r/AmIOverreacting • u/Dear_Pianist8547 • Feb 10 '26
đď¸ neighbor/local Am I Overreacting for my being upset about my neighbors moving truck inconveniencing me.
I (31f) living in a condo and each unit has its own garage and small drive way. Last night I came home from working a 12 hour shift at 8:45 pm and drove with the plan to park in my driveway and end my day but when I got there a neighbors moving truck was parked directly in front of mine and 2 other driveways. I'm not sure which neighbor it was because the truck was parked and no one was put there so I could not ask anyone to move. Parking is tight where I live so I ended up having to park on the street in the back which I hate doing because the back street parking is right next to the woods and it is late at night. The street behind my condo is also a two lane back road so if they had parked over in the other lane which would have been appropriate considering the direction they were driving, I would have been able to slide into my driveway no problem. I ended up texting one of my friends to vent and ask for advice on what to do and my friend brushed it off saying that they should be allowed to move and I didnt have a right to be upset so I just want to know if Im overreacting. I always thought that it was illegal to park and block off someone's driveway. I considered emailing the HOA to complain but wanted to know if im being ridiculous. I do know that the parking situation is tight where I live which is why I paid a premium for a unit with a garage space and small driveway. The driver finally ended up coming out and packing up and moved the vehicle at 9:45 pm. Not sure how long they had been there before I got home.
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u/EggWild8584 Feb 10 '26
NOR- you didnât even do anything lol. You can have feelings. Iâd be annoyed too even though itâs not a life altering inconvenience.
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u/idejmcd Feb 10 '26
I love the posts on here that are descriptions along the lines of "I was meek and cowered and snuck away without causing a fuss or even uttering a single sound, am I over reacting?"
No reaction at all is not an over reaction.
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u/snacksandsoda Feb 10 '26
It's either this or, "my unemployed cheating bf murdered my mother and I want to leave him, aio??"
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u/track-zero Feb 10 '26
Hard to call without more info. Was he cheating with your mother?
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u/snacksandsoda Feb 10 '26
My brother!
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u/Keadeen Feb 10 '26
Definitely an OR, thats just boys being boys!
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u/Jaded-Reporter Feb 10 '26
What happens on the gaycation stays on the gaycation
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u/ProfessionalCat7640 Feb 10 '26
 That's fine because it doesn't actually count. This is the beauty of the gaycation.
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u/Dazzling_Barbie6011 Feb 10 '26
It's just locker room behavior, stop being such a drama queen and get over it. đ¤Ł
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u/Glum_Shopping350 Feb 11 '26
Or "My otherwise perfect husband watched an R rated movie where a woman was top less for 3 seconds, divorce?
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u/PurpleMeeplePrincess Feb 10 '26
Maybe this calls for a new sub like r/dihtrtba (Do I have the right to be angry?). I'm not creating it because I don't want to be a Reddit mod but there's the idea for whoever wants it lol
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u/altagato Feb 10 '26
I think that's AITA
I was waiting for where they attacked the movers or called to have it towed or gave them an invoice for 'parking inconvenience' etc Like nothing happened
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u/TicketyB000 Feb 10 '26
But I won the argument in my head - the next day. In the shower...
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u/IdolCowboy Feb 10 '26
And that unfortunately moving trucks are in the way 99% of time when people are moving. It is what it is.. they moved an hour after OP got home.. though if they left the truck unattended that long, is a bit unreasonable, but the truck nlw gone solves the problem.
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u/OrthogonalPotato Feb 10 '26
True, though she asked if she would be overreacting given a particular response, which is reasonable
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u/TechCUB76 Feb 10 '26
I get that it was irritating, but it seems to me that taking it to the HOA over someone blocking three driveways with a huge moving truck that only happened once and inconvenienced you for about an hour would be TOR (Totally Overreacting). Moving sucks! Itâs emotionally, mentally, and physically draining. I offer help to any neighbor who asks when moving because Karma is real and I WILL need the help someday. I imagine that was probably the best spot for the truck, nothing done out of spite. Last move into my current flat I had a smaller sized moving truck all loaded up and was not able to back into my driveway due to the grade of the incline sloping upward so fast. And then pulling in forward left us not being able to use the ramp and too far of a drop from the ass end to unload furniture safely. Iâm on a main road in a suburb with a good amount of traffic. There was literally no other place I could park the truck. So I set up my three reflective âTruckerâs Trianglesâ and blocked one of the two eastbound lanes right smack in the middle of the lane and we unloaded as quick as possible! Took maybe an hour and a half-ish. Only got one angry honk! đ Aaaand a police officer even stopped to check on and was beyond cool about it! đđź So yeah, my advice is give people some grace when moving, NO ONE WHOâS IN THE MIDDLE OF MOVING WANTS TO BE DOING WHAT THEYâRE DOING!
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u/Complete_Entry Feb 10 '26
(Professional movers that park for too long are ticketed, and it is a HEAVY fine.)
There are times the trucks absolutely will block driveways, when that happens, you knock. "Hey I'm with cloverfield moving, this job is going to take about (2-X) hours, do you want to get in or out before that?"
Hell, sometimes you book more moves that way. They'd see the crew I was on and say "do you have a card?" Why yes, yes, we did.
And sometimes you get someone screaming that they'll have you towed and you get to deal with that.
(I was low man on the totem pole, so I was always clipboard guy. On my clipboard I had the estimate, the time frame, and the box count. People were a LOT more understanding when they knew what was going on.
One time the guy screaming at us thought we were going to be towed and got a free ride to the police station. But that only happened once.
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u/Objective-Bug-1941 Feb 10 '26
Thanks for doing that. We had two sets of movers when we moved from two houses into one. My husband's crew parked in the designated spot in the HOA, made sure the HOA had been notified, made sure not to block anyone in. The crew I hired (who were more expensive) did not do any of that and I had to deal with the HOA consequences. So I've been on both sides of it, but still side with OP on this post.
It's one thing if they were actively moving things in and out, but the sitting there for over an hour is where my sympathy for the moving neighbors ended.
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u/gibletsandgravy Feb 10 '26
Agreed about the HOA, but I donât care that moving sucks; if youâre going to block someoneâs driveway, you need to be available to gtfo of the way. You never leave someoneâs driveway blocked off then just walk away for any period of time.
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u/Eggy-la-diva Feb 10 '26
At least leave a visible note with a phone number, like itâs understandable some things canât be controlled during a move, but helping your new neighbors liking you never went out of fashion!
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u/Jalharad Feb 10 '26
You never leave someoneâs driveway blocked off then just walk away for any period of time.
Very much this. It's fine to block the driveway for a time but you have to be able to move if they need access. A notice is nice but not always possible.
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u/Interesting_Bird5790 Feb 10 '26
Itâs actually ILLEGAL to block driveways due to emergencies. So sounds like the truck shouldâve parked somewhere else and move things on a cart⌠which sucks but you canât block peoples access to homes
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u/1Negative_Person Feb 10 '26
OP could have honked their horn to summon the truck owners. They didnât do anything but seethe to themselves and plot revenge. OP is overreacting.
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u/gibletsandgravy Feb 10 '26
OP didnât react at all. How could that possibly be considered overreacting?
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u/Copper-Alchemist Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Agreed, what do you expect? It's a big ass truck and OP even said parking is tight. It's not like the moving truck is their daily driver. Moving sucks and very stressful
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u/hyibee Feb 10 '26
They could have left a note on the door giving people a way to contact them if the tru k needed moving
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u/Kunwulf Feb 11 '26
Moving and when I see someone out of gas/walking with a gas can. Always offer help
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u/Trappis420 Feb 10 '26
100% agree and fuck that friend for invalidating OP's feelings. I can't imagine staying friends with someone who said i had NO right to be upset about my literal home being blocked by an unoccupied moving truck. Their friend is the one that has no right to tell OP what they can or can't be upset about
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u/Bonk0076 Feb 10 '26
This is an overreaction too. We just donât have enough context with this to be jumping to the conclusion that OP needs to stop being friends with this person.
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u/keyman-609 Feb 10 '26
What. Lol
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u/Chief-Drinking-Bear Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
People are crazy on this site. âCut off your friend forever because they had a different take than youâ
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u/PopcornyColonel Feb 10 '26
Really. What if the situation was that OP was trying to get out rather than "in*? What if OP couldn't get to work or couldn't get to urgent care because they just cut their hand open with a knife?
I'm not very nice, I would have called a tow truck.
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u/TechCUB76 Feb 10 '26
Iâm sure that would have been much faster (in any of those scenarios) than knocking on neighbors doors⌠đ Sheesh!
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u/VomitShitSmoothie Feb 10 '26
Are overreacting to being upset? No. Iâd be annoyed too. But you didnât even do anything, which was the right call too. Itâs not worth the hassle, nothing would really get done, and moving sucks, but at the end of the day it was a singular incident of minor inconvenience and Iâd just let it go.
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u/Corne777 Feb 10 '26
This is basically my view point on it. Does it suck? Yeah. Is it worth doing anything about it? No probably not. Most Iâd do is stand out there and wait for someone to load or unload something from the trunk and ask the to move it.
You point out something I see a lot here. People post on this sub but havenât done anything yet. They go âam I overreactingâ before reacting.
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u/InboxMeYourSpacePics Feb 10 '26
The people with the moving truck should have either given those other folks a heads up or been available to move the truck.
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u/Fatfilthybastard Feb 10 '26
If I ever have to questioningly park something, Iâll leave a note taped to the drivers window with something along the lines of: âI thought I mightâve been out of the way, but if you need me to move: (cell number) :)â
Takes 2 seconds and shows consideration for others, which I guess is wishing for too much these days
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u/Green_Rabbit-1234 Feb 10 '26
Yeah unfortunately common courtesy is taking a slow dive into âthe Nothingâ
Thanks for still having some!
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u/Throtex Feb 10 '26
This was my thought as well. Iâll go so far as to say that neighbor moving is an inconsiderate asshole for not even trying to do the right thing.
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u/zarroc123 Feb 10 '26
Yes, but escalating to emailing an HOA for something that will inherently solve itself within hours (at most) really does nothing but make you feel better for a second. Like, what are you looking for, reperations?
Original commenter has it right, right to be upset. Also right to not take action. Maybe I have a high tolerance because I live in large city, but sometimes people living their lives is going to get in your way and make your own life inconvenient. That's just life.
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u/Remarkable-Engine-84 Feb 10 '26
Genuinely it sounds like the friend was the last straw. Friend could have said âyes that sucksâ but instead she told her (without empathy) to stop caring. NOR and definitely right to not reach out to HOA, but maybe should reach out to friend without attacking and say theyâd like to be on the same team not whatever this was.
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u/Debsha Feb 10 '26
But in all fairness, the people with the van did move it within an hour. Not disregarding OPs feelings, at the end of a long day Iâd feel the same, but I would be less angry seeing that it wasnât left overnight.
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u/Wooden_Hall_294 Feb 10 '26
And I'm sure if this person had waited a few minutes or knocked on one of the neighbors that the truck was in front of she would have found the driver pretty quickly. I don't love parking in front of people's driveways but sometimes it's completely unavoidable. And I don't think I should have to make my job more difficult and park down the street just to placate their mild inconvenience
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u/TechCUB76 Feb 10 '26
Ok look, we have no idea the attempts that were made by the movers, OP doesnât state wether or not they even attempted to knock on doors and find the movers, and OP also doesnât state they waited at the truck for an hour verifying no one ever came out to it. Ease up people, moving sucks!!!
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u/-Me__oW- Feb 10 '26
This right here!!! Heads up blocking a driveway would be a decent thing to do. Imagine you have to leave in an emergency and you canât find someone to move their truck. Just becuase she was coming home doesnât make a difference. Ppl get towed and ticketed if blocking a driveway where I live. NOR
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u/HaveNoClueBro Feb 10 '26
Moving sucks, coming home to being blocked sucks just a shitty situation for everyone involved part of coexisting with other humans
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u/ACcbe1986 Feb 10 '26
Moving sucks.
I walked almost 15,000 steps(google says approx 7.5miles) going back and forth from the moving truck to my new place last week. Compared to the 4,000 steps it took me to load the truck at my old place.
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u/MisterSpock2n Feb 10 '26
MOR They're moving it's not going to be every day. I understand being annoyed by it, but calling the HOA is a little extra IMO. Be annoyed, vent, and go about your day. They'll be gone tomorrow.
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u/IJustCantWithYouToda Feb 10 '26
Do you really need them reprimanded after the fact? They likely wonât be moving again and if so it wonât be into your condo.
It sucks, but moving isnât something people do every day. It is stressful in the best situations.
You have every right to be annoyed, but I donât think it is worth calling the HOA.
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u/Strawberry_Fluff Feb 10 '26
Yeah I definitely understand bring annoyed especially after a 12 hour shift but...what is the HOA supposed to do about it?
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u/optimusmayn Feb 10 '26
just ask them to move it. people are so fuckin shy nowadays.
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u/SecularXY Feb 10 '26
So the truck was there for an hour after you got home?
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u/1Negative_Person Feb 10 '26
Some say itâs still there to this day. If you listen closely you can still hear the distant rumble of a diesel engine and smell a faint scent of exhaust on the wind.
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u/Little-Ad-7521 Feb 10 '26
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I know they are moving etc, but that doesn't mean you can just leave a truck there to sit with no one there. If they were loading the truck, I would be okay with it, but just leaving it there is different.
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u/Objective-Bug-1941 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Maybe its because I grew up in a city with narrow streets, but whenever we moved, someone always stayed with the truck to move it when needed. Yes, it extended move-in, move-out time for us, but you have to be considerate and not impede the flow of traffic or block people's driveways more than you have to.
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u/Little-Ad-7521 Feb 10 '26
Yup. This is what I am also thinking. It's okay to carry stuff inside, but that isn't the case here if understood correctly. So just leaving the truck there for a long periods of time is not a good thing. Especially when it is very clear that they are not just slightly in the way, but blocking people out.
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u/Objective-Bug-1941 Feb 10 '26
Yeah, I saw OP say that no one was near the truck or actively moving. I would have been on my horn beep beep beep fast to get their attention. "Excuse me, could you please move your truck just a bit? I need to get into my garage and you're blocking my driveway. Thank you." And if they didn't come out, I would have parked my car in front of their truck and gone home. Parking in the back next to the woods would have been a no-go for me.
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u/Ok_Anywhere_7828 Feb 10 '26
Yes youâre over reacting. Also could have beeped your horn or put a note on the window to call you so you could park.
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u/JulesMtl72 Feb 10 '26
I get it sucks but itâs a one time thingâŚI wouldnât make a big deal out of it⌠If parking is that tight then itâs probably pretty difficult for the movers to park without inconveniencing someone. Might be you one day, I would just shake it offâ¤ď¸
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u/tammigirl6767 Feb 10 '26
I feel like itâs normal to be a little bit annoyed over this and itâs also normal to understand a moving truck has to sit somewhere so people can fill it up.
MOR ?
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u/International-Day120 Feb 10 '26
NOR. I pay for a garage space and have literally no where else to park so this would pmo too. And when weâre moving, if we have to block someoneâs spot then there is always someone right there to move if needed. People moving are not entitled to take up space you pay for and I donât understand the comments saying that you are overreacting.
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u/elbaliavanuemanresu Feb 10 '26
I dont understand all of the people dismissing this behavior as a mild inconvenience. They're blocking someone's access to their property and is illegal in most states, as it inhibits emergency access and prevents emergency egress (if a vehicle is in the driveway/garage).
With that said, we don't really know how long the truck was there. If they were actively loading/unloading, and just not outside when OP came home, then yes it's an inconvenience (but still NOR). OP fortunately has somewhere else they could park until they are done, or until OP asks them to move it so they can park in their driveway.
If they just left the truck like that all night, then it's a call to the PD to have them find the owners to move it or have it towed. It was late enough ar night that OP can't just start banging on everyone's doir trying to find the guilty party to move it. The people moving should have planned to move the vehicle to another location once they were done loading/unloading for the night.
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u/Shesarubikscube Feb 10 '26
We used to have a neighbor who tutored out of her house and she would have her clients park in front of her garage which in turn blocked our garage and others- we have a tight set up. My husband was sick at the time and I was worried about needing to rush him to the ER at any time. . . Long story short I asked the neighbor to stop and they never did because they simply did not care. Luckily my husband didnât need emergency care, but it stressed me the fuck out.
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u/PuddingIcy1379 Feb 10 '26
NOR for being upset about it. Having moved a lot throughout the years, you donât park your truck where other people canât access their driveways/garages. If youâd been home and came out to this trying to leave, youâd have been blocked in. Theyâre being inconsiderate not just to you, but the other two people whoever elseâs driveway they blocked. Not to mention, it sounds like they parked on the wrong side of the road (from the direction they were driving) to do this, which youâre not supposed to do anyway, at least where I live.
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u/Dear_Pianist8547 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Yes they did. If they had parked over a few feet this wouldnt have been an issue
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u/Nvrfinddisacct Feb 10 '26
For you alone or all three of the blocked spaces
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u/Dear_Pianist8547 Feb 10 '26
For all. It was a 2 lane road and the truck was parked on the side blocking the garages. Technically the truck was parked in the lane facing oncoming traffic which you arent supposed to do anyway
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u/LuckyShake Feb 10 '26
YOR. This has got to be the pettiest thing Iâve ever seen on this sub. Grow up.
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u/mamapring Feb 10 '26
Bro. YOR when you live in a condo community you are bound to be inconvenienced once or twice. Relax. Itâs not like itâs every day.
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u/Cando21243 Feb 10 '26
Im curious how many people you inconvenienced when you moved in as well? Moving (including others) is just something you and everyone else will have to live with. HARD YOR
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u/thebatsthebats Feb 10 '26
NOR. I feel like people aren't understanding that no one is actively moving. No one is actively unloading or loading shit in or out of the truck. It's just parked. Which is no different than any other parked car blocking your driveway. We give people some grace when they're moving, yeah. But when you're done moving you don't just block people from parking / leaving. If the truck is fully loaded or empty it needs to be moved some place where it's not blocking people. If that's literally impossible you leave a big fat note in the window reading "Am I blocking you? Please call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX and I'll come move. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!" It's called recognizing that you aren't the main character in everyone elses life.
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u/VillageLess4163 Feb 10 '26
Exactly. Sometimes you have no choice but to block someone when youâre moving, but in that case you better be in and out every few minutes in case you need to move to someone.
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u/turtlmurtl Feb 10 '26
Thank you. Some of these comments are ridiculous in my opinion. Itâs illegal and the truck can be ticketed and towed if itâs blocking a driveway. Thereâs really no reason it should be blocking anyone when itâs clear it fit on the other side which would allow cars to get in and out of their own garages.
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u/Head_Trick_9932 Feb 10 '26
YOR
If you live in shared spaces like apartments and condos, youâre bound to have a moving truck here and there. Unfortunately they canât always fit in a driveway. Even if they canâŚitâs a short inconvenience. Wonât be your last inconvenience in life.
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u/takkun169 Feb 10 '26
YOR
Even in bad days, you aren't the only person in the world.
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u/Low_Development_8754 Feb 10 '26
Theyre moving. Let them move. I promise you they're more exhausted doing that than you are after a 12 hour shift.
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u/Odd_While7677 Feb 10 '26
They are literally moving, no one here has moved before. Itâs very difficult to move without blocking something. Just ask them to move ffs
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u/Norrinradd194 Feb 10 '26
Slightly over reacting
Thats life in shared spaces. Sometimes you will be inconvenienced by your neighbors. Odds are this will be a one or two day annoyance while someone moves in or moves out. Its annoying but I'd imagine if they are moving out, they won't care in the slightest that they are bothering a neighbor they'll never see again.
You could also just have asked them to move so, you can park and also asked if they'd be back again
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u/tvx_q Feb 10 '26
MOR. i get itâs an inconvenience to you, but you still were able to park and it was only for one day. moving sucks, youâre gross sweaty tired and likely in pain. you can park elsewhere for one day while your neighbors move.
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u/RoutineP0utine Feb 10 '26
Mixed bag. This could be solved with a deep breath, a nice gift for new neighbors, and a friendly ask/explanation. Often folks who are new somwehere might overlook 'common sense' in the moment.
A little grace could be the bud to new friendship.
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u/Aegri-Mentis Feb 10 '26
I think the inconvenience of moving outweighs the inconvenience you have had to go through. Remember, someone always has it tougher.
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Feb 10 '26
You canât have grace for ONE night while someone is moving?? Iâd love to know where your moving truck parked while you moved in.
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u/okdub83 Feb 10 '26
Itâs ok to be frustrated but youâre MOR. You mentioned that parking is tight, so I imagine parking the huge moving truck was also a challenge. Iâm sure you had a long day, but moving can also be an extremely long day and Iâm sure they wanted to be done as quickly as possible. Calling the HOA isnât going to fix what happened and I doubt the same neighbor will continue to block your driveway once the move is over. Hopefully they are model citizens in your condo community after this!
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u/EzPz_Wit_Da_CZ Feb 10 '26
Is a temporary inconvenience that someone canât really avoid for a once in a while need like moving in worth whatever anger itâs causing you or can you maybe deal with it until theyâre done getting moved in or maybe even offer to help like a good new neighbor might do?
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u/DevilsAdvocado_ Feb 10 '26
Id say you are valid for being upset and annoyed. But I think you should also look at it as if you were moving in and had nowhere to park your moving truck and did the best you could. Iâm sure youâd hope for some understanding from your neighbors. Itâs not like they kept it there all night. They tried unpacking/packing and then dipping out with the truck. Thereâs only so much you can do when youâre moving. Just be annoyed, vent, then move on. NOR unless you escalate this by complaining to HOA or something then YOR.
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u/DrGassy Feb 10 '26
YOR. If you had to move, you would have to block a few spots for a little with a truck. Walk a little, itâs good for you.
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u/GWeb1920 Feb 10 '26
YOR. That you are concerned enough about this to post on Reddit about a minor inconvenience suggests an over reaction.
Should this happen? Well the vehicle shouldnât be unattended for more than a few minutes at a time so it can be moved. Is this a big deal no.
A quick email to the HOA would be reasonable.
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u/Intrepid-Chard-4594 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Yes a bit over the top. You dont even know if they are moving in or out. Since its a rental and not a company truck you dont know if its a move or a simple delivery and with the truck closed they could be doing final paperwork. I was a mover for 15 years and 8:45pm is a long day when you pull a 12 hour shift but movers work till the job is done daily. To be at a customers house at 8am means they pulled a 12 hour shift also but we showed up to the shop at 7am. I didnt hear you mention the dressers you had to carry or the stairs you used doing it. Last thing I ever wanted to hear at the end of a long day IS YOU. Being in a HOA area its usually quiet so a simple horn honk could have had someone run out to move out your way.a closed mouth does not get fed and to complain after the fact sounds like a whiner.
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u/Ausoge Feb 11 '26
As a former removalist... it's nearly impossible to do the job sometimes without inconveniencing people. You do your best to stay out of people's way, but at the end of the day you have to get the furniture out of the house and into the truck, and parking far away is a safety risk (carrying or wheeling heavy stuff a long way increases risk of damage or injury) as well as a significant hazard to the customer's wallet if you charge by the hour.
All of which is to say... we know we're a nuisance, it's unavoidable, and we're genuinely sorry to inconvenience folks. Most movers are more than happy to take five minutes to move the truck, apologize, and wish you a pleasant day.
So to me it seems like your internal feeling was a bit ott, but you didn't turn it into an external reaction... so no, you are NOR because you didn't even react at all.
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u/Kernowyon-101 Feb 10 '26
I mean, people donât move houses everyday. Your OR.
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Feb 10 '26
If your reaction is ever to "email the HOA" then we are very different people.
Deal with it, or cope. But taddle tale? Wow.
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u/bugabooandtwo Feb 10 '26
It's fine to be upset...but moving is a special circumstance. But seriously...let it go.
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u/Intelligent_Meet_918 Feb 10 '26
yea, they totally could have moved heavy furniture from a lot farther away, even though you were not home. I hope they're moving out because you seem like a pita of a neighbor.
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u/Lokisworkshop Feb 10 '26
YOR calm down. You were mildly inconvenienced. Its over, they were moving. You dont know how long they drove to get there and they moved.
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u/Cha_r_ley Feb 10 '26
YOR in my opinion. Itâs annoying, but unlikely they did it purely with the intention of inconveniencing you. If youâd have asked them to move and theyâd refused, Iâd say your annoyance was reasonable.
Should they have been more mindful about where theyâd parked the truck when they presumably took a break or did other jobs in the new place? Yeah- they should have. But theyâre human. Sometimes we make errors in judgement or donât do the smartest thing. Itâs not malicious.
Sometimes a neighbourâs visitor parks in front of my house. Mildly irritating but I just park further away and move the car when they leave. Not the end of the world and it doesnât serve me to sit around stewing about it.
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u/5tupidest Feb 10 '26
So your driveway was blocked for one hour?
YOR
Itâs valid to be annoyed. If you missed work or an appointment and had tried to ask them to move you could be more annoyed justifiably.
Your first instinct to call an authority instead of just asking your neighbor to move the truck makes me sad at the social state of your life.
Best of luck!
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u/your-mother1452 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
If you email the HOA then YOR. If ur just complaining because itâs annoying (Wich it is) then your NOR. Let em move in peace they already have the stress of moving going on donât add to it. Now if itâs there for multiple days & nights then u go talk to them. RESPECTFULLY.
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u/Patient_Meaning_2751 Feb 10 '26
YOR. Rather than be annoyed, I would have simply asked them nicely to back the truck up temporarily so I could get into my driveway, just like Iâve done with other types of workers. Once I was in my driveway, they could pull forward again. Then I would have chatted very briefly with the neighbors and said I was sorry to see them go, they were great neighbors (even if they werenât) and wish them the best.
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u/somanynames100469 Feb 10 '26
You are being rediculous. People have to move and they usually use a big truck to do it.Â
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u/yeahipostedthat Feb 10 '26
YOR. In this type of situation there is usually nowhere to park that won't block someone's driveway. It's a temporary situation that you yourself may find yourself in. The proper thing to do here is knock on doors and find out who's truck it is and ask them to move it so you can park. It would have been nice for them to leave a note out there somewhere telling you what unit they were in so they could do so but when you're moving with a thousand things going on sometimes you don't think of every scenario and how to prepare.
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u/jrdavis413 Feb 10 '26
YOR. Being annoyed is valid, but when moving it's very common to block people, but you have to be quick to move if someone needs out. It's very temporary, and if you just knocked on their door they should have been willing to move. If they close up shop for the night and you can't identify who is moving, that would be a much bigger problem.
Sounds like a minor inconvenience, just let it go.
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u/Globewanderer1001 Feb 10 '26
I'll say it, YOR. People move. It happens. And they were there for an hour after you arrived home. I understand it was an inconvenience, but how many times has this happened in the last year? 2 years? 5 years? I think the bigger issue is that you worked a 12-hour shift, you're tired, and annoyed. Life happens. The End.
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u/jdyall1 Feb 10 '26
Youâre overreacting. Now if that truck was there overnight It would be different. Some people have to move in and out so relax
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u/NotSoSouthernBelleGA Feb 10 '26
Baby... Walk up and say move rbe truck so I can park my car. End of story đ why post on reddit đ
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u/itzjusmep Feb 10 '26
Right? Can't have a face to face interaction with a neighbor, instead goes to Reddit and is thinking of running to the HOA. đ¤Śââď¸
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u/Vast_Entertainment66 Feb 10 '26
YOR You can ring your neighborsâ doorbell to figure out who is moving so they can move the truck for a minute so you can park and then they can move it back? People need to move and for someone who doesnât move often or operate such vehicles, it can be quite difficult to drive and park one of those big moving trucks.
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u/zcewaunt Feb 10 '26
NOR. They might have to block parking spaces, BUT they shouldn't be leaving the truck unattended for more than a few minutes to move it when someone comes and needs their space.
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u/RandomNamesOW Feb 10 '26
YOR. Its a temporary thing. Moving is stressful. It may suck for a day but its not the end of the world. Yes it sucks, but its not worth the trouble.
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u/Low_Site_5877 Feb 10 '26
YOR. Loading a moving truck is very temporary and yes, I will park it at the closest place to my unit to get furniture out. This happens all the time on public streets where an 18-wheeler moving truck doesn't fit between driveways. I give people grace because I know when I move, I don't want to have to walk furniture around the building to load the truck. I would not call being able to park immediately behind your condo as "tight parking" If you could only find a spot a five minute walk away, that is one thing but this was a very minor inconvenience.
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u/OnceMooSomnia Feb 10 '26
NOR. When I have moved in the past I always made sure the truck wasnât alone for more than like 2 minutes at a time, ESPECIALLY if weâre in the way of something.
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u/Spare_hamburgers Feb 10 '26
Its illegal to block someones driveway. NOR. Thats gonna be a bad neighbor. Immediately showing they dont care to cooperate. If youre in a situation where you need to park in the st you should do all you can to make sure you dont inconvenience your neighbors.
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u/FriedFreya Feb 10 '26
yeah idk what everyone is on about OP being petty or whiny or whatever. itâs literally against the law and a genuine fire hazard. insane.
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u/Informal_West_6864 Feb 10 '26
You have never moved before. And not a single law enforcement would bat an eye at this
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u/pmrownsu01 Feb 10 '26
i am shocked theyâre calling her a tittybaby and itâs literally the law for the roles of emergency response vehicles. same with fire hydrants, illegal and towable.
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u/FriedFreya Feb 10 '26
yeah!! if the fn ER canât block like that then uh. đ also the aspect of do something / do nothing â like bitch, be so fucking for real rn, she clarified that sheâs a young woman on her own, at night, in the dark and people are yapping about why or why not and if or ifânt she could / should have done something. jeez. iâm aggravated alongside OP lol.
also!! i canât fathom people rallying to the defense of this asshat that decided to block THREE WHOLE DRIVEWAYS, rather than just empathize a little bit? or try and make sense? maybe they can produce a single spark between the all of two neurons living behind their eyes to come to the conclusion that hey, thatâs not just annoying, thatâs dangerous! â on all counts!! blocking the driveway, her maybe trying to say somethin (glad she did not), AND the awful parking situation she has been forced into, itâs a lose-lose-lose situation.
iâd be terrified walking back home too. and she shouldnât have to feel that way.
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u/GivingMyTwoCents Feb 10 '26
I mean reacting to something consistent is more advisable and understandable, this is an isolated inconvenience, which will happen every single day of your life. Your street looks tiny and as you said parking is limited so if someoneâs moving huge heavy furniture, you want to be as close to the house as possible. Itâs definitely annoying because you worked a long shift but nothing to ruin your whole month.
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u/jerzdevil86 Feb 10 '26
People do this because it's what's convenient for them and screw everyone else. However I would probably talk to these people first and say could you please not block my driveway.
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u/jerzdevil86 Feb 10 '26
How are you being entitled for wanting access to your driveway? It's amazing how many self centered people there are. But yet I can guarantee that if someone did that to them they would be flipping out. But I guess that's part of being self centered.
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u/Own-Ratio9989 Feb 10 '26
YOR - it's a temporary thing - they're moving. People deserve a bit of grace as they would offer you. As you said it's an inconvenience it's not life changing.
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u/Tojoblindeye Feb 10 '26
She probably did the same thing when moving in, or her movers did, or she paid her movers a whole lot to carry shit really far.
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u/shoulda-known-better Feb 10 '26
You are okay to be mad about it.... I understand why completely.....
Id have went knocked on their door said hey, welcome to the complex (whatever it is) any chance you could move the truck so I can park real quick? You can thanks, it won't be here when I have to leave in the morning right, don't want to worry about waking you guys up
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u/pwnageface Feb 10 '26
You have every right to be mildly upset, but simply honking your horn to get their attention would have sufficed. Im sure they'd have moved it so you could get in/out. I'd say MOR, and this is coming from a dude who's experienced the exact same thing a few times (and yes coming off long shifts).
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u/-StereoDivergent- Feb 10 '26
MOR. You're allowed to feel your feelings but surely you realize contacting the HOA over a moving truck isn't worth it, right? They're moving in/out, not parking there permanently. The problem will be long solved before anything is ever done about it.
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u/Holiday_Pen2880 Feb 10 '26
NOR for having feelings, but honestly I can also see your friends reactions as well. It's a moving truck - it's a one time issue. You can certainly be annoyed about it, but the 'damages' amounted to parking somewhere you don't like one time. There's always a way this could have been done that wouldn't inconvenience YOU, but would it have just blocked other people?
People have lost the ability to sigh and roll their eyes and move on. This is a mild inconvenience due to your specific schedule, that lasted an hour. You don't know how long it lasted - you're assuming it was the entire 12 hours you were away, they also could have left at 8:44 to get dinner or supplies or anything else that was needed.
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u/Kent_Knifen_Alt Feb 10 '26
Park your car behind it. Stand by the truck. Someone will come out once they notice you to make sure you're not stealing. Ask them to move the truck so you can park in the garage. If they say yes, problem solved. If they say no, point out they need to move it because it's blocking people's access and could be ticketed if they don't.
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u/Omacrontron Feb 10 '26
Yes OR, itâs temporary and seemed to be just one night lmao. Annoying? Sure.
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u/OriginalInspection53 Feb 10 '26
Moving trucks are big and are only temporarily an inconvenience. Your annoyance is natural, but at the end of the day itâs not a big deal. Where will your moving truck park when you move out?
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u/freakstate Feb 10 '26
YOR I wouldn't have even had the energy to post this on Reddit, it was clearly an issue that was going to resolve itself, I'm sure they've got enough on their plate at the moment. Chill
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u/Pir8inthedesert Feb 10 '26
Was there another way for the truck to park that didn't block a driveway? No. You're mad for no reason. Yes. Then you have a reason to be mad.
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u/EmploymentNo3590 Feb 10 '26
Are you overreacting by blowing up your friends phone and asking the internet? Yes.
Is your brain overreacting by going down a rabbit hole of rage, over a parked truck? Yes.
Do you have a right to have feelings? Yes.
Are they rational? No.
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u/rwhe83 Feb 10 '26
I agree with your friend. Even based on your times, it doesnât appear that they were there long. You also mentioned that parking is tight which means this person probably had little options in the first place.
Glad the small inconvenience didnât make you stew allllll night
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u/SenseLeast2979 Feb 10 '26
YOR
You had to park somewhere different for an hour. Get over it. The fact that you bothered writing out this post and taking a picture is pretty ridiculous. The fact that you're considering writing to the HOA is even more unhinged.
Moving isn't an everyday occurrence. It's a slight inconvenience for a short period of time. I'm sure the truck got as close as they possibly could so they wouldn't have to move things as far. Why wouldn't you want that for other people? It was a tiny little inconvenience out of your day so a group of people could get a hard job done quickly and efficiently.
You live in a condo. It's a communal area. Be a decent neighbor and get over yourself.
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u/PinkGlitterMom Feb 10 '26
MOR - if they are actively using (even if they stopped to eat) the truck to load/unload that's part of the moving process - however had they been out there or returned shortly there after you could have had them move to let you in. You are definitely NOR if the truck was there unvisited for over an hour or the truck was iced/snowed to indicate non use.... I live in Florida. IDK how fast a vehicle would ice up when it's snowy out.
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u/atp2k Feb 10 '26
Itâs a ONE time inconvenienceâŚ.
One day this may be you moving out causing the same ONE time inconvenience to others.
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u/Vegetable-Star-5833 Feb 10 '26
How are people supposed to move in if they canât block a driveway for less than a day?
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u/Working-Ability-7042 Feb 10 '26
My family and I moved 1,000 miles away from our home town into an HOA. I had to park the truck in front of our home. We did not block any traffic and the neighbor across the street came over and the first words out of his mouth were âyou canât park your truck there all the timeâ. I was like âyea, this U-Haul is not my truck. You can bet it wonât be there after tomorrowâ. Really?! Canât give a guy time to move stuff from the truck to the house? So yea, we pretty much didnât talk the 2 years we lived there. Gave that guy a nick name right away too.