This happened to my next door neighbor and he knocked on my door and asked if I parked my golf cart on his driveway. I said no I don't own one much less play golf. I told him Peter across the street is a golfer that's all I know.
What would you do if your neighbor parked his golf cart on your driveway?
No, no, no, if you cut the tires he'll never leave. Cut the brakes and push
Fuck, now I imagining myself slicing the tires just to be met with laughter. "You fool, now I'm here, FOREVER!"
Like anyone on Reddit knows which one is the brake line.
It’s always the red one.
Figures some smooth brained redditor would get it wrong!
It's never the red one! It will always be the blue one!
M like Mancy.
You of all people…
It's 12V, There is only white and black.
You might be right! I've only ever worked on 6V brakes!
Just like on a time bomb!
If you just cut all of them you can't get it wrong.
🤣🤣🤣
I'd pull a Walter white and put a wet squeegee sponge across the battery terminals.
No, see, now you're worse off than the first guy because now the bastard won't even start.
It's all about the cinematic exit
I stand by your Reddit response, please keep your IRL suggestions to yourself!
yea this is reddit, were all total badasses with no remorse here! slash those damn tyres.
So anyway, I start blastin'
Ask him if he knows that his golf cart is on fire…
Yeah on Reddit you should definitely just get your firearms ready and when he returns for the golf cart, start blasting and stand your ground!
IRL maybe ask the owner why they did this and check to see if they are ok. Maybe they have dementia and need checking in on by a social worker to ensure they are safe.
on reddit, you also forgot to fuck his wife (and him) to assert dominance
I knew there was something missing!
I believe you forgot the piss disk
I have a piss disc and no idea where to put it now.
His shit would be overturned and dragged out of my driveway. Then I'd be waiting for him to show up and beef about it.
Don't forget to fuck his wife and create a good bond with his dog!
I'm gonna assume that was some "But muh internet tough guys ahurhur" sarcasm.
Dude I hate to break it to you but people do crazier shit than that in real life to someone's stuff left on their property. Or just crazier shit in general. We're talking fights over Popeyes chicken sandwiches, or the xylitol someone put in their driveway as dog-icide. Or harassing neighbors galore. You've got people getting shot just for knocking on a door. Shootings are regular shit on the evening news. That "internet tough guy" could be on tomorrow's most wanted list.
All I'm gonna do is drag his shit off my driveway. Mild by today's standards.
I have no idea what you're trying to say here.
Post a for sale sign on it.
I'd go with a "FREE" sign.
Put a 'free' sign on it and it'll take a week, put a 'for sale' sign on it and that thing'll be gone in 3 minutes.
at least that's how it is in my parts
Post it online, people will ask if it’s still available (it’s…still advertised).
Then, after you say, “yes, it is.” You never hear from them again
post it online, but put his phone number down so he keeps getting calls about it.
No free will stay there, people will think it’s busted. For sale for $500 people either won’t be able to resist a bargain or it will get stolen.
Best answer!
I would talk to my neighbor.
A sensible answer?
On reddit?
Located entirely within AskMen?
Can I see it?
…… No.
My neighbor? I'd ask how long it would be there. We are on pretty good terms. As long as it is just a few days, I'm fine with it. Longer than that, he needs to move it.
It’s so glaringly obvious how much society has changed just since the 90’s going through these replies. People don’t know their neighbors, they act like they’re afraid of neighbors.
I don't believe I've talked to a neighbor since.. 2002 or 2003 maybe? I only talked to them because they were the neighbors I grew up next to in the 90's so they were like my family.
I've not been afraid of my new neighbors since then. I've just got zero interest in their lives and they've caused no incident to my own. I think both my neighbors are Hispanic based on the music they play when they throw parties and the names on the mail when it gets misplaced in my mailbox. That's about all I know about them.
Dude these people get scared making a phone call of course they don't know their neighbors.
I have a theory on why younger people don't like phone calls. The reasons that people make phone calls have totally changed.
When us 70s 80s and 90s kids got phone calls, it was usually a casual social thing. A friend was saying hi, or a family member was checking in. Mostly good stuff. I remember getting excited when my parents told me there was a call for me.
Now, all the social stuff has moved away from phone calls, and there aren't really any positive associations to be made. It's a scammer, a cold call, a shitty customer service rep, an angry customer. Maybe you're waiting on hold for hours, or someone is calling with bad news. If I were to call some of my younger friends right now, they would answer and probably ask "what's wrong".
So yeah, it's enough for a ringing phone to be anxiety-inducing.
My cousin and I have had to explain to our parents that a text that says "Call me." Is nothing but anxiety inducing. Our first thought is that someone died.
Other than parents, if my phone rings it's work or a scam, both of which feel like scams.
Don't forget the absolute terror of talking to a checkout line cashier.
Oh I know! People act like I’m insane talking to cashiers and strangers. How tf do you think people met new people for thousands of years! They didn’t hide in the hut and wait for a mate, friends and meals to arrive.
I’m a cashier, it’s funny to see grown adults not respond to a ‘how are you’
I’ve got the hots for one I see often, and I’ll mention talking to her sometimes to coworkers or w/e. It’s wild because almost everybody I bring her up or any other cashier I converse with that told me something interesting, “you talk to the cashier?!”. Everybody here is poor too so it’s not even like a class thing, they just think it’s nuts I talk to people in public.
It's pretty crazy. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. We've got a group chat with a couple guys in the neighborhood and we hang out all the time (not as much since my kids showed up) but we would do at least one neighbors party a year. Tree falls? Help is only 2 houses down. Need to borrow a tool? Guaranteed at least one of us has it and were 200 feet away. Plus it's nice having drinks with a group of people on saturday night and everyone can just walk home.
I remember when my dad bought a chainsaw to take down a dead tree in the yard. Within 20 minutes of starting up that chainsaw, three neighbors showed up with their chainsaws and helped him chop it up.
They weren't doing it to be good neighbors. They were doing it because it was fun.
Very much the same, yesterday my neighbor brought my Amazon package in my house for me because they know I work very late and didn’t want to see a porch pirate get my mothers day gifts
There you go. It's a beautiful thing.
I've seen three seperate drug raids, five car thefts, and two break-ins in the last ten years in my neighborhood I don't trust any of these people except the Koreans on my western side and the Mexicans across the street and that's because we feed each other on the holidays and exchange whatever fruit we don't/can't eat. I can't eat 50lb of grapes in a week lmao
Ask him once to move it. Maybe it was a mistake of some kind or a temporary emergency or something.
If that doesn’t work, I’d just push/pull it out to the street with my truck.
Push it into the bed of your truck and lock the tailgate. Then he has to have a conversation with you.
Ask the neighbor to move it if it were blocking me from leaving.
We obviously need more info. If he's around, I'd ask him what was up. If he needed mechanical help, I'd help him. If he's not around, I'd probably ignore it for ~24 hours unless the driveway was blocked. After that, I'd go find him and ask what's up.
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Why would you want to have it towed? It's a golf cart - you could just push it out of the way and park it on the street or something in way less time that it would take for a tow truck to show up, and it would be completely free. You'd also have the benefit of not making an enemy out of your neighbor.
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Yeah.. or there could be a totally reasonable explanation.
Just talk to the guy before fucking towing it. Good lord
No! Overhead press the cart and launch it into his yard if you’re a real man.
If you don’t send a clear message like this NOW he will be parking that cart in your driveway every day for the rest of your life
I'm really curious to know what a reasonable explanation is for parking a vehicle, any vehicle, on a driveway that isn't your own that couldn't be discussed with the property owner beforehand or immediately after.
There was an emergency when I wasn’t home and my golf cart was parked behind the car. Wife had to move the cart quickly to get to the hospital and nobody will be home until tomorrow morning to retrieve it. She chose your driveway because you’re a reasonable neighbor who doesn’t jump to conclusions and get weirdly agro when confronted with an unexpected situation
Old people can get confused. A little bit of empathy goes quite a long way.
You're assuming alot.
A hypothetical isn't an assumption.
"Wrong house, asshole."
"My wife was having a heart attack at home and called me. Then we rushed in the ambulance to the ER"
Golf cart owner is washing his golf cart in his driveway. A neighbor walks by and says, "Hey, your front wheel alignment looks off. If you go park this in my driveway, I can take care of it for you this afternoon." The owner says thank you, and finishes washing the cart. Then he drives it over to the guy's driveway, but he mistakenly believes the mechanic lives at 1904 instead of 1906, so he leaves it in the wrong driveway.
I once woke up to a riding lawnmower in my driveway. Asked the neighbours and they had no idea, but they asked someone else who apparently knew the guy who owned it, and yeah, it needed work and he dropped it in the wrong driveway.
Are you a fiction writer? Holy stretch...
What's a more believable explanation?
that his yard was a worse option and he took the liberty to park elsewhere, no doubt.
Maybe it's a regional thing. The guys I know who own golf carts are all the kind of guys who are extremely aware about exact property lines and wouldn't dream of an implied shared-use social contract.
It's actually hilarious that someone's brain could just jump to the conclusion that this person wanted to intentionally attack someone, and they chose the method of parking a golf cart on their driveway. Like, "Ha, that'll show 'em!"
I was thinking less an “attack” and more just an entitled asshole, which I don’t find a stretch at all
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hahahahaha oh fuck, i dont wanna be these guy's neighbor. Can people not go talk to other people nowadays? Thats fucked. I sound like im 50 or 60 but im half that age.
totally reasonable explanation.
would be leaving a note on the golf cart explaining the situation.
so 100% asshole move
If you had time to write a note then, as a neighbor, you have time to drive the cart to your own driveway
tbh how long does it take to scribble a phone number?
I’d imagine it depends more on what supplies you have available but I’d imagine there’s a >50% chance a scorecard and pencil would be right there
I sort of agree with you, but I’m more willing to give the benefit of the doubt. As others pointed out- maybe it died? Maybe they got the wrong driveway? It’s a minor inconvenience for me to move it if I need to. I wouldn’t jump straight to getting them towed. If it’s a recurring issue after I’ve talked to them multiple times, then yeah.
Multiple times? .....once be enough.
Reddit is full of anti-social tough guys, they are all talk. What is wrong with wanting to be neighborly and actually have a good relationship with your neighbors? My next door neighbors growing up as kids opened up their backyard to me and my siblings with their trampoline and they could use our pool whenever they wanted.
You'd also have the benefit of not making an enemy out of your neighbor.
If only he would have the same courtesy. Neighbor makes an enemy out of me the moment he parks his shit on my property.
Why bother moving it yourself? Tow company can come and impound it on their own, and it's no longer my problem or my concern.
He's already made an enemy out of me. He started the war.
Tow it so he has to pay impound fees
I have a good relationship with all of my neighbors. We bring each other food, help oneanother when see each other doing things out front, keep an eye on one another's house when we're on vacation, and etcetera; therefore, I would tell them to go for it. To be fair my driveway will fit 3 vehicles side by side, so I'd still be able to move in and out of my garage freely anyway.
Assume good intent. It makes life more pleasant.
I’d assume he needed a place to park it for some reason (it broke down, ran out of gas, he was doing something in his garage and needed space) and hadn’t had a chance to talk to me about it yet.
My driveway is pretty big. Unless he’s blocking me from leaving i wouldn’t mind but unless someone is living in my shed my closest neighbor is miles away
I'd do what he did and knock on a few doors out of courtesy before getting it removed.
Maybe he was so blackout drunk after 18 holes and getting shut down by cart girls he thought he was at his own house?
Classic Peter.
Find out why he needed/wanted to and go from there. If it was for a valid reason or only temporary, then I probably wouldn't mind too much but not agree to let it be done all the time.
Go play golf. It’s obviously a sign.
Right! Like a passive-go-lucky invite, with the unspoken "Had my help drop this for you to swing by for a few rounds. See you at the course! You know the one."
I'd ask around whose it is and if I can't find out, I'd call a tow company and have them tow it. Owner will have to deal with the fees of the tow company to get it back.
I'd ask why my neighbor has a golf cart and i don't
Bench press with it
Our* golfcart
Start it, which should be trivial, and park it in my garage. It’s mine now.
"You better put a lock on that or the drunks will nick off with it."
Move it? it's a golf cart.
If I knew who it was, I’d politely ask them to move it and not to park there.
If I couldn’t tell who’s it was I’d have it towed.
I would assume that some kid had been fucking around with it, and call the owner to tell him where it is. If I can't figure out who it belongs to, I'd call the cops and report an apparently stolen vehicle.
If he was my neighbour and we were good neighbours and I didn't need the driveway, nothing
If he wasn't any of the above the cart moves after notice or I get a new cart
Take it for a spin
I'd drive that sucker around the neighborhood
If it's my neighbor's vehicle, I'd definitely give them the benefit of the doubt and reach out to them directly. Everyone can make an honest mistake or have an awkward situation. If there's no immediate response, I'd leave a polite note stating the urgency of needing my driveway access. It's always best, I find, to maintain cordial relations and resolve such matters with a bit of neighborly goodwill. If all else fails, after a reasonable period, seeking out towing options would be my last resort – but it's a community here, and we're all part of it, so understanding and patience go a long way.
I'd go ask him to move it.
If that didn't work I'd have it towed.
Ask him to move it. Or, find out the model, order a new key cylinder, and now you have a golf cart.
Ask him nicely. Set expectations that they can’t park there. Tow it next time it’s parked.
My response would depend on how big of an issue it was causing me, if it happened before, and if I knew who it belonged to.
Is this like completely separate driveways? Seems odd, but still possible explanations, like he bought it and was getting it delivered and the driver dropped it off at the wrong address when nobody was around. Asking seems reasonable.
Where did they go? Why is it here? Are you ok? hello?
One polite conversation where I say "hey, please don't do that," and after that I call a tow truck.
I would call the cops every time this happens. As they say, the squeaky wheel gets the greese. And take a picture each time too. If you call every day, hopefully they'll get tired of it, start ticketing him an&/or have him towed.
Ask him if he got drunk and got lost or is he just being a dick
I live in a rural area. Someone isn't going to park a golf cart in my driveway. If someone swings by on an ATV I'll poke my head out and see if it is anyone I know, check in to make sure everything is OK and find out what is going on. I don't have too many neighbors or peeps who pull into my drive way though.
Sounds like something kids would do. Don't be quick to blame the parents.
He gets asked ONCE to move it. I wouldn't be hostile but it wouldn't be a friendly ask either. More like an "excuse me, but what the fuck?"
After that, I have it towed off my property and he can deal with the impound fees. I'm not wasting time out of my day for an inconsiderate and disrespectful neighbor. Property lines are sacred.
Have it towed if he's a asshole neighbor.
Ask politely for them to move it first if they're a non-issue neighbor depending on what's done then have it towed if they ignore my politeness.
Have it towed
If someone parks a golf cart in my driveway it means that they wanted me to have it. The nearest golf corse is probably 35 miles away and I'm way out in the country side of Texas.
Back into it with your Ram 4x4
Time for Peter to pull out his putter.
um...I would ask them if they lost their golf cart?
There has got to be a funny story there somewhere.
Just go ask him to move it. What do you thing he's going to do, shoot you?
I’d just go sit in it with beverages and smokes
If it were me, and I found a golf cart left on my property, I'd put it in the garage, and assume that since it was left unattended, the previous owner didn't want it.
I'd behave like an adult and have a conversation, we do not know what reason somebody did that for. If it's a valid reason I don't see the problem on a temporary basis
I'd say "You can't park there mate"
Ask around to try to get it moved. Then have it towed if that doesn't work.
Just put it in your garage.
Ask them how they managed to get through my gate.
Everyone already knows your code
Time to put my fob in a faraday bag I guess,
I'd have it towed. It may be overkill, but I find that overkill helps with entitled neighbors
This happens to me almost every day. I live in a small town house complex, and our single garage is next to my neighbor's garage. My neighbor is very social and they always have a bunch of cars outside their house, and something about their guests results in at least one always parking in front of our garage, so we either can't get our car out or in. I have thought of slashing their tires, but my wife says that that would take it longer for their car to get out of our way and would be a net loss for us.
Be completely baffled and immediately concerned since I know my neighbors and that would be really out of character for them.
Everyone is really respectful about coordinating extra parking if someone is having a party.
If I knew who it belonged to, I’d ask why they did it and ask them to check in with me before parking in my driveway. If I didn’t know who it belonged to, I’d probably call the police non emergency number and tell them a vehicle has been abandoned on my property, I don’t know who it belongs to, and maybe it’s stolen.
Find out whose it is and the 1st time ask them nicely to move it and not do it anymore.
That mf is going right in my garage
Set it on fire. You'll find out who owns it eventually.
If it was blocking me from using my driveway coming/going from my house, I'd walk over and tell him to move it and not park there again.
If there was no response and I'm going to be late going somewhere, I'm gonna push it out of the way
No Falling Down fans, huh?
And now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat! How does it feel?
If it's my neighbor to the left, he's good. We are tight with each other. If it's the neighbor to the left, I will tell them to get their shit out of my yard as I have done numerous times before. Any other neighbor, I'd go ask them why they think it is ok when I have no idea who they are.
Assume he's affiliated with Kremenski, and devise counter-measures.
IRL: Ask the neighbor. And / or call a tow company.
I think EtOH is involved lol.
Or maybe the battery died?
You should have charged him a parking fee.
If they asked permission first and it didn't block my car, I'd let them.
If I couldn't find who it belongs to, I would just push it out into the street, on the side. If the city comes and takes it, oh well
dude free golf cart. I'd put it in my garage. My golf cart now.
I think the neighbor had spent too much time with the cart girl that drives the mobile bar around the links. I would just ask him what’s up.
Well there would probably be a good reason. But if it was blocking me from parking I would ask him to move it. While calling him/her a dick head and giving them the middle finger. Then most likely have a drink out front once off work because that’s what our neighborhood does. We all talk and hang out.
This is a great story. Very Reddit worthy.
I'm pretty friendly with my neighbors so I might think he had to temporarily park it there for whatever reason. If it was still there after a while, I'd text him and ask wazzup
I would assume he has too many to drink and parked at the wrong house
I mean, go ask why and if I get attitude, box him in
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A connoisseur I see
Find out why. Were they drunk? Hiding? Coming to see me? Etc.
It’s mine now.
I’d wonder why he wants to park it a quarter mile from his house.
I’d also probably let the kids drive it around until he came back to pick it up
Cut his head off and bury him somewhere
At my age, ask him twice to move it, if he fails to do so, box it in with anything I can afford to leave him blocked in for as long as I’d like.
At my age, ask him twice to move it, if he fails to do so, box it in with anything I can afford to leave him blocked in for as long as I’d like.
Piss disks?
Tank a dump in the driver’s seat.
Fuck the golf cart.
If it’s gated tell him the first 6ft of his property is the communities property as a joke.
Remove the batteries and sell for $9k then get it towed
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I'd fully expect said neighbor to have brought me some beers to share.
Call the county sheriff so they can come take it. They aren't supposed to be on a state-maintained road. Let them deal with it.
Go knock on his door. Ask him. If he doesn't answer, move it yourself.
Push it into the street
I would assume that Peter is drunk off his a$$ and take him some fresh squeezed OJ for his hangover.
Golf cart? Which golf cart?
Put a lock on it and chain it to something.
Ask for a set of keys, if they want to use your driveway at least you get to use it too?
It'a a golf cart. Pick up the front end and pull it out of the way.
I know Peter and he is an asshole, put that shit on fire.
Or if you have a garage, push it into your garage to never be seen again.
Then live out of fear from Peter retaliation.
I usually give him a beer and we sit and shoot the shit for about half an hour.
Wait the sec, why you need a golf cart outside the course?
On Reddit, I'd just go out and slice the tires. IRL I'd ask him why he is parking on my driveway.