Ben has been kind enough to lend me his Commodore Vt for the past couple of days. For those that do not know what it's like, it has a distinct low muffled rumble from the sports exhaust kit he's installed. That said, as i live on a crest i've parked the car 25m from my house - away from the crest and intersection that my house sits besides. I have used the car on three days, leaving it parked in that spot for one whole day. ..
Earlier on this night at around 2130, i arrived home from university and reversed the car closer to the kerb outside this guys house. I see the door open, and an old man who appears to be around 65 years of age rushes out and jumps his porch and approaches the car. I open the window and to my astonishment he's yelling "get off my property" "don't park here, move on" whilst flailing his hands all over the place. I appologise and explain that i haven't parked there to aggitate him, that i only live up the road to which he replies 'i know where you live, don't park on my property'. Feeling rather confused and spiteful, i moved the car forward such that the car is outside the next house. The old man comes up and tells me 'go park outside your house' to which i explain that i've parked here as my house is on the crest and that it creates a dangerous situation with cars coming up the hill. He says something along the lines of me parking there since the weekend, and that the neighbours won't like me parking outside their property either.
I iterate that i was unaware i had annoyed him and that i had not done so on purpose, and that i would not do it again in the future. Unable to bite my tongue, i quipe that the road outside his house did not belong to him.
So currently, i am rather furious. I feel like smashing a few of his windows in, but he'd know who did it :<. Since when did so many people lack respect for themselves, and more importantly respect for others? That was the first i had seen and heard from him, can't he speak or communicate without yelling? Since when were neighbours so protective over their front road?
The dude and his family are only new to the neighbourhood, i feel like i should do something, whether it be an appology, or to express my dissapointment in his behavour or to hurl abuse at him - i feel that he shouldn't get away with such bad behaviour and perspective...... then again - who am i to tell him, and why am i 'right' and why is he 'wrong'?