How would you respond to this? (neighbor parking complaint)
02-14-2014, 06:37 PM
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Burn her house down, haul her out and stick a fork in her neck as a warning to others never to mess with you.
Me, I would just ignore it and do my thing, and if they touched my car...well lets just say things escalate quickly.
Me, I would just ignore it and do my thing, and if they touched my car...well lets just say things escalate quickly.
02-14-2014, 08:25 PM
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O/P, is this over in "The Lakes" (Lowry Park)? Kinda hard to read the street name from this computer. If it is (From the shape of the street and grassy area) then to a degree you gotta understand why the resident would be a little concerned, right, especially with the things that happen there from time to time at the park.
IMHOE, don't approach the resident, don't leave a note, do nothing. Don't park there if possible for now.
What you should do is contact F.P.D. and ask one of their Traffic Division Officers or Watch Commander, or available Officer to come to your guys place. Show them the note, explain your side of things, and see what the officer has to say.
DO NOT SURRENDER THE NOTE TO THE OFFICER(S). Make a copy to give to them. If they don't offer to do so, ask that they get in touch with the resident(s) of the house the note is from and explain your rights as well as the law to the person who wrote the note. Also ask that the Officer then contact you either in person or by phone after conducting the chat within 24 hours with feedback on how it went.
Sounds lame but lately with how things are getting and people mis-interpreting each other and life's stresses adding up it's easier to let the people we pay to do their jobs handle this type of deal instead of possibly having it grow into something confrontational.
That or bake them some brownies and give 'em a valentine's card inviting them to a Nude BackYard BBQ.
That'll pretty much put the "privacy" clause to an end and hopefully make 'em laugh and relax a bit.
**If this is where I think it is and is a few blocks from where I used to live on Bluestone she's kinda like that and it's useless trying logic on her. She called the police on me and the wife (at the time Fiancee) for walking through there at night and using flashlights. Nevermind it was like 9:30pm on a hot Summer Night and we just wanted a nice romantic walk..She still has that same piece of crap blue van too.
IMHOE, don't approach the resident, don't leave a note, do nothing. Don't park there if possible for now.
What you should do is contact F.P.D. and ask one of their Traffic Division Officers or Watch Commander, or available Officer to come to your guys place. Show them the note, explain your side of things, and see what the officer has to say.
DO NOT SURRENDER THE NOTE TO THE OFFICER(S). Make a copy to give to them. If they don't offer to do so, ask that they get in touch with the resident(s) of the house the note is from and explain your rights as well as the law to the person who wrote the note. Also ask that the Officer then contact you either in person or by phone after conducting the chat within 24 hours with feedback on how it went.
Sounds lame but lately with how things are getting and people mis-interpreting each other and life's stresses adding up it's easier to let the people we pay to do their jobs handle this type of deal instead of possibly having it grow into something confrontational.
That or bake them some brownies and give 'em a valentine's card inviting them to a Nude BackYard BBQ.
That'll pretty much put the "privacy" clause to an end and hopefully make 'em laugh and relax a bit.
**If this is where I think it is and is a few blocks from where I used to live on Bluestone she's kinda like that and it's useless trying logic on her. She called the police on me and the wife (at the time Fiancee) for walking through there at night and using flashlights. Nevermind it was like 9:30pm on a hot Summer Night and we just wanted a nice romantic walk..She still has that same piece of crap blue van too.
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02-15-2014, 08:55 AM
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Befriend someone with a lifted truck. Have him loan it to you. Park there all day errryday. They bought the house, not the public space around it.
My guess is either their small kid or their 21 year old whorish daughter
sleeps in that room and they're just being overprotective. As long as you're not storing the car on the street for more than 72hrs at at time, you're perfectly ok to park wherever you want.
My guess is either their small kid or their 21 year old whorish daughter
sleeps in that room and they're just being overprotective. As long as you're not storing the car on the street for more than 72hrs at at time, you're perfectly ok to park wherever you want.
02-15-2014, 09:43 AM
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02-15-2014, 07:35 PM
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02-16-2014, 11:14 AM
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O/P, good luck with this one, I'd say stick to my first reply as far as ways to handle this. No matter what you do honestly she's gonna keep harping on ya. Try to avoid her.
02-19-2014, 09:58 AM
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Alright well its not over yet, see note #2.
Last night my gf had no choice but to park in the same spot again, everything else was taken that wasn't directly in front of a property. Parking across the street under the trees is not an option, not gonna deal with cleaning off tree crap / debris.
She put her bins out next to the curb on the side to block off a space but there was still some room so she had to park there.
Still planning on doing nothing since its 100% legal to park there. Don't really care if the neighbor contacts the police since they will just tell her its a public street and theres nothing they can do. If she leaves a note with any sort of threat then we well be calling FPD.
Fyi, the pic with the bins is from this morning.
Last night my gf had no choice but to park in the same spot again, everything else was taken that wasn't directly in front of a property. Parking across the street under the trees is not an option, not gonna deal with cleaning off tree crap / debris.
She put her bins out next to the curb on the side to block off a space but there was still some room so she had to park there.
Still planning on doing nothing since its 100% legal to park there. Don't really care if the neighbor contacts the police since they will just tell her its a public street and theres nothing they can do. If she leaves a note with any sort of threat then we well be calling FPD.
Fyi, the pic with the bins is from this morning.
02-19-2014, 10:18 AM
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Alright well its not over yet, see note #2.
Last night my gf had no choice but to park in the same spot again, everything else was taken that wasn't directly in front of a property. Parking across the street under the trees is not an option, not gonna deal with cleaning off tree crap / debris.
She put her bins out next to the curb on the side to block off a space but there was still some room so she had to park there.
Still planning on doing nothing since its 100% legal to park there. Don't really care if the neighbor contacts the police since they will just tell her its a public street and theres nothing they can do. If she leaves a note with any sort of threat then we well be calling FPD.
Fyi, the pic with the bins is from this morning.
Last night my gf had no choice but to park in the same spot again, everything else was taken that wasn't directly in front of a property. Parking across the street under the trees is not an option, not gonna deal with cleaning off tree crap / debris.
She put her bins out next to the curb on the side to block off a space but there was still some room so she had to park there.
Still planning on doing nothing since its 100% legal to park there. Don't really care if the neighbor contacts the police since they will just tell her its a public street and theres nothing they can do. If she leaves a note with any sort of threat then we well be calling FPD.
Fyi, the pic with the bins is from this morning.
02-19-2014, 10:20 AM
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LOL. You don't need to talk about it if you don't want to and you already tried to. Try to talk to them politely again, but basically you are under no obligation to do anything.
Options for note:
"the Police said it is a public street and as long as parked legally, I can park wherever I choose." You can actually contact the police like Fozz said, not a bad idea, but I doubt they will even show up to discuss it; you may have to go into a station to talk to them about it. It amounts to a threat in my eyes. I would have taken a dump on their lawn while reading their newspaper ala "Me, Myself and Irene" by now.
OR
"You got a purty mouth"
You will never receive another note.
Options for note:
"the Police said it is a public street and as long as parked legally, I can park wherever I choose." You can actually contact the police like Fozz said, not a bad idea, but I doubt they will even show up to discuss it; you may have to go into a station to talk to them about it. It amounts to a threat in my eyes. I would have taken a dump on their lawn while reading their newspaper ala "Me, Myself and Irene" by now.
OR
"You got a purty mouth"
You will never receive another note.