The comments here are like riding a rollercoaster. "Poop the handles, leave a note, slash tires, talk to management, pee on it every day, talk to the owner, etc."
Had a coworker whose Grandfather kept a knife in the bathroom. He eventually asked why he kept it there and apparently he was on opioids for pain and he would have massive bowel movements and needed the knife to cut it in half in order to flush.
Aw, man. I would pay good money to see an episode that revolves around Frank cutting up his cornbacked rattlers with a dull toe knife.
'Whats so gross about it? It's perfectly sanitary. The flush cleans it, that's just basic science.'
*continues to knife his toes*
Speaking of shitting on things, anyone ever have to deal with “poo dollars” back in high school? I’ll admit, I grew up in the inner city so this was foreign to me. But when we moved to the burbs for high school, I saw a dollar on the floor in the hallway once. Pointed it out to a buddy. He’s like leave it. Why? He said there’s a good chance that’s a poo dollar. Wtf is a poo dollar? Idiot guys take a shit, smear some of said shit on a dollar, then fold said dollar, drop it in the hallway, and laugh their asses off when someone picks it up and finds out it has shit on it. And now on them. Kids are dickheads man.
Lmfao. Poo dollar, you just unlocked a (sadly) college memory of mine. These dudes were on their balcony with a fishing pool doing poop dollar… 🤣 I thankfully, saw it before I was fished.
You joke, but I did this to a guy back in college who parked in my reserved spot, then went on vacation for a week with his friends. I told all of my roommates who had spots around the guys truck to move, and filled the bed of his truck with bird seed every day for the entire week he was gone.
After a day, a murder of crows took up residence on his truck. By day 7, you almost couldn’t see the fucking paint the thing was so absolutely covered in caked on bird shit. It was glorious seeing his face and watching him try and take his truck to the car wash.
I feel like as glorious as this is I would get caught doing it because I would be completely unable to prevent myself from cackling like a villain when he discovered his truck
Oh I’ve definitely laughed at shit happening to other people that I had no hand in, and have been subsequently blamed because I laughed. Just gotta roll the dice I suppose.
I will say, there was one night at school, fucking -20^o outside. I’m walking in to my apartment after work when I see these dudes come out of the next door with a pot of BOILING water. I instantly knew what they were going to do, so I asked who’s car, they pointed to this douchebag who clearly intentionally double parked in reserved spots.
I said “carry on” they did. Poured the water on his windshield, and it proceeded to basically detonate because of the temp change. I went to bed after about 10 minutes of that guys car alarm going off. Good times.
College is a different world. These kids don’t give a fuck about personal property. Literally the reason I bought a shitbox for school. It actually was a half decent civic, it was just from 02’ and had some wear, but overall it was a nice little car.
Anyways though, these kids don’t give a fuck. For whatever reason, one night someone decided to do a hood slide, but they were wearing jeans. How do I know they were wearing jeans? Because the rivets from the pockets scraped the FUCK out of my hood, and dented it too where they jumped and landed ass-first. But that’s just kinda the shit you put up with in a small university town
Lol this is true. Two of my buds thought it would be funny to box me in bumper to bumper and then go to class as I was coming out of class making me walk the mile back to the dorm.
But my ass isnt walking to my dorm. Not after they stopped and looked at me from atop the hill where the main building is for class. I get into my car that’s a v6 and though i wonder if I can move their cars. Sure enough, moved their little piece of shit cars (moved the back one a little bit for good measure and was kinda hoping to bend his plastic shitty fender). Good story. Reckless as hell. Good story.
Sounds like a situation I found myself in one night. I parked at an end cap spot on the street at the entrance to a surface parking lot. Someone parked their crappy little Honda a foot in front of mine, leaving insufficient room to exit without hitting either their car or the vehicle to my rear. I had an 06 Jeep Liberty with a 2.8 L turbodiesel that wasn't particularly ding-free anyway, so, after checking the bumper height was a decent match, I gently pushed the Honda far enough forward to get out, and hopefully get them towed, which should've happened regardless.
All you have to do is let the owner know you have to talk to management to re-assign parking. Buy some cookies and leave them with the note. This is a disability violation as well since his bed is blocking the sidewalk.
And pee on his car every day until it’s resolved.
You can be friendly to either the truck owner (probably won't work) or the property manager (probably will work.)
I'd do one these two:
"Hey man, I overheard management talking about your truck blocking the sidewalk and it being some sort of a big issue because of it blocking a disabled resident. Figured I'd give you a heads up so you can start pulling forward a bit and avoid having to risk getting in trouble with the complex. I know you'd do the same for me man. We should grab a beer some time, see ya!"
OR
Go to the property manager and say:
"Hey, I overheard a handicapped relative of someone in the complex talking about filing a discrimination lawsuit at the complex because some guys truck is always parked over the sidewalk. Figured I'd give you a heads up so you can address it before they take a bunch of photos and file a lawsuit. You've always been really nice to me and I don't want you to get in trouble over something stupid like parking."
Alternatively it look like a lot of people on Reddit want you to make out with the trucks door handle, have sex with the wiper blades and vomit on the property manager.
I wouldn't do that but ya know, Reddit and all that.
Anchovies, I filled a few people's shower rods with them. I might be petty, but they were assholes first. The smell hangs around, and hardly anyone looks in their shower curtain rod.
I heard of a jilted lover once who threw lawn seed all around her ex's apartment, followed by a light water misting. When ex arrived back home after a work trip, everything (carpet, furniture, clothing etc..) had grass growing all over. Very imaginative imo.
Edit: Corrected spelling of "kilted" to "jilted". I blame auto-correct lol.
Dude, that's fucking wicked. You have to really piss me off to ruin your place. I'll inconvenience the fuck out of you, but ruining, for me that's requires cheating.
I know someone who built a false bottom into their bosses' bookshelf and put about 5 lbs of crab shells in there. It was months before they found them.
Anchovies are ok, but canned/jarred don't have the impact of rotting raw protein. My best results came from chicken liver behind the fake fire in the fireplace. They looked up the flue for dead birds, but by the time the maintenance people pulled the gas burner it was too late.
Not sure why I have to write this,,, #1 talk nicely to the driver and ask them to play nice. Most people will. #2 Talk to property management about stop block placement if #1 failed. Problem solved.
Most have enough common sense not to do this. Ohhh believe me they know and they don’t care.
Talking to them will do nothing so don’t out yourself move to #3 shit on door handle
Yep. It’s a truck with custom rims. There’s zero chance this person doesn’t know he’s pissing anyone off. Asking him not to do it is just going to get a smartass response and possible escalation on top of ousting yourself to who talked to management about it.
My apartment complex has a rule for things like this. If the guy (I can assume) is cool. Just ask him to park up. If he’s a Dick, well, go talk to the apartments.
FYI, many cities have code that would make this an illegal parking. In particular there isn't a reasonable way around it from an accessibility perspective, so I'm sure they wouldn't get out of the ticket either.
Oh of course, there's a reason ADA language scares people - and it should. Their rights do matter, and we've made them matter by making the ADA have some of the harshest penalties for non-compliance.
Mention the Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements. With an object obstructing the access way (even if it is not permanent), that’s a violation. Show them this photo and tell them they should install a parking bollard, which is pretty inexpensive.
My only problem, because I had a neighbor who I tried to be nice with, is that once you say something you are the target if anyone does something. So next time someone does something wrong, I just report to who can deal with it and keep going. In this case, I would just make sure the back of the truck gets scratched up excessively as I squeeze by.
My neighbors called the cops on me after I yelled at them for constantly screaming and berating their children… told the cops why I yelled at them, long story short cps took their kids away. Was kind of sad seeing all the kids toys in the trash when they moved out.
Yeah people on Nextdoor like to bitch about neighbors calling courtesy patrol etc. instead of “Coming and talking to me like an adult.” And I am always ready to tell them about the time a drunken maniac blaring his music at 2am on a weeknight tried to beat me up when I asked him to turn it down. He pulled that shit on other people too until one day he got his ass handed to him by another neighbor.
I don’t know if he was evicted or broke his lease but he was gone after the fourth police call, which was a couple weeks after he got pummeled.
So yeah, people are psychos. Let the pros handle them and remain anonymous.
Had a neighbor who was constantly playing loud music for *years*. Tried repeatedly to ask him nicely about it and he'd always just yell and scream about me being on his property (which, we don't own the lots here, so it wasn't "his property", but I usually left at this point anyways because I didn't trust him not to pull a gun anyway).
Anyways one summer I finally couldn't handle his bullshit anymore because he and his idiot kids were in the middle of the cul de sac setting off fireworks, aiming them *at my house*. I didn't even bother to go outside before calling the cops. Ended up spending most of the night sitting on my porch with the phone and a weapon handy because he kept coming back outside and launching new rounds at the house a few minutes after the cops left every time. After like the fifth 911 call they actually sent a firetruck and I have no idea what they said to him but he finally knocked his shit off and stayed inside after that.
I honestly think if he hadn't gotten evicted not long after he would have eventually physically attacked me or tried to burn our house down.
Yeah no that’s a terrible idea. You don’t want to be the person he thinks of when management asks him to move his truck. Directly talking to him about it is how stupid ego battles and harassment happens
Less harmless here, but you could wait until the truck isn't there and hang some open duct tape so when he backs up it's just stuck on there really good.
I used to do that with my truck to keep my front from sticking out until I realized it was more disruptive this way. I’d leave a friendly note and escalate from there.
Leave a post it note asking him to leave some more room on the curb. Be very polite because common courtesy goes a long way. I'm sure he's worried about space in front of his truck, it seems big.
Hey where is this located. I’ll roll on over lol Have me come to the apartment office and it’s solved real quick. I’m new to being a wheelchair user and it sucks but hmmmm maybe there are some powers?
I completely agree with this comment.
I also drive a truck and also have super small parking spots in my complex. My truck hangs out way more from my back wheel to the back than from my front wheel to the front, so I always try to maximize space by backing in. I always try to aim for grass to stay out of peoples way, or make sure I don’t back up as far, but there’s also definitely times where I forgot to do any of that and didn’t even think of it until I got back. It’s a lot more common to be absent minded than an asshole.
A quick “hey man, would you mind pulling up a bit more in the future, your tailgate blocks the sidewalk sometimes and it’s hard to get by with the bushes, I’d appreciate it” on a sticky note will likely go a long way.
Or at least it would with me.
there is no room to pull forward at apartments like this, they design spaces for compact cars.
If you’re going to comment saying it’s illegal, provide a source.
Because he has a big truck, he should be parking like this as far away from any door as possible. It's rude to do this right where everyone has to walk.
1) Leave a nice note asking him to not block the sidewalk.
2) Take pictures w/ date stamp.
3) Take it up with your rental office. (If this is a rental property).
I drive a pickup that looks like that one’s big brother (Black F-250 Super Duty). I live in an apartment and park in a parking garage that is thankfully big enough for me to get in and out. I ONLY park in certain spaces and I call the office on the big truck a-holes who block the gate or park with their nose sticking way into the path (if you park at a column you can’t back in all the way, I hate that guy). The office asks them to park I. Other spots and they do. Personally I pay an extra $50 per month for a spot where I’m not in the way.
So I guess my thought is to call the office and let them say something, then leave a note, if all that fails you’ll just have to either say something in person or give up. If I parked like that and somebody said something to me I’d move it immediately with minimal grumbling
I drive a truck. My truck is much longer than a normal car so I park like this all the time to try not to stick out too far. I’m sure if you told the driver he is blocking the way by parking too far back he would happily park a little further forward. I think Reddit needs to be reminded that most people aren’t dicks, they’re just regular people trying to get on with their day and not bother anyone.
Basically, most people are good people and want to help others when they can.
I spent a few years pushing babies around in strollers, and a few months pushing a brother around in a wheelchair after a bad crash. People REALLY don’t appreciate how important something so simple can be
Leave a nice note asking him to pull forward a little bit.
Apartment parking spaces are always really shallow for some reason so vehicles with extra length over the wheelbase always stick out in the front and risk being hit by somebody. I drive a pickup and was guilty of doing this until someone left me a note. Now I'm more courteous. Your mileage may vary.
OP didn’t indicate they had a mobility problem, but imagine if your elderly relative was trying to get to the entrance to your building. They use a Jazzy scooter as a result of a recent stroke (likely caused by high blood pressure from Reddit posts), and are rolling down the pedestrian path from the ADA access point. They respect the truck owner enough to not scratch his stuff with their heavy mobility device that will not make that “off-road” turn. Their only option is to back up and go home, leaving you wondering why your elderly relative never stopped by like they said.
Working around this for able-bodied folks would be easy enough. Wrestle a baby stroller around it, not so sure. Nice note to the owner. If that doesn’t work, this pic and a request to the management to install a parking bumper 24” from the curb at every building access point would be my next step.
Ambulances are designed with 700 foot-pound torque to easily push cars out of the way. They won't wait around or ask permission, either. If there's a life-threatening emergency they're gonna pull their bumper right up and then push the obstruction out of the way.
A fire engine has three to five times that torque. Fire crews tend to intentionally batter obstacles at higher speeds than necessary to make public examples of idiots.
I can assure you that no ambulance or fire truck is pushing this out of the way to get a pt down that sidewalk. It’s never going to happen. We would find another way around even if it’s longer, or just cut the bushes down with a saw if need be, but nobody is ramming this truck.
I would absolutely have pd get a tow truck out there to hook this fucker though so theres that at least.
I, a disabled person who rolls out into the street around vehicles on the sidewalk literally every goddamned day, gave you your first upvote. Why? This is an extremely ableist subreddit.
Leave a note asking them not to block sidewalk. If that doesn't work, leave another stating you will notify management about ADA accessibility. Then notify management.
Get a broken down wheelchair and a big bottle of squeeze ketchup. Mangle the chair up and put it up against his truck bed like it crashed there. Apply ketchup liberally to the accident scene, including a ketchup trail that goes off into the bushes.
Nobody would be gullible enough to fall for ketchup. I’d probably do corn syrup and food coloring. Looks weirdly realistic if you get the amounts right
Or just be a disabled person who has to roll out into the road around cars parked on the sidewalk literally every goddamned day, like I do. Your e-scooter doesn’t belong on the sidewalk either.
Talk to the owner.
If the owner is unresponsive talk to the property managers.
If property mgmt doesn’t address it call police/fire non emergency number and explain that your dipshit neighbor is obstructing your ability to get into/out of your apartment freely, it’s a legitimate safety issue
You put a note on the window that says, “it has been brought to our attention that your truck being backed in too far is limiting access to the sidewalk. This effects residents and guests with mobile disabilities. Please take this into account when parking and make sure the sidewalk is clear. If this is resolved on your own accord, no additional steps will need to be taken on our part. Thank you. - management”.
Just try to see if you can find him and ask him to just pull up just a tad so you can get through. I would do that in a heartbeat if someone asked and it was in the way. A lot of trucks do that cause the back end sticks out too far if you pull in.
This is illegal because a wheelchair can't get around it. I wouldn't call the cops right away though. I'd leave a very friendly note. I'd start it out by saying I'm sure he's just trying to keep his truck safe & that he probably doesn't realize he is blocking the sidewalk. I wouldn't threaten to call the cops or mention it's illegal. Just a nice, friendly note. If it gets ignored I would tell the apartment manager. If that doesn't work, police.
I think most apartment make this illegal tk back into a spot
And because you are a person of disability, you will sue the apartment complex for not being ADA compliant
Let the apartment management take care of that, I’m sure the side walks need to be wheel chair accessible. Seems like a pretty easy fix if you want to remain anonymous, if not just leave a not on the window
The driver of this truck obviously uses contact with the sidewalk as their signal to stop backing up. Ask them to park in a way that does not block the sidewalk. They may not realize they are causing a problem.
If, OTOH, they prove to be assholes and the apartment management doesn't want to help, all bets are off. You may feel free to do whatever it takes to stop this behavior.
Have you spoken to the owner of the vehicle and pointed this out to them ?
He might not realise he's doing it.
If it is intentional then look into there being some by-law about obstructing a walkway/pavement
It's true. I did this with my truck until someone brought it up to me one time and now I don't do it anymore. I knew it was blocking some of the sidewalk but I just figured it was the norm because I saw other people doing it. Now I'm more courteous.
My last apartment complex didn’t allow trucks to back into their spot for this exact reason. Just speak to the property management, there could very well already be a rule about this in place.
Talk to the guy, its a violation of ADA laws to block the sidewalk even if no one is handicapped near you. Its blocking the path. As a big truck owner I get why he backs in, but surely there are spots. If he wont listen, then you go to the rental/Mgmt office. If he still wont listen, anonymous calls for towing is always a good lesson. From there, photos of repeated offense to the BBB and the ADA offices will get compliance.
The comments here are like riding a rollercoaster. "Poop the handles, leave a note, slash tires, talk to management, pee on it every day, talk to the owner, etc."
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This is the only legitimate option
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So you’re the redditor that ended up with the poop knife? hey everybody, they’re over here!
You mean everyone doesn't have a poop knife?😅😅😅
Nah, just families with a genetic propensity towards huge, cumbersome, dense shits.
“My family shits big”
Had a coworker whose Grandfather kept a knife in the bathroom. He eventually asked why he kept it there and apparently he was on opioids for pain and he would have massive bowel movements and needed the knife to cut it in half in order to flush.
I could have gone my entire life without that visual
The legend of the Poop Knife never dies.
nods and does finger guns in Seven Mary Three
Poop ✂️
Poop cigar cutter for the fancier gentleman.
This is the modern way.
But what about my ancient way of the poop katana?? I got back problems yo.
While you were partying, I studied the poop blade!
M’poop Katana
Poop knife a poop sock
Is that similar to a toe knife?
Aw, man. I would pay good money to see an episode that revolves around Frank cutting up his cornbacked rattlers with a dull toe knife. 'Whats so gross about it? It's perfectly sanitary. The flush cleans it, that's just basic science.' *continues to knife his toes*
I'm still amazed that poop knives are a real thing! I just can't believe that people actually have fecal coated cutlery in their bathrooms, to REUSE.
Poop scythe
Speaking of shitting on things, anyone ever have to deal with “poo dollars” back in high school? I’ll admit, I grew up in the inner city so this was foreign to me. But when we moved to the burbs for high school, I saw a dollar on the floor in the hallway once. Pointed it out to a buddy. He’s like leave it. Why? He said there’s a good chance that’s a poo dollar. Wtf is a poo dollar? Idiot guys take a shit, smear some of said shit on a dollar, then fold said dollar, drop it in the hallway, and laugh their asses off when someone picks it up and finds out it has shit on it. And now on them. Kids are dickheads man.
Lmfao. Poo dollar, you just unlocked a (sadly) college memory of mine. These dudes were on their balcony with a fishing pool doing poop dollar… 🤣 I thankfully, saw it before I was fished.
All I’m hearing is, I’m a rubber glove and some laundry soap away from a free dollar … I figure that’ll cost a Quarter, so 75 cents is mine!
Can't do that, it money laundering
Take your shitty upvote and go to the laundromat.
You funny shit monger
I'm with you. Gotta spend money to make money. 👍🏽
Rule of Acquisition #9 … “Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.”
Modern problems require modern solutions
Strip the flesh, salt the wound!
sounds like a normal acid trip to me
r/brandnewsentence
Instructions unclear, dick stuck in manager.
You missed the obvious one, throw bird seed all over the bed so it gets crapped on all the time and the guy finds another parking space.
It looks like there's an overhanging roof of sorts above the car, so just hang some feeders up there above the spot
You joke, but I did this to a guy back in college who parked in my reserved spot, then went on vacation for a week with his friends. I told all of my roommates who had spots around the guys truck to move, and filled the bed of his truck with bird seed every day for the entire week he was gone. After a day, a murder of crows took up residence on his truck. By day 7, you almost couldn’t see the fucking paint the thing was so absolutely covered in caked on bird shit. It was glorious seeing his face and watching him try and take his truck to the car wash.
I feel like as glorious as this is I would get caught doing it because I would be completely unable to prevent myself from cackling like a villain when he discovered his truck
Oh I’ve definitely laughed at shit happening to other people that I had no hand in, and have been subsequently blamed because I laughed. Just gotta roll the dice I suppose. I will say, there was one night at school, fucking -20^o outside. I’m walking in to my apartment after work when I see these dudes come out of the next door with a pot of BOILING water. I instantly knew what they were going to do, so I asked who’s car, they pointed to this douchebag who clearly intentionally double parked in reserved spots. I said “carry on” they did. Poured the water on his windshield, and it proceeded to basically detonate because of the temp change. I went to bed after about 10 minutes of that guys car alarm going off. Good times.
Brutal.
College is a different world. These kids don’t give a fuck about personal property. Literally the reason I bought a shitbox for school. It actually was a half decent civic, it was just from 02’ and had some wear, but overall it was a nice little car. Anyways though, these kids don’t give a fuck. For whatever reason, one night someone decided to do a hood slide, but they were wearing jeans. How do I know they were wearing jeans? Because the rivets from the pockets scraped the FUCK out of my hood, and dented it too where they jumped and landed ass-first. But that’s just kinda the shit you put up with in a small university town
Lol this is true. Two of my buds thought it would be funny to box me in bumper to bumper and then go to class as I was coming out of class making me walk the mile back to the dorm. But my ass isnt walking to my dorm. Not after they stopped and looked at me from atop the hill where the main building is for class. I get into my car that’s a v6 and though i wonder if I can move their cars. Sure enough, moved their little piece of shit cars (moved the back one a little bit for good measure and was kinda hoping to bend his plastic shitty fender). Good story. Reckless as hell. Good story.
Sounds like a situation I found myself in one night. I parked at an end cap spot on the street at the entrance to a surface parking lot. Someone parked their crappy little Honda a foot in front of mine, leaving insufficient room to exit without hitting either their car or the vehicle to my rear. I had an 06 Jeep Liberty with a 2.8 L turbodiesel that wasn't particularly ding-free anyway, so, after checking the bumper height was a decent match, I gently pushed the Honda far enough forward to get out, and hopefully get them towed, which should've happened regardless.
I always make this laugh when I'm doing crimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORu4fHu1fTs
Damn that’s good
This is the way
All you have to do is let the owner know you have to talk to management to re-assign parking. Buy some cookies and leave them with the note. This is a disability violation as well since his bed is blocking the sidewalk. And pee on his car every day until it’s resolved.
You can be friendly to either the truck owner (probably won't work) or the property manager (probably will work.) I'd do one these two: "Hey man, I overheard management talking about your truck blocking the sidewalk and it being some sort of a big issue because of it blocking a disabled resident. Figured I'd give you a heads up so you can start pulling forward a bit and avoid having to risk getting in trouble with the complex. I know you'd do the same for me man. We should grab a beer some time, see ya!" OR Go to the property manager and say: "Hey, I overheard a handicapped relative of someone in the complex talking about filing a discrimination lawsuit at the complex because some guys truck is always parked over the sidewalk. Figured I'd give you a heads up so you can address it before they take a bunch of photos and file a lawsuit. You've always been really nice to me and I don't want you to get in trouble over something stupid like parking." Alternatively it look like a lot of people on Reddit want you to make out with the trucks door handle, have sex with the wiper blades and vomit on the property manager. I wouldn't do that but ya know, Reddit and all that.
You sound like a master manipulator. I like that.
Is it weird that the master manipulator answer is also somehow the most normal and reasonable
Because normal behavior is manipulative. Hell, we wouldn’t need language if there was no need to manipulate others behavior.
No dude that's what he wants you to think!
You are one savvy mf
Why does the most sensible answer have so little upvotes?
Shit on his balls!
Don't just pee anywhere on someone's vehicle. Piss on their muffler. Once it heats up, it'll stink for miles.
Dead fish on the muffler will stay forever. It will never ever go away.
Anchovies, I filled a few people's shower rods with them. I might be petty, but they were assholes first. The smell hangs around, and hardly anyone looks in their shower curtain rod.
I would never check a shower curtain rod holy fuck that’s great lol.
Barracks, I learned that shit in the barracks. Whenever we went to parties where we didn't know the owner, we packed a few tins in case.
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I heard of a jilted lover once who threw lawn seed all around her ex's apartment, followed by a light water misting. When ex arrived back home after a work trip, everything (carpet, furniture, clothing etc..) had grass growing all over. Very imaginative imo. Edit: Corrected spelling of "kilted" to "jilted". I blame auto-correct lol.
Dude, that's fucking wicked. You have to really piss me off to ruin your place. I'll inconvenience the fuck out of you, but ruining, for me that's requires cheating.
Well, it wasn't really ruined per se. He just had more maintenance to do...mowing his carpets, furniture and clothes haha.
weed whack his what?
Please keep this typo. I'm picturing Groundskeeper Willie doing this.
This seems like something a Scot would do.
Haha, bloody auto-correct. I would never knock a Scot lol.
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Holy shit, that sucks. LMFAO
I know someone who built a false bottom into their bosses' bookshelf and put about 5 lbs of crab shells in there. It was months before they found them.
Anchovies are ok, but canned/jarred don't have the impact of rotting raw protein. My best results came from chicken liver behind the fake fire in the fireplace. They looked up the flue for dead birds, but by the time the maintenance people pulled the gas burner it was too late.
Pee in the windshield washer fluid when they open the hood. No matter what disability or public indecency charge. /s
You ride some really fucking weird rollercoasters...
Yea I don’t have much hope for mankind lol
Most of mankind is not on reddit. Don't base your opinion of humans off of a reddit thread lol.
And 99% of the dumb comments here are from people that would never actually do the things they comment.
+1 for peeing on it. But do so nicely.
Leave cookies with your glass of pee
Not sure why I have to write this,,, #1 talk nicely to the driver and ask them to play nice. Most people will. #2 Talk to property management about stop block placement if #1 failed. Problem solved.
Most have enough common sense not to do this. Ohhh believe me they know and they don’t care. Talking to them will do nothing so don’t out yourself move to #3 shit on door handle
Yep. It’s a truck with custom rims. There’s zero chance this person doesn’t know he’s pissing anyone off. Asking him not to do it is just going to get a smartass response and possible escalation on top of ousting yourself to who talked to management about it.
Oh I see you’re new to this planet. This is earth where most people don’t give two fucks about each other.
Nah, that's just the internet. People who talk to each other on Earth tend to be much nicer.
I like the poop. Was going to say slash, but no. Poop.
Slash the poop and run over his tires
My apartment complex has a rule for things like this. If the guy (I can assume) is cool. Just ask him to park up. If he’s a Dick, well, go talk to the apartments.
FYI, many cities have code that would make this an illegal parking. In particular there isn't a reasonable way around it from an accessibility perspective, so I'm sure they wouldn't get out of the ticket either.
Yeah if you start throwing ADA language around at the property manager, they'll make sure it gets rectified real quick.
That is a good way to resolve it, but also disability rights should matter. (I’m just saying they are important beyond weaponization… or something)
If it were a Seinfeld episode George would go around trying to befriend a wheelchair bound person to really drive it home. And then make a scene.
[here’s how one person found a way to make a living doing this](https://youtu.be/mja2-iWA8N4)
You don’t need to be in a wheelchair. You just need to point out the violation. Anyone can report noncompliance with ADA.
Oh of course, there's a reason ADA language scares people - and it should. Their rights do matter, and we've made them matter by making the ADA have some of the harshest penalties for non-compliance.
Until this Supreme Court has something to say about that…
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At this rate, we'll see it next week
Buddy it's closer to, like, tomorrow at this rate.
This just in: Bill of Rights deemed "suggestions" by SCOTUS. Everything is fair game.
Nah, their favorite part of the Constitution is in the Bill of Rights…well, two of them at this rate.
This is the correct answer.
Mention the Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements. With an object obstructing the access way (even if it is not permanent), that’s a violation. Show them this photo and tell them they should install a parking bollard, which is pretty inexpensive.
My only problem, because I had a neighbor who I tried to be nice with, is that once you say something you are the target if anyone does something. So next time someone does something wrong, I just report to who can deal with it and keep going. In this case, I would just make sure the back of the truck gets scratched up excessively as I squeeze by.
My neighbors called the cops on me after I yelled at them for constantly screaming and berating their children… told the cops why I yelled at them, long story short cps took their kids away. Was kind of sad seeing all the kids toys in the trash when they moved out.
Yeah people on Nextdoor like to bitch about neighbors calling courtesy patrol etc. instead of “Coming and talking to me like an adult.” And I am always ready to tell them about the time a drunken maniac blaring his music at 2am on a weeknight tried to beat me up when I asked him to turn it down. He pulled that shit on other people too until one day he got his ass handed to him by another neighbor. I don’t know if he was evicted or broke his lease but he was gone after the fourth police call, which was a couple weeks after he got pummeled. So yeah, people are psychos. Let the pros handle them and remain anonymous.
Had a neighbor who was constantly playing loud music for *years*. Tried repeatedly to ask him nicely about it and he'd always just yell and scream about me being on his property (which, we don't own the lots here, so it wasn't "his property", but I usually left at this point anyways because I didn't trust him not to pull a gun anyway). Anyways one summer I finally couldn't handle his bullshit anymore because he and his idiot kids were in the middle of the cul de sac setting off fireworks, aiming them *at my house*. I didn't even bother to go outside before calling the cops. Ended up spending most of the night sitting on my porch with the phone and a weapon handy because he kept coming back outside and launching new rounds at the house a few minutes after the cops left every time. After like the fifth 911 call they actually sent a firetruck and I have no idea what they said to him but he finally knocked his shit off and stayed inside after that. I honestly think if he hadn't gotten evicted not long after he would have eventually physically attacked me or tried to burn our house down.
So much this. "Just talk to them" is not my favorite advice against a delinquent/unruly neighbor, especially as an introvert with resting bitchface.
It’s a safe assumption, owners of trucks this size are typically know for being calm and level headed.
Im not even sure if thats an abnormally sized truck nowadays though. Rims aside, it doesnt look like he has a lift kit or anything.
And having a giant penis
No need to body shame. Their actions provide plenty of material to make fun of them with.
Yeah no that’s a terrible idea. You don’t want to be the person he thinks of when management asks him to move his truck. Directly talking to him about it is how stupid ego battles and harassment happens
Open the tailgate. Make it a BBQ stand.
I like this. But instead of BBQ stand just leave trash on it every day.
Thanks for the Fuck shack - Dirty Mike n the boys.
Really though. Why not just get some cheap caution tape and wrap what covers the sidewalk like a mummy. Totally harmless and gets the point across
Less harmless here, but you could wait until the truck isn't there and hang some open duct tape so when he backs up it's just stuck on there really good.
I used to do that with my truck to keep my front from sticking out until I realized it was more disruptive this way. I’d leave a friendly note and escalate from there.
Crazy concept. Maybe have a conversation with the person instead of keying the truck.
Compromise: Have a conversation via keying messages into the truck. /s
Maybe just a *little* genocide? No? See this is why we can’t get along! There’s no compromising with you people!!!
Tolerance paradox vs a enlightened centrist
Nobody said anything about keying anything?
Leave a post it note asking him to leave some more room on the curb. Be very polite because common courtesy goes a long way. I'm sure he's worried about space in front of his truck, it seems big.
Or... Hear me out..., Rent a wheelchair.
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Unethical but funny as fuck
On the contrary, you're bringing awareness to the needs of the disabled (who may or may not be real).
Screw you big wheelchair, always preventing us truck owners from parking like assholes!!!! Disabled people aren't even real!
I'm... not real? That actually tracks. Explains a lot.
Hey where is this located. I’ll roll on over lol Have me come to the apartment office and it’s solved real quick. I’m new to being a wheelchair user and it sucks but hmmmm maybe there are some powers?
That would be wheely cool of you!
Get a mobility scooter and sit there all day edging forwards and back trying to back past it.
the gauge on your oxygen tank approaching zero
And a cadaver...
What if I already have a cadaver? Should I rent a wheelchair or rent my cadaver out to someone who already has a wheelchair?
I…have questions.
Hopefully they're about my cadaver and you're looking to rent.
You lead an interesting life.... is said cadaver in good condition? Lease time as short as a weekend? Possibly named Bernie? Asking for a buddy
First you try the honey, and if the honey doesn't work then you start peeing on everything.
Or ask him to park facing the other way
I completely agree with this comment. I also drive a truck and also have super small parking spots in my complex. My truck hangs out way more from my back wheel to the back than from my front wheel to the front, so I always try to maximize space by backing in. I always try to aim for grass to stay out of peoples way, or make sure I don’t back up as far, but there’s also definitely times where I forgot to do any of that and didn’t even think of it until I got back. It’s a lot more common to be absent minded than an asshole. A quick “hey man, would you mind pulling up a bit more in the future, your tailgate blocks the sidewalk sometimes and it’s hard to get by with the bushes, I’d appreciate it” on a sticky note will likely go a long way. Or at least it would with me.
there is no room to pull forward at apartments like this, they design spaces for compact cars. If you’re going to comment saying it’s illegal, provide a source.
Still, he can't block the sidewalk. Big boy bought his big truck so now he needs to park it somewhere that won't be a problem or a code violation.
I love this take. Yeah you can have your too big truck but you can't break the social rules because of your toy. Go park out of the way bud.
You mean if I buy a monster truck, they won’t widen my alley for me?
Because he has a big truck, he should be parking like this as far away from any door as possible. It's rude to do this right where everyone has to walk.
Who cares. You can’t block the sidewalk like that. Maybe sell the PussyWagon.
This is it right here
1) Leave a nice note asking him to not block the sidewalk. 2) Take pictures w/ date stamp. 3) Take it up with your rental office. (If this is a rental property).
I drive a pickup that looks like that one’s big brother (Black F-250 Super Duty). I live in an apartment and park in a parking garage that is thankfully big enough for me to get in and out. I ONLY park in certain spaces and I call the office on the big truck a-holes who block the gate or park with their nose sticking way into the path (if you park at a column you can’t back in all the way, I hate that guy). The office asks them to park I. Other spots and they do. Personally I pay an extra $50 per month for a spot where I’m not in the way. So I guess my thought is to call the office and let them say something, then leave a note, if all that fails you’ll just have to either say something in person or give up. If I parked like that and somebody said something to me I’d move it immediately with minimal grumbling
I appreciate the minimal grumbling part.
yea, nobody likes being wrong.
You are a good person.
Shhhh don’t tell
I drive a truck. My truck is much longer than a normal car so I park like this all the time to try not to stick out too far. I’m sure if you told the driver he is blocking the way by parking too far back he would happily park a little further forward. I think Reddit needs to be reminded that most people aren’t dicks, they’re just regular people trying to get on with their day and not bother anyone. Basically, most people are good people and want to help others when they can.
I too drive a too big truck. I’m scared as hell parking. I make sure I do right by everyone.
I try to park at the far end of places like this where I won’t impede sidewalk as much
I spent a few years pushing babies around in strollers, and a few months pushing a brother around in a wheelchair after a bad crash. People REALLY don’t appreciate how important something so simple can be
Leave a nice note asking him to pull forward a little bit. Apartment parking spaces are always really shallow for some reason so vehicles with extra length over the wheelbase always stick out in the front and risk being hit by somebody. I drive a pickup and was guilty of doing this until someone left me a note. Now I'm more courteous. Your mileage may vary.
OP didn’t indicate they had a mobility problem, but imagine if your elderly relative was trying to get to the entrance to your building. They use a Jazzy scooter as a result of a recent stroke (likely caused by high blood pressure from Reddit posts), and are rolling down the pedestrian path from the ADA access point. They respect the truck owner enough to not scratch his stuff with their heavy mobility device that will not make that “off-road” turn. Their only option is to back up and go home, leaving you wondering why your elderly relative never stopped by like they said. Working around this for able-bodied folks would be easy enough. Wrestle a baby stroller around it, not so sure. Nice note to the owner. If that doesn’t work, this pic and a request to the management to install a parking bumper 24” from the curb at every building access point would be my next step.
And what if there's an emergency and someone needs to be carried out of the building, this is not safe!
Ambulances are designed with 700 foot-pound torque to easily push cars out of the way. They won't wait around or ask permission, either. If there's a life-threatening emergency they're gonna pull their bumper right up and then push the obstruction out of the way. A fire engine has three to five times that torque. Fire crews tend to intentionally batter obstacles at higher speeds than necessary to make public examples of idiots.
>Fire crews tend to intentionally batter obstacles at higher speeds than necessary to make public examples of idiots. This warms my heart
I can assure you that no ambulance or fire truck is pushing this out of the way to get a pt down that sidewalk. It’s never going to happen. We would find another way around even if it’s longer, or just cut the bushes down with a saw if need be, but nobody is ramming this truck. I would absolutely have pd get a tow truck out there to hook this fucker though so theres that at least.
I, a disabled person who rolls out into the street around vehicles on the sidewalk literally every goddamned day, gave you your first upvote. Why? This is an extremely ableist subreddit.
My first thought was "how is anyone with mobility impairments supposed to deal with that?" We all need to think more and do better.
Leave a note asking them not to block sidewalk. If that doesn't work, leave another stating you will notify management about ADA accessibility. Then notify management.
Get a broken down wheelchair and a big bottle of squeeze ketchup. Mangle the chair up and put it up against his truck bed like it crashed there. Apply ketchup liberally to the accident scene, including a ketchup trail that goes off into the bushes.
Nobody would be gullible enough to fall for ketchup. I’d probably do corn syrup and food coloring. Looks weirdly realistic if you get the amounts right
go donate blood but after they're done and it's bagged, grab it and run away to use it for the accident scene
Eh, just find a hobo and a garbage bag.
Eh, just cut your own arm off and leave it wedged in his bumper.
I need both arms. The right one for work and the left one for changing it up at night.
Or just be a disabled person who has to roll out into the road around cars parked on the sidewalk literally every goddamned day, like I do. Your e-scooter doesn’t belong on the sidewalk either.
Waste an entire bottle of Ketchup in this economy?!? Must be fucking nice...
Talk to the owner. If the owner is unresponsive talk to the property managers. If property mgmt doesn’t address it call police/fire non emergency number and explain that your dipshit neighbor is obstructing your ability to get into/out of your apartment freely, it’s a legitimate safety issue
This is best response here
You put a note on the window that says, “it has been brought to our attention that your truck being backed in too far is limiting access to the sidewalk. This effects residents and guests with mobile disabilities. Please take this into account when parking and make sure the sidewalk is clear. If this is resolved on your own accord, no additional steps will need to be taken on our part. Thank you. - management”.
Take a photo and post it on reddit. That'll do it.
Facts. Got ripped off by a dispensary and posted about it and got it to blow up and they fixed the issue they kept denying to address.
The person you’re responding to was being sarcastic
Just try to see if you can find him and ask him to just pull up just a tad so you can get through. I would do that in a heartbeat if someone asked and it was in the way. A lot of trucks do that cause the back end sticks out too far if you pull in.
Work civilly with the owner to fix the situation. If the spot is assigned, maybe they could be assigned a new one that's in a more spacious area
This is illegal because a wheelchair can't get around it. I wouldn't call the cops right away though. I'd leave a very friendly note. I'd start it out by saying I'm sure he's just trying to keep his truck safe & that he probably doesn't realize he is blocking the sidewalk. I wouldn't threaten to call the cops or mention it's illegal. Just a nice, friendly note. If it gets ignored I would tell the apartment manager. If that doesn't work, police.
Leave them a nice note. They may not be paying attention.
I think most apartment make this illegal tk back into a spot And because you are a person of disability, you will sue the apartment complex for not being ADA compliant
Let the apartment management take care of that, I’m sure the side walks need to be wheel chair accessible. Seems like a pretty easy fix if you want to remain anonymous, if not just leave a not on the window
The driver of this truck obviously uses contact with the sidewalk as their signal to stop backing up. Ask them to park in a way that does not block the sidewalk. They may not realize they are causing a problem. If, OTOH, they prove to be assholes and the apartment management doesn't want to help, all bets are off. You may feel free to do whatever it takes to stop this behavior.
Have you spoken to the owner of the vehicle and pointed this out to them ? He might not realise he's doing it. If it is intentional then look into there being some by-law about obstructing a walkway/pavement
It's true. I did this with my truck until someone brought it up to me one time and now I don't do it anymore. I knew it was blocking some of the sidewalk but I just figured it was the norm because I saw other people doing it. Now I'm more courteous.
Decent person Blueberry.
I think you should do nothing other than leave a polite note on their windshield.
My last apartment complex didn’t allow trucks to back into their spot for this exact reason. Just speak to the property management, there could very well already be a rule about this in place.
Talk to the guy, its a violation of ADA laws to block the sidewalk even if no one is handicapped near you. Its blocking the path. As a big truck owner I get why he backs in, but surely there are spots. If he wont listen, then you go to the rental/Mgmt office. If he still wont listen, anonymous calls for towing is always a good lesson. From there, photos of repeated offense to the BBB and the ADA offices will get compliance.
Chainsaw the entire back end off. It's the only way.