A man who recently helped his widowed father find a new house closer to him has told how he became frustrated by his next-door neighbour's poor parking etiquette and took action.
According to the 30-year-old man, his dad doesn't drive all that much at the moment, but will occasionally head back to their hometown to spend time in places he once visited with his late wife.
The issue with this is, that his father can go more than a month or so without moving his car, and so his neighbours - a married couple who are around the age of 25 - will simply use his driveway as they don't have room on their own for their four cars.
Usually, his 62-year-old dad doesn't have too much of a problem with this setup, as he tends to leave his car in the garage. Whenever he needs to get out, he'll call the woman next door and she'll just budge their vehicle out of the way.
A few months ago, however, things started to get awkward when his dad needed to get out, but the woman was nowhere to be seen.
Her husband had been home all day, and although he'd asked him a few times to move his car, it took him a couple of hours to do so. By that point, his father wasn't able to drive as it had gotten too dark for him to see.
Taking to Reddit, the frustrated son wrote: "Yesterday, I went to visit [my father] and he wanted to take me to see some sports cars.
"[...] He wanted to drive his car but the neighbour had his in my dad's driveway and so he went to ask him to please move it. He said yes but after 30 minutes of not seeing him my dad explained to me the above and I said 'no problem' and called someone to get it towed."
Reaching out to fellow Reddit users for their thoughts on the situation, he continued: "The dude obviously freaked out when he saw what was happening and asked what the f*** was I doing.
"Apparently the dude doesn't have the right documentation for the car and can't get it back because he doesn't have the money, he's calling me an a******.
"While my dad doesn't agree with him he doesn't agree with me either, but man, my dad was doing him a favour and he acted like an entitled p****. However, if I was wrong in my acting I'm willing to say sorry and get him his s*** back."
One person commented: "He was asked politely but didn't do it, so he has to handle the consequences. Not your fault his paperwork wasn't in order, sucks to be him."
Another remarked: "This guy was obviously taking advantage of your father's kindness. By your own account, this isn't the first time this guy has taken his time to move the car and left your dad stuck.
"Clearly being nice wasn't working. He was disrespectful and now he has to deal with the consequences."
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