The only time I ever did this was when someone blocked my driveway "The next time you park like this, expect a brick through your window." The awesome thing was that I lived in one of those four-apartment houses and the meathead dude knocked on the wrong door looking for the person who wrote the note, so my downstairs neighbors had no idea what he was talking about.
OTOH, a housemate of mine left a nasty note on some woman's car for "taking up two space" -- on the street. We tried to explain to him that our street was not actually divided into "spaces," that cars vary in size, and that the woman probably parked the way she did because of the way the other cars were parked at the time.-- Abbadavid Berman (Hurtingchie...), March 2nd, 2006 4:39 PM. (Hurting) (later) (link)
A friend of mine, after a fortnight-long spate of assorted parking traumas, made some small xeroxed flyers to leave on windshields.
Dear Car User:
You have parked your vehicle in a manner that frivolously misuses the very limited amount of street parking space that we have to share in the Stevens neighborhood, and/or fails to respect the needs of other car owners. It would be wonderful if we could all park however we wanted; however, that is not the reality we are living in.
In the future, please make the following adjustments to your parking style when in this area: [space for handwritten notes]
Your vehicle make, model and license number have been recorded for our reference.
Sincerely,
Stevens Community Awareness and Resource Education
-- xero (continuum0...), March 2nd, 2006 9:45 PM. (xero) (later) (link)
the same suv kept BACKING INTO a spot---well, two spots---at my work, day after day, with a parking line beneath the absolute middle of his/her vehicle. i dunno, maybe in some countries or planets this is how you park, rather than, you know, BETWEEN the lines. i was all set to leave a profanity-ridden note, but instead I wrote: "please stop taking up two parking spaces. thank you". he/she hasn't done it since.
-- oops (don'temailmenicelad...), March 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM. (Oops) (later) (link)
this thread reminds me about people that STAND in the left hand side of escalators where everyone KNOWS that's the walking lane. one woman was particularly obtuse about this the other day and I made a point of telling her, after we arrived at the top, that I hoped she realized that the left lane was for walking.
she was none too pleased. this is another thread really, but still. i've gotten to the point where if people are standing in hallways or doorways in crowds i simply say "excuse me" while actually gently moving them aside. if they get offended, i mean fuck it, this is new york goddamn city not mayberry.
-- Sterling Clover (s.clove...), March 2nd, 2006 10:10 PM. (s_clover) (later) (link)
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