A woman turned the tables on an “entitled tradesman” who blocked the entrace to her property, as she recounted the monumental parking feud on Reddit, winning plaudits from the online community for standing up to such inconsiderate conduct.

Recounting the saga, she described how the stubborn tradesman “refused to move” when he parked over her drive, assuring her they wouldn’t be delayed while working at the neighbouring house. Unimpressed with his cavalier attitude, she decided to take swift action – a response that escalated the tension and left people stunned.

Her Reddit post detailed the incident: “Years ago my neighbour – shared drive – was having work done and the guys parked on the drive. I asked them to move as I was about to go out, they said it was all good and they wouldn’t be long.

“Well, because they wouldn’t move, I ended up ringing the friend I was meeting to come pick me up instead and when we got back from our outing and picking up her son they were still parked in the driveway.

“My friend was going to park on the road, but I told her to drive up behind them and turn the car off, I then turned and asked her four-year-old to tell me again all about his first school visit that day and what he got up to.”

She added: “The guy came and asked my friend to move and I leaned over and said ‘it’s all good, we won’t be long’.” The truck driver received a lesson in manners when he insincerely muttered “sorry” after being confronted for his ill consideration and he had to wait for her to move.

One individual responded with a tale of working as an electrician’s apprentice, recalling: “I worked for an electrician for about 18 months, he was the nicest dude you could ask to do your electrical. If we were blocking someone in any way he’d usually have me move the vehicle.

“It was hard work for sure, but I could tell he cared about the people who hired him because we went back to a lot of the same houses for more work over time.”

Another user had a witty comeback for those who would excuse their intrusion by saying: “Best retort to the ‘I won’t be long’ is ‘neither will the traffic cop I just spoke to about you blocking my driveway’.” The support continued with a different commenter adding: “Good on ya!”

Meanwhile, one commentator endorsed payback with a wry observation, adding: “Sharing is NOT caring. You gave him a taste of his own medicine. ‘Uh-oh, the car won’t start. I guess I’ll have to get a tow truck. Oh, I don’t get paid until next week. Oh well, it’s all good. It won’t take long’.”

Yet another echoed the sentiment of poetic justice, stating: “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Someone else expressed a firmer stance, writing: “I would have called for a tow.”

Despite the collective disdain towards shared driveways, the original poster held a different view, acknowledging that it wasn’t necessarily negative. Even though others insisted such situations were burdensome, she outlined the mechanics of cohabiting a driveway.

In an attempt to clarify, she penned: “Most of the time it wasn’t a problem because it was kind of a ‘Y’ shape and both houses have two car garages and concrete pads at the front where you can fit another three or four cars if needed, but these guys parked their truck in the tail of the ‘Y’ and blocked everything!”