A furious parking row broke out in the town of Glossop, Derbyshire, after a visitor sent a note to almost every house in the neighbourhood telling them not to park on their grass verge.
The note said: “Would you please kindly refrain from parking on the grass verge, as it will rut the surface and make it look unsightly. Thank you.”
The fracas left locals confused as to why the notes were sent and who sent them. Some have taken to responding to the original complainant by attaching their response to their note.
One angry driver, whose reply was also sent to the whole street, wrote: “If this was you, first and foremost do not ever put something on my new car as it is private property. Second, I pay road tax and can park where I want!
“And finally, we have nowhere to park due to road works in the village as they have dug the whole pavement up and I will not park a ‘white’ car to get splashes of concrete on it, which you cannot get off.
“It’s not your grass, next time I will double park so you can’t get out. Merry Christmas you Grinch.”
Wayne Whitehead, 43, was one of the confused motorists to receive the letter. He said it couldn’t possibly have been him or his wife because they “haven’t got time to put notes on cars”.
He added: “It gets annoying when people do park like that, but personally I wouldn’t waste my time writing a letter – there are more important things going on in the world. It’s obviously triggered someone, then they’ve gone back in their house, hand wrote that letter, photocopied it and delivered it to all the houses.”
While Mr Whitehead said that he found the letter humourous, he admitted that some of his neighbours have been upset by the whole debacle.
He revealed: “Another said it confused and upset their relative on the road who struggles with dementia. It’s not threatening but it’s a little bit aggressive – saying, “If it is you, I’m going to double park and block you in.”
