Proof we are among idiots
My emotional state at this minute is calm and collected. I’ve devoured a delicious Malaysian/Indonesian take-away and I’ve also told an idiot who’d parked his car and blocked the ramp of my driveway to move it but half an hour ago, I was raging.
I only nipped out for 10 minutes to collect my food but when I returned, his vehicle was partially blocking my driveway. Upon seeing me, he continued to load up his car and so I swerved (with great difficulty) and had to park my car in an awkward position. Once inside, I kept pacing up and down to the window and checking if my appearance had prompted him to move his car. Five minutes went by and no, he hadn’t. Instead he was sitting inside a different vehicle on the opposite side, having a chinwag with three other people. I flapped the net curtains a few times, I even took a few photos but no, the car was still there.
How very dare he...!
I was fuming while my food was getting cold but then I did something extraordinary that surprised me – I stormed outside and went straight to the car he was sitting in. Before he could turn around, the passenger in the seat behind him noticed me and gestured him to open his window.
“Is that your car?”, I asked.
“Yes – I am going in five minutes”
“Er, I don’t think so. Please move your car because I can’t park mine properly and the other space is reserved for another”.
Quickly he got out and moved his car. I mean, how dare he park there in the first place?! Cock! Of course this doesn’t beat the time when a random woman actually parked her car ON MY DRIVE WAY and popped into meet my neighbour across the road during controlled parking in the week day. I kid you not. Does my driveway look like a fucking free car park?! Why didn’t I call the police then? GAH!
By the way, I abhor the house across the road on the right. It used to be one house till the owner converted it into three flats and rented them out. To unsavoury looking tenants. The owner cemented the beautiful garden and knocked down a tree before painting the window frames instead of installing new double glazing and generally making the property look ugly. Urgh! It truly brings down the value of the street and I am itching to move.
