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The woman is feeling worried after she decided to take drastic action when her neighbour’s car parked in her spot for several hours – and now she’s concerned about revenge
A woman is anxious about her decision to have a neighbour’s car towed from the parking spot she pays for, while she was moving into her new flat. After unpacking her belongings and finding the vehicle still parked in her spot, she reached the end of her tether and “decided to get it towed” – a move that didn’t sit well with her new neighbours.
Another neighbour spotted the arrival of the tow truck and informed her that he knew the owner of the offending vehicle and would alert them. However, the neighbours weren’t home.
The intervening neighbour was shocked that she arranged for the car to be towed, stating they’d lived there for years and had never seen such an incident. Now, she fears potential backlash from the neighbours whose car she had towed, especially after he started “banging on [her] door loudly” around 11pm that night.
She took to Reddit to share her story and seek advice on how to defuse the situation.
The woman wrote: “I just moved into a new apartment I bought this weekend, and realised my parking spot was taken when I got there at night. I waited for a few hours as I unloaded my stuff. It was still there after I was done. I decided to get it towed.
“Neighbour A saw the tow truck, came out and said he knew the owner. He went to the unit to alert them, but they weren’t home.
“Tow driver verified that I owned the spot and towed it.
“Neighbour A was upset and telling me, ‘I lived here for years, that’s crazy one tenant towing another tenant’.”
She went on to say: “Neighbour B ([who lives] downstairs) came back around 11pm and came banging on my door loudly. I knew it could be because of the tow. I didn’t open [the door] and I just asked, ‘who is it’.”
However, her neighbour “didn’t respond and kept banging” until he “finally” told her he was her neighbour whose car she had towed. He told her she should’ve parked next to it.
The woman explained to him that she “didn’t know” who the car belonged to and, “eventually”, the irate neighbour left.
She confessed: “I, at this point, feel bad about this. I’m also afraid of revenge or retaliation.”
Before having the car towed, she checked the rules for her building complex and it states “towing is the remedy” when people are parked in the wrong spot.
As she didn’t “know anybody in the community”, she was unable to check who owned the car. Now, she’s desperate to make amends.
In a follow-up comment, she added: “In hindsight, whether I was right or wrong, I’m worried what an upset neighbour would do.”
Fellow Reddit users were quick to share their thoughts in the comments section. One person said: “I live in a complex that’s notorious for stealing parking spots except mine now after eight tows. They don’t f*** with my spot no more.
“I don’t give a f*** if I’m an a**hole, you park in my space and I’m gonna tow your a**. I’m not looking for you.”
Another said: “NTA. You shouldn’t risk being towed yourself because B can’t adhere to the parking rules. It was B’s own fault. Get a camera and aim it at your car in case B decides to act foolishly.”
Another person added: “It’s done now, you will just have to take a breath and see what happens and deal with it as it comes.
“Likely they knew it was a vacant unit and thought there wouldn’t be a problem.
“Once neighbour A said he knew who the car belonged to then it might have been good to find a solution for a few hours, but since the truck was there I can see why you went through with it. Hopefully you will be on different schedules and just won’t see each other.”
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