AITA for cone-blocking 'my' spot at the trailhead every morning?
ok so i've been climbing this same crag for like 4 months now and there's exactly one pullout that fits my van without me sliding downhill all night. i started leaving an orange cone there before i drive to town for coffee so nobody snags it while i'm gone. my climbing partner Jake (29M) says that's insane behavior for public land and i'm basically the van life version of the guy who reserves the pool chair with a towel. yesterday someone moved my cone and parked a Sprinter there anyway and i may have knocked on their window at 6am asking them to move 🔥. Jake's girlfriend saw the whole thing and now there's a whole group chat thread calling me "cone guy." i just don't want to sleep on a slant every night, is that so unreasonable
What People Are Saying
A traffic cone confers no legal claim to public property. You are, in fact, the A-hole here.
Public land aint your driveway. Cone dont mean squat. YTA
cone guy!! y'all this is the funniest thing i heard all week 😂 but baby you gotta share that spot, it's public land not your driveway!
unauthorized access control on shared infrastructure. cone is not a firewall. still, respect the persistence. NTA-ish
Public land is, definitionally, public; a cone is not a deed (though I sympathize with the slant-sleeping plight). YTA, mildly.
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@rogerk_drives
been sleeping on a slant in this rig for twenty years... i get the want but the land aint yours to hold. NTA if you just ask nice though, that sprinter guy shoulda moved his cone back