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Shared driveways require a little courtesy, especially when somebody needs to actually leave.

After asking a tradie to move his truck, one homeowner gets brushed off because the job supposedly will not take long.

So she changes plans, gets picked up by a friend, and eventually comes home to find the truck still blocking the way.

See how “we won’t be long” comes back around beautifully.

A tradie blocked me in and wouldn’t move.

Years ago my neighbour – shared drive – was having work done and the guys parked on the drive.

Innocent enough, but guessing it ends up annoying?

I asked them to move as I was about to go out, they said it was all good and they wouldn’t be long.

Define “long” please…

Well, because they wouldn’t move I ended up ringing the friend I was meeting to come pick me up instead.

When we got back from our outing and picking up her son they were still parked in the driveway.

My friend was going to park on the road but I told her to drive up behind them and turn the car off.

I think I see where this is going. Or, not going… how long will he ride this out?

I then turned and asked her 4 year old to tell me again all about his first school visit that day and what he got up to.

The guy came and asked my friend to move and I leaned over and said, “It’s all good, we won’t be long.”

*Cue evil laugh. How much time will OP manage to kill like this?

He went back to sit in the truck and when I finally thought he’d sat for long enough (and the little dude in the back seat was getting hungry), I got out and got a very sheepish “sorry” from the truck cab.

Who knew throwing your car in park could be such excellent revenge?

How will the comments react to this tale?

This person says, good workers stay out of the way.

Someone else says, OP coulda killed more time.

Another poster suggests a more destructive route.

This person says, fireable offense.

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Someone else says, yeah right, “just a minute.”

When OP returned, her friend parked directly behind the tradie’s truck and settled in while her young son enthusiastically recounted his school visit.

The worker finally came out asking them to move, only to hear his own “we won’t be long” excuse handed right back to him.

Nothing teaches parking etiquette quite like getting trapped by your own catchphrase.