Random Sucky Neighbor Thoughts

[Pixelated]

The worst thing I've had in THIS place was the person who left the note taped to my door ... not long after I moved in ... a scrap of paper with the word "Stinks" on it.

At the time I had 2 cats and thus 2 litter boxes. I didn't notice a bad smell but y'know, I thought it was possible my nose had gone dead. So I asked a fellow tenant to come stand outside my door.
"Do you smell anything?"
"No."
I asked her to step into the hallway.
"Now do you smell anything?"
"Nope."

She was starting to look puzzled, so I showed her the note. She just shook her head. The woman who (at the time) lived across from me had a "reputation" in the building, but of course there was no way of proving it was her.

So I put the note back on my door, with one of my own right beside it, written in BIG BLACK LETTERS. My note read: "If you're too much of a coward to sign this, don't expect me to pay any attention to it."

A couple of days later both notes were gone and nothing similar has happened since then.

That took place a couple of years ago. More recently was the new tenant, Mr. I'M A VET!!, but that's another story for another time.

[Food Lady]

I can't believe I'm considering moving into an apartment. Do I really want close neighbors again?

[Seanette]

Sometimes, I wonder if someone is lazy or stupid. I saw someone park in the aisle of my parking lot while the back passenger door open and the engine running. This vehicle that was left was a Cadillac.

Bait car?

[catcul]

Sometimes, I wonder if someone is lazy or stupid. I saw someone park in the aisle of my parking lot while the back passenger door open and the engine running. This vehicle that was left was a Cadillac.

[Food Lady]

Wow, I haven't posted here since I moved.

[catcul]

What the hell did you do in your apartment? After you moved out, the apartment management had to take out the stove, refrigerator and even a toilet from your unit. They even had to rip out the carpet as well. You must have completely trashed your apartment after living there for two months.

[Seanette]

The foam golf balls sound like some kitty toys the Princess owns.

[mjr]

Neighbors to my left (I think) keep throwing their junk in my yard. Either that, or stuff is blowing from down the street.

I've found crushed cans, cigarette butts, and these weird foam golf balls in my yard.

They seem like they might be OK people, but I don't know them and I really don't wanna say, "Hey, could you really not throw your garbage in my yard?"

[Seanette]

Well, some idiot around here pulled the fire alarm for no actual reason at godawful-o'clock (about 2am) last night. Next building over, but the damn thing is loud and piercing enough to wake the whole complex. Took security, maintenance, and possibly the fire department (unsure whether they were involved, but it might have happened) a half hour or more to get the damn thing shut off, too.

[telecom_goddess]

What, now that Food Lady doesn't live in an apartment anymore there are no more neighbor stories? I still want my upstairs neighbors gone. Not only do they pound on the floor all day every day but they dump their dirt from their balcony down to my patio. Not even an "I'm sorry" either.

[Mental_Mouse]

My development has a lot of refugees with dubious English skills; I regularly find the entrance to the dumpster areas blocked by piled-up garbage bags and less-easily handled piles. And then there's at least one schizophrenic who is prone to throwing food on the ground, but I don't have to deal with that so much since I don't have a dog to walk around the place anymore.

[Food Lady]

Really, how hard is it to do trash correctly? It's not. All you need in order to break down a box is a box cutter and the will to live.

[Dreamstalker]

How hard is it to break down a box when you put it in the trash room? Our trash room is tiny; do you think that because it's picked up by a private hauler that they're going to break them down? No. Also, what is it with putting trash/recycling bags next to or on top of a (usually empty) barrel? The super and property manager are thoroughly annoyed with this; they've actually praised us for doing the trash thing correctly.

[Food Lady]

OK, neighbors I live with, I guess. The trash cans go in the back of the house. I don't know which one of you left them in front of the house and our cars, nor do I know why. When I remarked that they should be moved because the high winds today may knock them into our cars--yours being even more expensive and new than mine--I mean whomever left them there. I'm working at home but I am working. I don't appreciate you sarcastically putting that on me to do. I guess you don't get it because you are often at work with nothing to do and part of your work duties is housework-type stuff. That's not how it works in my company. If I were in the office I'd be expected to do my actual job, not clean up trash after other people. We have staff for that. I'm not saying I'm above it, just that while I'm working, work is my responsibility. I have too many friends and family who can just be on the clock doing whatever they want. It's not like that for everyone. I may be at home but my activities are timed and tracked.

[Food Lady]

I am realizing how much I put up with in the apartment. It's vastly different in this neighborhood. Even with my brother's crazy hours it's not that bad. He's very quiet if he has to leave in the middle of the night (firefighter).