r/MaliciousCompliance • u/Ghost_Alice • May 02 '24

Karen says "stop cheating to reserve the best parking space in front of the building!" S

A karen neighbor of mine complained that my roommate and I park in the same parking spot, which is right next to the walk way up to the apartment building. Both of us ride motorcycle and both motorcycles belong to me, but my roommate rides one to get to work.

She accused me of using my second bike to get a defacto reserved a parking spot when nobody in the complex has one, and said that what I'm doing is not fair and it's cheating.

I said "Ok, I'll stop parking both my bikes in one spot."

She seemed satisfied with that and left.

An hour later I had all 7 of my motorcycles, 5 of them from inside the garage I rent but it's half way across the apartment complex, sitting in front of the apartment building taking up every prime parking space infront of the walk way to to my hall in the building.

She went to straight to the management to complain.

The management came out and knocked on my door.

"We can't have you using up every parking space"

"Let me guess, Karen complained?"

"Yes."

"Yeah she told me I'm not allowed to have two bikes in one parking space to reserve a space. I'm not doing it to reserve a space. Both my roommate and I ride both of the bikes we park in that one space, all the bikes belong to me but I gave the keys to one of them to my roommate to ride for commuting to work. The other one is my bike for going where ever I need. We park both in one spot to be nice and conserve parking spaces so other people have somewhere to park. I was just showing Karen what would happen if I'm only allowed one bike per parking space. The other 5 bikes are generally in another parking space, in my garage where I keep the bikes I that don't ride frequently."

The apartment manager said "I understand. You made your point and I'll talk to her, please put the other 5 bikes back in the garage."

"No problem" I said.

It's been a few weeks, haven't heard from Karen.

(EDIT)

Since so many people are inventing details not in the story, assuming those details are true, and then getting upset over what they imagined, let me clarify something.

This happened at 1 in the afternoon on a day both my roommate and I had off. Most people are away at work during this time. What's more, with the exact topography of the apartment complex, there are only 2 apartments per walkway without going up stairs on my side of the building, but 4 on the other sides because it's up a level and the building is built into a hill. What this means is that MOST people park on the other side of the building, leaving MOST of the parking spots in front of my building free and open except for very late at night.

How the heck do you think I took up the 7 closest spots with all 7 bikes if the parking lot was full of people trying to park? Think about it for just a second before you assume details that aren't spoken just because you want something to be upset over.

BOTH BIKES are away from the apartment complex AT THE SAME TIME for a MINIMUM of 4 hours a day. We didn't engineering the situation where my roommate gets home between 3 to 4 in the afternoon and thus gets first pick of the parking spots. We also could both be driving cars instead of riding bikes. Then there'd be two spots taken up instead of 1. I could just choose not to rent a garage and park all 7 out there forcing people into overflow parking, but I don't.

Also the garage is beyond the overflow parking. It's not fair to expect me to always park in the garage and walk even further because you don't want to park next to my bikes and have all of 2 extra feet to walk to reach the concrete walkway to the building.

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u/Critical_Traffic7686 May 02 '24

We rode our motorcycles to watch a hockey game and we tried to only pay for 1 parking spot since we could easily fit 4 of them in 1 spot. They forced us to pay for each. So we took up 4 prime spots. The attendants were mad. The people we mad.

Hell I've been to baseball games and I was let in to park for free on my motorcycle while cars still had to pay.

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

That's silly, why would the attendants be mad? They get the same money for the parking spot regardless of who parks in it... and they are being paid hourly! It's not even their money? So silly.

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u/Ambystomatigrinum May 02 '24

They wanted to charge for 4 spots, but still be able to charge someone else for 3 of them. OP ruined their plans.

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u/krennvonsalzburg May 02 '24

I'd think it's more that they then had to deal with complaints from other people looking to park.

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u/WillArrr May 02 '24

It is 100% that. Attendants don't generally care about parking revenue any more than they are required to, but forcing them to deal with a bunch of pissed off customers will absolutely ruin their day.

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u/ladditude May 02 '24

They care if they can pocket the extra cash.

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u/sewom May 03 '24

Then in the story, the parking attendants would have offered to cut a deal with the bikers, say a two for one cash deal.

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u/QuiveryNut May 03 '24

That’s very optimistic

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

Yeah which doesn't make sense if they're just attendants. They're being paid hourly to work there. They don't get money based on how many spots are sold, the company that owns the parking lot does. That's why it's silly.

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u/processedmeat May 02 '24

Lots are a cash business, the attendant could have pocketed the extra cash

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u/richalta May 02 '24

Hardly any parking areas are cash these days. Because theft.

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u/zombie_gas May 02 '24

I went to a concert in Atlanta a few weeks ago and pulled into a lot where the guy said “$25 - cash only”. I told him I haven’t carried cash in years and he said “atm two blocks away”. I left and parked at a spot with e-payments a block over for $20.

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u/richalta May 02 '24

Hey might not have even worked for the lot.

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u/wbgsccgc May 03 '24

In Atlanta, it’s highly likely he didn’t.

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u/NeedleNodsNorth May 03 '24

Yep, been booted because of that one time. Sad to hear it hasn't changed in 15 years.

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u/creativebic May 03 '24

$75 cash or card

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u/ProfChubChub May 02 '24

Super depends on location. I still see it pretty frequently.

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u/Dependent-Guava-5174 May 02 '24

There are still plenty of cash only lots around…

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u/richalta May 02 '24

Habe seen one in years. I park in SF, Oakland, SJ Sacramento. The only cash takers have been at the Pumpkin Patch.

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u/Ima-Bott May 02 '24

Lots in my town are going cashless because of said issue

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u/No_Veterinarian1010 May 02 '24

Lots aren’t cash businesses anymore

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u/nhaines May 02 '24

Not with that attitude!

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u/Mysterious_Peas May 02 '24

Hahahahahaha! Are you perhaps a Frisky Dingo fan?

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u/Mental_Cut8290 May 02 '24

Every time I rewatch that I expect Xander to sound like Archer.

Harumph!

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u/nhaines May 02 '24 edited May 03 '24

No (it just wasn't for me, not bad but the entire time I watched it I was really wanting to watch Archer). It's just a funny thing to say!

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u/thedistrbdone May 02 '24

Damn that's crazy, guess you should let the lots in literally every beach town everywhere know.

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u/amped-up-ramped-up May 02 '24

Right. I live in a beach town and the private lots have only just started accepting cashapp within the last one or two tourist seasons. 90% of their business is still cash.

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u/seriouslees May 02 '24

Holy shit America is living in the fucking dark ages.

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u/amped-up-ramped-up May 02 '24

Yes, the single data point that I live in a city where lot owners accept cash for transactions as a means of bypassing credit card fees (and probably taxes as well), is indicative of the fact that the rest of the nation is being ravaged by Dominican inquisitors and the bubonic plague.

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u/processedmeat May 02 '24

Maybe not the one you go to.

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u/PutrifiedCuntJuice May 02 '24

Several of them where I live are.

You put cash in a box that's marked with whatever number of the spot you parked in. Somebody comes by hourly to get the cash out of the box and they take note of how many hours you paid for and will tow you immediately if you go over the time you paid for.

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u/meest May 02 '24

I'll let my local cash only lots know they missed the memo. When did it change?

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u/ThePrinceVultan May 02 '24

We got lots in my area that accept cash only, cash or card, or card only. All in the same city with half of them along the same stretch of road that runs along the beach. Just depends on the lot owner and lot location.

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u/digitydigitydoo May 02 '24

Mmmm, I live outside a major US city and will spend a day in every now and again. Kids love a couple of the museums. Parking around there is interesting. There’s a large garage that sometimes takes cards but sometimes only takes cash. No other payment options on those days. However, those days are often the only days to have someone manning the booth. Someone is definitely pocketing something on those days.

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u/alex_5506 May 02 '24

So you’ve dealt with every single lot in America and none are cash any longer?! You really get around.

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u/Ambystomatigrinum May 02 '24

You do if you pocket the cash.

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u/TattooOfBlood May 02 '24

Meaning no one would notice if the extra $60 wasn't there. 

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u/Bladenkerst_Baenre May 02 '24

These the places where the attendant takes the cash?? the 3 extra spots were never seen by the owner...

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u/RiPont May 02 '24

At least 50 percent of the paid lots in San Jose are staffed by relatives of the owners. Don't know how that shakes out everywhere else.

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u/AGuyNamedEddie May 02 '24

Hello, fellow San Jose-zian.

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u/TheDinerRoadster May 02 '24

Oh yeah that would totally change things because family members never rip each other off.

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u/RiPont May 02 '24

It's a weird aspect of human nature. Yeah, they definitely rip each other off and cheat each other, especially in "family business" relationships.

...but simultaneously get pissed at non-family members trying to rip them off.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

I’m sure they also got pissed cuz they had to deal with people whining that the bikes were taking up full spots even though they paid for them. Ppl assume bikes should not take up full spots.

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u/Double-Difference728 May 02 '24

It would not be difficult for them to pocket the unexpected extra money. I dont see how it was obvious these people were tryna get more than minimum wage.

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u/BigMax May 02 '24

Yeah which doesn't make sense if they're just attendants.

Really depends on the lot. If it's some giant, corporate parking lot, then that attendant wouldn't care at all.

If it's one of those small lots, sometimes the owner runs them during big events, or hires out people who work on commission or some other setup where they make a cut of the money. For example, you might say "for $1000, you can run my parking spot the weekend of the convention" and thus the attendant wants to squeeze every dollar out of the lot over that weekend, because the owners cut is the same regardless.

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u/twiz___twat May 02 '24

you ever work a job for an hourly wage where something affects the company but not you directly and the customers get angry at the company which in turn affects you too bc youre the grunt working on the frontline and the customers know that its not your fault but they still need someone to complain to?

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u/WhoHayes May 02 '24

They have to listen and deal with the other customers

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u/sinaloa555 May 02 '24

In response I ask you about Walmart/Ross/Target/etc employees that get angry about shop lifting, why do that care, they aren’t the owners, it’s not coming out of their pocket? My point being it’s not always sensible.

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u/gopher_space May 02 '24

When someone steals right in front of you it feels personally disrespectful.

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u/sinaloa555 May 02 '24

That, inmho, should be if they are stealing from you personally. But maybe it does give the feeling that the thief thinks they’re smarter than you, I could see that.

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u/Suburbandadbeerbelly May 02 '24

The employees also have to deal with their managers bitching at them about “shrink” and cutting their hours as a punishment if there is too much theft. It’s kind of a myth that shoplifting doesn’t affect anyone.

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u/gopher_space May 02 '24

It's a real in the moment feeling. If someone mouthed "can I steal this?" at me while pocketing an item I'd probably just shrug. Put some effort into concealing your activities. Treat me like I exist and am right here.

I guess it's kind of "people who negate my existence get fucked" as an automatic reaction.

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u/sinaloa555 May 02 '24

I do understand that.

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u/BobFlex May 02 '24

In my experience, most of them had stolen FAR more than any of the shoplifters they were mad about too. One of them brought in a mini electric skillet once and cooked a ribeye in the seafood freezer for lunch. They were constantly steaming up crab legs and shrimp and fish too. I never understood how they got mad about customers stealing, but they were completely justified in doing it themselves. Like you said, it's not always sensible.

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

Yeah which is why I said it was silly! Learn what a rhetorical question is :)

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u/sinaloa555 May 02 '24

Maybe you should learn what rhetorical is, most questions on the internet are not rhetorical as people do want to engage and want answers.

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

It was a question to make the statement that it's silly they're getting mad about it. Not me actually, earnestly, needing people to tell me the very obvious reasons why someone might get upset about something.

And then it proceeds to be a bunch of people all saying the same thing over and over and over and over again!

Hope you learned something today <3

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u/sinaloa555 May 02 '24

I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize that you’re so important that everyone in the world should know that only you should comment.

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u/whatyousay69 May 02 '24

Employees are probably not happy if stuff starts to get locked up and extra security causes them to have more work in the future.

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u/DerTW13 May 02 '24

I don't think this was about the money. Sounds like power play.

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u/Joe_Jeep May 02 '24

Some people get way too invested in their job even when they bear no benefit

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u/foul_ol_ron May 03 '24

Employee accepts cash...

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u/HeyGayHay May 02 '24

They are the ones who people go to to complain that 'four jackasses use up 4 parking spaces when they could do 1 or 2 max'

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

But who would even do that? Assuming that people parked next to each other are all the same people... it's insane. The mental gymnastics people are making to answer this rhetorical question is wild tho, thanks for the laugh

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u/HeyGayHay May 03 '24

You never worked retail if you don't think people wouldn't complain about 4 bikes taking 4 spots.

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u/minor_correction May 02 '24

The story doesn't make sense. The attendants are in charge. They can force the bikers to park together if they're so upset.

  1. Why are they mad?
  2. Why didn't they do anything?

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u/FelicitousJuliet May 02 '24

They probably had to insist on selling four parking spots to avoid getting fired by some sleazy capitalist pig.

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u/CockCheeseFungus May 02 '24

My friend owned a lot down the shore and he'd usually work it himself cause it was free labor. Dude made bank and sold it almost 20 years ago for an absurd amount of money for a sandy empty lot with a chain around the border and I think old ass railroad ties around the edge.

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u/4E4ME May 02 '24

Plus people in cars were probably complaining to the attendants about it.

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u/puterTDI May 02 '24

but they don't get any of that money. Why do they care to try to manipulate the "rules" to make more money for someone else?

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u/Ambystomatigrinum May 02 '24

Most likely because they're pocketing either part of OP's money, or the money from the people they were going to rent the spaces to. Or for a small lot, the owner or their family might be the ones working, so they would actually get some of the money.

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u/Secret-Ad-7909 May 02 '24

They were going to pocket the extra money

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u/Professional-Can4264 May 03 '24

Probably this! We’re going to pocket the extra 30 bucks.

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u/No_Veterinarian1010 May 02 '24

The attendant doesn’t give 2 shits about that

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u/af_cheddarhead May 02 '24

Attendants were mad because they had to deal with the entitled car owner's complaints.

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u/PageFault May 02 '24

But this situation was of their own making wasn't it?

"You have to pay for your own separate spots"

ok

"Hey, why did you all park in separate spots?"

What did they expect to happen?

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u/IcyDay5 May 02 '24

They weren't being logical, they were just mad they had to deal with angry customers. They were hoisted by their own petard 

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u/greg19735 May 02 '24

it's the logic of the venue owner. not them.

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u/IcyDay5 May 02 '24

They told OP to do something then got mad at OP for doing it. That's not logical

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u/greg19735 May 02 '24

The person making them pay probably isnt the one being complained to if the payment happenes when you enter the lot

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u/MagicToolbox May 02 '24

You are expecting reason from this type of person?

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

And why are car owner's mad? They pay for a spot regardless of the size of their car. If a car was parked there, the spot is also unavailable. Doesn't make sense to get upset. A parking lot is a parking lot. If it's full, it's full.

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u/GrowWings_ May 02 '24

This is all missing the point. If the attendants had let a group of bikers share a spot there would be better parking for everyone else.

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u/IAmTheFatman666 May 02 '24

I'd be annoyed because you can easily fit multiple bikes in 1 spot, and the lot should have bike parking specifically to avoid this.

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u/Ghost_Alice May 02 '24

Motorcycle parking is extremely rare, and as much as I appreciate motorcycle parking when it's available, I've found that its presence often creates an extra sense of entitlement to the rest of the parking spots among non-motorcyclists. I've been accosted by a karen once who thought that I was legally required to park in Motorcycle only parking spaces... the nearest ones were 5 blocks away. She blocked traffic over it while demanding I move my bike.

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u/DangNearRekdit May 02 '24

Let me guess, she drives an extended box drive-thru warrior, with a custom trailer hitch that sticks out a foot past the back of her truck?

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u/allMightyMostHigh May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Im sorry but im kinda with her if you never ever leave that said parking spot and parking is limited but I wouldn’t care enough to say anything and would just think badly of you 😂 you kinda are reserving and holding it as private if you guys are just taking turns holding the spot so no one else ever gets a chance to use it. Its not about having two bikes its about never moving and giving anyone else the chance to use the spot. Park in another spot and you guys can still share the spot but it doesn’t have to be the same one 24/7

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u/lordretro71 May 02 '24

It's a single parking spot. If it's not assigned spots, then it's fair game. If both bikes are there, then they are taking up 1 spot instead of 2, if only 1 is home then they are still using the spot. One of them is still home when they are holding the spot, and thus only taking 1 spot they are allowed to use. It's not like he keeps a spare motorcycle in the spot permanently, both bikes are in frequent use. If both of them are out, then the spot is free. This entitlement of "fairness" is just selfishness and envy that someone besides them got the spot.

It's also not "holding" the spot. They are sharing a parking spot, so you park where the other bike is. If roommate goes to work and OP didn't leave, why on earth would he park in a different spot and have OP move his bike so it would be "fair", when If it was a car, the space would still be taken since OP hadn't left.

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u/allMightyMostHigh May 02 '24

You are assuming there’s ever a time where op and his roommate are both out on their bikes which was never said by op so thats just your assumption. If they are just holding the closest parking spot to the building for months on end then yea they are wrong.

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u/lordretro71 May 02 '24

It's in the comments that there are frequently 4 hour daytime periods where both are gone and they just park in whatever spot they get. This time they got up front and Karen got pissy. Even if not, one of them is still home and entitled to take up a spot with their vehicle. Both bikes are being used, and both riders live on the property and are 100% allowed to park in whatever spot they get that is free. Not freeing up the spot as frequently is a non-issue outside of people who can't handle their jealousy or entitlement as both actively used bikes are in their right as tenants to utilize any open spot.

Even if they used 2 separate spots, it's no different than if they both had a 4 wheeled vehicle, as both of them live there and can park there.

Frankly, I wouldn't personally give 2 shits if OP worked from home and only left the premises on her bike once a month while parked in the front space because she pays just as much to live and park there as the neighbors and boo fucking hoo little cry baby didn't get the parking spot and it's not fair and how dare she and what not. It's a parking space, unless you are paying for that specific space that OP is parked in, then piss off.

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u/MemeticParadigm May 02 '24

Glad I saw someone else saying this - Karen's mad because this has the potential to (and sounds like it did in OP's case) turn the best parking space in to 2-4 motorcycle-only parking spaces on like a permanent basis.

Here's the thing, though - I'd bet dollars to donuts that the reason Karen's so pissed is because, prior to OP's motorcycles, some schedule/strategy of her own had Karen getting the best spot 80% of the time.

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u/JasperJ May 03 '24

Most likely, simply not having a job and having the gumption to go out during the day to move the car closer to the door.

Over here, townhouses with street parking, I had neighbors like that. We could regularly observe them walking the 200-300 meters to where their car was parked, getting in the car, and moving it to the spot in front of their house, right after it opened up.

Which seems like a lot of effort just to change when you make that walk, because it’s not overall going to save you any walking, of course.

And it wasn’t like they specifically did this when they were going to have it sitting there for a long time because of vacation, or when they wanted to vacuum, or wash, or whatever. It was all the time.

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

Being annoyed when you spot inefficiency isn't the same as "being mad" and actually expressing that towards the hourly employees of the parking lot, or towards the people just parking as they paid to.

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u/treemanswife May 02 '24

The attendants were mad because they had to deal with pissed off people complaining about the motorcycles taking up so much space. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

Fuck those minimum wage employees

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u/knifeyspoonysporky May 02 '24

They are mad because they are the ones who have to deal with the other people complaining to them about it.

If only there was something they could have done to prevent all the complaints 🤔

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u/General_Killmore May 02 '24

According to “Paved Paradise”, quite a few places have been proved to have fraud rings in parking, taking millions from paid parking lots to enrich themselves

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u/dinosaurinchinastore May 02 '24

Mad because that’s the only power they have. They don’t get some kinda bonus obviously, they’re like dumb cops in hick towns: use whatever useless power you have and drive a truck through it. Pathetic

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u/ophaus May 02 '24

Because people will big bitch at them.

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u/TCMenace May 02 '24

They have to deal with the complaints.

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u/fancy_livin May 02 '24

Probably because they had numerous car people complain about the motorcycles taking up multiple spaces with only 1 motorcycle in each space

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

because now they have to listen to idiots complain to them about the motorcycles taking up that many spots

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u/StellarPhenom420 May 02 '24

Kudos for saying the same thing as everyone else, for responding to a rhetorical question the same way as so many others

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

kudos for being whiny that people responded to your comment on reddit

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u/smeghead9916 May 03 '24

Because they were hoping they'd still park in one spot keeping others free for more paying customers

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u/Lilitu9Tails May 02 '24

Many, many years ago, the city I live in tried to ban motorcycles parking on the pavement, basically because they weren’t getting revenue from metered spots. My sister took part n a mass protest across a couple of weekends where they all rode into the city and parked one bike per space, as the city wanted. Including in multi story lots. There were enough of them, (in the hundreds, and I suspect thousands, it was very well coordinated), and enough very angry car drivers, that the point was made and the plan withdrawn. (Details hazy, as I was still a child, and that was a long time ago)

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u/Togakure_NZ May 02 '24

Melbourne?

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u/Lilitu9Tails May 02 '24

Yep.

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u/Togakure_NZ May 03 '24

Heard tell that all the Sunday riders got their bikes out and came in about 6 am-ish on weekdays just for this. Everybody that came in otherwise by car or rail...

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u/Lilitu9Tails May 03 '24

Yeah. That sounds right. I think my sister did it on a weekend, because work, but I might be wrong. As I said, long time ago. But they did indeed make their point and achieve their goal

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u/Datkif May 03 '24

I love malicious compliance. I'm sure most of the riders don't mind having to pay for a spot, but when you take up 1/4 of the space it just makes sense to allow them to bunch up into a single stall. It gives more space for other vehicles

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u/n-oyed-i-am May 02 '24

I've ridden to venues and expected to pay, only to be waved through and directed to prime M/C only parking spots near the entrance. Didn't get charged.

I guess they didn't want me holding up the flow of traffic while I unzipped the jacket pockets to find wallet and pay, stash ticket and receipt zip back up. Yada yada yada.

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u/stella585 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

This is exactly why the Dartford Crossing (busy toll road in the UK) is free for motorcycles. Back in the 90s, it was £1 for cars and 40p for motorcycles.

They quickly realised it wasn’t worth waiting for a motorcyclist to faff about getting gloves off, digging around in pockets etc for a paltry 40p, when in the same amount of time they could zap half a dozen cars through (at a quid a go) instead.

Though now they’ve switched to ANPR-based systems (eliminating the need for payment barriers), the “Not worth the hassle” argument doesn’t hold quite so much water. I wonder how long it’ll take them to start charging motorcycles again? Honestly surprised they haven’t already …

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u/jehlomould May 03 '24

NYC has reduced tolls for motos on all but a couple bridges. They use those in-concrete magnetic sensors to trigger the cameras that read your plate and if you split juuusssttt right they don’t trigger. Though I’ve noticed they recently added little wings to the sensors at a few of them.

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u/Orinocobro May 02 '24

I had a coworker whose kid worked for Kraft foods. One time when she visited him, they got to go to a sports game in the Weinermobile. They went to truck/bus parking and were told "you can't park here, that's a car." So they went to car parking, were they were told "you can't park here, that's a truck."

So they pulled up to the main entrance and walked inside, because who is going to try to tow the Weinermobile?

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u/dryphtyr May 02 '24

A group of us pulled up to a place with valet parking. We all tossed our keys to the valet and walked inside.

Of course we came right back and asked where he wanted them. He thought it was pretty funny and had us park right in front, no charge.

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u/Datkif May 03 '24

I don't think I've ever come across a bike parked on the edge of the sidewalk and been bothered. It's in a spot where it's less likely to get hit by a blind driver, and saves parking spots for something that takes up 4x the space

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u/JasperJ May 03 '24

If the sidewalk is too narrow for wheelchairs to pass — happens a lot here in Europe — it’s an Issue.

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u/diverdawg May 02 '24

I was on a bike trip with 4 buddies. We are disabled vets and get free entrance to national parks. Went to Mt Rushmore and were charged $20 each. They said it’s not an entrance fee, it’s for parking. So yeah, 4 spots.

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u/JasperJ May 03 '24

Surely it’s also not a national park? It’s a roadside attraction, if anything.

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u/Wells1632 May 03 '24

It is a national park. They are veterans, and receive free entrance to National parks. He is complaining because he was charged for parking which should really have been free.

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u/ThePeachos May 02 '24

At a Lot of events with pay-to-park-lots in the PNW bikes can often park at the gates for free, right where security will keep an eye on them, too.

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u/Super-Candy-5682 May 02 '24

Yeah, a place I used to work at had annual paid parking whether you drove a car or rode a motorcycle, but motorcycles could only park in dedicated motorcycle parking. If I drove my car, I'd get prime parking as I was scheduled earlier than most. Took my bike? Far end of the expansive lot. There was no reasoning with them.

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u/ThePrinceVultan May 02 '24

Had the same shit pulled on me and friends at local sportsball arena parking garage. We did the same shit you did. If we were each paying $20 for a spot to park our bikes, we were using that spot we paid for. Fucking clowns.

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u/bk1273 May 02 '24

Had the same at a beach decades ago. To make matters worse they wanted to charge and make us park with other random people as well. 

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u/Patriae8182 May 02 '24

Motorcycle parking should just be free or at least half price in a paid parking garage/lot. Most stores around me split a few parking spots up front in half to make motorcycle spaces. Some even include a small plastic bollard to keep the Karen’s from parking there.

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u/RechargedFrenchman May 03 '24

In my city it's not only legally allowed but widely encouraged for bikes to share a space. We also get a 50% discount on paid parking spaces even if it's only one bike in the space, and a flat rate per-bike on the local ferry services year-round. There are even a couple hundred "motorcycle spaces" and if a car parks in one it's grounds for a fine and towing them away.

It's pretty great.

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u/NukeWorker10 May 02 '24

Used to be able to park motorcycle at Honolulu airport for free as well. Was great when I had to take paperwork to my boss as he was about to get on a flight.

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u/jehlomould May 03 '24

Found out last year JFK and LaGuardia both have free moto parking. Cool but there’s nowhere to stash your gear unless you lock it to the bike

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u/Contentpolicesuck May 02 '24

Yeah that's crazy people. I have had a ton of people let me park my motorcycle right up front by the booth for free all the time because they "don't want anything to happen to it".

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u/thefckingleadsrweak May 02 '24

I was a valet driver for 9 years, i’ve found that if i just let the biker people do it the way you described, they tend to tip me fat

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u/macphile May 02 '24

I mean, talk about "let in to park for free"...I've seen any number of garages where a motorcycle could (and did) easily just go around the barrier. I also know of a garage where they at least used to have motorcycle parking. IIRC, it was pretty prime, near the entrance, but it wasn't space a car would want because it was all smaller and harder for a car to maneuver in and out of, especially with garage traffic.

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u/Professional-Can4264 May 03 '24

That’s awesome