Was able to get it open enough to crawl in and out with my pushbike but still annoyed so I left what I hope is a polite enough note I don’t come off as rude so they do it again…
by DeathsytheJoey
Was able to get it open enough to crawl in and out with my pushbike but still annoyed so I left what I hope is a polite enough note I don’t come off as rude so they do it again…
by DeathsytheJoey
38 comments
Have you considered tying it to a brick so it doesn’t blow away? I’m told it works wonders when leaving notes on cars.
Tbh I wouldn’t bother with your reasoning. You shouldn’t have to explain why you want access to your own garage.
A simple “In future, please do not block access to the garage” should suffice.
If the owner of the car is a prick, they are going to get annoyed with what ever message you leave.
Yeah that’s fine, but next time just shit on the car like a normal person.
More polite than you need to be, the driver was already rude parking in front of a garage. If I’m being very charitable, maybe the driver doesn’t realise the garage is in regular use so a note letting them know you need access might be enough. Maybe get a No Parking sign for the garage door for future.
And if they continue to park after the note, you can escalate without guilt. Just don’t do any damage, you don’t want to give them any legal case against you.
please kindly do not park your car in front of the garage. It makes it difficult for me to enter and exit the garage with my bike.
I hope for your understanding. Thank you very much.
Best,
Name
Whoever parks like this is crazy. I’ve had people do this on a back lane rear exit. I swing the gate open, not knowing there’s a car there, and smack… hit their wing mirror with the gate. It’s just pure hubris. How am I supposed to know someone foolish put their car in the path of my garage door?
Stupid place to park. Imagine if the garage door accidentally flew up and hit his wing. Then garage doors can be unpredictable at times.
Fling the door open, who is stupid enough to park in front of a garage.
Seems reasonable. I’ve also had to do this as people that I lived with seemingly forgot that garage doors open outward and parking right up against it means we couldn’t get out. Even randos parking on our drive did it, makes me think garages need paint in front to mark how much room they need- though I’m sure twats would still ignore that lol
You need to do this with two notes.
The first note should be angry and threatening but brief, ensure to push down HARD with your pencil.
After tearing it off, write a polite note on the next piece of paper, faintly this time.
If you have done this correctly, the first note will have left a readable indent on the nice note you leave for them!
Ah shit, that poor kid.. Hope you feel the shame… 🙂 (obviously talking about the car dude)
I mean you could always use a brick. I’m sure he’ll get the message
The next note should be equally as polite, but say
“I have accidently smashed my garage door into your car twice today, as I did not know you had parked there”
If it happens again, stuff a potato up the exhaust, nice tight fitting one, not too far up. Should upset them enough to not ever do it again.
To do list: 1) don’t be a twat.
Follow up step might be to put a wee sign on the garage door, “Please park in front of this door if you’d like cheap jam and/or vaseline smeared all over your car’s windows”.
It’s not going to damage anything, but it will be inconvenient to clean up, and they willingly requested it by parking there 🙂
Sure but it’s reminding me strongly of the notes left by the zombies in Plants vs Zombies… Something about the politeness mixing with its air of determination XD
Be sure to put a “No parking, access requires at all times” sign on the garage.
Craig my roof, my roof, look at my roof!
Can’t you report them to the council and get them shifted? Similar to the way you can get them moved if they are blocking you in your drive
the guy that wrote that is hanging on by a freaking thread if the *thank you* is anything to go by.
did you get your 3 year old to write the note?
Jesus Christ did a child write this?
The sign off at the bottom…that’s not how you spell F*ck you.
Had to double check for a min there I thought it said ‘with my bitch’ with my bike makes so much more sense lol.
Put the car on dollies and wheel it in to the garage.
Close garage door.
When owner returns, car is gone but any tracker apps will show the car as being “right there”. It’ll send them stir crazy. “The car’s not there. The app says it’s there, right there but it’s not.”
(Bonus points if you leave a tiny identical matchbox car in its place, and an empty potion bottle marked “shrinking potion” next to the car.)
Don’t mention the bike, pricks like that love inconveniencing bike owners
This is a pretty good response.
Damaging the car with your garage door will just escalate things.
Nice big dent will fix that
Two non-damage solutions. Tyre valve core removal tool; remove cores on as many tyres as you’re comfortable with, then replace once all the air is gone. Plausible deniability and no damage, but inconvenience of car recovery.
Or get a large amount of wheel weights and apply them to one of the front wheels; will cause a lot of vibration that will bring about mild irritation and a bout of embarrassment when they eventually go to a garage to find a cure…
Blocking access to the road is illegal and I presume that also goes for garages. If your polite note doesn’t go far, next time put a copy of the Highway Code on their car
Don’t want to be an arsehole but it’s bike and you’re ‘from’ reads as groin.
Otherwise, YNTAH here
Get it towed.
Did you hold the pencil between your toes to write this?
Gather some mates and bump it into your garage, as long as there’s no cameras watching the area. Put it back the next day like nothing has happened.
“luckily this time I managed to do it without scraping all the paint off your car.”
Yeah, now see if you can write it on their paintwork with your garage door.
Politer than repeatedly opening your garage door into the side of their car.