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April 05, 2009 |
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We'd Really Appreciate It
FOUND by Mackenzie
in Provo, UT
Found this on our car at our sister's apartment late one night. Obviously, they need a special spot to load their "loads." We park there because they hit my sister's car before, then asked if they could make more room to park there.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Sorry, neighbour, unless the space is marked or you have a handicapped acess plate, "custom" will not hold up in court. Anyone can park anywhere they want unless there's some kind of directive. If this person is "stealing" your place, maybe it's because they get there when you're away.
Same holds for deckchairs, sun loungers, and pews in church. No official list, no dibsies. Kindergarten was a looong time ago.
Wait! If the Idaho car is parking in Utah, does that mean they're walking in Idaho? Given them their car back!
Oh Waaaaaaaaah.
It's c-c-cold outside, and I often have loads, too. So I'll park wherever I please, thank you verrah much.
Wow- see? they've already asked everyone else to move and accommodate them, and been obliged. Now YOU, Idaho, MUST obey.
Must have been that last shot of tequila, but this note Rrreeeaaally pisses me off. Maybe it's not the tequila. Maybe it's the green paper, maybe it's the use of the phrase "did not used to be"
esides, there used to be a meter and, since we've invested what amounts to a "down paym
"Could you please inconvenience yourself so that we aren't inconvenienced? It's the neighborly thing to do."
...are you living in you're own private Idaho? If so please drop a load on it...
What does an Idaho car look like? A giant potato??
One of our family's oft used phrases applies to this find:
"Move your feet, lose your seat!"
I wonder if there is general hostility toward anyone who isn't a 'local?'
When I lived in Colorado in the early '80's, that was the attitude..in fact, I used to see bumper stickers that read, "Welcome to Colorado. Now go home."
and we ALWAYS park here.. except for when someone else parks here.. and ovcoarse for the past few months, since you've been parking here.
"and leave this spot for the people that live here.." signed, the neighbors. Doesn't that indicate that Idaho Car also lives there? And therefore has just as much right to the parking spot that didn't used to be a parking spot?
I think a parking notice like
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/1079
this would be FAR more effective. (my fave Found Parking Notice of all.)
LOL @ Nightingale! Potato! (or Potatoe, if you perfer.)
i'd park there more often due to the awful grammar in that note.
The neighbors downstairs had a secret business dealing lollipops to children, and they frequently had large loads of lollipops to transport. They couldn't deal with walking all the way to their apartment from a faraway parking spot. The neighbors upstairs, however, had just moved from Utah and didn't yet know where they were allowed to park.
Oh dear, I left a passive-aggressive note on a car that the owner has dumped in our (very tight shared between 6 households) parking area. It blatantly wasn't being used as it was covered in road dust and was parked so badly it took up two spaces.
I've seen the owner who lives a block or so away checking it very so often, and after two weeks of having to park down the road and getting a burning simmering resentment for the rechid thing,I left a cheery (I hope) note on the back of a 'Simon Cowell and his dog' (yes really :) ) postcard and popped it on the windscreen. It had moved a couple of days later. I make no apologies for doing this. He was using our parking area as a dumping ground for his scabby old car. I hope to see it the postcard here one day!
@ Yabba dabba: I'm a Nightingale, not a Quail.
8-)
How is this a "find"? You know where it came from, they know who they left it for (for whom it was left) ... hardly a find.
I "found" a letter in my mailbox from my brother ... should I send it in?
Ten bucks says the owner of the Idaho car attends BYU.
My dad used to drive a 1953 Idaho! Best car he ever had, he always used to say. Bright red. Chrome down the sides. White wall tires. And a big bouncy pre-seatbelt seat for us kids in the back. I didn't think there were any still on the road.
"Not understanding the concept in Florida" got it right when he/she asked, "How is this a "find"?
Posting a note left to You by Someone You Know hardly qualifies it as FOUND, and is, in fact, rather lame.
tea kay, double or nothing says the Idaho car is from BYU-Idaho visiting their friends/cousins/former roommates at BYU-Provo.
fooch, yes there are Utah residents who look down on Idahoans, but both states are very similar aside from the population and both (like most places in the US) have all kinds from rednecks to snobs. I always feel like everyone watches me with general disgust as I drive my "Idaho car" in Utah.
Dear JuJu And The Bear and Not understanding the concept,
Above right, sandwiched between your cheery welcome to Found and the orange link to the Found blog is the answer to your question.
"We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles - anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes..."
Enough said.
Whether this is a "true find" or not, it's a good one. It's a lot better than some "true finds". I mean, look at the comments it generates!
I'd suggest these people figure out a different way to deal with their loads. A legal parking spot is a legal parking spot.
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/5009
is my favorite Found parking note. tropical paradise/parking rage.