Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am truly baffled at the people that think it is fine to take a spot someone else dug out and view it as rude to put chairs to mark what you shoveled out. Using chairs to mark the spot you reclaimed from the snow seems common sense.

I am truly baffled that you think spots can be reserved on a public street.

This is a courtesy that greases the skids of community life in a cold climate. There is no snowy area on earth that doesn't have this general agreement about parking spots in the snow.

It's somewhat similar to picking a spot on the beach and laying out your towel and then heading to the water. Is it baffling to think you can reserve a spot on a public beach? You'd be annoyed and slightly incredulous if someone broke the social contact by moving your towel so they could have your spot. Now imagine how you'd feel if you'd had to work 2 hours to lay your towel in that spot. It would reveal an incredible sense of entitlement and lack of empathy towards others to move your towel in that circumstance.

And that's at the beach where you don't know anyone. But now you're in your neighborhood, looking at your neighbor's car in the spot you dug out and it's your neighbor basically saying, "screw you, I got mine."

NP and I guess I missed the part where people threatened violence and destruction of property over beach towels…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

+1. I don't understand this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that your car has been dug out of the parking space, do you have the right to 'reserve' it for when you come back? Is it an etiquette breach if I should remove your folding chairs and park on up in the space? Am I rude? If you punch my car, is it rude?

If you remove my folding chairs, I slash your tires. This is basic snow etiquette, and you shouldn't expect any less.

Where I come from, you break off a side view mirror. Slashing all tires seems excessive.

Plus now they can't move back out of your spot.

+1 What an idiot. LOL

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

.

But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

Buy a house with a driveway and clear out your garage so you can park in it, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

.

But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

And people can move snow around your car and block you back in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

.

But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

And people can move snow around your car and block you back in.

A space on a public street belongs to noone who does not currently occupy it.

[Anonymous]

[mastodon]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am truly baffled at the people that think it is fine to take a spot someone else dug out and view it as rude to put chairs to mark what you shoveled out. Using chairs to mark the spot you reclaimed from the snow seems common sense.

I am truly baffled that you think spots can be reserved on a public street.

This is a courtesy that greases the skids of community life in a cold climate. There is no snowy area on earth that doesn't have this general agreement about parking spots in the snow.

It's somewhat similar to picking a spot on the beach and laying out your towel and then heading to the water. Is it baffling to think you can reserve a spot on a public beach? You'd be annoyed and slightly incredulous if someone broke the social contact by moving your towel so they could have your spot. Now imagine how you'd feel if you'd had to work 2 hours to lay your towel in that spot. It would reveal an incredible sense of entitlement and lack of empathy towards others to move your towel in that circumstance.

And that's at the beach where you don't know anyone. But now you're in your neighborhood, looking at your neighbor's car in the spot you dug out and it's your neighbor basically saying, "screw you, I got mine."

If this is your neighbor, why don't you knock on their door and discuss it with them? All this talk of damaging people's property is so immature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am truly baffled at the people that think it is fine to take a spot someone else dug out and view it as rude to put chairs to mark what you shoveled out. Using chairs to mark the spot you reclaimed from the snow seems common sense.

I am truly baffled that you think spots can be reserved on a public street.

This is a courtesy that greases the skids of community life in a cold climate. There is no snowy area on earth that doesn't have this general agreement about parking spots in the snow.

It's somewhat similar to picking a spot on the beach and laying out your towel and then heading to the water. Is it baffling to think you can reserve a spot on a public beach? You'd be annoyed and slightly incredulous if someone broke the social contact by moving your towel so they could have your spot. Now imagine how you'd feel if you'd had to work 2 hours to lay your towel in that spot. It would reveal an incredible sense of entitlement and lack of empathy towards others to move your towel in that circumstance.

And that's at the beach where you don't know anyone. But now you're in your neighborhood, looking at your neighbor's car in the spot you dug out and it's your neighbor basically saying, "screw you, I got mine."

NP and I guess I missed the part where people threatened violence and destruction of property over beach towels…

+1 A better comparison would be that the neighbor moved your car from the spot and parked their own car there.

[Anonymous]

During some snow storm years ago, my husband had to get into work to do something quickly. He had a truck and got out of his spot without issue. I stayed outside and shoveled it. It was snowing so much that I planned to just keep shoveling the spot until he got back.

My neighbor from Rochester pulled up and started back in to take the space! I was standing in the spot with a shovel! There's no way someone from Rochester didn't know better.

During a storm and for the day after, be nice.

After a day, the spots are up for grabs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

.

But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

And people can move snow around your car and block you back in.

A space on a public street belongs to noone who does not currently occupy it.

Have the space. Enjoy the snow around it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:During some snow storm years ago, my husband had to get into work to do something quickly. He had a truck and got out of his spot without issue. I stayed outside and shoveled it. It was snowing so much that I planned to just keep shoveling the spot until he got back.

My neighbor from Rochester pulled up and started back in to take the space! I was standing in the spot with a shovel! There's no way someone from Rochester didn't know better.

During a storm and for the day after, be nice.

After a day, the spots are up for grabs.

So what happened?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

.

But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

And people can move snow around your car and block you back in.

A space on a public street belongs to noone who does not currently occupy it.

Have the space. Enjoy the snow around it.

Will do, snow rager.

[Anonymous]

The people who say "no" to saving spaces always have big SUVs or trucks. Or do a poor job of clearing their space.

If you put in the time to do a good job cleaning out a spot, it's yours until it melts. If everyone actually did a good job, no one would need to "spaces." But just because you half assed it, doesn't mean I did, and it doesn't mean you get my thoroughly cleared spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:During some snow storm years ago, my husband had to get into work to do something quickly. He had a truck and got out of his spot without issue. I stayed outside and shoveled it. It was snowing so much that I planned to just keep shoveling the spot until he got back.

My neighbor from Rochester pulled up and started back in to take the space! I was standing in the spot with a shovel! There's no way someone from Rochester didn't know better.

During a storm and for the day after, be nice.

After a day, the spots are up for grabs.

So what happened?

I stayed standing there, she rolled down the window, and I said "You're from Rochester and I'm from Boston. We both know snow etiquette." She must have gone down the street because I kept working on the spot.

She was such a nasty neighbor. Never friendly. I don't think she stuck around very long. Maybe she's taking spots in a new neighborhood now!