Random Sucky Neighbor Thoughts

[wolfie]

Even my laundry soap comes back upstairs with me when I finish my laundry.

I once left my (quarter full) detergent bottle in the laundry room, and it disappeared. Of course, the cap had cracked nearly all the way around the threads, so not only was it not sealed but it was VERY close to the cap coming off completely (which is why I left it). I would have loved to see the look on the face of someone who saw it, thought "Free detergent", and tossed the bottle on top of their clean laundry.

[Dreamstalker]

To the banshee in the corner apartment:

Thanks so much for that 7AM wakeup call ...I really feel sorry for your boyfriend. The poor guy gets you screaming at him almost every night.

[Ghel]

I waited to post this until I got my laundry basket back. It went missing Sunday. I got it back yesterday (Thursday).

You see, it's not unusual for the downstairs neighbor to leave laundry in the dryer. For a week or more at a time. No big, though, I just dump it in my laundry basket temporarily and then throw it back in the dryer when I'm done with my laundry.

This weekend was different. When I went downstairs to get my laundry, not only was the neighbor's laundry gone, so was my laundry basket. I decided not to make a big deal, at first, figuring that they would bring my basket back after they put their laundry away.

When my boyfriend went to do his laundry Thursday, it still wasn't back, so he knocked on the neighbor's door and asked for it. The neighbor blamed it on his girlfriend's kid, not that I care. I'm just glad to have my basket back.

This is why I don't leave anything I want to keep in the shared portions of the building. Even my laundry soap comes back upstairs with me when I finish my laundry.

[Food Lady]

^I'm so happy for you that you're moving because that neighbor is ridiculous. Of course my mind pictured Blondie in my apartment when the scenario came up.

[notalwaysright]

Since I'm not renewing my lease there was an open house at my apartment. I was coming back when it was over and hear voices. I assume it's just a latecomer talking with the property manager lady, but I was wrong. It's my nosy neighbor. In my apartment. ARG.

I still don't know where I'm moving, which is terrifying, but I can't bring myself to regret my decision to get out of here. Plus I miss having a bathtub.

[Food Lady]

Seriously, SHUT UP! First, you're on the stairs again which is rude to your neighbors. Second, it's midnight. I may be up but some of the neighbors aren't. People do sleep at night, you know--even on a Friday.

[Android Kaeli]

Dear neighbor to the right, part 2:

You got a rude wake-up call from the local PD this morning because when I woke up at the crack of dawn, I noticed that your daughter's car was in my driveway again. I let the officers know that I did not give you, or your daughter, permission [verbal, written, or otherwise] to dump her car in my driveway and that I would like someone to have it moved and/or towed. You both were damn lucky that the cop didn't arrest your daughter for trespassing and now this little stunt has gotten the attention of our HOA, and I'm damn lucky I'm not the one they're pissed at.

Oh, BTW, the reason why the HOA isn't coming after me is because I don't give them trouble and that my lawn guy is their eyes and ears and knows how quiet I usually am. So it might mean a little bit of trouble for me for the rest of the summer, you on the other hand -- there's a reason why you're the sixth person in the last ten years that hasn't lived there for very long.

[Food Lady]

You sound like a hyena. That is all.

[Dreamstalker]

The downstairs neighbors are frying rotting fish...at least that's what it smells like. Why the $%#! are they eating so late? This has gotta be the worst thing they've cooked, and stuff like this over the past year is probably responsible for our drains backing up and spewing black gunk when we try to plunge them (they had been dumping used cooking oil in the yard, management caught them so they decided to start pouring it down the drain).

[Food Lady]

I HATE how you sit on the front walkway over there. You have porches you are paying for and yet you insist on blocking everyone else's path on the sidewalk. Listen, I know it kind of sucks to not be a homeowner, but you aren't. That's reality; deal with it. Oh, and I didn't appreciate having to watch one of you pick nits out of the other's hair in the middle of the courtyard. I'm so glad I am not in your building. I'd move.

[Android Kaeli]

Dear neighbor on the right:

I do not mind that if you should have visitors, that they CAN park in my driveway should you A. first tell me about it and B. ask if said visitors can park in my driveway. If you do not do either one of these, or I say no to B., then I am going to not play nice and will have it towed and the owner arrested for trespassing without another warning. I have been in a very foul, very hateful, very explosive mood the last several days, and I really hate for you -- or any of your visitors -- to be on the receiving end of it, because you and your visitors are very nice people, and I enjoy having you as a neighbor.

That being said, you were warned once this morning when I went out to water the plants, and I did my best to keep my extremely pissed-off mood from showing when I saw your daughter's car backing out of my driveway. You have a pretty damn good understanding of the above two points, you have been granted permission in the past because, well, I've got more then enough driveway space, and I'm usually not at home when your visitors are there anyways. I don't care if I was asleep when the car was parked there nor do I care if it was only for the night, you clearly knew she would be there well before I went to work the day before. And you saw me that morning, so clearly you did have enough time to tell me -- plus you have my cell number, you can always call and leave a message. I'll usually respond right back after a few hours.

Both you and your daughter are damn lucky that I didn't have to go work at 5 am, because I would've been having to explain to very annoyed cops about why I'm calling them.

[wolfie]

WTF. Annoying neighbor lady is outside taking pictures of the building. At 9:00 PM, when it's twilight and she has to use the flash.

A really high-powered professional flash, if it's zoomed out to cover the field of view of a mild telephoto lens, has an effective range of roughly 30 feet. A consumer-grade flash, especially one built into the camera, has a range of 10-15 feet. If she's far enough away to get the building in the picture, she's out of flash range.

[notalwaysright]

WTF. Annoying neighbor lady is outside taking pictures of the building. At 9:00 PM, when it's twilight and she has to use the flash. She's been home all day, but now she's taking pictures? Did she take pictures of the whole building? I wonder if it's because of the trim the guy came and painted. Good grief, for someone who has never personally been rude to me, I do not like this woman.

[Food Lady]

I have the window open to clear the air in here, not to listen to your drunk-@%$^ giggling at 11:00 pm. SHUT UP!!

[Monterey Jack]

It's not kids, (thank goodness) but a few times the across the hall neighbor has this new thing where she cooks something, sets her smoke detector off, then opens her door and leaves it open. I get it, it's to get a draft to clear the smoke, but it's super awkward when you're walking through the hall and she's just cooking in her pjs right there.

Last summer, some moron set off the smoke detectors for the ENTIRE BUILDING with their rancid cooking, and the everyone had to evacuate and stand around outside until the fire department came along with giant fans pointing inside to waft away the smoke and the stench. Did I mention it was raining at the time, and I didn't have time to grab an umbrella?