Our neighbors are awesome people. They make a ton of noise, let their kids scream constantly, insist on locking their car doors 3-4 times (with simultaneous honking, of course) each and every time they leave the vehicle, and best of all, letting their kids play in our front yard & peek in our windows. They're really stand-up, considerate people.
For the last 2+ weeks, there's been a car parked out in front of our house. We had no idea whose it was and we'd never seen it before. I finally called the city last week to have it towed (which takes 3-4 days, minimum).
The next day, the neighbor across the street flagged down H as he was getting home from work. We like this guy - he's like the neighborhood watch and he's a nice Midwestern grandpa. When they were talking, H asked if he knew whose car that was.
The guy said yeah, it was our awesome neighbor's grandma's car. She'd gone to Florida for a month or so, and they had nowhere else to park it. They'd tried to park it in front of their house, but he told them no dice, so they moved it in front of ours.
WTF. They already have two cars PLUS their nanny's car. They're constantly parking in front of our house, leaving H nowhere to park his car. They have a damn garage, too. And god forbid they say anything about it being their car.
We went back & forth all weekend on whether or not to tell them their car was going to be towed. Finally we heard them honking about in the front yard last night, so H went and said something.
What did they do? They moved it down the block, in front of someone else's house. I really hope the city sees it and still tows it.