Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Yesterday I was at the house of some "friends" (this blog will be a little vague). These people have had some problems with their neighbor and had recently told me some stories that were pretty crazy. As I pulled up to their house I noticed there was a pile of garden debris next to the curb, so I manuvered my car to park in front of the debris. As I did this I made sure that I was not in front of their neighbor's house. As I got out of my car the neighbor lady was leaving with her child.

**Time passes**

Now it is time for me to leave. As I walk outside I look at my car and the big van that is now parked in front of my car. Something looked a little "off". As I get closer I notice that our bumpers are practically stuck together! Oh man, here we go!!! I went back inside to hash things out with my friends. How do I deal with this without getting my friends into more of a mess with their neighbors?

**We've figured it out**

I'm the type of person whose bark is bigger than their bite. When asked by my friends, "So are you going to go over there? I hope it's the guy and not the lady", I say, "I hope it IS the lady!! Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!" The my stomach starts flip-flopping as I make my way up to their door.

**Here's the scenario**

(Please read the lady's part with zero expression)

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Lady: (Opens the door). Hi.

Me: Hi. I'm parked out front here and was wondering if you knew that your van was touching, well really ON my car? I was just wondering if maybe you might have accidentally hit my car.

Lady: My husband parked the van. (Look in her eye as if to say that she was finished talking)

Me: Well, is your husband here?

Lady: No. (Moving away from the door because she's done with me)

Me: OK, well I just wanted to let you know that your car is on my car.

Lady: Ok.

So, I walk to my car and take a bunch of pictures, back the car up and examine if there's any damage. While I do this I notice that she is watching me from her house. Lucky for them there is no damage.

**Final Thoughts**

Clearly, the fact that these people were parked so snuggly against my car, they either hit me or they deliberately and strategically parked their car against mine. Knowing what I know about these people and how the lady reacted when I confronted her, I believe that the parking was a statement: "If you park your car over the invisible neighbor line, we will park our car in the exact spot we always do whether you're car is there or not."

In retrospect, I should have asked her to come out to look at my car to make sure that she saw if there was any damage. I think I was so blown away by her lack of concern that I just left. If someone had come to my house and said that, I would have been apologizing up the ying-yang and would have rushed out of my house to see what happened.

**My feathers are ruffled today, people!!! The end**