I’m Bob, a construction foreman working on a tough project halfway up a steep hill. Because there’s no road access, we rely on just two clearly marked no-parking spots at the bottom of the hill to keep deliveries running smoothly. One morning, a woman pulled up and parked her SUV right in one of those spots, completely ignoring the signs.
When I politely asked her to move so the lumber delivery could get through, she didn’t care. She told me to “deal with it” and acted like the rules didn’t apply to her.
Minutes later, the delivery truck arrived, loaded with materials we needed. I asked her again to move, but she refused and said we could just unload around her.
So, we did exactly that—but in a way she wouldn’t like. The truck driver carefully parked the big delivery truck so close to her SUV that she was boxed in and couldn’t open her driver’s door.
She was trapped between the truck and a porta-potty nearby. Realizing she couldn’t get out normally, she awkwardly climbed out the passenger side and started yelling at us to move the truck.
I explained that for safety reasons, we couldn’t move the truck while the load was unsecured. She got angry, threatened to report us, and refused to cooperate.Then parking enforcement showed up just as she tried to back out. In her frustration, she smashed into the porta-potty and got stuck on the curb.
The police arrived, and because she was driving recklessly with her child in the car, she was arrested.Her son was picked up by his grandmother, and we finished unloading without any more problems.
That day, karma made sure she learned a costly lesson about entitlement—and our parking spots stayed clear for good.