What would you do if you had a big parking lot where you lived and your neighbors kept illegally parking in it? If the police and the tow truck company weren’t too eager to help, would you give up or take matters into your own hands?

In this story, one person is in this situation and has a very creative and effective way to get revenge on the drivers.

Let’s read all about it.

Neighbors kept parking in our lot. I froze them out.

This happened around 20 years ago.

Our family owned two apartment buildings, three units each. We lived in two of them, rented out the other four.

There’s nothing but these “three-flats” lining both sides of the road for about a mile. Not all have parking.

Parking wasn’t an issue for a long time.

On the side streets are houses and very little street parking.

We had more land than most of these units – since it was also our home. So we had parking for around 16 cars.

Everything was fine for literally decades.

Then cars started appearing in our parking lot that were not our tenants.

He thought the problem was solved.

I blocked one in one day. Went outside to see this guy drive through our bushes and across the yard to get out.

I called the cops – nothing they could do.

So I called a tow company and had them put up signs. We’d have to call them to have a car towed – the signs seemed to work.

No more random cars.

But then it was even worse.

Until New Years eve one year.

I arrive home and every space is filled. There are even cars on the street blocking in the other cars.

I’m beyond mad.

I call the tow company – they can’t do anything for a few hours because they are so busy.

Then he had an evil plan.

We’re in the Chicago suburbs. It’s below zero out. I have an idea.

I dig out the lawn sprinklers and hoses. I run one hose inside to the laundry room faucet and turn on the hot water. This way the hose and sprinklers won’t ice up.

But the cars and ground sure did.

Three sprinklers, moved every half hour or so. For almost five hours.

He was thorough.

Every car, every square inch of the parking lot, the street by the cars, encased in ice.

I made it a point to spray ice IN the locks, between the window seals and glass. In the grills.

Put away the sprinklers and hoses, went to bed.

4am, furious pounding on the doors, doorbells ringing non-stop.

We just smiled and called the cops. Waited until they arrived and went outside.

It worked out really well for OP, not so much for the car owners.

Cops were holding back laughter.

These people were told to park here by their “friend” who owned an apartment several buildings away. The same idiot who drove over our bushes.

I pointed to the tow sign and told the people to move their cars or get towed.

In our town cops can ticket on private property with the owner’s permission. So all cars were ticketed. They were also towed, since nobody could get in their vehicle.

Wish we had it on video.

I bet they’ll never park there again. If I were one of the car owners, I would’ve been furious at the person who told me to park there.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person knows how horrible it is to have a frozen car.

Another person has also had to deal with a frozen car.

This person defends the revenge.

Another person thinks OP went a little bit too far.

Have an ice day!

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