It was aroubd 2010, on a rather warm sunny late afternoon in the summer. At my house, we have a concerte driveway that's fenced in, and a strip of dirt outside that we tend to park our vehicles. My dad at that time and still does have a bit of a short fuse.... Just wanted to throw out some details to clarify.
One of our many neighbors is throwing a large party, where numerous guests of theirs are parking alongside the street. That was all fine and dandy until one of their guests decided to park their brand new, burgundy colored car that was freshly detailed; in one of our parking spots. Not bothering to ask, or anything, just parked there like a schmuck.
While the owner was gone for hours, my dad decided to go out front to water the front lawn, but made sure the water from the garden hose would splash all over the freshly detailed car. After it was all said and done, we didn't even hear a word from the owner, or anyone else about the water spotted car.
Should’ve made sure to mow the lawn and leaf blower up the grass clippings after running the sprinkler.
…and weed whack so lots of dust/debris are thrown. When finished, take care of getting rid of the Styrofoam packaging you have been hanging on to breaking it up so pieces fly about.
I approve of the revenginess of the styrofoam, but please don’t do that. That puts a lot of styrofoam bits in to the environment.
Good idea if they've left their sunroof open, though.
Ooooh. Sunroof open. That is when you empty a bean bag chair into the car.
A wee bit of gravel on the driveway, then weed wack the gravel away...
A perfectly cromulent vengeance, indeed.
Does water hurt cars or something? They get rained on....
where I live, you'd need to get your car re-detailed. The water is so heavily treated that water spots would immediately leave sploogey looking marks all over.
I've leaned a new word - sploogey. I like it.
Fair warning, don't use it in mixed company. It refers to semen. As in, it looks like your car is covered in semen. lol
Oops.
My bad. Your car is just so sexy.
Not where I am from-it means large irregular marks or patches. Got to be careful if I visit America!
There's nothing in this post to indicate that this is in the USA. In any event, I live in Canada, and splooge is not a word to be bandied about in front of sensitive ears.
Just don't use it at work or in front of children
What does detailed mean here? Just another word for washing your car?
Sorry, I'm from Sweden so english is not my native language.
Sorry in the USA it means that the car is not just washed, it is also waxed and given treatment for visible plastics to darken, etc. Basically "wash and all the fixings to make it seem brand new again"
aight, thanks :)
Don't feel bad for not knowing this. Detailed used to mean having racing stripes or other decals applied to your car, but the current use is deep-cleaned and polished.
That’s your water, not the water treatment that’s leaving those spots. Your area naturally has hard water.
Whoa whoa whoa kids read this forum!!!!!
I don’t see the problem. Petty revenge can still respect facts of the physical world.
What treatment would make the water leave more marks? Main treatment is chlorine, maybe fluoride, but none of these would leave more marks than the usual minerals in water.
Where I live rain can even leave spots on vehicles. Wind with a rain storm will pick up dust and other contamination from the desert and then rain that mud down on vehicles and building windows.
Plus our water is on the hard side so even the car washes have to soften the water and use filters to get all the gunk out of the water.
Its hard water + dusty winds. Detailers here have to use distilled water or else the vehicle will look worse than when they started.
Ok, so nothing to do with water treatment.
Hey genius, the water treatment is why the water is hard water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water
OK except that applies only to industrial settings and wild sources. It doesn't discuss residential.
The residential hard water is caused by the water treatment plant's care, or lack thereof, as its funneled into use.
No, read again. It explains where the hardness of water comes from: natural minerals. See how they never mention water treatment?
Yea that's because the problem is water treatment... Which includes "or lack thereof" in the context of residential water usage.
Did you get it yet or are you gonna struggle to find some other argument to shift the goalpost with to sate your need for pseudointellectual masturbation?
Nope, just give the car unsightly water marks
Bird seeds.
Or berries. Berries create colored poop.
…. Right but the birds aren’t going to eat a berry and then hang out for nine hours to then take a berry-shit on the car
I can tell you’ve never owned birds before. They shit every 10 minutes
Nah, I would have watered their car with my hose, then called the towing Co. to tow them away.
Better justice as your using 2 stones to hit 1 bird!
Perfect if you have hard water. Those spots can last a long time.
If you wanted to clarify, you would explain why, if he was your dad at the time and still, was there a time when he wasn't?
the dad had a short fuse at the time, and still does
Lemons was a popular drink and it still is
Someone took your public strip of dirt?
No, it is our private property. Since it is in the property survey.
Oh ok. You should have it inside the fence (like your driveway is) or it is easily mistaken as public land (seeing as your description describes it as it is fenced out).
Petty rain 🎶 petty rain 🎶
Appropriate level of response. A little mud splatter would have been good too
Your dad is cringe lol
Nicely done! This actually could go in the entitled people sub, too. Gotta let the world feel the petty karma bus hitting the entitled AH
If in the USA, should have just had it impounded
Out of curiosity, could you have had it towed instead?
I don't understand why, but people constantly park in my driveway, blocking me in.
Getting them towed is nice, but takes forever to get a tow company to come. I really want to do more petty shit, like pour milk in their engine, break a window, puncture a tire, etc. but that could incite vengeance, and they know where I live, plus it would make it harder for them to leave, which also harms me.
But water spots? That's not nearly enough revenge for me.
I mean, now they have a spray called liquid ass. Just spray it in the AC vents of their car
That's hilarious, and I'm going to make my family drop a can in my stocking
Lol if my neighbors pulled this on me or one of my guests over street parking I'd get my own petty revenge by leaving one of my derelict (but currently registered) vehicles in that spot until the end of time.
They said they had no problem with street parking, but did object to the guests parking in their private parking spots.
They COULD have had the car towed.
Nah, it doesn't say that at all. It says a dirt strip at the roadside outside their fence. That sure sounds like public roadside parking to me.
He did think about having the car towed, but figured getting it wet and dirty was a lot cheaper
Sure you would.
Petty yes, revenge though? Not really.
If it is truly YOUR spot, then just have it towed.
I doubt the guy parking there knew it was even yours, the only schmuck seems to be your dad. You state you have a driveway fenced in and this is some dirt patch outside of the fenced in area, from the description it doesnt seem likely a random person would reasonably think it was someone's property since the rest of the property is fenced in.
The thing is, it was as plain as the nose on your face that it was private property
Plain to you who guard your ownership.
Yet outside the clearly marked boundary, ie the fence...
It's our property, plain and simple
Sounds like a good time to spray paint the fence.
It might enhance the look of the fence lol
Madlads unite!
Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop! 🦀
Should have poured brake fluid on the hood. Now with all that water, when the car takes off its gonna tear up the grass and leave ruts.
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Aren't minor inconveniences a beautiful thing to bestow upon someone?
In the driveway? Nice revenge. On the strip of dirt? Dick move. It’s public parking.
Said strip of dirt is our property, not the street
Sounds more like the 7’ of grass along the street that is actually a city/town easement but people claim is private property because they cut the grass.
Exactly. It’s my parking space because it’s in front of my house on the street.