A Blue Badge holder has expressed annoyance after receiving a 'passive aggressive' note from a neighbour urging them to 'park outside their own home'. The motorist explained that the note was prompted by them parking two doors down because it was 'the only possible space'.
The Note
The anonymous 'polite notice' encouraged the recipient to 'park at the end of the road' if space was an issue, so other residents would not be 'inconvenienced'. The note read: 'You've no doubt noticed parking can be difficult. We all try to park outside our own home. If this isn't possible we park at the end of the road so we don't inconvenience our neighbours. We all appreciate we have no legal right to park outside our house but we all just try to be neighbourly. Thank you in anticipation for your co-operation and understanding.' It was signed off with a smiley face.
Recipient's Reaction
Taking to Mumsnet to share their frustration, the recipient questioned whether they were being unreasonable to be annoyed. They said: 'I've recently moved to this street. I know it's politely written but it's so passive aggressive. The 'end of the road' in question has a primary school on it. There were no spaces there at 8.30am when I needed to park. And there was someone in the space outside my house so I parked about two doors down from my house in the only possible space. I also have a blue badge. Am I being unreasonable to be annoyed? No house number on it so not sure which neighbour sent it.'
Forum Responses
The majority of fellow forum users said they were not being unreasonable. One commented: 'I hate stuff like that. No one owns the road. But (hypocrite alert) I also hate it when people park outside my house.' Another wrote: 'The content would be ok if it had a house number and signature on it so that you could go round and ask what they expect you to do when someone has parked outside your house. But I never trust anything calling itself a 'polite notice'.' A third added: 'I had this sort of drama once years ago when I rented a terraced house with on street car parking. I didn't drive back then but my housemate did and she kept getting notes on her windscreen - she just ignored them! Owing to this experience I have since then, and since passing my test, never lived anywhere with on street carparking!' A fourth suggested: 'You have a Blue Badge - apply to the council for a disabled space in front of your house. It won't be 'your' space, but only blue badge holders will be able to park there. That will really annoy them!'
