October 12, 2025 at 9:15 am

He Parked Close To Someone’s Bumper Who Double-Parked, And The Guy Yelled At Him About It

by Matthew Gilligan

cars parked bumper to bumper

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Jeez, take a chill pill, dude…

I can only imagine that’s what I would’ve said to the guy who TOTALLY FLIPPED OUT in this story from Reddit.

Check out what happened and see if you think this guy did anything wrong.

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AITA? Parked an inch from a double parker’s bumper.

“I live in a downtown area with very limited street-only parking.

My block is the first block of unmetered parking, which can cause problems when events are in my area with limited parking. It happens, I live in the city.

When I come home from work today, the street’s pretty full as usual.

That’s not cool…

However, there’s an SUV taking up the middle of two spaces (at least 5 feet behind the car in front, but just enough where I can’t fit in) behind all my usual neighbors parked respectfully.

There’s juuuuuuuuust enough room to squeeze behind him and out of a driveway, but I was less than an inch from his bumper. I park, and go inside.

Just now, I ran to the store and got lucky enough to have that car owner come back when I’m getting in mine.

As far as I can tell, someone who doesn’t live on our street with out of state plates.

Here we go…

When he sees me get in my car, he very angrily knocks on my window: “Why the **** did you park so close, dude?”

“Well, I live in this house and the street is my only spot to park. I apologize, let me back up so you can leave.”

“Yeah, back the **** up, dude.”

AITA for parking closely to his bumper, as he was in two spaces in front of my house?

Just wondering if I’m taking parking too seriously.”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This person said he’s NTA.

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Another individual agreed.

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This Reddit user had a lot to say.

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Another person weighed in.

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And this reader spoke up.

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Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone knew how to park their cars?

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