parking nazi

I don't ordinarily use the word Nazi to describe anything (and in fact it's the first appearance of that word on my blog), but yesterday I got pissed off at a parking situation.

Okay, here's the deal. One thing I am very, very adamant about is car parking. In my apartment complex there is an unwritten rule (because there is no assigned parking) that a specific spot belongs to me, and my neighbor parks his truck right next to mine. Other tenants have their "assumed" parking spots as well. We all get along and are happy about it.

However what happens without fail is the visitors that come over that don't know the "rules", so to speak. They will purposely wait for one of us to leave and instantly move their cars into the good spots we use as soon as we're out of sight. While this doesn't sound like a big deal, they will not only "steal" the spots, but at times leave their cars there all day. This irritates the crap out of me and the other tenants as well because they don't live there. Not cool.

And these visitors I speak of? Stupid college kids, of course. They have college stickers all over their crappy cars and couldn't give a crap less about the residents.

Last night I went out at 1 in the morning to run a quick errand. I was gone for less than 30 minutes. When I came back, bam, asshole visitor moved his car into my spot.

Again, not cool.

The tenants here, myself included, will literally go out only at certain times of the day to protect the spots we have else the exact situation as noted above happens.

There are also official rules on the books for cars and parking here. If a car is sitting in a spot with a flat tire or it's known to be derelict for more than 24 hours, it gets towed. No ifs, ands or buts. All tenants know the towing service phone number very well. We do not take any crap from anybody concerning this.

When the time comes that I move into another place, be it a house or condo, parking is going to be a huge consideration on the list. If it's a condo with non-assigned parking, I literally won't buy for that reason alone. If a house, if it doesn't have a driveway I won't buy it. That's how much it matters to me.

It is mandatory for me to have absolute confirmation that whenever I arrive at home, my parking spot is there.

Laugh if you want. But parking where I do saves me from door dings, damage and moreover theft. That's why myself and other tenants park where we do.

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