To the man who just parked on my street...

[Otto]

A man pulled up in our overcrowded parking street near the train station. And parked smack in the middle of two spaces. I asked him (very kindly) if he could pull forward or backward so that another car might be able to park...and...he said "No, I have to get to the train". With the overcrowded and controversial parking on streets near the station, could people please think of others when they park?

Fuming.

[Chener Books]

The Council's calculation of 507 residents' parking spaces within the proposed CPZ with no individually marked parking spaces is predicated on considerate parking and each car "occupying" no more than 5.5 metres.

In the real world there will be less than 507 available spaces.

John K

[srisky]

That sort of selfish behaviour really gets my goat! All it takes is a little bit of consideration for others...sigh...

Bet he was a parent with a sense of entitlement! ;-)

ETA: the last statement was a joke, really just a joke (see the winking, smiley face), it may not be very funny but please don't start a debate over it!

[Otta]

What sort of lazy cunt drives to the bloody train station anyway?!?!

[Penguin68]

What sort of lazy @#$%& drives to the bloody train station anyway

One who lives a number of miles away and wants to use a cheaper zone, one who has just delivered their handicapped relative/ neighbour somewhere and has to get to work, one who has to rush off somewhere this evening and doesn't have the time to get home and pick up their car, one who is going to pick up a very heavy package in town and will need the car to get it home...

Doesn't excuse selfish parking, of course.

[Otto]

He was in his 20's and from tne array of man-junk messily strewn about the inside of his car, id guess -- def single. Anyway, not debating whether he needed to drive, just was completely driven mad by his attitude this morning.

[Chick]

Why dont you phone the police and have his vehicle towed away?

[Otto]

C'mon forumites. Make me laugh. I am still fuming!

[PeckhamRose]

Yeah! Does any of his man junk look like a suspicious article? That - or superglue the lock. Daft of course because it will mean it's there for even longer.

[silverfox]

He wouldn't be able to park there if CPZ comes in

[RosieH]

Hmm, man-junk you say..?

[Otta]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> What sort of lazy @#$%& drives to the bloody train

> station anyway

>

> One who lives a number of miles away and wants to

> use a cheaper zone,

Surely that will cost more in petrol?

one who has just delivered

> their handicapped relative/ neighbour somewhere

> and has to get to work,

That seems very unlikely from such a selfish twat, and where is their blue badge?

Anyway, couldn't the OP just accidently fall over near the car, and put their hands out to break their fall, whilst holding their keys...

[PeckhamRose]

... and a brick.

[ratty]

I awlays do this so no one blocks me in!

[DulwichFox]

If the 2 cars either side are residents, they need to move their cars to box the idiot in.

Then his return home will be delayed and he will think twice next time.

Fox.

[Loz]

Otto Wrote:

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> C'mon forumites. Make me laugh. I am still fuming!

Wouldn't it be awful if he was to return to his car tonight and find a couple of flat tyres...

[KidKruger]

"Wouldn't it be awful if he was to return to his car tonight and find a couple of flat tyres..."

Not cool, he'll immediately think it's Otto who spoke to him earlier - regardless of whodunnit really !!

[StraferJack]

KK - I've made the same mistake many a time, but Otto Otta (more confusingly they are both contributing to this thread)

[Sue]

Now we need an Otter .....

[Otta]

Otto was Otto before I was Otta, but I'm happy to smash up a car and let him take the blame ;-)

[Otto]

Wish there was a like button on the forum...thanks all - cured almost...

[womanofdulwich]

4 people can easliy lift a car and move it a metre- come one Eder's. When I was at school the busdriver often got the older boys to get off the bus and move cars onto the pavement so he could get parked.

[Amelie]

Make a note of the license plate number and report him to the police.

[garnwba]

"Make a note of the license plate number and report him to the police."

can't believe i am actually asking this but just out of interest, for what offence/ crime did you have in mind?

[bonaome]

The 2 aussies in the office tell me that in Australia the kerbs have a line on them marking out a parking space and there's a notice up asking people to park considerately. Apparently it works wonders.