Keyed Car Incident
A couple of weeks back a friend of mine was parking while someone slipped in and took her spot. She confronted the lady and to tell her it was her spot. The old lady stated she did not understand english. Pissed off , my friend left and found another spot 15minutes later. Yesterday my friend…
A couple of weeks back a friend of mine was parking while someone slipped in and took her spot. She confronted the lady and to tell her it was her spot. The old lady stated she did not understand english. Pissed off , my friend left and found another spot 15minutes later. Yesterday my friend noticed the same lady had her signal for a spot so she swooped in and took it. The old lady comes out of her car yelling (mind you in perfect english) “WHat are you doing? I had that parking spot… yadda yadda yadda”. So my friend was like “Oh now you speak English, when its your spot…” The lady goes back into her calls cusses a bit and leaves. This morning my friend’s car was keyed. Obviously it was her; but it wont be enough for the police. ANy suggestions on how to handle the situation?
Parking in Brooklyn is a competative sport– Park faster!
I haven’t lost one in decades!
I’m amazed that for a small thing such major ‘revenge’ is plotted! Damn! Remind me not to tick you off!
You are seriously P.O.’d to do thousands of $$ worth of damage! It’s only a parkin spot! You don’t need to go nuclear to kill a fly if a fly swatter will do…
Let it go this time.
She does it again, THEN take action. Take the air out of her tires, or… my fav– back into her (watch her face as you hit her!!) and say, in your best ‘church face’, “OMG, when did you get here? You must have seen me realigning my car– Hey, you weren’t trying to take my spot were you??Good thing we both have insurance, right?” Butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth!
She won’t do it again, to you! Some things are worth the cost. Actually, you won’t get arrested for that one, either. Insurance stuff only. You do major damage to her car on purpose, and, you just might get arrested…
this thread is so fun!
“Actually, ENY, carrying gives you a greater sense of responsibility, and a realization of your duty, which is to walk away from altercations. ‘Duty to retreat’, under the law.”
I understand…it’s too bad that’s not always the way things go down. But we’re talking about human beings here.
“Even if the shooting turns out to be justified because the person pulled a knife on you, how would you sleep at night knowing that you shot somebody in an incident that started out as an argument over a parking space?”
It’s refreshing to hear an officer talk this way. All in all, I respect police officers because I know first hand (through my Dad) how difficult the job can be. I’m not sure what kind of person I’d be after years of dealing with a**holes (both on the force and among the criminal and civilian population). Truly a difficult calling.
You hit the nail on the head Denton. Kind of anyway. I do not have a “duty to retreat” if I am faced with deadly physical force or any other force for that matter but it is the smart thing to do especially when no one is being threatened. However, seeing how small situations can easily escalate, it is best to just walk away. Even if the shooting turns out to be justified because the person pulled a knife on you, how would you sleep at night knowing that you shot somebody in an incident that started out as an argument over a parking space? I work with a**holes who don’t realize this and after being suspended once for stupid off-duty incidents, they usually smarten-up. If not, they don’t generally last too long.
Actually, ENY, carrying gives you a greater sense of responsibility, and a realization of your duty, which is to walk away from altercations. ‘Duty to retreat’, under the law.
“And ENY, I don’t even shoot people who take parking spots from me although I swear there are times when I want to bust a cap in somebody for doing that sh*t.”
Well, I’m sure it’s tempting, especially when you’re packing. There’s a reason I chose NOT to follow my Dad into law enforcement, and the possibility of shooting someone in anger was just one of them.
It is a tool of the trade for me. It comes with the job.
And ENY, I don’t even shoot people who take parking spots from me although I swear there are times when I want to bust a cap in somebody for doing that sh*t. I have way too much to risk. A nice big fat city pension awaits me in a year or two and I am working as much OT as possible to pad it. I am not trying to lose that. Can’t work much OT if you get jammed up and assigned to the rubber gun squad awaiting charges for a bad shooting.
Get hold of a copy of “Serial Mom” and go all Beverly Sutphin on her. Unfortunately, Caller ID has made the harassing phone calls Beverly made to Dottie Hinkle far too dangerous, but you could probably put a leg of lamb to good use, or better yet, that old window air conditioner.
Get Chosen to shoot her.