Erm, uh, my porch?

[dalesys]

...They never saw those assholes again.

How much Chlorox did it take to sanitize the pool? 'Cause, I bet those were some empty assholes.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

How much Chlorox did it take to sanitize the pool? 'Cause, I bet those were some empty assholes.

Thank you for that wine nasal rinse.

[greek_jester]

So picture Slash, wearing all black, dark mirrored shades, and motorcycle boots coming out and sitting quietly at the pool while these assholes were in there. He'd collected an impressive collection of freakishly huge, brindle colored hellhounds and they all swarmed around the pool area checking out the "guests."

And a big to your hubby. That was very well done - one laid-back word & a nicely projected personal image said more than a rant with a shotgun could have.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

My husband is, and always has been, a real piece of work.

In fact, just this past weekend, I was telling a couple friends some a stunt he pulled in a meeting at work and one of my friends just stood there a moment, then shook his head and then said, "How does J even manage to walk?"

Looking back, I bet the trespassers thought that they were on the property of drug dealers. Giant dogs, nice pool, secluded, scary metal looking guy just sitting there all creepy like. I know it would have scared the hell out of me.

[Pagan]

So picture Slash, wearing all black, dark mirrored shades, and motorcycle boots coming out and sitting quietly at the pool while these assholes were in there. He'd collected an impressive collection of freakishly huge, brindle colored hellhounds and they all swarmed around the pool area checking out the "guests."

Husband just says, "Hey." And just sits there behind his shades.

They never saw those assholes again.

That. Is. AWESOME!

And I love mastiffs (especially Neapolitan) almost as much as I love deerhounds.

[Andara Bledin]

The amazing thing was that often we would arrive or leave the house and the people would go right on sitting on the wall oblivious.

I'd likely remain sitting on your wall, too. However, I would also be making snarky comments at the asses leaving trash in your yard. Littering is one of my particularly pet peeves.

My favorite part of the situation was they were trying to claim squatters rights to our property because they had used the back area of our 10acre lot for so long.

Don't laugh too hard, because you can lose the right to keep people off your land if you don't defend your right to it.

We actually had a company behind us try that with the part of our property that used to be an easement with the railway before it stopped being used.

We won because they hadn't been using it long enough to qualify and we ended up with a large chunk of paved lot we didn't have to pay to have done.

So picture Slash, wearing all black, dark mirrored shades, and motorcycle boots coming out and sitting quietly at the pool while these assholes were in there. He'd collected an impressive collection of freakishly huge, brindle colored hellhounds and they all swarmed around the pool area checking out the "guests."

Husband just says, "Hey." And just sits there behind his shades.

Niiiiiice.

Oh, to have that on film.

^-.-^

[shankyknitter]

*adding to the discussion of, uh, alternate trespasser deterrents*
I love my puppies! At one point, I think I was 15 or so, this guy came into my parents house though the back door when I was the only one home. He just strolled in and started walking into my basement.

SK:me
DA: dumbass

SK: excuse me but what the fuck do you think you're doing sir?
DA: *deer in the headlights look* uh, I need to check the meter.
SK: Meter is outside, you don't have permission to be in here, get out, and by that I mean leave my property entirely or I let my dogs out.

He left. The dogs in question? 1. Sheba, best dog ever, 75 lb chow/Shepard mix. 2. King Tut, 225 lb great dane. Neither of them liked some random guy in their house.

[blas]

Ugh, sympathies to the OP. I can only imagine.

If he's just the apartment manager, surely you can go to the actual owner and complain, if you're too afraid of retaliation if you say anything to him himself?

I feel for you. The asshole maintenance douches here are ALWAYS making messes, yet throwing childish fits over any piece of litter or refuse in the parking lot. Oh, and guess who is always blamed for all litter? Youngsters like me and smokers.

All the old folks downstairs (the ones whom the parking rules do not apply, remember) all have smoker friends who NEVER use ashtrays, and they always park nearby my car or my neighbor's cars and drop their butts there. And Old Bitch downstairs and the maintenance guy are ALWAYS screaming at me and my immediate neighbor to quit littering ciggs or they'll ban smoking here altogether (I dare you to try, asshole).

The best part of all....they pulled some real shit on me two Thursdays ago....they decided to change yearly inspections to earlyspring versus fall (so pretty much when EVERYONE'S apartment is messy) and they only gave me an hour and a half's notice (my own fault because I said it was ok, but I was convinced if I'd said no they would have gotten in anyway...I wanted to be there the whole time, as I noticed they were doing all of my neighbor's apartments while they weren't HOME!...Granted, they had notice *two more days notice than I HAD HAD*, but still...)

Anyway, forgive the bitching and babbling....the fucking douchebags threw a fit that my place isn't exactly super clean (I really need to vavcuum and dust and sweep is the big thing) and threw a fit about my drains and faucets even though they were fine...

I just sat around to be sure they weren't going to try to nitpick or fix every little thing or come near any of my personal stuff. Anyway, they left and I had to pee. The assholes left a HUGE mess of grease and crap in the sink from changing the faucets in the bathroom AND kitchen. I was irate. Get mad at me for being messy, when you make one yourself?

Not to mention, the other maintenance guy has a really bad scent to him. It's not BO, I think it's just how he always smells as a man. My apartment wreeked of man that entire day. I was irate over it.

[Andara Bledin]

Speaking of leaving messes behind:

The place I work for recently had a fixture replaced in the warehouse. The company that we had come out and do it were fast, seemed to know what they were doing, and didn't charge an arm and a leg.

However, they did absolutely nothing to clean up after themselves once they were done. Grease on the the tile and porcelain and scraps from the fittings on the floor and all that sort of thing. The boss won't have them back because of the simple fact that they left a mess.

^-.-^

[blas]

Might I also add, after the douchelords for whatever dumb reason decided to cut down ALL the trees that were along the side of the apartments that face the street (which still riles me up and I'm not sleeping well hearing every vehicle that goes by and that damn blaring sun all day)......ahem, well.....let's just say that nearly two weeks after they've cut them down, there are still wood chips or shavings or whatever from the trees all over the steps of my building and the one next to me.

Yes, we must get rid of all of these trees (for whatever reason, they were beautiful pine trees, and they also cut down any old tree that was around the properties, save for a few)....do whatever we can to make this ghetto hellhole look new and fabulous but we'll leave all the garbage behind.

And yes, we'll have the nerve to scold you for not cleaning your apartment up to par, but after we inspect and fix/change some stuff, we'll make a huge mess for you to clean up after we leave.

[Pagan]

Might I also add, after the douchelords for whatever dumb reason decided to cut down ALL the trees that were along the side of the apartments that face the street

Yes, we must get rid of all of these trees (for whatever reason, they were beautiful pine trees, and they also cut down any old tree that was around the properties, save for a few)....

What. The. HELL?! Cutting down the trees? What is wrong with them? Are they just trying to be contrary? That usually is, you know, kind of an attraction for apartment complexes.

Just looking out my living room window, I've got three trees, a shrub, and all kinds of grass. That's kind of the attraction to this place is a sort of park-like setting. Lots of grass (which they over-water every year, but that's another rant), lots of trees and various shrubs.

[Red_Dazes]

For the OP. I'd recommend talking to the company that actually owns the apartment/property and tell them that you have been having this issue for a while but are afraid to mention it to the manager directly because of possible retaliation. Might I suggest pictures of the mess next time? just so you have proof to back it up.



I'm upset currently. We live in a down stairs apartment that is half in half out of the ground. So our living room window eye level with the ground. Well for the last week, some one has been letting their dog do its business RIGHT outside my window and not pick it up. I never see the offending dog... but it really makes me pissy to have to look at a pile of dog poop every damn day.

[noone]

Instead of fences and such, there are other ways to scare people off.

I'm a skinny chick, so I don't intimidate well, so I have a show sword, which is absolutely useless when you want to hit someone, but it's big and almost scary.

That or being plain rude. "If you keep eating here, I WILL charge you by the hour!"

[elsporko]

We moved to the country 7-8 years ago, our neighbors constantly trespassed. They pretty much have had the run of the land for decades as most of it was owned by people of same family or outsiders who just didn't care. Had to put up 900ft of fence or there about to keep there vigorous dogs on their side along with their ATVs off of our property. My favorite part of the situation was they were trying to claim squatters rights to our property because they had used the back area of our 10acre lot for so long. Oh yeah, they have their own 20acre lot too.

At my families' camp we had this problem. The neighbord put up a fuel tank and structure to hold in place on the side of their house, but it was actually our property. They thought their property ended at the row of trees we had planted, but being nice neighbors we had done what you are suppose to do and not plant trees on the property line. This was a legit concern for us since they could have claimed right to the land if we didn't do anything about it. Luckily they moved it after we got a surveyor out there.

[LadyAndreca]

They thought their property ended at the row of trees we had planted, but being nice neighbors we had done what you are suppose to do and not plant trees on the property line.

Interestingly, many neighborhoods around here REQUIRE you to plant trees or shrubs (or otherwise have a fence or privacy screen) between properties. It was cause for a big arguement between my in-laws and their neighbors when the neighbors did some landscaping. My in-laws agreed to let them take down some old ivy-covered trees that were looking bad anyways, but it took over a year to get them to put up anything to replace them. My in-laws are the type to not want to make waves, and the neighbors were too busy to fix it, then started in on the "if it bothers you so much, YOU fix it".