A handwritten note left in a car has sparked outrage on social media.
The shocked woman found the letter after returning to her car parked in a disabled spot on a residential street in central Sydney Glebe on Thursday night.
Scrawled on the back of a torn envelope, an irate resident asked the motorist to “not move the bin” he had left in the parking space reserved for the resident.
“The council knows that the container is placed there so that the resident can return home and park,” the letter reads.
The woman, who had a valid disability permit, later took to social media to vent her frustrations and ask for advice after being “a little shaken” by the venue, who then left her home to “try them out.”
“If the council has said it’s its own private disabled place, why isn’t there a lockable bollard or a different type of sign?” They questioned.
“They would never say put a container in place to ‘worry’.”
While Sydney City Council can grant disabled parking spaces near someone’s home with a permit, that doesn’t always mean the space is reserved for them.
Australians were shocked by a note left on a car asking them not to park in a disabled parking space even though the driver had a permit (pictured).
The Australians were shocked by the note and claimed the resident was wrong to think he had exclusive access to the parking space.
“If you have a permit and it’s available, you can park in it,” one wrote.
“Some people think they’re entitled to a lot more than they really are… If they need their own handicap park, then move to a building with underground parking.”
Another added: ‘It’s a public disabled parking spot. End of story’.
“She doesn’t have any arguments with you because that’s your right.”
The woman claims she was scolded by a resident after parking at this spot in Glebe.
A third wrote: “If you’re going to live in one of these terrace-style houses, often the deal that comes with it is that parking is at a premium.”
‘You don’t have your own driveway or garage to park in, if the residential parking is not signed, it’s bad luck for the tenant.
“Live somewhere else, like the rest of us do, if you need a place to park your car for disability reasons, that’s fine.”
However, not everyone was on the driver’s side.
One said they would not park in a handicap space outside a home because they had “gone through the processes to set it up.”
Sydney City Council requires bins to be stored on private property.
“All of your containers should be stored on your property between collections, not on the sidewalk or street,” their website reads.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the council for comment regarding the resident’s claim.