A woman has been praised for getting revenge on her ‘entitled’ neighbor who was always outside and watching her every move – and even posted on social media about her
A woman has been praised for getting petty revenge on her ‘entitled’ neighbor who complains about everything she does. The 38-year-old explained how she moved into a rented house and quickly came to learn her new neighbors were ‘problematic’.
Spending all their time sitting outside on their front porch, they watch their neighbors movements all day long while judging their day-to-day lives. On Reddit, she said: “Ever since I moved in a year ago, my neighbors have been nothing but annoying and rude to me.”
“They used to live in my house and now live in the house directly next door. Our street is a row of semi-detached townhouses. We share a wall, the front yard, and a front porch with a small divider. They sit on their front porch the majority of the year. Like morning to night, they’re always out there.”
“They’ve done a bunch of really annoying stuff, some outright rude, some I should have called bylaw on, and I have had to install a camera because of theft which I can’t say is them or not, but I strongly suspect them because of the items taken. Other neighbors don’t like them either I’ve found out as I’ve started to meet people.”
However, the final straw came when she was putting out her rubbish after some “major spring cleaning”, leaving it on her porch before putting it in her rubbish bin at 6.45am the next day. She added: “Garbage day is Tuesday at the crack of dawn. Except we’ve also had a skunk/coyote problem and all three bags don’t fit into my garbage canister. One has to stay out.”
“So I put the bags on my front porch late afternoon right by the steps so they are ready and I can bring them out the next morning at 6,45am. I leave to go grocery shopping. About 15 mins later at the store I am getting texts from the other neighbors.”
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“She has taken a picture of my garbage on my porch and posted in the neighborhood Facebook group about how I am young (I am 38) and lazy (occasionally fair) and this garbage has been smelling up her porch for weeks (20 mins) and that it’s now attracting rats so be careful at the park across the street.”
However, their plan backfired as she claims 99% of the comments were “trashing her”, saying she should contact the bylaw if she has a problem, not post about it on Facebook. “I reply nicely saying that I did spring cleaning, I didn’t want it ripped to shreds at the curb, but also didn’t want to miss the garbage man,” she said. “Everybody understands. I actually made additional friends out of it.”
“However, I am fed up. I hate leaving my house or coming back to it as they are always on the shared porch and have often harassed me before this public shaming already. My kids don’t like them either and my daughter asks me to check if she’s there before she leaves to see her friends. I am sick of this place.”
“I call my landlord and he says that as they are two separate properties that he just happens to manage, he can’t do anything. The rental market is absolutely insane and I would never be able to find something for the price I pay here and I can’t afford more.” So, to get revenge on her neighbors once and for all, she decided to buy a wind chime knowing it would slowly drive them crazy.
She said: “This is going to sound super silly, but I am very happy with the results… I bought a wind chime. Not a twinkly one, but a real bonger of a wind chime. It’s windy all the time. I hung it as reasonably close to their side as possible without it ever crossing to their side. None of my other neighbors hang out on their front porches anyway so I am not bothering them. It’s small. It’s petty. It makes me giggle every time I leave the house and hear it.”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “You should get plants and leave the windows open and make sure they’re plants that attract lots of bees! They will annoy them more since they’re on the porch all the time. Bonus: you’re saving the bees”
Another user added: “Nice job! Maybe some incense? Maybe have a radio playing annoying music that is set so only she can hear? A third user said: “You should buy a few more wind chimes with varying tones (all mismatched of course) and cobble together a new chime that sounds horrible.”
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