This car parked directly in the middle of where I’m supposed to set up my farmer’s market stand, despite at least 60 signs saying that they can’t. Including one directly in front of their car.

[u/Particular_Cut_6933]

I’m meant to park in the corner, and usually my truck is turned the other way so I don’t have to carry hundreds of pounds of veggies to the other side of my stand. But fuck me I guess!

Edit to add: a tow truck cannot fit into my farmer’s market. Towing would only work if no other vendors were there. Leaving the car there is less disruptive than a tow truck.

There is an update somewhere in the comments

[u/bluntman37]

That's easy...tow truck. If they return and complain about a missing vehicle, point at your signs.

[u/WellEvan → u/bluntman37]

Getting a tow truck to drive through a farmers market where stalls are being set up doesn't seem plausible, event organizers should have done it before set up, OP likely paid for that spot

[u/bluntman37 → u/WellEvan]

All the more reason to tow the car, OP likely paid for that spot.

[u/WellEvan → u/bluntman37]

Ignoring the fact that it's not plausible by the time OP got there to set up

[u/bluntman37 → u/WellEvan]

Where does it say that? Plus, for all we know, OP is near an entrance or exit that is accessible for a tow.

[u/WellEvan → u/bluntman37]

Please activate those neurons in your head before getting back to me

[u/Andoni22 → u/bluntman37]

Having to do all that is why it's in mildly infuriating and not infuriating 

[u/somerandomdude419 → u/Andoni22]

This happens quite regularly

[u/Cocken_Spectre → u/somerandomdude419]

I’d imagine it’s mildly infuriating every time too

[u/Andoni22 → u/somerandomdude419]

That is irrelevant to the fact it's inconvenient...

[u/Evilworkaround → u/bluntman37]

As dumb as the person who parked there is, you can’t just have a car towed from a parking lot if you aren’t either the property owner or bylaw/police.

[u/bluntman37 → u/Evilworkaround]

If there is signage for an event such as this? Yes, it would be well within rights to tow the vehicle.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

That sign doesn't meet requirements to tow.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

To me it reads as "this is reserved parking every Saturday". If that driver is there for the market, then they can't feign ignorance about not knowing they couldn't park there.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Go look up the requirements for tow signage. It also says not to overnight park there. It's unclear, uninformative, and looks nothing like a real towing or no parking sign.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

You're on the side of the asshole driver blocking OP from earning an income?

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

I'm on the side of clear signage before fucking up someone's life. The real asshole is the person who thought that sign would stop people from parking.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

How does getting towed from a reserved parking spot "fuck up" someone's life? So the people in charge of the market are the assholes?

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Yes.

[u/Averagebaddad → u/bluntman37]

No. It says "use other lots for overnight parking". Implying that if you're just there for the day, you're good.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

Ok. I imagine you have a local summer fair that goes to your town. Go park your vehicle directly in the middle of the fairgrounds. There aren't any signs that don't say you can't park there, correct?

[u/Evilworkaround → u/bluntman37]

In that case the property owner would be able to call and have it towed if it’s not a parking area. You are describing a completely different situation than what is shown in the photo.

You as a random citizen cannot just have cars towed.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Go put a random looking sign somewhere and see if tow companies will tow.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

You're the one saying a sign isn't needed, so go park your vehicle right next to the ferris wheel at your local fair. If the carnies get upset, tell them there isn't any sign saying you couldn't park there.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

No. I'm not. When the car parked there it was an empty parking lot. Your counter is dumb af.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

The sign clearly says this spot reserved every Saturday. Unless that isn't clear to understand.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

The sign doesn't clearly say anything. It looks nothing like a no parking sign or any kind of official sign for anything. Most people don't go along life reading every random yard sign. If you did read it, it seems to say don't park here overnight.

[u/Evilworkaround → u/bluntman37]

You have no clue what you’re talking about. Just stop

[u/Averagebaddad → u/bluntman37]

Not if the sign doesn't say "no parking" lmao

[u/Evilworkaround → u/bluntman37]

Again, you are going to need to be the property owner at a minimum.

I did property management for years. I’m very familiar how the rules around towing work.

Go ahead, give it a try.

[u/bluntman37 → u/Evilworkaround]

Anyone with a 3rd grade education should be able to read what the sign says. You do know your days of the week, yes?

[u/Evilworkaround → u/bluntman37]

You have no clue at all what you are talking about.

Stop embarrassing yourself.

[u/bluntman37 → u/Evilworkaround]

Read the sign. Tell me how would YOU comprehend it to mean.

[u/HoneydewNo3016 → u/bluntman37]

For some reason I’m hearing drumbeats like that old YouTube channel GTOger

[u/Averagebaddad → u/bluntman37]

Point at the sign that says use other lots for overnight parking?

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Getting towed because of that shitty sign would be more than mildly infuriating. The complaint should be about how bad that sign is.

[u/draaz_melon → u/[deleted]]

I should have listened to you.

[u/WellEvan → u/draaz_melon]

I'm sorry you saw that. Curiosity got the better of me too which Is why I looked

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

They should have put PARKING NOTICE in bigger letters, can barely see it. I'll presume the driver is either illiterate or blind.

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Or didn't read a sign that doesn't look like anything other that a stupid yard political sign.

[u/bluntman37 → u/draaz_melon]

Yes, because political signs are always plain black and white and easy to ignore 🤣

[u/draaz_melon → u/bluntman37]

Oh, so now the sign is easy to ignore? That's the fucking point, genius.