Friday, February 12, 2021

Woman Blocks Sidewalk With Car, Asks Neighbors To Call Police


Man oh man, it's quick little tales like this that can remind you just how crazy some people's neighbors are out there. This particular woman sounds like she was brandishing some serious entitlement, being aggressively inconsiderate, and was so clueless in the process that she actually asked her neighbors to call the cops when she was in the wrong the whole time. At least the issue was resolved when it's all said and done. For now. 

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Font - r/MaliciousCompliance + Join u/zjh31 · 4d 1 Woman blocks her sidewalk with a car, asks us to call the police. M My neighbor blocked the sidewalk with her car during the last two snowstorms. This meant (1) so she claims, she didn't have to shovel a path from her car to her house and instead was able to step directly on her shoveled sidewalk (which she pays someone to shovel) and could then walk to her front door and (2) she didn't need to shovel the sidewalk that her car blocked

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Smile - because no snow landed there and (3) she didn't shovel the sidewalk between her car and the edge of her property – about two feet – because once people have to walk around her car in the street, who cares about the last couple of feet? She shoveled the sidewalk until her the driver's side of the car, but not the passenger's side.

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Font - So my wife politely knocked on her door, explained that forcing our kids to walk around her car meant they walked in the street and that wasn't safe, therefore could she please drive her car fully into her driveway, as required by law? The law doesn't permit someone to block a sidewalk. We didn't want to make this into a big deal, but as neighbors asked if she could be a normal human. The woman said no, then claimed it wasn't safe for her to pull at the way into her driveway because that

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Font - The woman then claimed she is not feeling well. My wife pointed out that she did this two months ago during the last snow storm and that she goes to work daily. If she really was sick she'd be stuck in the house. Additionally, not feeling well doesn't preclude a person from parking in their own driveway or walking in snow. My wife said she would call the police (non emergency line). The neighbor says "go ahead" and she'd get a doctor's note. So we did. The police said they would drive ove

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Smile - She did shovel the two feet of sidewalk. I suspect the police did speak to her and reminded her that not shoveling a sidewalk is a fine from the building department, not the police, and if we were willing to call the police, we'd probably call the building department too. (We had planned on it, but they were closed on the weekend when this happened.)

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Font - She now pulled further up, still partially blocking the sidewalk, but at least we don't need to walk around in the street. Of course, if she does this again, we won't be asking her politely to move the car and will call the police instead. Not that entertaining, but ask us to call the police, happy to. Edit: to avoid confusion and because I didn't explain well: the police deal with a car that is blocking a sidewalk. The building department deals with a sidewalk that isn't shoveled. We car

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Font - because that would force her to step in snow Heaven forbid! Also I'm really confused about how she avoids stepping in snow by parking further from her front door. Reply 67 3 ...

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