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

[Anonymous]

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)

[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.

[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

[Anonymous]

I’m having serious health issues and have a home health nurse and a physical therapist each visiting me 2-3 times per week. They’re here for an hour or less, but they need to park somewhere. I’m legitimately sorry if they take your space temporarily. Please don’t damage their cars.

[Anonymous]

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.

[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.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you uber back and forth until you shovel or pay someone to shovel, and place a chair in a spot. Or move to a place with a parking garage reserved spots, or driveway. Or wait until it melts.

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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!

As does everyone on your block and the surrounding blocks, I assume?

Then they need to get to work clearing a space.

Can I come and steal the pie cooling in your windowsill because I don’t feel like making my own? I want pie too.

Streets are public. Pirs inside ones home are not

[Anonymous]

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.

It's fine, but you can't hold a spot 24 hours a day. People may need to park there. They shouldn't do it overnight, especially if they live there. But they will have to during the day. People come to most streets temporarily during the day and all those temporary parkers can't dig out spots. You can't block all of the parking when you're not there.

[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?

[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!

As does everyone on your block and the surrounding blocks, I assume?

Then they need to get to work clearing a space.

Can I come and steal the pie cooling in your windowsill because I don’t feel like making my own? I want pie too.

But didn’t they clear a space already??? Since they clearly have their car out and about?

[Anonymous]

How long does one get to reserve their spot? Till all the snow has gone? Permanently? Yo leave for 10 hours on a work day and require it to be empty? It's a public street. Pay for a garage or live with it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yeah, if everyone parks on the street and there aren't enough spots for everyone who lives there, so people routinely have to park a few blocks away, you officially live in a dense enough area that they can't block the spots. Just take one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. This is DC. Saving spots is not a thing. I've heard this is a thing in Boston. It is not in DC. Get over it.

Someone on a block near my street got shot for stealing a spot one year in DC.