in all the time ive lived here (6yrs) snow removal has been a non-issue but the building was sold last spring and this new guy apparently loves accumulation.

because of that i didnt own a shovel, never needed one. but we got like 15” of snow and the landlord still hasnt plowed or cleared any snow. i am not looking forward to it freezing over so i walk to the store, buy a shovel, and dig my car out. i also dig a fatty path across the parking lot so i can pull out.

i take care of a couple errands, gone maybe an hour, and this lady parks in my spot.. the only spot available yes but it’s there because of my labor. we don’t have assigned parking but we do always park in the same spots so it’s not like she doesn’t know who carved a path.

im not digging myself another parking spot. im not very altruistic. so i park behind her. i have a meeting in 15 minutes and i can’t be f’d to find out whos car this is. there are only 3 units (and 2 commercial stores downstairs but they are closed today) still i decide not to go door to door.

halfway through the meeting someone starts banging on my door. i ignore it. they don’t stop and they keep coming back every 5 or 10 minutes. when i wrap up my meeting i finally answer the door and this red faced lady is absolutely livid.

we get into and she tells me to move my f\*ing car and asking in what world was how i parked ok and going on about how long she’s been waiting. i tell her i dug that spot out myself and had nowhere to park so i had no choice.

i put my boots and coat back on and go out to move my car and my neighbor is there (i guess whoever she was visiting, i dont associate with the neighbors ever if i can help it) with his arms crossed and he lays into me too saying i should have asked them when they needed to leave so we could decide who should park in back of who and move our cars.

im just like wtf, cus maybe he could have dug his guest a space if he knew she was coming. he brings up that there is no assigned parking and that he doesn’t have a shovel anyways

whatever. it went on and on and i really don’t think i was the asshole here but my neighbor said he used to like me because i was quiet and respectful but now “he knows my true colors”

so am i the asshole here? i genuinely feel like im in the right and they need to chill out but now i think there is unnecessary bad blood between us

edit: adding at a users suggestion that the lot is gravel, but there is street parking as the front of the building is a sidewalk with 2hr spots for visitors and customers.

also so many YTA, NTA, ESH that i have no choice but to accept that *we were all assholes.* just a bunch of assholes being assholes in the snow because of the landlord is an asshole. 🍑🕳️

ty

second edit: you know what i just realized tho? they could have dug her a pathway out. the way i parked was only blocking her because it was the car wide path i had shoveled but she could have start digging herself a way to turn around as easily as I dug a way to pull out. she also could have just widen the path to a 2 laner and popped out