ULPT request: neighbor blocks my vehicle from entering or leaving my house

Posted by CrissPDuck@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 106 comments

Let me set the context first. I live in a country where law and order is pretty meaningless. Only the wealthy and well-connected get justice or enforcement. Pretty standard third world banana republic shithole.

However, my home is in a (one of the few) nice areas of a (one of the few) decently livable city. There's a pavement approximately 20 feet wide between my front gate and the street in front of my house.

My neighbor recently built a two-story structure on the plot adjoining mine. Both floors have been rented out to two different businesses. My road is mixed use so residential and commercial use is permitted.

Neither the owner nor the two new tenants made any arrangements for parking. They knew this would be a commercial use structure and never planned for it.

My house has a short driveway connecting my front gate to the street. After the property next door was rented out, I've had vehicles parked on the street blocking my driveway almost every other day.

My family and I have been held up when we're in a hurry to leave or when we're coming home, tired at the end of the day. Most of the time, no one knows whose vehicle is blocking our driveway and by the time inquiries are made and the vehicle is moved, twenty minutes have gone by.

Like I said, the city and law enforcement are useless in my country. It will just turn into a bidding war to see who can bribe them more.

We have tried talking to them about this (including one rather heated confrontation), but nothing really changes.

The establishment on the ground floor is clearly preparing for a launch event tomorrow. True to their nature, they've encroached completely onto the pavement in front of their property with awnings, chairs and stuff for the event.

What can I do to disrupt the event tomorrow without causing property damage or bringing suspicion upon myself or my family members? I don't know if these guys are well connected politically, so I don't want anything to be traced back to me.