Am I being a Karen if……

[Knuckle Ball]

Assuming you live in Toronto, there is an anti idling bylaw stating vehicles can't be left idling for more than 1 minute. You could either remind him of this, or be a real Karen and report him to the authorities.

That’s a tough law in this situation bc diesel engines need to warm up before being driven.

 

[MONTYY]

Personally this sounds like those guys that get up at 7am every saturday or sunday to mow their lawn except even earlier and everyday. A tad disrespectful if you ask me.

I like to cut the grass in the early morning (closer to 9am), the dicks are the ones that do it after 7pm. Most by-laws are no grass cutting between 7pm and 7am, 7 days a week

 

[Addict2sex]

Ever heard of white noise…google that..Try white noise that way maybe you help drown out the truck noise.
Example of a technique of white noise is turn on a fan ..it kinda drown out the outside noise help you to fall asleep ..Good Luck!

 

[Brill]

Find out a bit about the guy before making a request, is he stable and reasonable?
Is there another space available that won’t dump the problem on someone else?
You might have to live with it.

 

[escortsxxx]

I ask a guy to possibly think about parking in another spot if he sees one available?

So buddy has a big Ram style truck. A Diesel I think. But it is loud. Like really loud. He leaves at 5:15 am during the week and 8am on the weekends. He lets his car run for about 10mins to warn it up. And it is right by my bedroom window.

There would be some other parking available. Not all the time but some of the time and it would not disrupt anyone. I get sometimes, this would not be possible and I just get up, go to the spare room, stay half asleep and when I hear him drive by, I go back to bed. I would just prefer to not have to do this every morning I am home. I’m up early but 5:15am is still a bit too early for me.

So am I a Karen if I politely point out the noise and ask for some possible consideration if and only if he can swing it. I don’t want to say “don’t park here”. He is entitled to park wherever he wants but I would like to at least make him aware so that if he is like me - he would be considerate and try to avoid parking right by my bedroom window.

Should I just not bother though? I will of course tell him I’m not being a Karen and not demanding anything but parking it a hot topic button for people. Should I leave a note instead? Or personally just say “hey btw / when I see him park? I don’t want to catch him in the morning when he is literally trying to race off to work.

Because some people are so fucking entitled it seems impossible now to just have a regular conversation to even see if a resolution can be made.

If you’re a guy with a loud truck, how would you prefer to be approached about this.

Again, I’m not demanding anything. But if it was me - and I found out that it was waking someone up every morning, I would want to try and minimize that for them

Any suggestions?

Barter offer him some donuts coffe etc ask a favour done

 

[HEYHEY]

And yes, you're being a Karen

 

[Kurt]

I agree with a couple of comment to do some research to see if you can find out what kind of person he is and then plan out how to approach him. maybe just mention it and if possible maybe he can park further back in the parking lot???? it is difficult -
As a backup plan get ear plugs

 

[oral.com]

Barter offer him some donuts coffe etc ask a favour done

I was thinking the same thing. Coffee donuts and a sweet smile would do it for me !

 

[Y_Diner]

If you approach just don’t act angry rude or entitles. Don’t have to be nice just respectful and make your points politely.

 

[SaturnFan]

That’s a tough law in this situation bc diesel engines need to warm up before being driven.

An idling diesel engine will never warm up fully. Start it, wait about 30 seconds for the fluids to start flowing, then off you go.

 

[xix]

I guess you live in a building and not house.

So long time ago here, a guy had an issue with his neighbor motorcycle. It was loud. I guess this guy knew his MTO laws or he researched and it seems there is a law as to what loudness a muffler or exhaust system it can make. Sure a muffler sales man can sell twice the legal limit in loudness, but no one complains to MTO you are scott free.

So this Terb member approach thy neighbour and complimented the guy on his beautiful Motorcycle and blah ,, blah he ended with nice exhasut it seems to be past the loudness limit that MTO recommends according to what I found out. It be a shame to get pulled over in the early wee morning on the drive way.

His motorcycle neighbour after that would turn on the Motorcycle in silent mode and then hit the switch, the noise of his exhaust would make a loud noise a block away on his ride to work and back when returning home.

The thread is probably still here mid 2010's.

 

[Jenesis]

I agree with a couple of comment to do some research to see if you can find out what kind of person he is and then plan out how to approach him. maybe just mention it and if possible maybe he can park further back in the parking lot???? it is difficult -
As a backup plan get ear plugs

You know my house. So you know the parking area. There is not a lot available during the day and for over night parking it is even less. He could try but it would happen where he can’t and I would hate for him to have no choice to park close and then feel bad.

Like I said, I just go into the front bedroom until he drives around the front and then I go back. So it is all good.

 

[massman]

You know my house. So you know the parking area. There is not a lot available during the day and for over night parking it is even less. He could try but it would happen where he can’t and I would hate for him to have no choice to park close and then feel bad.

Like I said, I just go into the front bedroom until he drives around the front and then I go back. So it is all good.

You are an understanding and tolerant neighbour.

 

[Kurt]

As a former owner of a Diesel vehicle - they do need to be warmed up before driving. I would say 5-10 minutes.
As they are very loud there isn't much that can be done. I feel your pain - let us know what happens

 

[Jenesis]

As a former owner of a Diesel vehicle - they do need to be warmed up before driving. I would say 5-10 minutes.
As they are very loud there isn't much that can be done. I feel your pain - let us know what happens

I’ve decided not to do anything. Just work it out for myself and not say anything to the guy.

 

[Telebass]

In my opinion you should not say anything.

The guy does not have control over what parking spots are available so sometimes he is going to have to park near your window whether he wants to or not. You are thus setting up a situation where he is going to have to feel guilty every time he parks near your window and he will feel obligated to apologize, leave you an apology note, buy you a coffee from Tim’s, or in some way atone for this sin.

I don’t think it’s fair for you to impose this on the guy.


(PS: If this guy has a Fuck Trudeau flag flying from his Dodge Ram Diesel truck then please ignore this advice and feel free to fuck with him in the most Karen-like ways possible)

I call bullshit. This guy knows perfectly well his truck is loud and annoying. That's probably what he loves most about it. The same goes with bikes with loud pipes. They never feel bad about it. Just his way of saying "Look at me!" He's still pissed off his mommy stopped breast feeding him when he went off to school and wants to feel "special". So, yeah, as one poster noted, flashing him a nipple might work.

 

[paulhunter23]

This would be really annoying. Hope he moves away soon enough

 

[Day2Day]

I call bullshit. This guy knows perfectly well his truck is loud and annoying. That's probably what he loves most about it. The same goes with bikes with loud pipes. They never feel bad about it. Just his way of saying "Look at me!" He's still pissed off his mommy stopped breast feeding him when he went off to school and wants to feel "special". So, yeah, as one poster noted, flashing him a nipple might work.

interesting take on the situation. It got me wondering whether the truck is natually loud from the factory or has some aftermarket enhancements done to it that make it louder. Maybe we'll never know...

 

[Jenesis]

interesting take on the situation. It got me wondering whether the truck is natually loud from the factory or has some aftermarket enhancements done to it that make it louder. Maybe we'll never know...

I would never know this. But it is really really loud. I can hear it down the street even. Think Harley loud.

 

[Jenesis]

This would be really annoying. Hope he moves away soon enough

It seems he visits someone over night. I assume his GF?????? But he parks at night and leaves in the morning. Not every night thankfully but enough.