# Some guy keeps parking on my property **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571 "2021-04-22T22:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/121 "2021-04-24T16:28:52Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I can’t fathom why what you wrote isn’t blatantly obvious. It’s completely reasonable that a person could be mistaken about the nature of that parking space. Very few people are going to purposefully park on private property uninvited. In its own way, it’s actually kind of fascinating. There are a substantial number of posters in this thread to whom not only is what I wrote not obvious, it’s obvious to them that I’m completely wrong and it seems to be unfathomable that anyone would think otherwise. > [@hajario](#): > > The solution is absurdly obvious too. Put a simple and polite note on the car explaining that it’s a not public parking and please don’t park there again. There is no need for threats. 99.9% of people won’t park there again. Which is what OP said they were going to do _in the OP_. > [@hajario](#): > > For the future, just put up a sign that says “Private Parking”. Which is what OP indicated they were going to do in Post #16, which is _100 posts ago_. And yet, here the rest of us are, arguing for another 100+ posts about how obvious it is that OP’s space is private property, with some folks dropping in to suggest “solutions” like chains, and _caltrops_ (I _think_ the caltrops were suggested in jest…), > [@hajario](#): > > For fuck sake, people love to over complicate the most simplistic things. Pretty much, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/122 "2021-04-24T16:34:54Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > It’s kind of funny that the rest of us are still arguing about this and several posters are continuing to offer aggressive “solutions”, while the OP has already clearly indicated their preferred course of action and seems rather less upset about the situation than some of the other posters in this thread. And the other funny thing is my OP was partially about relating a “this thing just happened to me, weird huh? Anybody else have to deal with this sort of thing?” and I figured my story would get discussed along with “yeah, that reminds me of that one time” replies. We did get the gravel drive story from **erysichthon** which was interesting, but it’s been a parking Rorschach discussion otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/123 "2021-04-24T16:36:50Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > You’ve repeatedly made this sort of reference, to “other social groups,” whom you feel have less stringent concerns about property rights, in this thread, without being specific. Do you have particular “other social groups” in mind? Do you care to actually spell out what you seem to be saying in some sort of code? There is no code. I’m simply pointing out that the assumptions about the sanctity of private property in the face of minor, temporary, sporadic encroachments and the just consequences thereof are not necessarily shared by every single person in the world, in the country, and in your community. And it’s not a moral or ethical failing. It’s simply a different point of view. You can choose to be a hardass about this, but this is a _choice_ you are making. You can say “the law permits me to do this,” but the law doesn’t _compel_ you to do it. And it doesn’t make you a better person if you do. You can choose to be a nicer person and help make the world around you a less mean place. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/124 "2021-04-24T16:37:09Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > it’s been a parking Rorschach discussion otherwise. 😆 That is a _great_ description! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/125 "2021-04-24T16:44:52Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Not all social groups are so uptight about minor encroachments on property that every consideration involves invocation of “rights.” You mean like the people that violate other people’s IP on the internet because they think **they** have the right to distribute your work because **they** are doing you a favor you neither want or asked for Or like the people that would continually block my driveway so I couldn’t get to work because “it’s a public street”? I wonder if **they** would feel the same if someone else used **their** property without permission. I suspect not. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/126 "2021-04-24T16:52:55Z")
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571/127 "2021-04-24T16:54:40Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > > [@gdave](#): > > > > It’s kind of funny that the rest of us are still arguing about this and several posters are continuing to offer aggressive “solutions”, while the OP has already clearly indicated their preferred course of action and seems rather less upset about the situation than some of the other posters in this thread. > > And the other funny thing is my OP was partially about relating a “this thing just happened to me, weird huh? Anybody else have to deal with this sort of thing?” and I figured my story would get discussed along with “yeah, that reminds me of that one time” replies. We did get the gravel drive story from **erysichthon** which was interesting, but it’s been a parking Rorschach discussion otherwise. Yup I think the story has been told, and discussed from lots of perspectives. Lots of constructive suggestions were made, along with some less constructive comments. But now it seems to have devolved into posters yelling at each other. So Imma gonna close the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-guy-keeps-parking-on-my-property/940571.md?page=6)