Random Sucky Neighbor Thoughts

[Food Lady]

In the stairwell is IN THE WAY. My neighbors do that, too--the adults. Sit on the porch you pay for!!

[Dreamstalker]

And the zucchini plant is gone; it was rather unceremoniously torn out by the real landscapers this afternoon (I went down afterwards and gave the poor flowers a good solid watering). How long until another vegetable plant shows up I wonder...?

Hey, idiots upstairs:

Just because management posted a letter saying "no unaccompanied kids playing in the courtyard", that does not mean your spawn can use the front stairwell as a playground. Kids are fine outside, but you are required to supervise them...which we know you do not do, hence the need for the letter.

Also, I know quiet hours don't start until 11PM, but you need to realize that there are people below you.

[Mental_Mouse]

There's the classic line "Around these parts, come July you need to start locking your car, or you're liable to come back and find it full of zucchini".

[Food Lady]

Knowing the reputation that zucchini growers have (i.e. way too many zucchinis) you have probably done them a favor.

There's always National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day which is August 8th: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nati...-day-august-8/

[Dreamstalker]

I know...we were picking up the farm share last week and one of the guys was telling us that their growers in NH sent down 60-odd cases of zucchini; they were growing out of control due to the heatwave and they couldn't pick them fast enough.

Not sure if I'm willing to eat any zucchini that comes from this plant; that patch is a popular gathering spot for the local groomer's obedience classes, and we don't know what pesticides if any are being used on it.

(this does confirm that there's no barrier cloth under the mulch, so conceivably I could plant something of my own and see what happens)

[Ironclad Alibi]

And someone has established a huge damn ZUCCHINI PLANT in the landscaping in back right at the sidewalk, it's choking out the flowers. I seriously doubt our landscapers did it. This morning we noted two small nearly-ready zucchini; I plucked them when I came home. Hey, it's accessible to anyone walking by...

Knowing the reputation that zucchini growers have (i.e. way too many zucchinis) you have probably done them a favor.

[Dreamstalker]

I think I figured out what's going on with our 'neighbors'. I wandered over to the old store to do some shopping and say hi to P (awesome supervisor who also works at town hall), and somehow in conversation that came up--she knows about the can collectors in my building. She told me that the town is doing remodeling on some of the public-housing buildings and is/was placing tenants elsewhere. That would seem to track, as this influx of whatever all happened at once, there have been quite a few one-bedrooms available until recently and the head of maintenance confirmed what's been happening (8+ people in a one-bedroom, they trash the place when they move out).

(if a voucher tenant racks up a certain number of complaints in a privately-managed property, they get tossed)

And someone has established a huge damn ZUCCHINI PLANT in the landscaping in back right at the sidewalk, it's choking out the flowers. I seriously doubt our landscapers did it. This morning we noted two small nearly-ready zucchini; I plucked them when I came home. Hey, it's accessible to anyone walking by...

[Food Lady]

We are NOT doing this tonight. The 4th is the holiday. The 5th is not. People have to work in the morning. It is 12:50 am, I have to have the window open because the AC is literally gone from the apartment, and even the police department has tweeted/facebooked several times asking y'all to have some courtesy. I just called them. I'm not giving you until 1:00. I'm not making a concession because of the holiday. I'm not playing. What I *am* is That Lady™.

[Dreamstalker]

Whatever the hell you are cooking, it smells like the meat is rotten...this seems to be a pattern with nearly everything you make. If you are trying to 'dry age' the meat, it doesn't quite work that way.

The previous tenant who used to make homemade kimchi doesn't even hold a candle to you guys.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Dear neighbors,
We know it was you that accidentally broke some mirror by the curb where we all put our trash cans. One roommate already cut her foot on the broken glass out there. It had been a week now, and the broken glass is still there.
Clean your mess up, gorrammit.
(signed)
Annoyed Winger, who is tempted to sweep up the glass and leave it on your doorstep.

[MoonCat]

The thing about my idiot neighbors is made extra weird by the fact that the Blob only wears sleeveless t-shirts and baggy shorts in the summer, and Bitchface only wears tank tops and jeans. Actually that's pretty much what she wears all year - then in winter she'll step outside for something and complain that it's cold outside

She also vacuums the HALLWAY. Every day. We like to joke that she's cleaning up all the residue from their "side business"

[Food Lady]

I know you said excuse me and everything but you are blocking the path down the stairs. The stairs aren't even there for you because you live on the bottom. Not only that but you have a porch to sit on. I noticed your buddy across the way does the exact same thing.

[TheSHAD0W]

I am SO GLAD I'm on the top floor except for this: the people downstairs hardly ever run their AC.

This and noise is why you want lots of insulation between apartments as well as the outside walls.

[Deserted]

I don't turn my AC off -- refrigerators stop working in extreme heat -- but I do set it up to 85 or so when I leave for the day. I figure, I'll be gone 12 hours or more, why cool the place when there's nobody here?

[Food Lady]

I am SO GLAD I'm on the top floor except for this: the people downstairs hardly ever run their AC. It's going to hit 95°F today and I bet they aren't. I get their heat. I've had my unit running 16 hours now and it's 79° in here. I have a ton of stuff to do but I'm going to the mall or something. It feels hard to breathe.