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07-07-2009, 11:10 AM
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#1 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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I live in a gated community and I have this neighbour who moved in a few months ago, In the beginning she use to park in my spot so i'd have to get out and ask her to move ( her dad parks in the spot next to me with an uninsured car ) after a couple more occurances it got old fast so the next time she parked in my spot I whaled on the horn so I could make the situation a bit more uncomfortable for her and I ended up getting into quite a confrontation with her father ( I can see where she gets the I don't give a shit attitude & complete disregard for anyone around them ) - She didn't park in my spot again.
Recently unit 44 who parks on the other side of me left for a 2 month vacation and sure enough this girl starts parking in their spot and thats fine its not my problem...until she starts parking like this on a regular basis.  
This is definately not the worst of it, Earlier today she had both of those wheels completely in my spot not just half over. I started parking as far away from her as possible since the spots are quite large I had enough room to leave a good 3ft between my car and my parking line and over 1ft of space on the other side still. I started doing this because the first day she parked in that spot I had a hair over 1ft of room to open my door.
This has been going for for the last week now and I've let it go. At this point I decided not to goto the door again because my patience is non-existant and it would just get nasty so I called the president of the counsel to take care of it - God only knows if he has the grapes to say anything..This girl has been using a visitors spot ever since and they complain about it behind closed door and at counsel meetings but never actually take any action.
The worst part of this is I live 3 units down from them on an end unit ( this is why my spot is where it is ) I have no visual of my car and its nicely parked right infront of their house which makes me hesitant to cause any more of an issue - I certainly do notice more scratches on the car but I won't assume they are sabotaging my car, However I don't want to instigate a situation where they may take out their frusteration on my car, Hence the different approach this time.
The only problem is I have to rely on someone else to get the job done and I can't stand doing that because most people don't like confrontation.
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07-07-2009, 11:17 AM
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#2 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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She must be a big ass bitch to need that much room to get out. I also believe that the only way to get things done right is to do it yourself but you are definitely doing the wise thing by not stirring it up any more cause the dad sounds like he's an idiot that will do shit to your ride.
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07-07-2009, 11:17 AM
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#3 | | Blood tests positive for LOL mod
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That would piss me off!
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07-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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how the hell can she not park between the lines when the spot is like ... for handicaps..so WIDEEEEE
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07-07-2009, 11:21 AM
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You live in a gated community. Isnt there a strata council you can speak to?
If you council doesnt take any action. Move to vote for new leadership.
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07-07-2009, 11:23 AM
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#6 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Start parking your 2x4 with the nails on the line.
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07-07-2009, 11:26 AM
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#7 | | OWNER/C.F.O./MONEYMAN
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complain to strata.
document every day that is parked like that.
if she parks over the line, park ur car as close to it while staying on ur side of the spot. if ur car gets scratched, u have all the evidence in the world to bring to icbc, and because you are within ur space, then you have a case.
this is different than parking on the street as this IS car spaces that your maintenance fee pays for.
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07-07-2009, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by quasi  Start parking your 2x4 with the nails on the line. | lol yeah bolt a 2x4 with nails sticking up into the asphalt, she'll get the idea.
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07-07-2009, 11:34 AM
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It almost seems as its a case of her doing it on purpose now after the confrontation, instead of not being able to park properly.
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07-07-2009, 11:38 AM
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wow I've seen bad parking but that's pretty brutal for a spot that huge.
Off topic a bit a neighbour of mine who lives across the street I see him come home every night and park on your typical residential street. He drive a Mazda 3 and often when he shows up there will be at least 4+ car lenghts of space in front of his house yet he spends upwards to 3 full minutes to park? The weird thing is he just drive into the spot and it's perfect as it should be with that much space yet he takes an additional 3 minutes reversing and going forward fixing his spot and I'm always sitting ion ym car smoking at that time going like WTF!?!?!
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07-07-2009, 11:41 AM
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Maybe the guy's OCD or something.
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07-07-2009, 11:42 AM
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I think I see a "N" in her car. How the hell did she get into/out of the icbc parking lot with skills like that  | |
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07-07-2009, 11:44 AM
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she is deliberately doing it for sure.
You can freaking have a game of twister with 4 friends, 2 monkeys and a squadron of pet hamsters on the remaining area left to the car in that damn wide stall.
Is she redneck white trashy?
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07-07-2009, 11:59 AM
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#14 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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or get strata to redo the parking lines (to make smaller but more parking spots so they dont have to keep stealing visitors' and others' spots?) and maybe get them to assign u to another parking spot...at least to a spot that u can see ur car?
good luck man
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07-07-2009, 12:04 PM
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#15 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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Contact strata and send them pictures, documentation of confrontations, etc.
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07-07-2009, 12:04 PM
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#16 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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I just spoke with the strata president and he says there really isn't anything we can do because we aren't police men. He said he can send them a letter...He objects to doing " walk arounds " to find violations because then he has to start knocking on doors when he finds one and they usually tell him to stick it where the sun don't shine. So just as I assumed he doesn't have the grapes to do anything because hes afraid on confrontation, I told him if I have to say something it won't be pretty and thats not what he wants in this quiet calm community.
I took the proper steps to report it and it appears justice will NOT prevail in this matter. I will give it a week for the letter to arrive and sink into their thick skulls but after that I have to go over there myself.
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07-07-2009, 12:04 PM
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LMAO, theres so much room and the parking spot is HUGE. It may be understandable if the spot was tiny but man some handicap spots are smaller than that.
lol
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07-07-2009, 12:09 PM
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#18 | | Professional Lurker
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you should get a jack and move the car yourself! haha
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07-07-2009, 12:11 PM
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#19 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Mattv I just spoke with the strata president and he says there really isn't anything we can do because we aren't police men. He said he can send them a letter...He objects to doing " walk arounds " to find violations because then he has to start knocking on doors when he finds one and they usually tell him to stick it where the sun don't shine. So just as I assumed he doesn't have the grapes to do anything because hes afraid on confrontation, I told him if I have to say something it won't be pretty and thats not what he wants in this quiet calm community.
I took the proper steps to report it and it appears justice will NOT prevail in this matter. I will give it a week for the letter to arrive and sink into their thick skulls but after that I have to go over there myself. | Did you try and leave a note on her windshield? Maybe do it in a way that doesn't sound condescending.
"Hey, I noticed a few times this week you've parked either right on the line or had your wheels over the line and in my space. You probably didn't realize so I just wanted to make you aware of it and ask if you could try and park on the right side of the line in the future.
Thanks a lot I really appreciate it"
If she continues to do it after that game on.
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07-07-2009, 12:13 PM
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perhaps you could place few triangle cones along the line
dont go over it, just place along the line...
that might aid her how to park properly..
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07-07-2009, 12:14 PM
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Before she parks....park in both spots....do onto others as they do to you..
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07-07-2009, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS Before she parks....park in both spots....do onto others as they do to you.. | u dont want him to risk scratching his car right ?
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07-07-2009, 12:22 PM
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#23 | | I STILL don't get it
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Your strata council should be handling this but it sounds like your president has tiny balls. I'm on the council for my building and we get complaints similar to yours between two residences, and your council should be sending them a letter to the bitch's dad stating the problem. If it continues, fines should be issued for each violation. Now the dad doesn't seem like he cares so he may not care about fines either. If he doesn't care, that route won't help you. It's best to find out when your next strata council meeting is and go in person to state your case. Bring pictures if you can on multiple days/parking positions that the bitch leaves her car in, it'll help your case.
The only other thing I can think of is whether or not your strata bylaws have any rules against improper parking. If yours has anything similar to that, you might possibly be able to get them towed. SG! is right though, document everything.
I feel for you on this. I'm in a situation where I'm dealing with my next door neighbor propping her door open and if I leave my apartment i get a clear view into her washroom. It's not like I have another exit out of my apartment I can go through. If she was hot, thank you god. But she's far from hot, so help me god and damn u for making me blind.
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07-07-2009, 12:23 PM
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#24 | | I STILL don't get it
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Actually my strata meeting is tonight, I'll ask my strata property manager what we would do in this type of situation. I'll get back to you on it.
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07-07-2009, 12:33 PM
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Definately make an account of everything..so it can be proven...pictures you've taken are great...document everything...
ya and scratch the parking in both spots idea....don't wanna mess your car up...if strata doesn't do anything..pilons should get the point across
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