If i just pulled up in van to do one house i would quite hapily route my hose in a nice little pattern to my customers house.
Lol its no excuse i know, but i did several houses and the hose follows where i go. Yes normally such a thing wouldnt bother me and would be delt with differently. Just not that morning. In all seriousness if i was that owner would i be as miffed as some of the peoples comments on here, really.....i dont think so. I would simply park and move the hose especially on a open planned garden.
In response to the above, the owner had plenty of space to move forward etc that it wouldnt have hurt.