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“Karen Tried to Steal My Parking Spot, So I Made Sure She Never Got Another One Again”

“Karen Tried to Steal My Parking Spot, So I Made Sure She Never Got Another One Again”

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If there is one thing that gets on drivers’ nerves, it’s parking. No matter where you go, your chances of finding a parking spot are based on nothing more than sheer luck. And when luck is not in their favor, some individuals are willing to forget all about manners or unofficial rules just so they can get that spot.

Redditor u/firakti recently shared how they taught such a ‘determined’ driver a lesson. They had encountered a ‘Karen’ in the wild, who didn’t care for the unspoken rule of leaving the parking spot to the person who was waiting for it, and they simply couldn’t let it slide. They sought petty revenge instead. Scroll down to find the full story in their own words below.

Bored Panda has reached out to the OP via Reddit and will update the article once we’ve heard back from them.

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    Finding a parking spot is not an easy task, especially in a residential area

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    This driver chose to teach an entitled woman a lesson after she stole their parking spot

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    People face parking-related problems in countries all over the world

    While it’s not equally bad everywhere, parking seems to be a problem in cities all over the world. According to last year’s data from cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, parking is a headache in Poland, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Germany, Australia, France, and the US respectively, and that’s just the top eight on the list.

    With lack of parking spaces being a seemingly universal problem, you might wonder why that is. Well, at least part of the problem is universal, too – the number of vehicles people own is growing. Take Europe, for instance; over the decade between 2012 and 2022, there was a 14.3% increase in the average number of passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants (going from 490 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in 2012 to 560 in 2022).

    In the US, the number of cars people own seems to have been on the rise, too; according to Forbes, in the four years between 2018 and 2022 alone, the number of registered cars increased by 3.5%. By 2022, the vast majority—close to 92%—of households in the country had at least one vehicle, comprising a total of 278,870,463 cars.

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    A driver reportedly wastes roughly 2,000 hours of their lives looking for a parking spot

    While the number of cars people own is growing quite rapidly, the number of parking spots available arguably isn’t; or not at the same pace, at least. And that’s arguably one of the reasons why people might have to drive in circles looking for a place to park, likely cursing like a sailor.

    But troubles with parking can do more damage than just the consequences of being seriously aggravated. It leads to people wasting large amounts of their precious time and money, too. According to Towne Park, Americans waste roughly $73 billion per year looking for parking spots. Said source suggests that drivers spend around 17 hours per year just looking for a place to park, which costs each of them roughly $345 in wasted time, fuel, and emissions. In total, a commuter reportedly loses more than 2,000 hours of their lives looking for a place to leave their car.

    By the looks of it, the OP wasn’t willing to wait a minute longer than necessary. They were only waiting to let the person out of the parking spot, using a blinker to indicate that they were about to park there, but the Karen didn’t care much for the blinker, nor for the OP’s honking. Consequently, the redditor decided to teach the entitled woman a lesson; one that quite a few netizens in the comments applauded them for.

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    Fellow netizens applauded the driver’s petty revenge

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    Miglė Miliūtė

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    Miglė Miliūtė

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    A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

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    Gabija Saveiskyte

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    Hi there! I am a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. My job is to ensure that all the articles are aesthetically pleasing. I get to work with a variety of topics ranging from all the relationship drama to lots and lots of memes and, my personal favorites, funny cute cats. When I am not perfecting the images, you can find me reading with a cup of matcha latte and a cat in my lap, taking photos (of my cat), getting lost in the forest, or simply cuddling with my cat... Did I mention that I love cats?

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    James016
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Places like this should have assigned parking bays for residents and permits to be displayed in the car

    Schmebulock
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen this story so many times it's probably not true. They always have a friend who works for a tow company. Besides it would have been better to let the air out of her tire and have her towed.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you believe people who work at towing companies don’t have friends? 😳 Why do you believe that? I know a couple people who own a towing company and they’ré among the nicest people I’ve ever known. All they want is for people to be able to use their own parking spaces. I have a feeling you dislike them because you were towed, but you can’t extrapolate to “All towing people suck and have no friends.” It’s more likely that you have no friends because you have no parking etiquette.

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    N G
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be nice to have both sides to this story

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flip side post would start "entitled asshöle keeps getting my car towed, what can I do about it?"

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    James016
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Places like this should have assigned parking bays for residents and permits to be displayed in the car

    Schmebulock
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen this story so many times it's probably not true. They always have a friend who works for a tow company. Besides it would have been better to let the air out of her tire and have her towed.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you believe people who work at towing companies don’t have friends? 😳 Why do you believe that? I know a couple people who own a towing company and they’ré among the nicest people I’ve ever known. All they want is for people to be able to use their own parking spaces. I have a feeling you dislike them because you were towed, but you can’t extrapolate to “All towing people suck and have no friends.” It’s more likely that you have no friends because you have no parking etiquette.

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    N G
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be nice to have both sides to this story

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flip side post would start "entitled asshöle keeps getting my car towed, what can I do about it?"

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