A woman has been left stunned and enraged after her boyfriend's neighbour scratched " no parking" on her car.
Mollie parked her motor in a "short term" space outside her partner's apartment block in Canberra, Australia for the afternoon.
But when she returned at 7pm, she was met with a sight that made her blood boil.
Although she didn't breach any rules, someone was clearly irked by her parking choices.
Above the driver's side door, the words "no parking" had been crudely keyed on the frame of her car.
Mollie told Yahoo News Australia : "It was definitely done during daylight hours.
"I understand it's short term parking however with the car parks, a lot of people who live in the buildings and even the businesses around are aware people will park in those visitor spaces for a day or two."
Mollie's boyfriend lives in a 130-resident apartment block that is surrounded by businesses, so it has become a busy area for parking.
Mollie - who has been leaving her vehicle outside the building for around four or five months without an issue - said she's stunned by the "disgusting" and aggressive vandalism.
"Even if I was parked 'too long' or in the wrong spot, I don’t believe it justifies keying my car," Mollie said, adding: "They could tow me before they go to that extent."
The young woman spoke to locals hoping to find witnesses but no one had seen the vandal.
She spoke with the building's managers and filed an incident report with cops - but Mollie says she's not hopeful for an arrest unless the incident was caught on CCTV.
Mollie also thinks her third-party insurance is unlikely to cover the repair costs.
"I may have to wait a while [to get it fixed] as money is tight," she said.
Posting a warning about the vandal on a Canberra Facebook notice group, she told other locals about what happened and hoped to find a witness or two.
She told the group one saving grace was that her car wasn't too expensive.
In Australia, the intentional or malicious damage of someone's property carries big fines and potential jail time.
Guilty parties can be charged under the Criminal Code of 2002 or the 1990 Crimes Act.
For property thought to be less than $5000, a culprit could face two years in prison.
