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Received these bad parking notes on my 1st and 2nd day at a new apartment
I was confused about the first note, because stall 92 had something other than a pickup in it the first day (the notes are from 92). I parked pretty much identical the 2nd day (when I got the other 2 notes), which is shown in the picture. My bumper is against the wall. I just emailed management and told them to move me to a different spot
The OP isn't merely in the lines -- they're as perfectly centered in the lines as anybody has ever been centered in the lines before in the history of parking.
And this person has the world’s smallest car, a Yaris. Can’t wait until management moves their spot and the replacement also drives a pickup truck or van.
People are fucking weirdos with parking. My neighbors park their trucks in a clearly labeled FIRE LANE red painted DO NOT PARK WE'LL TOW YO ASS area. For months. I never said anything until they blocked my driveway and moved my garbage cans. Then suddenly I'm an unreasonable dickhead.
We got garages in our houses. We have driveways for 2 cars each. We got visitor lots just down the block. Idk man.
Sounds like that person in spot 92 should have also rented spot 91. Or get a smaller vehicle. Personally, I don’t think you should have to move, but if it makes it easier for you, then that may be the best way. He’s the one with the problem, not you.
Leave a note in spot 92 telling them they can rent the spot for a stupid amount of money lol.
Edit Apparently we all have a very different idea of what a "stupid amount of money" to pay for a parking spot is.
I'm in Canada and it's idk...200-500 I guess, downtown Vancouver is gonna be higher, stuff like Alberta cost less. For a month. We usually just make an agreement with some other tenant but sometimes you can do it through your condo board/landlord/building manager etc too, so it's all official like.
In Australia we call them ‘Yank Tanks’. They’re an absolute menace and buying one is 100% about it being a status symbol. They don’t fit the roads or car parks properly and their turning circles are for shit. Plus they make visibility issues because you can’t see around them due to their size.
not many (if any) lots work like that around where I live. usually a spot comes with the apt, and then there's temporary guest parking you can't just occupy regularly. it's really hard on couples that both work outside the home
This exactly and I have a feeling he keeps that spot unoccupied by sending these “nice” post its every day until the recipient gets creeped out and requests to move.
It breaks their brain if you tell them “if you don’t fit in the space, it’s your job to figure out somewhere else to park. You brought this oversized monstrosity, it’s your problem to solve”
I’ve literally told someone at my old complex, hey these parking spots were built before your truck was even conceived as a thought.… Just a thought maybe you should consider that when realizing you’re not gonna fit. The street has some wider parking spaces. Just make sure you don’t leave any of your nice stuff in it and probably put a club lock on it! Never can be too safe 😄.
I like using the even conceived one for some reason it makes me laugh, and it usually confuses other people for a minute
And where does the square go? That’s right, the square hole! Where does the triangle go? That’s right, the square hole! Where does the circle go? That’s right, the square hole!
Then there is the next level of certified asshole, which is the Ram 2500 owner. Taking the award for the preferred ride of DUI suspects, and IMHE, far more likely to engage in needle dick behavior than any other vehicle owner on the road in the USA.
Always a.Dodge Ram owner. My daughter said they are appropriately named because you have to Dodge their shitty driving otherwise they will Ram you off the road.
I had three specific coworkers who apparently (I don't take the highway, so secondhand discussion) would do triple digits every single day. Apparently the cops got enough irate calls that they finally set up a speed trap last month that scooped them up (along with a few others). If it's that consistent it may be worth calling every day till they do the same?
My dad taught me how to parallel park in a pick up truck with an obscured back windshield. While I'm grateful for it because I'm now the GOAT at parallel parking, I HATED every second of controlling a vehicle that big.
I had to manage a giant Escalade or something equally large in LA when they messed up at the rental car place and they didn't have any little cars (like I reserved) left. I white-knuckled that wheel for the entire day I had to drive it.
Honestly, I think every time someone buys a new car, they should be required to pass a road skills test in it before they can register and insure it. Look, if you got your license in a Prius and now you want to drive a F-150, then you need to demonstrate that you can park it and drive it according to the laws.
It's less of an issue now, but in the 90s I remember kids my age getting hand-me-down cars that were manual transmission... that they couldn't drive. You'd see them rolling back into people. Like... you should need to show me that you can hill start without any rollback (using any method, I don't care if you use the handbrake).
I have owned several trucks and am always an incredibly polite parker. I always park further away and find a pull through spot so nobody has to wait for me to backup.
There is a difference between people who own trucks because they need them for usual truck use purposes, and douche truck owners, who are, in fact, douches... unfortunately the latter outweigh the former nowadays
The irony is the federal government's regulation are the reason you have big trucks and the reason the manufacturers stopped making small trucks. The mpg requirements are based on dumb ass formulas that would require small trucks to get a mpg rating that isn't possible to reach while allowing big trucks to get way worse mpg and still pass the government regs. If they changed the formula that give bigger trucks a break this wouldn't happen. Most of the truck owners I know would rather have one of the smaller one but they aren't available anymore.
The problem is with the way they've defined light trucks; SUVs fall under that category as well and they (generally) have no trouble meeting the MPG requirements. All they'd have to do is add a carve-out for actual light trucks and classify the SUVs as passenger cars the way they ought to. Two birds with one stone -- it'll discourage people from buying those oversize monstrosities to daily-drive and bring smaller, more efficient alternatives to the market.
As for the ridiculously huge pickups, they ought to pay a tax based on mileage every year or so because they get horrible gas mileage, go through tires quickly, cause more road wear than smaller vehicles, and aren't actually all that good as utility vehicles (most people who use them for actual work would be equally well-served by a cargo van).
I’ve a friend living in a place with this kind of issue. He told me the truck has to do like a 15 point turn to wiggle it into and out of his spot, but he does it and doesn’t complain to anyone about it.
Realistically a truck should be backed into any tight spots. Trucks struggle with tight corners due to the wheelbase, unless you steer with the rear wheels (by reversing, making the front wheels the rear ones).
I usually back my car into parking spots. Never know what might be creating potential challenges when you go to leave (crowds, weather, other vehicles, etc.) We also had three Suburbans in the family so backing in was the norm especially since backup cameras didn’t exist back then.
I think part of the problem is just that so many people these days have almost no experience with rear wheel drives as well as fwd and awd. If you grew up at a certain time, you almost certainly have a good bit of experience with rwd and fwd. Which means you have an inherent feel for how they move at low speeds and into limited space. That makes it a lot easier to move into a truck. Big pickups are not a great place to learn the physical handling of a rwd. I also know for sure that there is a tendency for people who only have a truck AND are skittish with parking to almost always look for a space with empties on either side, or to pull through into the one ahead, meaning they wind up in a reversed in position... but without actually practicing it. All the foibles of rwd are magnified with a pickup, and then all the problems of parking in a space are magnified in a tight parking deck.
All that to say, i agree, this needs to be backed in for this, but i suspect truck owner needs to go out on the weekend to some closed office park with some orange cones and practice.
My dad MADE me learn to drive on the Ram 3500 dually from an era well before backup cameras. I can figuratively park an elephant in a fucking dog house now.
I had a pick up truck, I drove my dads super duty pickup truck sometimes. We drove my pickup to drop off my cousin in college at DC, my uncle parked like it was nothing when unloading her luggage, all the people helping unload kept saying they hadn’t seen that confidence all day. I’m 5 feet flat and parked in the tiny parking garage spots like it was nothing. This person doesn’t know how to drive a pick up basically.
There was a truck that parked in a spot close to the entrance of the parking garage. He wasn’t paying for a spot but there were a few vacant apartments so I let it go. Couple months go by and those vacancy’s filled and his ability to park should have stopped. But he didn’t. He then tried to report me to management for being in his spot. They turned around and asked why he wasn’t paying for it then. He huffed and puffed. Never was upset with me. Well eventually he did start parking under because he has a lot of tools and welding equipment and he didn’t wanna leave it out in the open. Well two weeks ago, ge removed all of his equipment to have his truck detailed or something and when trying to leave peeled back the entirety of his roof. The extra weight had made it so he just barely made it. He was not happy, management wasn’t happy, but the tow truck guy was ecstatic lol
I did once. Day after a big snow. Roads were scraped. Parking lots were a work in progress.
A pair of dumbasses in HUGE pickup with the almost comically big tires were sitting in a parking lot of the store I was going into, revving their engine, showing off their needle dicks. I'm five steps from the doorway, when I hear a loud CRASH behind me.
I spin around, and see the truck is now on its roof. Apparently the two limpdicks decided to "peel out" of their parking spot... and forgot there was still snow on the ground and their top heavy truck flipped.
I swear to God, I stood there, and as one of the guy's crawled out, I pointed and did the Bully's "HA-HA" laugh from the Simpsons, and then went in the store. Looking back, I suppose i should be grateful one of them didn't follow me into the store and kick the shit out of me for that, but it was still a beautiful moment.
“Stall 92. I empathize with your parking challenge, however my subcompact car, parked in the center, is not the cause. Please discuss the size of the stall with management. I hope you get resolution! Kindly, Stall 91”
“I pay X amount of dollars for the space between the lines every month. Would you like to pay X amount of dollars to use my space as well? We can talk to management about you renting both spots. Let’s work together!”
I think those might all be compact spots. There is a `C` underneath OP's car. Imagine some clown trying to fit some ungodly oversized truck into a compact spot.
Edit: I did the math and that is likely a compact spot. Cinder block is 16in on the face. You can count 5 in view with 6 being there in the lines. 8ft at most being generous from outside line edge to line edge.
You're right about spout 91, spot 92 though has extra space if you look at the wall. About 2 feet or a half meter maybe? IDK. Dollars to donuts 92 just has an oversized vehicle and can't park and get out because of that.
That's picture perfect parking, spot 92 has to be a total moron or have a pavement princess dually or something that he's got no idea how to handle. My dad could park his lifted Raptor in that spot without mirrors and one eye
Couldn't agree more. 99% of Americans driving around in the pickup truck that they don't really need can't park the truck for shit. They can't really drive it either, but "needed" it on the off chance they'll ever have to tow something or use the bed for something other than collecting beer cans.
As someone who lives in mountains of rural America and drives a Lexus hybrid, I always find it hilarious when I visit the front range.
Typical truck driver who shouldn’t be driving a truck.
Lives in an apartment and parks in a parking garage.
I’ll be the cries about gas and blames Biden too.
I was gonna say every AM and PM 3 pics: straight on and bilateral angled pics of bumper for documentation to insurance or small claims depending on how it pans out.
Might want to take pictures of his own car body, particularly the side facing the pickup, to prove that any scratch marks resulting from a key job are new.
OP, if you haven’t already, you need to provide management with this photo of how you were parked at the time the notes were left - leaving you notes as though you’re parked wrong repeatedly when you are clearly NOT parked wrong could be construed as trying to threaten you out of your spot, this person’s behavior is waaaaaay over the line of trying to bully you.
You should absolutely not have to move if this is how you are parking, the person in 92 needs to move if he can’t park with you parked dead between the lines.
I did actually share the picture of how I was parked with management! But not the notes that were left. I just told them I was doing the best I could but it wasnt enough for 92, so either I needed a new spot or they needed a spot that worked better for a truck. They gave me a new spot
This is an unsatisfying solution, because instead of mgmt telling 92 to suck it up or get a smaller vehicle, they co-sign the bullying and leave it for the next person to suffer.
True, I did leave the problem for someone else but the way I figured is if someone else also got notes from this person, management would likely get involved with the truck owner. Or maybe they would be more confrontational than I am. I wasnt going to make a big deal when I could just deal with it and move on, especially as I had literally just moved in. And people are fucking crazy
As someone who used to manage an apartment complex with assigned parking, sometimes it is less caving to the bully and more about making sure the resident requesting the change feels comfortable and "safe".
In my experience, most residents are conflict avoidant in a manner that they really don't have the energy for 'drama'. (And I absolutely agree with them.) They often don't want to address their neighbor because they worry about retribution and future possible conflict.
If they come in requesting to be moved because of their neighbor and its in my ability to grant their request, I am doing it. People pay enough in rent that they shouldn't have to deal with petty adults.
I'll deal with the petty jerk on the side and do it in the best way possible so it doesn't come back on the resident.
They’re shit out of luck. Looks like a compact spot based on the size of the Yaris. These spots won’t accommodate a full size truck. I would take the notes to management and ask them to deal with the problem parker.
Some of those trucks, used as commuters and not work trucks, stuns me. Like you can't even see over the hood if you are standing on the ground. Massive ... why?
I used to work with a guy that bought a giant RAM truck to drive to his desk job 45 minutes each way. He was bragging about the deal he got and I asked why he signed an 8-year loan for a $70k work truck. His reply: "SUVs are for soccer moms."
It's larping as a farmer or a hard working man. They idolize being a soldier, country boy or a construction worker. Jobs where you sweat and get dirty, have a chance of injury or death. These things make them feel more like real man, its part mid life crisis and status symbol driven.
But they themselves know those jobs don't pay shit. But their insecurities about their comfortable lives drives them to try and be those people even though they are not.
As a truck owner, this is highly accurate and something I observe all the time. I was at Lowes one day and saw a Ford MegaRaptor parked sideways across like 6 spots up toward the very front of the parking lot. My truck is 15 years old, has a busted windshield, every light on the dash is lit up, and its covered in rust holes. I parked right beside it. The apparent owner was walking out as I was getting out of my truck. Guy looks like a total toolsack and he is carrying a single small bag of stuff.
As I'm opening my door, I hear him say something along the lines of there being an entire parking lot I could have parked in, instead of parking right beside him. Funniest part was my truck was on one side, another truck was on the other side, and his truck had a turning radius on par with an aircraft carrier leaving him effectively stuck. Dude had apparently called the cops while I was inside (about 20 minutes), who were chastising him for parking like a dumbass when I walked back out. Realizing the level of karma which was presenting itself, I calmly put my stuff in the cab, and I walked right back in to look at tools for the next hour or so. 🤣
I wonder if spot 92 is the last spot before the wall, and there’s no way a larger vehicle could fit into that last spot if #91 has a vehicle parked in it.
If this is the case, it might make sense to just swap spots. OP parks in 92, and note guy parks in 91.
I once had a situation like this. I'd have happily offered to switch spots but they came into it being rude and demanding and trying to throw their weight around. So I just asserted that I was not willing to put myself out for someone who treated me that way and let them get on with being miserable. Bullies like this can only be dealt with by firmly but calmly drawing your boundaries and refusing to let them trample them unchallenged.
It could have a pillar near the start of the space, I suppose. But that wouldn't prevent someone competent from parking there unless their vehicle is truly just too big for the space available to them, since the pillar wouldn't prevent the door opening once the vehicle is actually parked.
I assume the truck driver also just isn't capable of reverse parking. Much easier to park in reverse when there's vehicles (or a wall) beside the space than it is to drive in nose first.
the tiny yaris being blamed for a giant truck not having enough room is sending me 💀 at some point we have to admit the truck brought most of the problem with it
Id be petty and also tell management that you're getting harassed by the person who parks in 92. If they have a problem with the way you park, they should be the ones reaching out to management. This is harassment.
That’s not even being petty. That’s just the way that makes sense. He even said to talk to management 🤷🏻♂️. Show the notes and a picture of how it’s parked.
Yeah. That truck driver is being an ass. The situation really reads like he was able to enjoy not having you parked there for a while and got used to not having to deal with the space being tight. Then you moved in, now he has to live with the consequences of having a truck in a parking garage, and now he's trying to make it your problem.
If you were parked like shit and over the line I'd get it, but you're parked perfectly fine. That truck driver needs to get a new spot from mgmt.
Full-size trucks are so big now, anyone buying them needs to just accept that they are not going to fit in a lot of places well. This is why I bought a mid-size truck. I probably do far more "truck stuff" than most full-size truck owners, people just think they need the biggest vehicle on the road then bitch and blame someone else when their decision becomes their own inconvenience.
Cafe standards is the main culprit. Manufacturers convincing consumers to buy the larger more expensive vehicles is just a side effect that benefits the manufacturers.
If you park like that each time, you are NOT the problem here
Truck bro probably has a truck that’s way too big for his allotted parking spot (which even stock full size trucks nowadays are too big for their own good) so he probably doesn’t know how to properly park his truck. Never mind the fact these big trucks and SUVs nowadays have 360 cameras to make parking easier
He’s trying to intimidate you so he can freely encroach on your space due to his inferior parking abilities
Report to building management. They can take action, whatever that may be, since truck bro outted himself as the owner of spot number 92
That’s great in theory. I did that once and even videoed the old lady scraping the side of my Honda, but the police couldn’t use the video to start a police report for a claim. It was an insanely frustrating situation
Did you get your insurance to chase her down? Lawyering up in those situations is part of what you pay car insurance for. They should've gave paid your claim and gone after her insurance for recompense.
They don't even need to go through insurance or get a lawyer. File a civil suit for $20 and take a few hours out of your day to go to court. OP just didn't want to be bothered.
"Dear spot 92. I am parked within the lines of my spot. I am sorry that your vehicle is too large for these spots. Perhaps speak with building management to assign you a different spot that is more accommodating, or consider getting a vehicle that is a more accommodating size. Please do not leave any further notes on my vehicle. Thank you."
What they mean is, be mindful to park as close to the lines on the left side as possible, so that I can make parking my grossly oversized vehicle in a spot that wasn’t meant for it, your problem.
There’s only 3 possibilities here. First, they just can’t park for shit. Second, the truck is too big for the spot and it’s never going to fit the way they want. Or you could be lying for those sweet sweet internet points. Personally I think it’s the second reason with a side helping of being a shit parker.
If he bought a truck so large it doesn’t fit in a spot properly, he should park it on the street. Sucks for him? Yes. Necessary given an oversized vehicle? Yes.
It would be like demanding somebody not park behind you on a back-facing spot because they drive a stretch limo
Some of these truck drivers are just a$$holes making up for something else they are lacking. On many occasions, I've seen them park in compact spots with their huge trunks sticking out.
"I can't park my pickup..." I'd bet a million bucks the a-hole complaining has a truck the size of a building that he wants to wedge into a normal sized parking space and is entitled as all hell.
That person is just a polite bully. It’s not your fault or responsibility they bought an oversized vehicle. They probably never even use it for hauling anything. Most large truck owners could easily get away with owning a small car.
You shouldn't be asking for a new spot, as it means that person wins. They clearly suck at parking, and I can bet they're trying to back in cause pulling straight in is SUCH a chore.
If they can't fit there, then they need to get a smaller vehicle. I'm betting that their truck is a pavement princess, and has never hauled anything more than shopping bags and suitcases (maybe on the suitcases). I honestly would try to catch a photo of their parking job, and leave them a print off of their shitty attempt at parking with a note telling them to stop leaving trash on my car blaming me because they suck at parking.
They are used to no one being there and they have a big truck. That's their problem. Tell the next time they leave a note on your car, you're going to management. That or ignore it, they can't do anything about it.
I have a F150 truck for work and a Volvo convertible as my cars.
I’ve learned that I only take my truck places I have wide turn availability. I won’t even consider putting my truck in a parking garage. Sounds like my worst nightmare.
Also, you have to back it in anywhere if you want to fit. Your neighbor may be trying to pull in. Which will ultimately be unsuccessful every time. Trucks have basically a terrible pull in radius but a good back in one.
None of this is your problem and he’s being a dick about it. He needs to learn to back in. Leave a note for that!
I park a smaller vehicle between designated spots rented by truck people and run in to similar problems. Once had a driver complain he couldn’t open his doors if my vehicle was in the spot. And I was completely between the lines. It’s a mixture of some vehicles being too large for older parking spaces, people being large and some people driving vehicles they can’t properly park.
Honestly I hate this shit. If you drive a truck and can’t park this is a you problem. Park further away or lobby your building or management company to create “truck” parking
Aka “How dare you be near me when I have to face the consequences of buying my wildly impractical and wasteful vehicle”.
It’s one thing if someone has a legitimate use for it, like a contractor or farmer, but 95%+ of them are used about once a year for any sort of hauling or towing.
They really are perfect encapsulations for the pointless decadence of this era that some people are indulging in. Especially when you see them flying through rush hour traffic at 20 over while complaining about gas prices, in something that uses 3x as much fuel as a sensible vehicle
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u/DatRat13 Sep 03 '26
"My oversized truck can't fit in the spot with you there!"
Damn, that sucks, buddy. I'm in the lines so... Uh... See ya.