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 …
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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’
Greedy neighbor wrongly receives $50 takeout delivery, starts to eat it instead of giving it back: ‘Do people just accept and eat other people’s food?’
Listen, we have all had those nights when we wish that dinner would magically materialize in front of us with no effort or expense on our part. Perhaps we’re hungry, but too tired to cook or it’s the end of the month, and ice soup is looking like the most viable option right now. A …
Seguir leyendo Greedy neighbor wrongly receives $50 takeout delivery, starts to eat it instead of giving it back: ‘Do people just accept and eat other people’s food?’
Snooty neighbor tries to charge construction worker $500 a day to park near her house, gets schooled with malicious compliance: ‘I took my measuring tape and measured out 15 inches»
Sometimes, owning a car can seem to cause as many problems as it solves—especially when it comes to the issue of where to put it. It’s all well and good when it’s safely sat in the garage at home, but when you have to park it on somebody else’s street? There’s no telling what feuds …
Seguir leyendo Snooty neighbor tries to charge construction worker $500 a day to park near her house, gets schooled with malicious compliance: ‘I took my measuring tape and measured out 15 inches»
‘She reported my vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls cops on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
Everyone hates a tattletale. If someone is doing something wrong, they’re probably going to get caught anyway, so why put yourself in the middle of it? I especially hate people who create conflict where there isn’t any in the first place. That is precisely what happened to one Redditor who got the bylaws called on …
Seguir leyendo ‘She reported my vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls cops on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
‘She reported my insured and used vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls bylaw on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
Having a car in the city can be a nightmare. If you’re living it up in the burbs with a two-car garage, you can tuck your vehicle away inside an extension of your house, away from the public’s prying eyes. If you live in, let’s say, Columbus, Ohio, your entire life is dictated by where, …
Seguir leyendo ‘She reported my insured and used vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls bylaw on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
‘It has never been ok to show up to someone’s house completely unannounced ‘: Woman claims millennials killed community spirit, millennials fight back
People have blamed millennials for innocuous cultural shifts for at least a decade, if not more. They were such an easy target for so many years, taking up the «resident young generation» position with grace and dignity. Now, there are very few millennials who are under the age of 30, and Gen Z has usurped …
Seguir leyendo ‘It has never been ok to show up to someone’s house completely unannounced ‘: Woman claims millennials killed community spirit, millennials fight back
HOA Resident Proposes Neighborhood Should Enforce a Dress Code to Drive up Property Values
I have a confession to make: I grew up in a neighborhood with a homeowners association. You might think that having a homeowners association is a failsafe way to ensure your neighbors keep a tidy lawn, but you’d be wrong! Despite the constant watchful eye of the HOA looking over us, our next-door neighbors still …
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Resident Gets Payback Against a Bitter HOA Board Member, Revving Their Engine and Driving in Low Gears (Which are Obnoxiously Loud) to Comply With Anti-Speeding Legislature
If you’re an avid rule-follower, it is frustrating to get called out as a punk anyways. You’ve worked hard to be a lawful and diligent citizen by abiding by the rules, but it seems like good intentions go nowhere in a world where whistleblowers lurk at every corner. This is always true when it comes …
Seguir leyendo Resident Gets Payback Against a Bitter HOA Board Member, Revving Their Engine and Driving in Low Gears (Which are Obnoxiously Loud) to Comply With Anti-Speeding Legislature
‘This is what you get without an HOA’: Snooty Man Gets Mocked After Complaining About Neighbor Not Joining Homeowner Association
Ah, neighbors. They can be annoying enough when you rent, but property ownership brings out even more of the worst qualities in the bad ones. Case in point are homeowner associations. Theoretically, these organizations help everybody maintain standards in the neighborhood, but they are often used as an excuse for douchebaggery of the highest level. …
Seguir leyendo ‘This is what you get without an HOA’: Snooty Man Gets Mocked After Complaining About Neighbor Not Joining Homeowner Association