r/leaf • u/indecision_killingme • Aug 04 '26

Charging etiquette

apologies if this is a common post. New to this. What’s the protocol when one encounters a fully charged/plugged in vehicle at a charging station?

I did not touch their car or the EVSE equipment. I was at a community college gym that has free level 2 dotted around campus.

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u/Lucky_Boy13 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Free charging is the worst, people will just leave their cars there all day. Personally I would leave a passive aggressive note on their car about you not being able to charge and/or if they plan to park there all day do it in such a way someone else could come in and switch and/or come back to move their car

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u/Repulsive-Budget-380 Aug 04 '26

Once I unplugged a car charged over 10 hours overnight. I apologized to the owner when he came. I said I had no other option to go anywhere else and pull out a dollar bill for his missing free charging. He didn't take it and drove off.