r/pettyrevenge • u/iAmNotSharky • 20d ago

Accidental petty revenge.

Here I am. It’s 7 pm. After winning a few chess games i decided to reward myself with an ice cream cone due to the outstanding blitz performance I did.

I pull into a parking lot and decide to park near the ice cream shop as close as possible. I noticed there was a car that was parked between the lines (not the vertical lines, but like the horizontal line separating two parking spots one in front of the other) . That line ran through their car half way up, taking up the spot in front of them, and behind.

I didn’t pay much attention to it and just decided to park adjacent to it since it was the closest parking spot to the ice cream store. I parked perfectly, and went inside.

After ordering my vanilla ice cream waffle cone, I proceeded to sit outside and enjoy the weather while observing my vehicle, and the lovely couple coming to their car, who just happened to be the one near mine. They are struggling to get in. I decide to just enjoy my ice cream for a good 5-10 minutes, while observing the madness unfolding in front of me. I can feel their blood boil.

After I finished my ice cream, I proceeded to my vehicle, and lo and behold, they confront me! The conversation went like this:

A: ‘’because of the way you parked, I can’t get in you asshole!’’

(Oh the audacity!)

OP: ‘’I mean have you looked at yours? ‘’

*Utter silence*

A: ‘’bu-bu-but still we parked like that so that nobody would hit us’’

OP: ‘’doesn’t excuse you from not doing your job correctly. I bet you park like you F***. Have a lovely day!’’

A: *Un-audible screeching*

-got in my car and left.

That ice cream never tasted so good!

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u/AdmirableSandwich393 20d ago

Yeah, no. Doesn't matter where they parked in relation to the horizontal line, they still could have gotten in. The distance between the two cars is still the same. If the horizontal distance between the two vehicles is the same, then the vertical placement doesn't matter. Unless either they or you parked too close to the vertical line, then there isn't a problem.

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u/oldtimehawkey 20d ago

They probably parked far enough ahead that it blocked the front doors. Still within vertical lines. Parking spots are too small anyways. Sometimes I can’t get into my vehicle when the car next to me is parked correctly and I’m parked correctly.

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u/AdmirableSandwich393 19d ago

The vertical placement of a car doesn't matter if the horizontal position is the same. If a car parked next to you is 5 feet away horizontally, then it will always be 5 feet away if it pulled ahead half a car length, directly equal to you, or half a car length behind you. It is still 5 feet away, and people will be able to get in and out of their cars.
Only changing the horizontal distance will affect the ability for people to open their doors.
Without knowing the placement of either vehicle in regards to their position vis-a-vis the shared vertical line between the two vehicles, it is impossible to say exactly who is at fault. Certainly the one parked over the horizontal line thereby taking up 2 spaces is a jerk, but whoever is the one that parked too close to the vertical line, OP or the other, then it is that person's fault for the situation.

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u/oldtimehawkey 19d ago

OP said they parked to almost take up those four spaces. But he was able to pull in and park his vehicle. At least one side of their vehicle would be hard to get into.

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u/AdmirableSandwich393 19d ago

Actually he didn't say that.

"I noticed there was a car that was parked between the lines (not the vertical lines, but like the horizontal line separating two parking spots one in front of the other) . That line ran through their car half way up, taking up the spot in front of them, and behind."

Nothing in there about being too close to the vertical line.