THIS is the shocking moment furious scaffolders took revenge on a driver who refused to move his car.
Elliot Lockett, 23, says he was working on a property in Bloxwich, Walsall last Thursday when he noticed a man had parked his car in the bay just six feet behind their truck.
The scaffolder claims he politely asked the driver to move his white Volkswagen due to concerns the workmen would struggle to unload their 21ft-long poles without causing damage to the car or being a public safety risk.
In the footage, Mr Lockett can be heard telling the motorist: “Right buddy, that car can’t be parked there. Please can you move it?
“You can see we’re doing the work. If your car gets damaged… “
However, the motorist becomes annoyed and repeatedly tells the workman “no”.
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He says: “I will tell you the law. I don’t fear nothing. I’ll get all the documents.”
Mr Lockett says the “rude” man then left without moving his car, which forced the workmen to remove their long poles at an angle, meaning they temporarily blocked the road.
Footage then shows how the workmen deliberately trap the man’s car in by putting scaffolding poles around it.
Another clip shows the driver returning an hour later and one of Mr Lockett’s colleagues tells the man: “I’ve done the barrier.”
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When he then asks “what are you doing?” Mr Lockett replies: “You asked us to put a barrier up, mate.”
The angry driver then slams his car door and says: “Okay, I don’t care, you can do anything you want to do.”
Mr Lockett claims that after filming had stopped, the driver said he was going to call the West Midlands Police, but they never appeared.
After around 10 minutes, the scaffolders removed the barrier blocking the man in and resumed their work.
While Mr Lockett said the stunt was “petty” he added they had “played him at his own game”.
He thinks the man should have used his “common sense” and moved his car to another spot so they could do their work safely.
The video has split opinion online, including other industry professionals.
While some have congratulated Mr Lockett on getting his revenge others claim the car didn’t need to be moved anyway.
Mr Lockett says there was originally a barrier covering the parking bay though it’s unclear where this was during the video clips or if someone had removed it.
The scaffolder, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, said: “We agree that it’s petty but he was being petty so we played him at his own game.
“There was a plastic barrier already there but by the time we came outside the chap had moved it out of the way and parked up.
“We were having to get 21ft poles out of an 8ft gap so it’s not really practical and there’s more risk to the car and the public.
“It’s about common sense as well. Why would you want to risk your property getting damaged?
“Before I videoed him I asked him to move but he refused to. I videoed him to cover my own back.
“He got quite irate and was point-blank refusing to move it and claiming he knew laws off the top of his head.
“We showed him decency by speaking to him in a polite way, but I suppose some people haven’t been raised with manners.
“I understand his frustration but there were numerous parking spaces he could have used. He took issue with us for no reason.
“When you’re at work you’ve just got to bite your tongue and be polite with them.
“Instead of getting angry about it we thought we’d get some revenge this way.
“He told us we should have barriered the whole parking space off so that our barrier couldn’t be moved, so we barriered him in with scaffolding instead.
“He wanted to try and ruin our day so me and the rest of the lads all had a giggle at him.
“Working people have got to do their job and pay their bills so you’ve got to let them get on with it.”
Mr Lockett claims he and his truck were at the property all day and didn’t face any more issues.
His videos posted on Facebook have picked up more than 300 likes and 70 comments.
One said: “Scaffs take no s**t. Well done lads.”
Another wrote: “Fair play boys quality that.”
While a third added: “What a plonker. Just move your bloody car.”
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However, one said: “B***ends! More than enough room.”
Another posted: “If you can’t get your tube off in that gap there’s something wrong.”
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Jon Rogers
