After reading this story, I’m realizing that people in Japan ride bicycles a lot more than people in the United States. However, the revenge story you’re about to read is relatable even if (like me) you’re used to driving a car instead of riding a bike.

Imagine having someone park in your reserved parking spot. What would you do?

In this story, one person is in that exact situation, but the parking spot is for a bicycle not a car. This goes on for quite awhile, but he eventually comes up with a plan to get revenge.

Keep reading for all the details.

Using my parking space? All good, you will be using it forever

So Im living in Japan now and here people ride bicycles a lot.

You cant leave your bike anywhere and you have to pay for parking, between 1 and 2 dollars per day.

There are very few free parking areas for bicycles.

Most people leave their bikes at the same place so they pay monthly because its cheaper and you have your own space.

Not cool!

This started a couple of weeks ago. Someone in my building started having a guest who decided to steal my bicycle parking space whenever they came to vistit.

Sometimes they stayed the whole night so I had to go to the station, pay one dollar and come all they way home walking, which meant I would need to walk to the station the next day (getting up earlier, walk like 20 minutes to the station while carrying my heavy bag).

All the bicycle spaces have a number, which means they are reserved for someone. Mine is the 105 but this jerk decided to take mine whenever they came to visit.

Resolving this problem wasn’t easy.

The second time this happened, I told the building manager but they didn’t do anything.

The third time I saw the bicycle there (it was the same red expensive bicycle) I left a note in Japanese saying “please don’t leave your bicycle here, this is my space and I am using everyday.

I found the note taped (with the tape I used to tape it on their bike) to my parking space and it had a couple of bad words in Japanese at the end.

Basically he was not only stealing my space but making fun of me by insulting me. Fine, its just fine…

He came up with an idea.

I probably wouldn’t have done anything about it if he hadn’t written those words, this triggered me and got the worst in me.

This person did it again a couple of times, so I knew this would continue.

I was thinking about buying another bicycle, a better more expensive one I could use to go on cycling trips so a good chain/ lock was needed anyway.

I bought one of the thickest they had at the store and decided to try its efficiency.

He finally made his point.

I locked his bicycle next time I saw it there.

It hasn’t moved for the last 7 days.

There where two notes, the first one was a very aggressive one, with more bad words and threats about going to the police (which I don’t care, lets go that way buddy), second note days later was an apology and they begged for me to unlock the bike because they tried to brake it but they couldn’t.

I guess he has learned his lesson. Im pretty sure he wont do it again but I just want to enjoy this feeling of victory a couple of days more. I will free it in 2-3 days I guess.

That was clever, easy and effective! Well done!

Let’s see if Reddit agrees.

This person thinks the person parking in the spot needs to pay up.

Here’s another suggestion to make the bicycle owner pay.

This person would worry about retaliation.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a resident who is not amused by new parking rules, so locks a lot gate to teach management a lesson.

Another person has an idea about how to avoid retaliation.

It’s annoying that the building manager won’t do anything about this situation. I wonder if it would be worth calling the police.

Regardless, it might be better to try to get a different parking spot, stop paying for this one, and leave the bike locked there.

It’s amazing what a good lock can do.