“Appreciate your concern, but this is my new spot. If you need further clarification, feel free to consult the actual parking authority (the management office)”
I met someone off Facebook market place at an apartment complex once. I was buying some small item. I met the guy. He was cool. We talked for a bit and I was about to leave. This Escalade rolls up and lays in the horn. Driver comes out cussing about how I was parked in his spot. That's cool I'm leaving now. But he blocked me in while leaving his wife in the car and went into his apartment and came out with a metal bat.
Unfortunately for him the small item I was buying was a gun. I shot him and his metal bat. Got into his Escalade to meet my new wife and drove off into the sunset.
Don't upset the Crazy person who can't form a complete sentence.
Better to pist take the mote to authorities of your apartment.
Otherwise - leaving a note won't be how they retaliate against whatever you do next. And it could involve property damage. Not suggesting this to protect them, but to protect you.
If you do something they could retaliate ago to the landlord or the parking people on top of retaliating and get you in trouble
Park your car somewhere else overnight then report to the management that it must have been towed. Tell them about the note and ask them to find out who left it as it must be them who is responsible. You could really make them sweat over that when property management starts asking questions.
When it comes to getting your car back, depending on how well the lie settles in: you could either claim that it's cost you $$$ to collect your own car back, or just tell people that you forgot you walked home from a friends house because you'd been drinking or something.
why are redditers so unrealistic and annoying when making suggestions in these types of situations. It's so easy to tell you're chronically online and don't talk to people outside
So true. Especially if it’s anything to do with cars or driving. The post will be something like “I get woken up by my neighbour starting her car to go to work early in the morning” and the solution is something like “Smear her car all over with dog turds, stick a banana up the tailpipe and set fire to the front tyres”.
It’s not really fraud unless they try to claim reimbursement or payment for towing fees that they didn’t incur. “It cost me $400 to get my car back, don’t let that happen again. You’ll have to pay next time”
I agree. They assign spots in part to prevent issues like this.
It might be very optimistic, but if this is brought up to them before something happens to OP’s car, there might be more of a chance it could be prevented or at least the letter-writer will be identified by management.
UPDATE: Just got a call from management. The short story is they messed up. The long story: the parking space was previously assigned to the roommate of the person who left the note, but they weren’t using it, so management removed it from their lease but never notified them. Then gave it to me. The note writer was just defending the roommate’s parking space. Now the question is: Where is the roommate? Did the note writer killed them and left the note to make us think they’re still alive? How many more “roommates” need to disappear until this serial killer is stopped? I guess we’ll never know.
Take a red pen to it like an elementary school teacher to make it correct. Line through "Not". Add a new "not" between "will" and "be". Put a big "D" at the top as both a grade and an insult.
I have a building down the street with a lot of elderly residents and they are obsessed, I tell you, obsessed with whose parking spot it is. I once parked in one of the unassigned spots because I needed to drop something off and got almost the same note. I know someone who lives there and she always goes on and on about how someone dared to park in her space (mind you, there’s plenty of parking there).
When I bought my Condo it came with 2 titled parking spaces, if I'm paying property taxes for those spaces you better believe I was a bit protective of them.
I used to impound cars for my job two years ago, tow companies cannot legally tow a car without an authorized signature on owned private property (such as your apartment complex which is owned by a property manager)
So this random douchebag telling you that you "can't park in his spot" is meaningless and holds no weight.
Similarly when you park in front of someone else's house and they tell you that you can't park there.
Street parking is fair game in residential neighborhoods as long as you're not blocking a fire hydrant, driveways or red curbs that have been marked by the fire department and city officials.
I imagine an angry adult gripping the pen like a child holds a crayon and scribbling these words on the paper while muttering them under their breath, cursing you with every pen stroke
If management assigned you the new parking via email or text, I'd print that out and place it in your windshield next to the note you received. Add a nice big blue arrow on the note pointing to your parking assignment printout.
The thing that gets me is how vexxed they have to be to write the way that they have eeeeeeee-aaaaaaaaaa-cccccccccc-hhhhhhhhhh letter gone over multiple times.
Person is unhinged and has no proper outlet for their emotions. Be careful, OP.
Went to the management office, they confirmed it’s my parking space and no mistake was made. I left them going through the cameras trying to see who left the note, they assured me they’ll talk to the complainant and clarify the issue.
I would be real low effort petty and cross out every thing except "This is" and "parking." Then over the crossed out "your" write "my" so the sign reads " This is my parking ." Bonus points if it's in red ink.
Where we lived a guy had been parking in a spot unassigned. When my husband started being there more we went to the rental office to buy a second spot for him and it was the spot this dickwad had claimed as his own. We flipped the note, drew a big arrow and made sure it pointed at the parking lot tag we’d been given.
Odds are though, your building fucked up and assigned the same spot twice. Because I had my spot for years and then one day some asshole is parked in it. Yeah, turns out, the rental office had assigned them my spot. They rectified it quickly.
Tape it to wall or post. Probably won’t be the last notice you get. Then everybody else will know it’s not there parking spot. How lucky can you be, to have someone else make you a sign.
Do they even bother to check if it's wrong before bothering to create this issue? Or are they so addicted to manufacturing issues to seem like they're important that they forget that they need proof before they're revealed to be wasting everyone's time and energy.
I used to live in a small 12 unit building. This absolute looney toon lady lived on the side of the building that faced the parking lot. She took it upon herself to watch out the window all day and get into a verbal altercation with anyone she didn't recognize. If someone didn't have a vehicle and had a friend over that parked in their unit's assigned spot (every unit had a spot), this lady would flip her shit on them and threaten to call the police. She ended up getting evicted because of the chaos she created.
See if the culprit leaves a second and third note. If it's placed in the same spot on your car every time, then you know exactly where to install the mirror along with the note that says "This asshole blows goats. PS, this is my spot.".
Work maintenance for a building and leave these notes a lot. But we have professional looking flyers that state it came from us. That way, people don't ignore it and think it's from a crazy person.
Usually it's because they parked blocking the alley way or are parked in a way that blocks other cars from leaving the lot.
It might be courtesy note other cars may have been towed and they haven’t seen yours. Be positive. Not everyone is an asshole. But yes, letting management know is the best option.
It was probably double sold. I have been a property manager for a very long time.
Every single time I am sent to a new property the parking and garage list is just a fucking disaster. Sorry for swearing, but nothing else fits.
I always have to do an audit, and getting people to tell you which spot they are in is a task. If the agents do not update the log every time they add a spot or remove it. It just gets messed up again very quickly. For some reason, not one single staff member I have worked with can do this simple thing.
That note is from a resident who is also renting that spot. You will have to go in the office and tell them they are incompetent. lol
Take to office and show them and let it be known if your car is towed you will sue the complex and refer them for criminal charges for grand theft of your vehicle. That will light a fire under their ass. And that shit will stop.
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u/AlexWab 22d ago
“Appreciate your concern, but this is my new spot. If you need further clarification, feel free to consult the actual parking authority (the management office)”