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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Where are you getting these rules? On a public street, there is no saving spaces. That is universal.

[Anonymous]

If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

[Anonymous]

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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!

That is so rude when you clearly just cleared the space to park in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

I can’t believe being this guy and then still feeling you are the keeper of etiquette.

[Anonymous]

But so if someone is on your block to work, like a plumber or a tutor or whatever, where are they supposed to park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Just saying that in Boston, where this practice is kind of famous, you get the storm day and the next day. They even announce on the news when you have to remove your space saver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

A sentry cam would catch you doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Just saying that in Boston, where this practice is kind of famous, you get the storm day and the next day. They even announce on the news when you have to remove your space saver.

Interesting, good to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Where are you getting these rules? On a public street, there is no saving spaces. That is universal.

It's not a law. It's etiquette and consideration from others. Clearly you have none.

You're probably the same person who has 3-4 cars on limited street parking, when you never need more than 1-2.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. But your neighbors already know you're not a good neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

I can’t believe being this guy and then still feeling you are the keeper of etiquette.

They're your contractor. Move your car from the space you cleared out, so they can have it. Figure something else out for your own car. Or shovel a 2nd spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But so if someone is on your block to work, like a plumber or a tutor or whatever, where are they supposed to park?

The plumber in my household, had someone drive him to and from jobs, because there was no place to park at most of them, and he had a lot of work to do and didn't want to waste time on parking. This was early in the storm when people weren't going anywhere.

At our house, he was parked in front of me, so when he left, I pulled forwards so I was straddling the two spaces. When we knew he was coming home my teenager when out and shoveled to make sure the space was empty, and then moved the car back when he arrived.

Tutors should go virtual during snow emergencies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is horribly rude to take someone's hard-earned/shoveled parking spot in a storm such as the one we have had. It is more than rude and rings of the person's sense of entitlement.
However, it is not illegal to steal that spot so there is that. But, yes, in the world of "snow etiquette" a person should not take another's spot ever.

Question. I worked overnight in the hospital through the weekend storm. Parked in hospital garage. Drove home (very carefully) on Monday. All spots within about a mile radius of my home are blocked off with chairs. What do I do here? Other than just go back and park at the hospital garage and commit to living on my work unit for the next 3 weeks until the snow melts, because I am not allowed to park on my street due to the fact that it snowed a few days ago and there are chairs and cones blocking all the spots (since everyone is back to work etc and driving around normally)

Park in one you can see while you shovel yours out.

We have a driveway but I know my neighbors and their schedules fairly well, and I moved a chair so I could free my driveway space for my house cleaner. But I kept an eye on it (working from home) and the neighbor could have texted me if they came home early for some reason. But they didn't, and I just put the chair back when I was done.

Every single spot on my block and the next block up is shoveled out and blocked with chairs. Not joking. There is no spot for me to dig out. They are all dug out! And marked with cones! I’ve been parking in spots 6-7 blocks away (I’ve dug out a few in the last week since I’m able bodied) but it’s ridiculous for people to decide I’ll never park on my block again because I was working in the ER during the storm and wasn’t here for the digging on Monday morning. Like, when can I park on my block again? March? People are ridiculous. Monday morning when they all drive into work yet again and block their spots yet again, I’m throwing all the chairs in the trash.

So you live in a spot where you routinely can’t park on your street. What is your problem then? Park on other streets like normal.

well, "like normal" is that there are let's say 40 cars with owners on our block but only spaces for 30 of them. "Like normal" is that throughout the day, some people are at work, or shopping, or away on a trip, and others are home. And usually everyone who is home can get a spot on our block- every now and then, someone gets home pretty late from a show or dinner or a bar, and parks a few blocks over, definitely. But as it is now, the 30 cars who happened to be on our block before the snowstorm hit (while my car was in the parking garage at my hospital where I was camped out working for a couple days), seem to have permanently claimed those spots, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE AT WORK OR SHOPPING OR OUT TO DINNER etc etc etc, because they block those spots off with folding chairs or cones when they leave for 9 hours and fully expect no one else to be allowed to park in that spot for that time. So the same 10 cars- mostly people who were stuck out of town, or stuck at work, during the storm- now apparently no longer EVER get to park on our block, until spring time. Even if only 20% of the block is parked in- the other 80% are blocked off by chairs and cones, sometimes for 8-10 hours at a time, while I park half a mile away. All because I have the audacity to be a hospital nurse at work during the snowstorm.
But it's a moot point, me and another health care worker neighbor tossed the chairs/cones in a pile a few days ago at the end of our block and no one was brave enough to go retrieve them and put them back, I guess. It's like 10 days after the snow, life is back to normal, I guess even they know they don't have an excuse to be dicks anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

I can’t believe being this guy and then still feeling you are the keeper of etiquette.

Right? What a loser. It's not like it snowed yesterday and we are all under a snow emergency. It was over a week ago and everyone is back to work or school. You don't need a special handicapped spot directly outside your house until April, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Long live the Pittsburgh chair!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Long live the Pittsburgh chair!

+1000 ditto for the Boston chair.