A woman is regretting the drastic action she took after moving into a new flat and being confronted with her neighbour’s car parking in the spot she has to pay for. She waited for a few hours while unpacking her belongings only to find it was still there when she had finished.
At her wits’ end and wanting to be able to take advantage of her own parking space, she “decided to get it towed” but this didn’t go down well with her neighbours. A different neighbour saw the tow truck’s arrival and came over to let her know he knew the person who owned the offending vehicle and would go and let them know.
But the neighbours weren’t home. The neighbour who intervened was amazed she’d arranged for the car to be towed and said they’d lived there for years and haven’t seen it happen.
Now, she’s worried about potential retaliatory actions from the neighbours whose car she had towed after he started “banging on [her] door loudly” at around 11pm that night.
She shared the full story on Reddit, where she sought advice on how to alleviate any tension.
The woman penned: “I just moved into a new apartment I bought this weekend, and realised my parking spot was taken when I got there at night. I waited for a few hours as I unloaded my stuff. It was still there after I was done. I decided to get it towed.
“Neighbour A saw the tow truck, came out and said he knew the owner. He went to the unit to alert them, but they weren’t home. Tow driver verified that I owned the spot and towed it.
“Neighbour A was upset and telling me, ‘I lived here for years, that’s crazy one tenant towing another tenant’.”
She continued: “Neighbour B ([who lives] downstairs) came back around 11pm and came banging on my door loudly. I knew it could be because of the tow. I didn’t open [the door] and I just asked, ‘who is it’.”
But they “didn’t respond and kept banging” until he “finally” told her he was her neighbour whose car she’d had towed. He told her she should’ve parked next to it.
The woman told him she “didn’t know” who the car belonged to and, “eventually”, the irate neighbour left.
The woman added: “I’m at this point, feel bad about this. I’m also afraid of revenge or retaliation”.
Prior to having the car towed, she checked the rules for her building complex and it states “towing is the remedy” when people are parked in the wrong spot.
As the woman didn’t “know anybody in the community”, she was unable to check who owned the car. Now, she’s desperate to make amends.
In a follow up comment, she added: “In hindsight, whether I was right or wrong, I’m worried what an upset neighbour would do. »
Now in the comments section, fellow Reddit users were keen to share their thoughts. One person said: “I live in a complex that’s notorious for stealing parking spots except mine now after eight tows. They don’t f*** with my spot no more.
“I don’t give a f*** if I’m an a**hole, you park in my space and I’m gonna tow your a**. I’m not looking for you.”
Another said: “NTA. You shouldn’t risk being towed yourself because B can’t follow the parking rules. It was B’s own fault. Get a camera and aim it at your car in case B decides to be stupid.”
Someone else added: “It’s done now, you will just have to take a breath and see what happens and deal with it as it comes. Likely they knew it was a vacant unit and thought there wouldn’t be a problem.
“Once neighbour A said he knew who the car belonged to then it might have been good to find a solution for a few hours, but since the truck was there I can see why you went through with it. Hopefully you will be on different schedules and just won’t see each other.”
