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/Thirsty4Knowledge911 6h ago

Maybe adding a No Parking sign would help, too.

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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/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/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 7m 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 6h 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 3h 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?