Image copyright West Midlands Ambulance Service Image caption The ambulance service said "we just don't know quite what to say".
Paramedics say they have been left shocked by a note left on an ambulance windscreen telling them not to block a driveway.
The note read: "You may be saving lives but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive."
West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics received the note on Friday after going to a man in a critical condition in Small Heath, Birmingham.
"Sometimes we just don't know quite what to say," the service said.
"Our staff will always try and park considerately, but sometimes there just isn't time."
The patient was in a critical condition and was vomiting blood in the ambulance before being taken to Heartlands Hospital as an emergency case.
The service said the ambulance was at the scene for no longer than 30 minutes.
The ambulance service shared the note on Facebook with the hashtag "#patientscomefirst" and the post has received more than a thousand reactions.
Lisa Howard commented: "Not an ounce of empathy... shame on them".
Another user, Sarah Peacock, commented: "Hope they [the person who wrote the note] sees this and feels ashamed," adding that the ambulance service does "a terrific job".
dustydigital101 on November 11st, 2017 at 23:24 UTC »
I’m an EMT but I used to work in the Control Room for the ambulance service (U.K.). I remember a crew taking the patient out of a property and onto the ambulance only to find their tyres had been slashed. Nothing surprises me anymore.
solfolango on November 11st, 2017 at 22:49 UTC »
Germany: Some 20+yo recently attacked the paramedics that were called to a kindergarden. One of the children had an heart issue and was unconscious. He damaged the van and said something along the lines "I don't if you are saying a child's life, you are blocking my car."
People are so... I have no words.
SlowStop23 on November 11st, 2017 at 19:58 UTC »
Yesterday someone was parked in my spot outside my apartment building. I thought maybe it was the person who parks next to me and he accidentally parked in mine instead. So I parked in his spot.
90 minutes later I get a knock on my door. It's my neighbour. He understands, he saw the vehicle in my spot. He tells me I should leave a note.
I feel like I have to leave a note now. I spend some time trying to come up with a note that doesn't sound rude. I finally figured it out but by that time the vehicle was gone.
I can't believe how easily this guy put a note on an ambulance.