15 Minute customer parking Tramway Terrace Douglas

Dbu

Yesterday evening had to collect a takeaway in Douglas on way home from work

Parked in the 15 minute parking space outside a well know food shop on tramway terrace (yellow building on right)

Owner opens door and asks 'are you coming into my shop'? I said no,Im collecting a takeaway, then the abuse started

He said the parking space is for his customers and I should get the f..k out of there.. So I refused as its not his private parking space

He lost the plot completely. after I returned with my food, about 5 minutes later he was still going on how people like me are f.cking up his business.

Absolute creep and very intimidating, ie in your face.

Shaking when I got home

the beer revolu

The amount of knobheads that think they have protected rights to the space on the road outside their property is astounding!

whisky_galore

It's a local shop for local people.

Dbu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118916434#Comment_118916434

There is a 15 minute set down space actually outside his shop (enough for 2 cars), but its not for his customers alone.

If you shop anywhere in Douglas you are entitled to spend 15 minutes there

I rang the City Council to confirm that he had actually no right to claim it as his own parking space 'which he fought so hard to get for himself'

who_me

Yup, details on the 15 minute parking here, makes no mention of them being provided for a specific business.

Even if someone HAD been intending to park and go in there, if he's that aggressive he'd turn them off!

lawrencesummers

What was the name of the business

curly from cork

He was totally wrong but having dealt with same man I think you can let it go as IMO he is genuinely suffering with some kind of mental illness. Poor man. Hope you weren't too shook up unprovoked attacks can be quite upsetting.