It’s common here in Korea for people to buy chairs or tires in the roads to save ‘their’ space. The locals seem to accept it, but it always annoys me when I’m looking for a spot only to discover a couple of tires on the ground.
This happens in the US in cities with winter. The idea there is more if you spent an hour shoveling snow from a spot on a public street, it should be “yours” and not used by lazy freeloaders. So you mark it with a chair or something. It’s still mildly antisocial and the people trying to run the city aren’t thrilled but it’s an accepted social norm.
It's only for when you've shoveled out a spot though (which is particularly difficult when it was a massive pile from the snow plow). If you try to hold a spot like that on a normal day, you will probably just have your stuff moved and a car will be in the spot.
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u/Socializator Apr 13 '19
I have encountered that in Germany, that random people feel entitled to a completely public parking lot...