So, came home at lunch today for my one hour break and nobody was parked in front of the house. I came in, ate lunch, and when I went to leave, a blue four door car was parked 1 foot behind me and #4's car's bumper was touching mine - he'd parked in front of me, and I was boxed in. I went downstairs to ask him to move his car up as I had to go back to work and he said, "In a few minutes," and shut the door on me. I said, "I have to be back to work in 10 minutes!" and he said, "I'll move it in a few minutes."

I was heated.

I went out to the car to see if I could work my way out and a police car came by (!) and I flagged her down...I explained the situation to the cop and she said she'd see if she could talk to him and assured me there was a bylaw or something saying how much space should be left between vehicles parallel parked. He wouldn't open the side door for her - likely assumed it was me and I could wait, but he came out while she was trying to direct me out of the space without hitting either the car behind me or his car. She told him he'd have to move his car and in the future he would have to leave a certain amount of space for other cars to park. Meanwhile, our three cars were the only ones within "parking" distance, so it was clear that I was being boxed in. I thanked her and sped off to work. I was only 10 minutes late (they'd started without me), but I was STEAMING and didn't really catch what was going on for the first 15 minutes...

I called Darren right after work and told him what was going on, also that the plastic cover on the thermostat is totally ruined now - which I didn't do - and he said he'd talk to them when he got their rent (whenever that might be, he's working and isn't always around to catch them when they're home).

I just got off the phone with the police and they've added to the file. An officer will call me back to see what I'd like to do with this...well, I'M PISSED OFF AND I DEMAND JUSTICE!!!

Off to clean the catbox now...

xoxo
lili