One Redditor took matters into his own hands and sparked debate online after he revealed he had contacted a car tow company after someone parked in his reserved spot at his apartment complex in Irvine, California.

Posted on Tuesday, the story was shared by Dan Polk – who uses the handle tallproducer – on the popular subreddit r/midlyinfurating. With over 36,000 upvotes and thousands of comments, the debacle has prompted discussion.

Sharing a picture of the car in question, the poster wrote: “This is the third time someone parked in my reserved spot. You best believe I called the tow company.”

According to information shared by Statista, after a brief dip in 2020, the motor vehicle towing industry is on the rise.

Polk told Newsweek: “This specific car parked in my spot one time before but I just yelled in the vicinity of the car for it to be moved. They moved it shortly after but this time I just called my complex resident services and they transferred me to the tow company.”

Finding perfect parking isn’t easy. A 2017 study by INRIX Parking reported that Americans spend an average of 17 hours per year searching for parking, resulting in big costs in wasted time and fuel.

Redditors overwhelmingly sided with the poster, one comment said: “I hope they tow their a**! Someone blocked me in my garage one day and I regret not calling a towing company,” while another commenter wrote: “It’s a hate love kind of thing. I hate it when it happens but I love watching the car get towed away.”

An hour after sharing the initial post, Polk provided an update and said: “As of right now the car is still in the spot but I’m anxiously waiting for that tow truck. They did say it would be a little bit but didn’t give me an estimate of when they would arrive.”

But it wasn’t long before they did arrive, and he shared a video clip on YouTube titled: “Sweet sweet justice,” which showed the car in question being towed out of the spot.

One commenter on the viral Reddit post said: “Beautiful. Love the follow-through,” and another wrote: “The ending we all were longed for! Good riddance.”

“When you move in they tell you guests cannot park in the covered spots which this was,” explained Polk. “The community can then tow any car that’s not assigned to that spot without warning.”

While followers of the post were thrilled for the person who had reclaimed their parking spot, some warned of potential retaliation from the owner of the now towed vehicle.

One user said: “Be careful with your car. They might retaliate as they know your parking spot. I’m overly paranoid so I’d install a little camera in your car or somewhere near the parking spot just in case,” and another wrote: “I hope they don’t do anything to your car.”

But Polk put minds at rest and said: “That’s why I’m not parking my car in that spot until tomorrow. Besides I have a Honda Civic I’m not worried about some scratches.”

In February, a viral video on TikTok showed customers getting revenge on a driver who parked “like an a**” between two spots.

UPDATE 04/01/22, 04:50 a.m. ET: This article was updated with images, video and comments from the poster.