The rules of the road (and parking lots) are in place for a reason, but there are exceptions to everything.

This tenant let her boyfriend park in her spot for five minutes, which really upset her neighbor.

Let’s take a look to see how it played out.

No parking without a permit? Got it!

I live in a suburban street that is narrow and has limited parking, so parking is restricted to residents.

Each household gets one parking permit that you need to display in your car if you want to park on the street.

My boyfriend doesn’t live with me and doesn’t have a parking permit, so he parks in a nearby parking lot.

It’s not a big deal since it’s just 1-2 minutes away by foot.

A couple of weeks ago my boyfriend is staying over for the weekend and we go grocery shopping.

No big deal, it’s only a few minutes right?

On our return he decides to stop in front of my house so we wouldn’t have to carry our bags from the parking lot.

The car was parked there for 5 minutes max while unloading the groceries and there were plenty of empty spots at that time of day.

Yes sir, we’ll be gone in 30 seconds.

As my boyfriend is getting back in the car, my old next-door neighbour walks up to him and tells him in a very accusatory tone that non residents can’t park there.

We try to explain that we were only dropping off our groceries and we’ll be moving the car now, but old neighbour is being very rude to us and accusing of “blocking the traffic” and “stealing spots from the residents” and other nonsense.

He ends up threatening to call the cops if we dare park in the street again without a permit. (This neighbour has a reputation for being a royal pain and it’s not the first time he’s complained to me about trivial things.)

Don’t like him there? Better get used to it.

Here’s where the malicious compliance comes in: I don’t have a car, therefore I have a parking permit that’s been sitting unused ever since I moved in.

I asked a friend whose husband is a cop and found out that any car can use my parking permit, it doesn’t have to be registered under my name.

Basically if you have a house on this street you’re allowed to park one car on this street.

Sometimes being petty is the best feeling.

I did what any petty human would do and gave my permit to my boyfriend.

He now parks in front of my house any time he comes over, and old man neighbour is livid about it but can’t do anything because the car has a permit.

That neighbor needs to learn to mind his own business.

Let’s take a look at what some of the comments had to say.

That parking permit must be magic, right?

A parking permit is a huge privilege, make sure to use it.

Kill them with kindness.

This person thinks they should take it a step further.

Hey, they are just following the rules, right?

This one really hits!

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