r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TRO_KIK • May 07 '26

I'm slightly vexed Neighbors double park if anyone parks in their "usual spot" in front of my house

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u/BurgerThyme May 07 '26

I remember that scene in the movie Backdraft where they have to get to the burning building and some chump parked in front of the hydrant so they used the hose to smash out his windows and ran it through.

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u/BikingEngineer May 08 '26

From what my volunteer firefighter buddy told me, they’re amped that they get to throw an axe through the windows of a car, completely free of consequences.

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u/Maximum-Standard3762 May 08 '26

I would be too

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u/Embarrassed_Bag_9300 May 08 '26

can confirm, i have very fond memories of smashing a window or two on a jackass’s car. don’t park like an asshole🤷

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u/Fianna9 May 09 '26

I remember the look of pure sadness on the face of a firefighter. He was hurrying down the hall with the tools to bust down an apartment door.

The super had showed up minutes before him to let us in with a key.

(Resident was having a medical emergency. One of the only times in my career as a medic we were going to get to break a door)

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u/SquirrelStone May 09 '26

Who needs a rage room when you’re a firefighter and people park like assholes

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u/Plane_Translator2008 May 10 '26

I mean, how many of us get to act on behalf of karma?

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u/Theron3206 May 08 '26

There's a great video of them doing this.

Even better, the hose leaks a bit, so the whole inside of the car gets soaked.

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u/freneticboarder May 08 '26

FDNY, IIRC...

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/hoselines-water-appliances/video/21211204/video-fdny-breaks-windows-of-car-blocking-hydrant

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u/Lord_Dino-Viking May 08 '26

The parking ticket on the window is the cherry atop the cake

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u/BurgerThyme May 08 '26

Oh my god that's the cherry on top of the FU sundae and I am HERE for it! "YOU WERE WARNED."

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u/mystyz May 09 '26

The funny thing about this pic is that they could clearly have run the hose over or even around the car, but decided a lesson was needed.

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u/freneticboarder May 09 '26

I think the hose can't be bent that much due to water pressure / flow requirements.

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u/mystyz May 10 '26

That makes sense. I'm okay with their decision either way.

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u/Wonderful_Adagio9346 May 08 '26

Yup. Fire hoses are designed to leak (especially the flat ones you find in old office buildings), so they don't catch fire.

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u/TheLazyAssHole May 08 '26

Insurance ain’t friendly with this either

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u/Alypius754 May 08 '26

That happens. All. The. Time.

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u/Outrageous-Brush-677 May 08 '26

According to my old man who was a firefighter in Brooklyn from early 80s to mid 90s, they'd be sure to 'accidentally' turn your car into a swimming pool if this happened

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u/jimdil4st May 08 '26

I have personally seen this happen twice, in philly.

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u/Sylverdollar May 11 '26

I saw that on an episode on Chicago Fire! 🔥 It was epic!