grrr.

[rmd]

i used to have to double park a lot when i was working construction. one of the things i always did was to leave a note, so that if i didn't happen to be right near the truck, someone would know where to go to get the truck moved.

apparently, this is not obvious for some people.

i came home tonight and there was a car parked across my driveway. not, like, the bumper is sticking into the driveway because someone tried to fit into a spot too small for their car. no, this was ENTIRELY blocking my driveway.

so, i asked the kids sitting nearby if it was theirs or they knew whose it was. they didn't. someone came out of a house while i was looking around at it and the kids asked them (in what i think was portugese) if they knew whose car it was. she didn't.

so i sat against the car and called the cops from my cellphone.

as i was calling the cops (non-emergency number. i'm not an asshole) and giving the nice somerville operator the plate info on the car, someone came out and moved it. i got a bit agitated at him but didn't yell or lose my temper or anything. just some "what the hell are you thinking? you don't block someone's driveway. and leave a note when you do that so i don't have to call the cops."

i did resist the temptation to say something like "you're lucky i didn't just smash in your windshield and slash your tires" because, well, that *would* be inappropriate.

of course, now he thinks i'm a big old bitch. but you know what? he's right.

Comments

[clauclauclaudia]

Well, okay, you're a bitch, but you haven't given him any evidence of it. You were behaving perfectly properly.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I agree. An assertive woman doesn't have to automatically be a bitch!

[firni.livejournal.com]

Sure they do, just ask my charming spouse.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

of course, now he thinks i'm a big old bitch. but you know what? he's right.

No he's not. You're not old. :D And you were in the right.

[totient]

being a bitch doesn't make you his bitch, though.

[tb]

Why do people think being a bitch is a bad thing? After all, your wife is a bitch, and proud of it too.

[spazzkat.livejournal.com]

No Mercy for people who park in front of driveways and have a problem with moving.

NONE

fuck those guys

seriously

[firni.livejournal.com]

"Hope you enjoy getting your car out of impound, fucko! HAW HAW HAW"

[firni.livejournal.com]

Give me a fucking break. When we lived in Ballard, some dipshit was ALWAYS blocking our driveway. We'd get up in the morning and there was a car, right across the driveway. Not like it was a HIDDEN driveway, either... it was, you know, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE. I called the cops every damn time. One time it was some asshole down the street. They didn't bother answering the door when the cop knocked, so away their car went. Another time it was some dipshit visiting the apartments across the street. The guy came out and chased the tow-truck. ROFLMAO FUCK YOU

Because, you see, I *am* a BIG OLD BITCH.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

You did the right thing. Some people are just plain a**holes.

As you may or may not know, my driveway is 3 cars wide. I have had
one car park DIRECTLY in the MIDDLE of the opening of my driveway, making it impossible for me to exit/enter my driveway. Not terribly often, but when it happens it is dern annoying. Luckily, I live on a short dead end street, so the owner is normally easy to find.

This became a regular occurance when the house next to me was for sale. Those stupid people and their real estate agents would totally block me in, even as I was driving up behind them. Know what they said? "I'll be out of here in a half hour". Like I'm supposed to sit in the road for a half hour, only footsteps from my driveway, until they leave their car, look at the house next to mine, tour the grounds, then decide to leave. HEH!

So honk honk, and they bitch at me, and say "they wouldn't want to live in this neighborhood anyway" and I said good riddance!

[johnd.livejournal.com]

someone i know, missy, if a car even parked too close to hers, would go behind it and step on the muffler pipe so it snapped off. she was a big bitch, especially if it was one of those foreign snazzy ones with duel muffler pipes.