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I had a parking chair out in front of my apartment. Someone threw it on the sidewalk and put their car into the spot I'd spent hours clearing (lotsa heavy, icy, snow plowed up into the driver's side..) When I got back from the grocery store, I was pissed off, so I dropped my food into the hallway of the apartment, drove around until I found a spot in the nearby municipal lot then came home and shoveled ALL the snow right back into the space around the car. Needless to say, when the driver got back after they'd been doing whatever.. (likely drinking, the time he returned was about right for last call) he was not happy. I heard a lot of cussing and stomping.
Legalities aside, If I clear a space and it takes me a long time.. Oh no buddy.. I'm putting ALL the snow back.
You want the space.. YOU shovel it open.
This is perfect. Yeah, trying to reserve your own parking spot that you don't own is kinda selfish, and also taking someone's spot that they shoveled is selfish, and...vandalizing a car that took your spot is way more selfish.
But heck yeah, you cleared that snow to get your car out. You didn't vandalize anything. You simply put the snow back.
One of the most satisfying things I've read today when based on my knowledge it's just a shitty situation for everyone.
It was satisfying, not going to lie about it. I sat up in bed and listened to him grouse for a bit then went back to sleep. I even brought the porch shovels in (we usually kept two outside next to the door so anyone in the building could use them) and tucked them into the utility closet. Don't know how he got out, in the morning the car was gone and just enough of the snow had been moved so the car could escape - but it likely wasn't fun for the driver.