Neighborhood Courtesy

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by JD001

Buy a big ugly panel van and leave it parked outside your neighbour's property.

Spray paint "free candy" on it too?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by radroach

@"Kaotic Lazagna" is this the music they're playing loud enough for you to hear?

If so I'd move.

Unfortunately, that's what I hear a couple of them blasting when they role up. The music they play in the house is different though.

Hard to find a house with a garage for the same rent as an apartment though.

[Zaku]

Realistically speaking If there is no law that say that they can't park in front of your house. Then they can do whatever they want, you could too. It would become an issue of courtesy and that's just it, they don't have to be they can be a douche bag if they want. I had this happen before where this old Chinese guy would keep parking his car across the end of my driveway so it made it hard to back out and in, cause his civic is right at the end. And this guy doesn't even live on my street he's around the corner and like to leave his driveway empty.

I tried at first to just ask him nicely but he say he doesn't speak English and only speaks Chinese, so I got a Chinese friend to talk to him and he still didn't do it. So we asked a cop who like to park at the end of the road when he's trying to catch people who roll off stop signs to talk to him and like I said above there's no law he couldn't do anything.


Finally, we threw a party at my house and I asked all of my friends to park in front of his house block his driveway etc. and come Monday when he parks blocking my driveway. He's moved back enough to let our cars in and out. Now this year we got smarter, we planted bushes where he parks and the branches reach out far enough to create scratches if he parks there.


He's finally using his driveway.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Spray paint "free candy" on it too?

Or spray "Neighbourhood Watch".

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by JD001

Buy a big ugly panel van and leave it parked outside your neighbour's property.

Probably cheaper to just throw dog shit on their driveway.

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Interesting...interesting. Wouldn't know what to say on the "citation" though.

Just write a note from the POV of the trash company. They are inhibiting a paid service. As of XXX date if not remedied they will ask house owner to put his trash in their driveway instead so it could be collected.

If they don't move, put your trash in their driveway. Also all your friends trash too. :P

[JD001]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Probably cheaper to just throw dog shit on their driveway.

Now that does sound crazy.. they won't make the connection between dog shit and parking. It's land grabbing and will continue as it's much like the towel on a sun bed as done by certain nationalities at certain holiday resorts in Europe.

[ELLSSUU]

Had a neighbors cleaning lady that did this daily. Not only that she would drive deep in my grass in the rain and foul up the yard to park there. Visualize 40-50 feeet of driving with two wheels deep in the yard to get to the chosen parking spot in my yard. All the while the neighbors driveway was empty.

I asked the lady several times, at least 6 face to face and 3 or 4 by silly note on windshield, politely to move her car and please stop parking in my yard. She refused. One morning I went out to cut my grass and her car was parked in my grass again. I rang the door bell and asked the house owner and the cleaning lady to come out and tell me what was wrong with using their driveway and asked for car to be moved so I could cut. Convo started pretty low key but the cleaning lady then said she would be done in a couple hours and I should wait until then to cut MY yard. That set me on fire. I cursed her out with every word I knew and probably some I made up on the spot. Ended the conversation with "I'll tow that POS mustang every effing day at my own expense if you don't move it right now." Looked at the neighbor and told her unless she wants me to put my cars in her yard daily she'd better handle her cleaning lady.

Cleaning lady quit on the spot and I haven't had a problem since. Second bit of good news is my neighbor doesn't speak to me anymore, lol.

[radroach]

@JD001 this might be more effective: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjO0Kp_lXU"]Farmer sprays poop all over protestors trespassing on his land - YouTube[/ame]

[ELLSSUU]

Oh yeah a lawn sprinkler is a good tool here. As well as garbage cans on garbage day. Cut down limbs etc.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by radroach

@JD001 this might be more effective:

Seems very popular.......

[ame]http://youtu.be/6SO-RPx9IRc[/ame]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I wanted to, but my mom thinks it's going to cause problems (I really don't get this whole Asian passiveness BS).

I disagree. There's always risk but it can be mitigated by the approach. Friendly, non-confrontational honesty is a skill that takes practice. If you can first shed any expectation for the outcome and focus on candor, it helps the other party to open up.

If they're nice already and you send the message that you aren't judging them, they might surprise you.


...might.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I disagree. There's always risk but it can be mitigated by the approach. Friendly, non-confrontational honesty is a skill that takes practice. If you can first shed any expectation for the outcome and focus on candor, it helps the other party to open up.

If they're nice already and you send the message that you aren't judging them, they might surprise you.


...might.

That is how I handled our neighbour that kept blocking our laneway. They never even really realized they were causing an inconvenience. They apologized and never did it again.

[Guff]

Found some photos of that old "citation". I think it's been long enough for SoL, lol...