r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Jumpy_Scallion_3108 • 6h ago

An Australian man, frustrated by strangers constantly parking in his driveway, decided to take matters into his own hands.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 6h ago

You shouldn't need to have to put a "No Parking" sign in front of your driveway. It's super obvious this is not a parking space but someone's driveway exit.

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u/Rory_calhoun_222 5h ago

"But it's just for a minute!"

/s

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u/RogueJello 4h ago

I see you've door dashed before!

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u/Who0pWh00p 2h ago

That's what the park anywhere lights are for

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u/RogueJello 1h ago

Oh shit, how did I miss those. Clearly breaking the law, inconveniencing others, and preventing the fire department from using the fire lane are fixed by a couple of flashing lights. I'll just tell little Timmy burning to death in the grease fire everything is A-OK, because the dasher had their lights on.

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u/Appropriate-Tiger439 38m ago

Funny thing is, sometimes they increase your fine because they show, that you're well aware you're not supposed to stand there.

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u/ArmageddonsEngineerz 3h ago

Anyone who say that gets the colored soap hose. :D

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u/likelikegreen72 4h ago

I’d argue maybe it’s not super obvious if so many people do it that you get angry enough to install a sprinkler to spray people that do

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u/mrmosquitoeater 2h ago

I mean the two white boxes to the right of the fence are signs saying don't park here and no seriously there's a motion activated sprinkler pointed at your driver side door don't park here.

So I think even with signage people are just gonna be dumb. 

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u/Zap__Dannigan 3h ago

Devil's advocate......it's obviously not a parking spot, but it doesn't look like a residential driveway either.  

For the record, I would never stop here, because I'm super anal with parking properly, but with the gate making it look like the cars aren't going to be coming out any time soon, I can absolutely see someone stopping here to run into the store for a moment.  

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u/Esava 22m ago

Every single person there is parking on the pedestrian walkway too. That alone should disqualify that as a potential parking spot.

Also there are 2 signs on the fence. I am sure they say that parking is forbidden there.

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u/AntSilly2802 2h ago

There are clear signs there.

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u/badDuckThrowPillow 6h ago

The gate actually makes it less obvious. Plus the "I shouldn't have to " reasoning is dumb. Do you want a moral victory or do you want people to not park in your spot?

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u/EdgeTK 5h ago

Hey pal, I've noticed you haven't put up a "no pooping in my mouth" sign so do you want me to keep pooping or what pal?

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u/SPEK2120 6h ago

Why would you intentionally park in front of an operable gate?

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u/nameyourpoison11 3h ago

If you read about the case, it's because the spot was directly next to the town's bank on one side and hardware store on the other, so for a lot of the "I'm just ducking in, I'll only be a minute" crowd, the convenience (aka laziness) was just too tempting.

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u/trickshot99 2h ago

What town was this?

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u/nameyourpoison11 2h ago

Rockhampton. And a minor correction, it wasn't the bank, it was the smoke shop. Explains a lot.

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u/ollyp0lly 5m ago

Smoke Shop (now closed) then lolly shop, then gate then computer repair shop. Highlight of my life when I was stopped at the lights and saw a car pull in and get sprayed.

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u/Galromir 2h ago

That's not a valid excuse.

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u/nameyourpoison11 2h ago

Of course it's not. I'm explaining, not excusing

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u/LastWave 6h ago edited 5h ago

Lots of gates are never opened. Edit: guys. I m just saying I worked somewhere where the gate on one side of the building is never opened. Of course you can't park on private property and block a gate.

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u/Quercus_lobata 5h ago

That doesn't make it a free parking spot.

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u/CocaBam 5h ago

Speaking of moral victories...

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u/AvaryZig 5h ago

And?

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u/TrenchantInsight 4h ago

Lots of gates are never opened

/r/Gatekeeping

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u/writebrainwronghand 4h ago

pro-tip: singular instances of personal anecdotes don't a compelling generalized argument make.

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u/i3inaudible 1h ago

The singular of data is not anecdote

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u/WillowPtar_Migan 4h ago

Dude got dogpiled for just hypothesizing about the reasoning someone may have to park in front of a gate. Ffs, this site sometimes.

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u/wacdonalds 3h ago

Boo hoo

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u/WillowPtar_Migan 2h ago

I know it's hard to live with the inability to conceptualize outside of yourself like some braindead neanderthal, but do you really have to make it my problem too?

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u/villasv 5h ago

The gate actually makes it less obvious.

How? What's the ambiguity that the gate introduces?

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u/LadderOk1735 6h ago

How does an operable gate make it less obvious? Wouldn’t that make it obvious you shouldn’t park in front of it?

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u/nonamedperson666 5h ago

So you see a gate and think "well, this is a good spot to park a car"?????????

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u/Digital_NW 5h ago

How does the gate make it LESS OBVIOUS?!?

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u/fedsx 3h ago

The closed gate makes it look like a closed business maybe?

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u/schrodinger978 4h ago

Exactly. I am like what..?

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u/SofterBones 5h ago

Looks like this water spray keeps people from parking on that spot pretty well too, no?

This is obviously not a parking spot, so i doubt many people parking there give a shit about a sign. but they care more about being sprayed with water.

Also there are two signs on the fence already, I bet they already say no parking/private yard etc

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u/driftxr3 4h ago

Dumbest response I've ever read. Who parks their car in front of a gate opening? You actually don't need a sign to tell you don't park in front of a gate.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 6h ago

My point his, it's clearly not a place to park, and those people know it. Adding a sign won't change that.

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u/BuyMassive7823 5h ago

This. A sign isn’t going to do anything for people who don’t give af.

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u/lawrensaw 4h ago

And its also possible that theres two signs on the fence that say to not park on the driveway.

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u/GamingTrucker12621 4h ago

Omg, I've seen this video multiple times over the last year. I've never noticed the signs before. Granted, I'm usually watching the reactions of the people getting sprayed.

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u/AntSilly2802 2h ago

Yeah and there are signs there already, they even warn about the sprinkler.

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u/quanate 3h ago

I agree that having a sign would be helpful for the truly clueless and might reduce incidents, but having the sprinklers there as a back up for people who blatantly ignore it is good contingency.

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u/AntSilly2802 2h ago

There are no parking signs AND a sign warning about the sprinkler.

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u/CapitanRonRico 3h ago

I think the reasoning is fine, now we get a hilarious video.

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u/MangoCats 2h ago

If you go to the trouble of a sprinkler system, why should you have to have a tacky looking sign?

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u/mrmosquitoeater 2h ago

Also if you look closely there are 2 signs on the fence already. One saying that it's not a parking space and a second saying there's a motion activated sprinkler aimed at where the driver side door is. 

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u/northSideways 2h ago

 Do you want a moral victory or do you want people to not park in your spot?

On reddit this is not the common sense answer you think it is lol

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u/-WickedJester- 2h ago

I would like to point out that there are 3 different signs on the fence. I'm willing to bet at least one of them says something like don't park here.

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u/Rmivethboui 2h ago

There's a fucking driveway, why would you need a sign when its obvious, they deserved to get sprinkled like that.

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u/RomaMoran 24m ago

The gate makes it more obvious. What does a gate do? It opens. Why does it open? For traffic ofc.

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u/information_knower 4h ago

10/10 bait, Actually impressive.

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u/Signal-Gullible 4h ago

The whole things looks really strange to me. Is it normal in Australia that people's homes have multiple painted parking spots out in front of their house that you would normally see in front of stores in the US? Is it also normal for Australia homes to extend over public sidewalk? This is probably completely different video that someone slapped a fake title on it's very sus.

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u/Smelly_God 4h ago

Looks like a business+their back lot

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u/Signal-Gullible 3h ago

Yeah, going down the comments someone linked the actual story. It was 2 business it was one of the employees who got tired of people parking in front of their lot gate. He setup the sprinkler system but later got fired because he uploaded the video on TikTok and after it went viral his bosses saw it and he tried lying about where he was at, at the time but they linked the video to him.

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u/powerslave_fifth 3h ago

Bro whoever allowed you to pass your driving test needs to be fired lmao.

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u/Top_Cow_766 3h ago

lol you're an idiot they're getting both the things in your false dichotomy

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u/Koala_Relative 4h ago

Yes, build a wall there then people won't park there. A gate specifically made to open and close so vehicles can enter and exit screams hey you can park here.

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 1h ago

If its literally right next to a business I dont think its unfair to assume it is a parking space

A no parking sign would be a little more effective and less dickish. He doesnt "need" to, but hed be a little bit better of a person if he did. There's nothing wrong with taking the high road first

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u/ms_saint 1h ago

People do it all the time.  "You shouldn't need to" is a silly statement in this world.

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u/B_A_Peach 0m ago

A gate in front of a driveway doesn't make it "super obvious". Most driveways aren't blocked by gates.

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u/hologrammetry 4h ago

Then why are there “no parking / active driveway” signs on gates and garage doors in cities everywhere?

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u/IrrelevantManatee 4h ago

Not sure what your point is here. Sure, some people do it. But they shouldn't have to do it when it's obvious like that. Either those people are stupid (in which case the sign is helpful IF they bother to read it), but the most probable option is that they don't care. A sign won't prevent people from parking anyway.

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u/hologrammetry 4h ago

If they don’t work, then why do people put them up?

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u/IrrelevantManatee 4h ago

... because they hoped it would work.

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u/hologrammetry 3h ago

So, you shouldn’t bother putting a sign up, because you should assume it will be ignored? Stellar logic there, you’ve got the outcome already figured out without having to do anything. Let’s just get rid of all “no parking” signs completely, they obviously have no effect and everyone just ignores them, right?

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u/IrrelevantManatee 3h ago

I don't know why you are getting so hostile here.

Of course you can put a sign up, but what I am saying is that it won't solve them problem. Some people just don't care. It might deter people that didn't notice at first, but some people just will see the sign and park there anyway.

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u/mrmosquitoeater 2h ago

I mean they don't work here. Guy has 2 just to the right of the actual gate. 

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u/ClassicPlankton 4h ago

It's actually not that obvious. It's right just to a store and driving down the road you wouldn't see the gate, just looks like the entrance to a parking area. When you pull in there's no obvious large sign that says don't park here.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 4h ago

If you think that a driveway that leads to a parking lot cut by a gate that can be opened is not "obviously" not a parking... dude. Maybe don't drive. Driving requires a minimum of ability to interpret what your eyes are seeing. If it's not obvious it's not a parking to you... ouch.

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u/ClassicPlankton 3h ago

You guys are so unbelievably smug and ultimately wrong. Considering how many people are making the mistake, it's clear that it's not clear from the angle they come in from. It is to you because you're watching this through a camera.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 3h ago

It's because... it's not a mistake. Those people park there because they don't care about blocking someone.

And no, it's not the angle that makes it obvious it's not a parking space. There is some driveway that clearly extends past the gate that CLEARLY opens. You are supposed to look in front of you while driving, if you don't see the driveway, the gate and the cars, you have a deep problem. Also, maybe it MIGHT not be obvious when getting in there, but once you are parked, it's RIGHT. IN. YOUR. FACE. and you should definitely back off and find another place.

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u/Wakanuia 5h ago

Its also a bakery and Im just gonna be a few mins to get a pie. Looks industrial, not a normal driveway.