Apartment complex charges tenant $75 for having an overnight guest: ‘ I tried calling the desk numerous times before the charge was due to dispute it’

Nobody likes feeling controlled, especially in their own home.  When you’re in your house, it’s your rules. Except, of course, that’s never true. Especially when you’re renting. Landlords have a way of getting into your business even when you don’t want them to. It’s kind of their whole thing. They would go into your home …
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Homeowner struggles with repeated trespassing by neighbor’s unsupervised children, while playing and running around her unsafe yard, debates confronting their mother after she dismissed her safety warning on Halloween: ‘Her girls are a handful’

I’ve always wanted a home that feels like a giant welcome sign. With the chaotic noise of the neighbor’s children playing in my front yard, or random, unannounced visits from people who just want to know how my Tuesday is going. Is it obvious that I grew up watching Girlmore Girls? I guess it’s just …
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Entitled family tries to take over 7-year-old’s birthday at public pool even though they paid $45 to reserve it: ‘Your tradition is not stronger than my reservation’

There’s a classic Seinfeld bit about car rental services when Jerry goes to pick up a rental car and they don’t have it. He then says to the clerk, «You know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation. And that’s really the most important part of the reservation: …
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‘World’s most polite theft ring’: Woman thinks her packages are going missing, only to discover her neighbors have created a wholesome tradition of “take something, leave something” exchange system, after the constant mix-up of packages

We think this might be the most strangely wholesome thing we’ve heard all week! What better way to bond with your neighbors than with some twistedly cute take on Secret Santa? This woman is constantly confused to find her packages on the loose, status says arrived, yet her doorstep remains empty…yet days later, she would …
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New entitled neighbor of 2-months tries to ban Halloween decorations, community doubles down instead: ‘I added more decorations, got a 12ft skeleton…’

There are many misconceptions about Halloween. Sure, the essence behind it can be related back to many different ancient and contemporary religions. But when it comes down to it, the actual celebration of what we know as Halloween got popular in American because a mother was sick of kids running a muck. Just look up …
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‘I was just on my way into my apartment when a stranger stopped me’: Man off the street offers stranger $5 to use his bathroom, man refuses

When you gotta go, you gotta go. But there isn’t always a place for you. You know this if you’ve ever roamed a city. You spend all day bopping around from place to place, walking through different neighborhoods. And then it strikes you. You need to use the bathroom. But odds are, you’re in a …
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‘These kids are being used as a cute front to fund luxuries that parents should be paying for’: 5 and 6 year-old kids run lemonade stand every day into the school year, sparking neighbor’s concern and suspicion

Running a «business» when you’re a kid is a rite of passage. For some reason, all of us want to grow up way too fast and thus want to role-play all the parts of being an adult. We want to pretend to have weddings, have kids, and have jobs. I remember playing «teacher» with my …
Seguir leyendo ‘These kids are being used as a cute front to fund luxuries that parents should be paying for’: 5 and 6 year-old kids run lemonade stand every day into the school year, sparking neighbor’s concern and suspicion

‘It’s dishonest not to tell him’: Carpenter fixes her elderly neighbor’s broken fence overnight, fellow neighbors pressure her to tell him she was the one who did the kind deed

The Money Song from the great American musical «Avenue Q» proclaimed, «When you help others, you can’t help helping yourself!» The song is about the importance of giving money charitably, not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes you feel like a good person. It’s the deep, dark secret of charity …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s dishonest not to tell him’: Carpenter fixes her elderly neighbor’s broken fence overnight, fellow neighbors pressure her to tell him she was the one who did the kind deed

27-year-old woman surprises elderly neighbor by replanting flowers in her neglected garden, after discovering she is unable to garden because of her old age, neighbor bursts out into happy tears when seeing it: ‘It looks alive again’

Neighbor of the Year award undoubtedly goes to this young lady, the definition of bringing brightness into someone’s life, this time in the form of florals! This 27-year-old woman was left saddened after seeing her elderly neighbor’s once-loved flower garden fall into neglect. A space normally filled with care and color hadn’t seen much attention, …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old woman surprises elderly neighbor by replanting flowers in her neglected garden, after discovering she is unable to garden because of her old age, neighbor bursts out into happy tears when seeing it: ‘It looks alive again’

‘I brought up banana bread and an apology’: Wholesome friendship blossoms between feuding neighbors after the real culprit of the annoyance reveals himself

Living in an apartment building, there are some annoyances you just have to deal with. For example, someone vacuuming, running around, having a party, etc. But there is an unspoken (sometimes spoken and state in the rules) of appropriate hours for all of these kinds of disturbances. So when someone is making all kinds of …
Seguir leyendo ‘I brought up banana bread and an apology’: Wholesome friendship blossoms between feuding neighbors after the real culprit of the annoyance reveals himself