A handwritten note left on a car has sparked online outrage.
The shocked woman found the letter after returning to her car parked in a disability spot on a residential street in inner-Sydney Glebe last Thursday night.
Scrawled on the back of a torn envelope, an irate resident asked the motorist to ‘not move the bin’ which had been left in the parking space to reserve for the resident.
‘The council know(s) the bin is put there for the resident to come home and be able to park,’ the letter reads.
The woman, who had a valid disability permit, took to social media afterwards to vent their frustrations and seek advice after being a ‘bit shaken up’ by the local, who then came out of their home to ‘have a go’ at them
‘If council has said it’s her own private disabled spot, why isn’t there a lockable bollard or a different type of sign?’ they questioned.
‘They would never say to put a bin in the spot to ‘mind’ it.’
While City of Sydney Council can grant disabled parking spaces close to a home of someone with a permit, it does not always mean the space is reserved for them.
Aussies have been left shocked by a note left on a car asking them not to park in a disabled parking space despite the driver having a permit (pictured)
Aussies were shocked by the note and claimed the resident was in the wrong for thinking they had exclusive access to the parking space.
‘If you’ve got a permit and it’s available, it’s yours to park in,’ one wrote.
‘Some people believe they’re entitled to far more than they actually are … If they need their own disabled park then move to a building with underground parking.’
Another added: ‘It’s a public disabled parking spot. End of story’.
‘She has no argument with you as your within your rights.’
The woman claims she was told off by the resident after parking in this spot in Glebe
A third wrote: ‘If you’re going to live in one of these terrace style homes, often the deal that comes with it is, parking is scarce.’
‘You don’t get your own driveway or garage to park in, if residential only parking isn’t signed it’s bad luck for the tenant.
‘Live somewhere else, like the rest of us do, if you require a place to park your car for a disability purpose, that’s fit for purpose.’
However, not everyone was on the driver’s side.
One said that they wouldn’t park in a disabled space outside a home because they had ‘gone through the processes to have it installed’.
City of Sydney Council requires bins to be kept on private property.
‘All your bins must be stored on your property between collections, not on the footpath or street,’ its website reads.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the council for comment in regard to the resident’s claim.
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