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| 13 DEC 2005 at 11:41pm | |
IviniaGuild Master  Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | [smiley=hair_pull.gif] Ok, need to vent... I live in an apartment complex with limited parking in the front, but much more in the back. istance from front to back is around 120 feet. Now, since my apartment is located in the front, that's where I park. Problem. I have two cars. I use them both depending on the type of trip (and neighborhood I might be visiting). Across the hallway is an elderly woman that complains...constantly....about everything. Over the years she has asked me for numerous favors - helping her lift heavy boxes out of her car, taking out her trash when she injured her leg, fixing her VCR, getting her electricity to work after she blew a fuse running her portable heater, etc...we never argued about anything. So here I'm sitting working on some renderings when there is a knock on my door... I answer it to find her standing there and she starts ranting about how rude, inconsiderate, and unfair I am for having 2 cars and parking them both in the front. She continues going on about what the hell I need two cars for and saying how she is going to call management in the morning to complain about ME. Now...you ever have one of those moments when you know that you have been incredibly nice to someone, bent over backwards to help them when they needed anything, you've never asked for anything in return, and they are going off on you? It was one of those rare times when I felt the blood start to boil and my ears started getting warm, VERY warm. Then she finished with, "o you think I'm wrong? Apparently not or you wouldn't have both your cars parked in the front. All I'm asking is that you be considerate of others." My somewhat calm response was, "But you aren't asking me anything. You show up on my doorstep ripping into me telling me how rude and inconsiderate I am without even asking me if I could move one of them. You could have simply asked me." She replied, "Well, you should know and I'm calling management first thing in the morning to complain about this and I will mention your name." Done. Over. Years of bonding, getting to know her, helping her when she needed it. All wiped out in a single minute. My response? "Go ahead." and I slammed the door in her face. [smiley=hair_pull.gif]
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 12:32am | |
AndromusGuild Master Posts : 5537 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Yikes. Sounds like the little old lady that lives across the street. Complains about everything, nothing is ever good enough for her, or done well enough for her. Everything was apparently better back in Texas (where she came from).Relies on the neighborhood for many things, to the point of leeching, frankly -- she would be in a home otherwise or at least assisted living, and she refuses either (And yes, she has the money for that -- she's just too stubborn to admit to herself how old she is or how bad her health problems are). Hates it especially when people park along the street, even nagging a neighbor a day before the last snow storm that he'd better get his car off the street for the snowplow to come through.
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 12:35am | |
IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | I agree Angel, she definitely has issues. When my friend and I would stand out side and she would come home we would bet whether she would complain about something or not. It happened 19 out of 20 times (yes, we took score) that she complained. It always started out with, "You know what those stupid XXXX people did?" Here's the kicker. It had been 20 mintues since she knocked on my door and I had to go out to the store. I wnet out there and her car was parked in the front next to another open space...she vented for the sake of venting. No matter, when she needs me I'll simply remind her that I'm rude and inconsiderate and have a reputation to uphold. We have a tendency to get snow dumped on us here and the plows don't make there way up our street. When they do plow they leave huge piles behind our cars they we have to dig out. I always helped her with that. She picked the wrong time of year to do this. Knowing me though, she'll probably ask and I'll cave in...I must be strong... [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 12:57am | |
IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | Gail - She still works. She even has excercise equipment in her apartment. I realize though that her mind is probably going... What upsets me is the how she went about it. Simply asking me would have worked wonders. LOL, Andromus. Reminds me of my sisters neighbor! Her and her husband bought a house a year ago and the lady next door is well known as being pure evil. When they bought the place and started doing repair work on it (he's a handyman) she called city hall about them not having a permit. No prob. They went to city hall and when they mentioned where they lived, the people looked at them with complete sympathy in their eyes. Their crazy neighbor is well known and calls DAILY to city hall to complain about people. She literally walks up and down the street looking for anything she can report. My sister's neighbor: - My mother is German and the crazy lady calls her "The Nazi Bitch" - my mother is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. - She posted no tresspassing signs on my sisters side of her chainlink fence front the front yard all the away to the back and sits in her window and stares at them all day (when she isn't patrolling the streets). My sister and her husband responded by getting a tall wooden fence that covered her signs and prevents her from watching them. It drove her nuts. - She sprayed some kind of chemical on the side of my brother in laws friends car that ate through the paint. No one 'saw her' do it, but it was pretty obvious - one of the neighbors saw her standing over there. - She throws rusty nails on to my sisters gravel driveway to try and give them flat tires. - When watering the grass she stands out there and makes sure no water is crossing over to her property. - When trimming the grass, she does the same thing - making sure they do not touch one blade of her grass. All this time she is literally standing within two feet of them. The sad part is that she is completely in her rights to do these unprovoked attacks on people. I recommended they get a security camera so that they can catch her doing these things and have proof to file charges against her. Personally I think its pathetic. Live and let live is my motto. I don't bother anyone and don't appreciate it when someone bothers me. Live however you want to live. It's unfortunate that there really are that many people in this world who literally plot against others for absolutely no reason...
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 1:03am | |
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 2:22am | |
SirDaveGuild Master Posts : 4940 Joined: 17 OCT 2002 Location: US Status : Offline | Ivinia, I'm not clear on one thing- are you parking these cars on the street or in the apartment complex's driveway? I guess what I'm getting at is -is there anything the management can do about this because you're taking up more spaces than you're allowed? Or is it that you're just taking up space on the street that anyone has a right to and that is pissing her off? Speaking of crazy neighbours- I live at the end of a cul-de-sac street that is one long block long. The speed limit is 25 mph and I can't really get up too much speed safely going down the street since I go directly into my driveway and I don't really want to screetch to a halt and leave rubber marks on my own pavement. Anyway, a couple midway down the street has decided that the speed limit should be 15mph and started out a few years ago, first telling me, then screaming at me to slow down from my usual speed limit of 20-22mph as I came down the street. Finally, I told them essentially to shove it and now they have erected two 15mph signs, one for each direction on their lawn. My guess is that that is illegal, but I don't plan to do anything about it.
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 2:36am | |
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 3:16am | |
IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | SirDave - I park in the apartment complex spots, not in the street. Many people here have multiple cars. Heck, the guy upstairs owns 3 (But then they are sports cars and he rent out a garage in the back for parking those). Many people also have their regular cars PLUS a work vehicle (vans). If they tell me I'm not allowed to own two cars I think its ridiculous - but then I wouldn't put it past them. All this trouble from one lady who I helped out all the time...pathetic.
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 3:33am | |
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 4:35am | |
SirDaveGuild MasterPosts : 4940 Joined: 17 OCT 2002 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline, Supreme Goddess (14 DEC 2005 2:36am) Well, just to keep this in context- I was talking about one neighbour on an entire street. I'm on first name terms with everybody else including the next door neighbours and I'm so not interested in moving either.
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IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By GOD-O-FUNK (14 DEC 2005 6:48am) [smiley=rofl.gif] [smiley=rofl.gif] With my luck she'd slip me the tongue! [smiley=eww.gif]
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 8:19am | |
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| 14 DEC 2005 at 2:53pm | |
IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline, Supreme Goddess (14 DEC 2005 8:19am) *cough* never underestimate the power of friends with benefits... ...but why do you have two cars? I think the old lady's right in principle, but she shouldn't have said it to your face. I just bought the new car a little over a month ago. The dealer said I would be lucky to get $300 for it. The intend was to give it to my nephew, however my sister did not want to be bothered with it while she waits until he turns 16 (he's 14 and a half now). Considering the old car has 41,000 miles on it, no accidents, no rust, etc. getting rid of it for maybe $1,000 - $1,500 doesn't appeal to me. I'll hold on to it and use it. When my nephew turns 16, I'll look at giving it to him again. The new car doesn't do as good as the old car with gas mileage either. So using the old one for long road trips seems sensible. Also, in light of my current situation (self-employed) if something goes wrong, and my new car gets repossessed, I still will have a car. If (god forbid) something goes wrong with one (breakdown, accident) I still will have a car. Basically, for now, it's a security blanket. That's my reasoning. I also should not have to justify it. It's no ones business. I also have 2 computers. I regularly switch to the old one to grab my old files - eventually I won't need it anymore. I shouldn't have to justify that either. Why keep old video games in your collection? DVDs? Books? Why not get rid of them? No one has a right to determine what you can or should have. The guy upstairs has 3 cars. More power to him!
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