It’s common for residents of small apartment buildings in New York to store some of their stuff in the hallway. My neighbor stores his bike against the railing in the hallway between our door and the stairs upstairs, and it’s not a nuisance to us or the people in apartment 3. Sometimes, you don’t have …
Seguir leyendo 40-year-old parents leave their 3-year-old’s stroller in front of their neighbors door for months, mom gets her mom to yell at the neighbor after she reported them to property management: ‘Her mother berated me on speaker phone’
Categoría:Bad Neighbor
‘Putting in a pool is not some kind of emergency’: Homeowners give neighbors 48 hours to sign document letting them tear up their yard for a new pool, push back when they have doubts
If you’re lucky enough to have your own yard, you have to be protective over it. You get to have your own private access to nature, even if that’s just a patch of grass where you can read a book. You can take the grill out and practice your barbecue dad skills. You can give …
Seguir leyendo ‘Putting in a pool is not some kind of emergency’: Homeowners give neighbors 48 hours to sign document letting them tear up their yard for a new pool, push back when they have doubts
Fed-up neighbor calls police on woman’s clucking ‘emotional support chickens’: ‘The constant racket is driving me crazy’
Pets can be incredibly helpful to one’s mental health. They don’t stop needing to be taken care of, even if you’re feeling down. They get you out of bed, into a semblance of a routine, and help you become a person. Their love for you can also provide great emotional relief, and you can rest …
Seguir leyendo Fed-up neighbor calls police on woman’s clucking ‘emotional support chickens’: ‘The constant racket is driving me crazy’
‘I told him to go away and get a life’: Nosy boomer freaks out when neighbor paints their house peach, refuses to move to an HOA community because he’s lived there 15 years
If you want to control your neighbor’s houses, you must move into a neighborhood with a Homeowner’s Association. That is the only way you can guarantee that all of the mulch in everyone’s front lawn is the right color and that no pink flamingos will take permanent residency on your street. If you move into …
Seguir leyendo ‘I told him to go away and get a life’: Nosy boomer freaks out when neighbor paints their house peach, refuses to move to an HOA community because he’s lived there 15 years
Classless couple steals tray of food from neighborhood barbecue while everyone else is eating: ‘It was the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen in real life’
There’s nothing like a good barbecue with friends, especially in the summer. My neighborhood has a block party every year, and it’s a wonderful chance to get the kids together, eat some home-cooked food, and run around pelting everyone with water balloons. It’s good fun. But, like anything, there is an etiquette to these kinds …
Seguir leyendo Classless couple steals tray of food from neighborhood barbecue while everyone else is eating: ‘It was the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen in real life’
‘I don’t think so’: Woman forbids neighboring kids from using her tree house after their mom refuses to teach them to clean up after themselves
Having a tree house as a kid meant that you were probably the ruler of the neighborhood. Everyone wanted to be your friend, they all came over to your house to play in the tree house, and it simply made you the most popular kid around. Not that I would know how that feels, I …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t think so’: Woman forbids neighboring kids from using her tree house after their mom refuses to teach them to clean up after themselves
Family of 6 sneak into neighbor’s unattended pool to host parties every year, get caught red-handed: ‘She started crying’
Knowing someone with a pool is a huge boon in the summertime. You can spend hours sitting around it, doing nothing much but lounging, reading, and taking the occasional dip. And if you have kids, forget about it. A pool represents an endless array of possibilities– games to play, scenes to re-enact, places in which …
Seguir leyendo Family of 6 sneak into neighbor’s unattended pool to host parties every year, get caught red-handed: ‘She started crying’
Resident invites new neighbor to dinner only for her to later complain about the cooking to other neighbors: ‘She expects me to make her steaks’
I have been living in a 12-floor building with hundreds of residents for about a year and I cannot tell you the names of more than five of my neighbors. When I moved, I thought I might meet people in the elevator and get familiar with them, but I hardly ever see anyone, and for …
Seguir leyendo Resident invites new neighbor to dinner only for her to later complain about the cooking to other neighbors: ‘She expects me to make her steaks’
‘Tell them to train the dog’: Karen neighbor blames barking dog on neighbor’s cats sitting in the window
It’s important to have a good relationship with your neighbors because you never know when you may need them. You might be making a blueberry pie and need a cup of sugar and all the grocery stores in your neighborhood are closed for some reason. You might get locked out of your house with no phone and need a friendly door to …
Seguir leyendo ‘Tell them to train the dog’: Karen neighbor blames barking dog on neighbor’s cats sitting in the window
‘If you want it done, do it yourself’: Neighbor demands removal of a tree from shared backyard but refuses to help pay for it, claiming it’s too expensive
Ever heard of the phrase – ‘If you want something done right, do it yourself?’. Well, some people want things done but refuse to do anything to make it happen. Those are the kind of people who constantly complain about everything and everyone around them but never do anything to help or change the situation. …
Seguir leyendo ‘If you want it done, do it yourself’: Neighbor demands removal of a tree from shared backyard but refuses to help pay for it, claiming it’s too expensive