…Or do you?

(To preface this blurb – S had carpooled to work and I had taken the A3, leaving our Montero at home in this infamous parking spot.)

So, when I arrived home last night, I had noticed that our I’ll-place-my-trash-bins-in-this-parking-spot-so-you-can’t-park-here neighbor’s trash and recycle bins were on the sidewalk, right up against (read: touching) the car. Of course, I didn’t see any scratches, but dude…that’s just flat-out rude. Unnoticed, the bins had been moved from the sidewalk to behind our car…S went out to check for scratches (there were none), but he noticed chalk marked arrows on the sidewalk exactly matched up to the center of the tires. Hmm. We wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and decided to write a polite note asking him to be more careful when placing his bins next to our car (when it’s parked there).

This am, S saw that the bins had moved in and took the opportunity to ask him about being more careful about the bins, our car, etc. He denied putting them there…okay not a problem. THEN, he wanted to talk to S about US constantly parking in his this spot. He starts to say that he’s an SF native and that though the street parking is PUBLIC parking, it’s an unspoken courtesy to not park in front of a house that’s not yours. (wtf! anti-dog lady across the street, is looking more agreeable, wouldn’t you say?) S rebutted saying that because of the construction/sewer replacement on our thoroughfare, there isn’t much parking and the bus stop is right in front of our house (this will soon be moved, so hopefully soon, we will have a spot in front of our house). S finished with asking him to be mindful of our property – nasty neighbor (NN) #1 said “of course” and that was that.

Okay – first of all – just because you are an SF native, doesn’t grant you any special treatment – maybe some oohs and ahhs from some people who aren’t from here and the right to wear the SF native tee shirt. Secondly, I’d would be more sympathetic to his argument if we were in a neighborhood where PUBLIC street parking (in front of your own house, nonetheless) was a hot commodity. But you know what – it’s not – so, deal NN#1. Thirdly, NN#1 is the only person in the NEIGHBORHOOD who has “complained” about us constantly parking in a parking spot. And finally, if the spot’s open, you never park there anyway – so again, what’s the big deal?

So friends, family, I beseech you – if that spot is open – TAKE it! Courtesy, my a**.

So from this pregnancy lesson #2 – Never aggravate a pregnant woman…or else. Lesson #1 being – Never let a hungry pregnant woman go grocery shopping alone.

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