Random Sucky Neighbor Thoughts

[Ghel]

I'm so confused about the random things that keep appearing in the yard. First, it was a bike (I assume it belongs to the downstairs neighbor, but it's always in the yard - he never puts it away in the garage). Then this stand thingy (bike stand, maybe? It has a tripod base with an arm and a sort of clamp at the top. But the bike's never attached to it.) Then a towel, which was hanging on the clothesline until the clothesline broke. Now it's draped over the bike stand. Then a chef's knife appeared on the sidewalk next to the house. Now there's a small lamp sitting on my steps.

I haven't touched any of these things, since I assumed they belonged to the downstairs neighbor. But after days and weeks, I'm not so sure. I just don't know where else they would have come from.

[mjr]

I have a similar issue. No one in my household smokes, yet I find cigarette butts in my front yard. Once I found a beer can by the mailbox. I think it's one of the caddycorner neighbors...

There's a crushed Bud Light can in my attic, from when our house was built. I need to retrieve it and toss it out.

[greek_jester]

Now there's a small lamp sitting on my steps.

Aw, someone's left you a prezzie!

[Ghel]

It was starting to rain when I got home yesterday, so I took the lamp inside. I'll get it to Goodwill eventually, if the downstairs neighbor doesn't claim it.

[Deserted]

It has a tripod base with an arm and a sort of clamp at the top.

A guitar stand, maybe? Here's a typical one without a clamp:

[Ghel]

It's kind of like this one, without the bicycle:
http://images.esellerpro.com/2475/I/...0W-20KGA01.jpg

[Food Lady]

How many cigarettes do you need in one night?? I am sick of opening my patio door to get some air and having my living room contaminated. Why should I have to run my AC? I should make you pay the electric bill.

[Deserted]

I am sick of opening my patio door to get some air and having my living room contaminated.

Get a cheap garage shop fan. Place it on your patio and point it at the offender. Turn it on high.

[Food Lady]

Get a cheap garage shop fan. Place it on your patio and point it at the offender. Turn it on high.

Ha--I've done that before.

[mjr]

Ha--I've done that before.

My wife actually got dirty mop water dumped on her once. We lived on the ground floor of a 3 floor apartment complex.

She was on the patio staining some wood for a project she was working on. Next thing you know, this water comes splashing over the side, and hits her. Of course, she shrieks...and gets a half-hearted apology from the resident above us...

[morgana]

I hope my upstairs neighbors are moving out . . . If not, they've opened a gymnastics studio, and the landlord ain't gonna like it.

[Food Lady]

I know it can't be on purpose but your timing gives me the major creeps. Given that you like to make statements about me in front of me, to no one in particular, I don't like that you just happened to be right under my bedroom window as I was closing it before leaving for work. And people open/close windows all the time; you didn't need to stare up at me. Further, why is it that you waited until exactly the moment you heard me come home and check the mail box to suddenly come out and sit on your porch? You've done that before, like when you heard me leaving.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I know it can't be on purpose but your timing gives me the major creeps. Given that you like to make statements about me in front of me, to no one in particular, I don't like that you just happened to be right under my bedroom window as I was closing it before leaving for work. And people open/close windows all the time; you didn't need to stare up at me. Further, why is it that you waited until exactly the moment you heard me come home and check the mail box to suddenly come out and sit on your porch? You've done that before, like when you heard me leaving.

Looks like it's time to change your routine and purposefully mess with her. Do the trigger actions, and don't follow up with your usual actions.

Or maybe start some obvious spying on her. Comically obvious.

[Deserted]

I was thinking, if she starts staring at you, you should just stare back at her. Stop what you're doing, stand motionless, and have a staring contest. Don't blink, if possible.

[Food Lady]

^ I love you guys.

My thought today is for the neighbors across the courtyard: Why do you all insist on hanging around the bottom of the stairs and staring at our building? We all have very nice porches/balconies that are fully covered with nice fencing and everything. Yours in particular is decorated nicely with all kinds of plants. Why not hang out in that lovely garden? I should sit on my porch and stare at you intently, taking notes on a pad of paper. But I don't have time for that because I have a job.