Aussies divided on business owner's unique security strategy
For anyone living or working in a busy area, there's nothing worse than someone parking on your property.
One Queensland local has taken a slightly more aggressive approach to turning people away, and it's going completely viral online.
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Aussie TikTok account @rockhamptonchaos has gone viral showing the unique way they get people to stop parking in their driveway.
The driveway belongs to a business near a busy street in Rockhampton, where people choose to park despite signage which appears to read 'Parking or stopping here is illegal' and 'Automatic sprinkler in use'.
And, the videos show drivers copping some serious consequences, being hit by this sprinkler as soon as they pull into the driveway.
One video, filmed earlier this week on a security camera, has garnered over 11 million views, and shows driver after driver copping a spray, with some even being hit with their windows or doors open - resulting in a very wet drive to find a new car space.
'Love it!'
The majority of commenters are on the business owner's side, calling out the entitlement of those who park in the driveway.
'I love that the time delay is *just* long enough to trigger after they open the door,' one person said.
'I love how every time a car pulls up, the ground is already wet,' said another.
'I looove how unhinged the sprinkler is. Like it's not a nice mist, it's a full on tropical storm. Love it,' a third agreed.
'Seems miserable'
Others, however, weren't so happy about the action, calling it unnecessarily cruel.
'Just put up a big 'no parking' sign and paint the driveway red or yellow, no reason to ruin people's day. Unless they ignore the signs then spray away,' one person said.
'Seems miserable to wait for people to park and assault them with water. I'm happy you get to get away with this because some people get fined for things not even this directly offensive sigh,' another commenter said.
Originally published as Aussies divided on business owner's unique security strategy
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