up!!! They don’t want to have to mow.
Honestly, I would have waited until SHE called the cops, and then had to explain why she was trespassing.
I tried to do that to someone parked in my driveway once. He did call the cops. Cops came out and gave me a ticket for parking across a driveway. Turns out in Australia you can not park across any driveway even your own. So yeah the trespasser had more rights than I.
I live right nextdoor to a giant highschool with over 1500 students. Not counting facility. I have a big long driveway and during graduation season all the other local schools pay to use the high schools field. Like the whole last 3 weeks of May it’s hard to find a spot. This year I’m thinking of selling parking spots 5$ I could fit 4 cars in my driveway. Lol
There are some stupid places where you can get towed for blocking your own driveway. Emergency vehicle something or other.
Beautiful. Better than calling the police on her.
Hah, very nice. I grew up living directly across fr9m a school and the absolute nightmare of traffic come letting out time was unreal. The driveway was just constantly blocked. Kudos to you, striking a blow for the rest of us!
Sadly our police would not even respond
Similar thing happened to my husbands uncle who lived near a school . He came home from work to find an empty unknown car in his driveway so he parked behind it and went in his house . House was empty so he figured it was someone visiting one of his kids and they’d gone out in his kids car so he made himself a snack then had a nice long shower , gets out the shower and hears someone banging on his door . The woman was yelling at him to move his car , he said who tf are you ? She said I had to get my kid from school and there was no spots so I parked here now move . He said no . She said how am I supposed to leave ? He said go around but I’m not moving . So she very carefully backed up around his car scraping all the side of her car on his brick letterbox
In a European country, I had my ground floor rented to a pharmacy with me living on top of it. Next to the building, there was a private internal court that was mine, with a 3mt high metal gate. This gate was kept open during the day by the pharmacy (by blocking the infrared system to automatically close the gate) to facilitate delivery operations (basically allowing delivery guys to park across the gate into my property to not block the road in front of it), and I was fine with it. One day, I came back from work to see an old guy parking his car inside my court, blocking my way to go in. I asked him politely to remove the car from my private property, and he replied that being him a client of the pharmacy, he had the right to park there. I told him that that was my private property and I needed to access my court, and he replied that I arrived too late and went into the pharmacy…just wait 2 minutes and then he would have left. What did I do? I went to a public parking space to park my car (some 300mt far from my place) and walked back home. When in my court, the car was still there, so I just let the gate close, and I went inside. The guy came back to see the car locked inside my court and went ballistic. He rang my bell for 5 minutes straight, only to call the police shortly after. When they arrived, I went downstairs with my bathrobe, wet hair, saying that I didn’t hear the bell being in the shower…and that the gate closed automatically. The guy wanted to press charges on me for stealing his car, I just played innocent… but I asked the police if he wasn’t trespassing on my property. They said yes, and the guy went ballistic with the police. To reopen the gate, I told the police I needed to put some clothes, go to pick up my car as the remote control was only in the car, and come back. It took me 10 more minutes to do it, and the guy was basically scolded by the police for 15 minutes straight. I came back, opened the gate apologising for not being so fast, and said to the police that I didn’t want to report anything (nothing would have come out anyway…). The police had him apologising to me and let him go. He was literally shaking like a 5 years old, in complete shock. I never met him again…
What a coward! Sending her kid to your door to ring the doorbell. Just gross. People hiding behind cuteness and kids. Unacceptable.
You know, I would’ve like to hear what the police would’ve had to say to her. How do you just no longer decided to come out. I mean police are weird also. They say they can do things they can’t do and they say they can’t do things they can’t do. but I’m just saying.
Though, when I read post like this, I always do wonder how hard it would actually be to get a tow truck to tow someone out of your driveway.
i can totally relate to your situation, my neighbor had a simlar issue a while back and it was such a hassle. it’s so frustrating when people just park wherever they want without considering how it impacts the people who actually live there. you handled it well though, staying calm and not letting the other driver get to you. next time, you could try putting up a sign or talking to the school – sometimes a more formal approach can help resolve these neighborhod conflicts. at the end of the day, a little patience and open communication goes a long way. i’m glad you were able to get through it without any major issues. dealing with inconsiderate people is never fun, but keeping your cool is the best policy.
Put up a sign saying “parking $5/minute.” It turns these people from an annoyance into thieves.
I live across from a school as well and School run mothers are the worst people to deal with. I had a woman yell “I’m a mother!” I replied “you have that half right” and she freaked out.
Lmaooo she made her kid ring your bell!?!? That’s hilarious!
Once you were done washing your hands. You should have stopped in front of her car, made eye contact, clenched your stomach with your hands, shaken your head, and ran back inside.
Some teenager stole my parking spot, so I parked behind him, blocking his exit and yelled, “You’re not leaving til I do”. His jaw dropped. I knew I was going to be less than 5 mins but he didn’t. Luckily, I wasn’t there long enough for the police to come and give me a ticket but I was there Ling enough for him to freak out a bit.
I would’ve not only made the eye contact but held up my hands in a washing motion.
“See? Clean hands take time, can’t be too safe with germs these days. Especially the ones that trespass on others’ driveways…”
I’ve had people parking infront of the garage door blocking both me and my mom from getting in/out our vehicles. I started by putting no parking signs with letting air out of a tire picture i drew myself. Followed it by actually removing air from a tire completely of someone still parked it that way. Soon the problem disappeared over time 😉
We have an elementary school in the center of our sub division. Needless to say you can imagine the sense of entitlement some parents think they have. From blocking driveways and intersections, to cursing out people as they drive past the pick up lane (a side street) to try and get to their home. I am lucky and live in a cul de sac. Unfortunately at pick up time we started to see more and more cars filling up our street and blocking driveways. Mind you this is two blocks from the school. Parents would park there and have their children walk to the cars from the school. My neighbors and I decided one day to park all of our vehicles all around the cul de sac so parents couldn’t park there and pick up their children. Had they not been blocking driveways, it would have been a no issue. Had they not blocked people from attempting to get to their homes, again no issue. After a couple of days of not being able to pull in and park parents stopped attempting to park there.
Similar story happened to me many years ago. I spoke to various people who would park in my driveway and ask them not to. But I got sick of that quite quickly so I let all 4 of their tyres down.
Sure, my car was stuck in the driveway for a few hours but I did have fun sitting on my front steps eating snacks with my kids while the owner of the car waited for someone to come help her. It was a good day hahaha. It did happen a few more times with different people but a warning was all they needed.
we use a residential street for school pick up for our kids and there’s a rule that you have to be at least 4 feet from any driveway, I get so much satisfaction watching the parking police write people tickets. there’s a really nice man that always lets me turn around in his driveway so I can get out easier and I always make him cookies to say thanks.
sorry that lady was a nightmare, I love the way you handled it.
This is why when looking for houses I want to be nowhere near a school. Too many parents lose any form of common sense.
Post a sign that says no idling or unauthorized parking allowed. Then call a tow truck when someone does it.
And the school buses, in my neighborhood anyway, run almost empty all the time. Kids all getting dropped off and picked up in SUVs and minivans.
To quote Steve Jobs “she’s stupid and she sucks”
I swear school pick up lines are the last thing they think of when schools are built. Cars lined up on main roads, hindering traffic and entitled parents parking where ever they want. And the morning drop offs suck because parents going to work after dropping kids off are always running late and drive like assholes.
One of the greatest feelings I’ve ever had was watching a tow truck haul some asshat’s Lexus out of my clearly marked parking space.