A Cheshire mother was left stunned after discovering an anonymous complaint about her parking had arrived through the post in rather unusual fashion.
Emily Potts, a 35-year-old wedding photographer, had just returned from picking up a coffee when she found the peculiar message waiting in her letterbox.
The mother-of-two captured her reaction on Ring doorbell footage as she read the unexpected correspondence aloud to her partner.
“We were totally taken aback really. Why would anyone bother and go to such lengths to be weird?” she said.
The strange note had been sent to her Nantwich home by an unidentified neighbour who had apparently taken issue with how she parked her car on the street.
The postcard itself featured images of local canals and historic Nantwich landmarks, making the complaint all the more bizarre.
Its message was blunt: “would you consider parking your massive ugly car a bit less selfishly? Show some consideration for your neighbours”.
The anonymous sender had gone further still, sketching a crude diagram intended to demonstrate both correct and incorrect parking positions.
The bizarre interaction occurred on London Road in Nantwich
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Ms Potts admitted the illustration left her baffled initially.
“[The drawing] was so funny. It took me a while to understand what the problem was from that doodle,” she said.
What puzzled her most was that someone had purchased a stamp and posted the grievance rather than simply knocking on her door.
The wedding photographer suspects the sender must have observed her parking and then tracked which property she entered to identify her address.
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The anonymous neighbour payed for a stamp to send the warning
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“They must’ve watched me park and walk to my house to know which house I came from. I would’ve had the kids with me as well so it’s a bit creepy really,” she said.
Ms Potts acknowledged that securing a parking spot on her street can be tricky, and conceded she may not have parked perfectly on that particular occasion.
“I always try to park as nicely as I can because it’s difficult for everybody on that road,” she explained to Nantwich News.
“Maybe I did park badly that day, it’s wedding season so it’s a busy time at the moment.”
Despite the initial surprise, Ms Potts and her partner eventually saw the funny side of the situation.
Rather than throwing the postcard away, she has opted to keep it as an amusing memento, adorning it with stickers bearing the message “be a nice woman” and planning to display it inside her car.
After sharing her experience online, Ms Potts said many people found the circumstances equally strange, with several wondering why the neighbour had not simply approached her directly.
Having parked on the same public road for five years without any previous complaints, she hopes the incident encourages others to communicate more openly.
“Just be normal and have a nice conversation and introduce yourself to your neighbours and be nice to them,” she said. “Just have an open dialogue.”