Thursday, September 9, 2010

Battle for 115.

Warning:
This is more than a post.
It is a captivating story that will bring tears to the eyes of all those
who have a heart, soul, and brain.

Now I'd say when it comes to people I'm a pretty patient person, but my neighbor... He's tried my patients. It all started when some residents moved out of an apartment near by. Being that we only get one parking spot per apartment and I recently bought a car ('95 Honda Civic Ex) I took it upon myself to use their parking spot, I mean no sense letting it go to waste. Now my neighbor he too noticed that the parking spot was now available, so thus begun the battle for 115. I began constantly trying to get home from work first so that I could get my hands on... or rather get my car in 115. I noted the cars that would park there and their drivers. I picked up on his routine, he would park his White Honda in 115 so that the Blue Acura could park in 114. 114, yes, the enemy's territory. Late one night, after church I believe, I noticed the Blue Acura wasn't in 114. But the White Honda was still in 115, sleeping like it was on a Serta Mattress or something. The enemy's spot was vacant. Now it was very late, and the closest available parking spot was about 400 meter's away. I thought the enemy wouldn't catch me, so I swiftly glided into 114 and headed home. Now today. Today I come home from work it's about 4:45pm and I see 115 still open. I park then lo and behold my Indian, Muslim, whatever he is, neighbor is standing by my passenger door out of no where. I look him in the eye as that show down song from old Westerns play in my mind. I get out of my car and he says,
"did you park here the other day?"
After a long pause I answer:
"yes"
He begin's to tell me about how that's his spot and I can't park in it.
I argue that his wife parked in the guest parking and his car was not in his spot
so that justifies me parking in his spot.
He tell's me it doesn't matter and that the office said 115 is available for anybody.
I tell him that he needs to park in his own spot and not other's.
His uneducated answer?
"It doesn't matter"
hmpt
I walk to the office and complain that the man is basically threatening me not to park in his spot while he uses other's.
They tell me they'll tell him to use his own spot but I have a feeling this was for 115 is not over.

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