'Entitled dad blocks my drive when collecting kid from school - I got revenge'

A man has been praised for his 'petty revenge' on an entitled parent who parks across his driveway when collecting his son from school. Fed up, the homeowner explained how he lives on a street connected to an elementary school - and always has problems entering and leaving his driveway around school drop-off or pick-up hours.

While accepting he 'signed up' for this problem when moving in, he never expected parents to completely park over his driveway while waiting for their children, completely preventing him from using it. He said on Reddit : " Other residents including myself have issues on weekdays around 3:30pm that parents will be parked all along our street to go pick up their kids from the school at the end of it. There is no problem with that as I expect it.

We have a guy named Terry on our street. Terry had left all the neighbors a business card saying that if any people block their driveway to call him immediately and he would tow them right away. He is basically on standby from 2:00pm-4:00pm in our neighborhood. I Never had a chance to use this card yet.

"The only issue for me is that I finish work at 2:00pm and I go get groceries and usually end up home around 3:30pm. A few times now I have come home to park in my driveway and there is a vehicle completely blocking me. AKA instead of parking on the curb they will park at the end of my driveway and make it impossible for me to park in. So I have to ask the owners to move."

But when he returned home one day, he was stopped in his tracks by an old Dodge Minivan parked completely across his driveway. Not wanting to cause a fuss, he got out of his car and knocked on the tinted window. But he quickly came to realize the vehicle was empty.

He added: "I thought maybe they are napping in the back while they wait well nope. No one was in the vehicle. I couldn't get into my Driveway. This is specifically annoying because the curb behind and in front of him were both vacant (maybe they weren't vacant when he parked there.

So I got the card out of my Glove Compartment and called Terry. I gave him my house number and in less than five minutes he had that bad boi towed out of there. So what happened next? I decided to start cleaning my car on my driveway until the owner came by. My first plan was to tell the owner that he/she had blocked the driveway and I had it towed."

He waited and watched for the man to return to his car - enjoying the confusion on his face when he realized his van wasn't where he left it. I noticed him and didn't say anything as he was on his phone. So he actually came to me really upset. He said, 'Hey pal, have you seen my van, are you that much of a a****** to call it for a tow when I was gone three minutes?"

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"So my plan changed. I said "Wait, what van? And I decided to play dumb. Well about an hour later he rang my doorbell and asked for details. I told him to 'f*** off'. Terry is back in his driveway with his tow truck though and I plan on giving him a six-pack of beer for helping me."

While most users praised him for his quick thinking, others slammed the 'entitled' parent for parking over a stranger's driveway without permission. One user said: "If you’re parked there for 30 seconds or three hours. You don’t block someone’s driveway. That is rude as f***. Glad you got your petty revenge. I hope it was delicious."

Another user added: "Great execution and good lad Terry. The entitlement other people have and the blatant disregard for others deserves some payback." A third user said: "Good for you but I would go the extra step and contact the school's principal. Tell them parents picking up their kids are blocking resident's driveways and to send home a reminder that if they block residents they may be towed."

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