A man has been praised for his petty revenge on a stranger who parked in his driveway without permission.
Shocked, he decided to teach the entitled driver a lesson they’d never forget – all while hitting the money in their bank account at the same time.
He said on Reddit: “Back when I was in high school (around 1966 or 1967), my family lived not too far from Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, where the Rose Parade occurs every January 1. Huge crowds of people showed up, and parking could get congested.
“One January 1, someone actually parked in our driveway; they didn’t ask permission, just parked, locked the car, and left.”
At this time, he says you were able to unlock cars using a straightened metal clothes hanger – and he used this to get inside the vehicle to start his revenge plan.
He added: “So we unlocked the car, pushed it into the middle of the street (I don’t remember having any difficulty with a steering wheel lock, so I guess the car didn’t have one), relocked it, and went inside.
“I should mention that the street had two lanes in each direction, plus a turning lane in the centre; the car was left in the turning lane. The car was towed.”
While most users praised him for his revenge, others shared their own stories about entitled people leaving their cars in unusual places.
Commenting on his post, one user said: “I need more. Did you see the trespasser when they came back?”
Another user added: “I’ve been to the Rose Bowl and Rose Parade, and parking is horrendous. I would be so angry if someone just parked in my driveway and left.
“I’m so glad they came back to no car and a tow bill. You gave them just what they deserved.”
A third user said: “We lived near the high school football field back in the 1970s. On the rare occasions when someone would park in our driveway, Daddy would go out and remove their distributor cap.
“After the game, he’d let them struggle trying to start the car and would then walk out with the distributor cap in his hand and explain to them that if his family had an emergency and needed to get someone like his elderly mother to the hospital, they would have come back to a car missing more than a distributor cap.
“Then he’d reinstall it for them and send them on their way.”
One more user said: “Lots of cars that are still on the road can be opened that way. Cops carry a tool called a Slim Jim so they can get in – at least some of them do.
“Source: I worked 9-1-1 a few years back and had to send cops with a Slim Jim to save kids accidentally locked in cars more than once.”
