How DARE He

A new family moved into our Street and we just knew straight away there would be trouble, How?  When they came knocking on our front door demanding my husband move his car from outside their house.  They What? I asked him, you didn't move it did you?   Not at first he told me, there was a bit of an argument and the bloke said he had to part right outside as he has a bad heart. A bad heart, I found this hilarious as his heart wasn't too bad for a humdinger of a row or too bad for him to be driving but it is too bad for him to carry the shopping a few yards up the street to his door, just like the rest of the people on the street.  Our street is used by hundreds of outsiders every week, when they park up to go shopping at what is commonly known as 'Baghdad' (because it resembles market places in India and Pakistan)

A few days later when I was under attack for parking near his house I told him, it is a public road and nobody has the RIGHT to park in a specific spot and having lived here for over twenty years without a priority parking space I don't think he qualifies for one either.  

The next day I couldn't believe my eyes when I came home from work and saw that he had painted a white box round his car and painted 'No Parking' inside the box.  I knocked on his door and told him he cannot do this. he informed me that he pays his council tax, this made me laugh as council tax does NOT give you the right to a parking place.  I told the guy, you have the same housing association as I have and I am going to contact them and report you. You are bullying the neighbours and throwing your weight around and you haven't even been living here five minutes.  Most of us have been here for years and we accept that we park where we can if you have a bad heart the council will give you an official Disabled Parking Bay for your car.

Suffice to say that he ignored me but a few weeks later his 'parking space' was painted out in black and he now parks where he can.  I believe he picked on the wrong person when he bullied a pregnant girl who was  visiting her Aunt, I believe the Aunt reported him and he was given strict orders to remove the offending No Parking' box.  NB we are still awaiting his official disabled parking spot from the council.......