Yes, I have them too. They are not "elderly" but they are retired and have been here for a little while. The guy across the street is gone now thank goodness. I am a hard working single mom with two teenagers. My teens are forced into behaving as I have surveillance cameras in all common areas of my home, and at the front door.
Anyway, I work nightshift, 12 hour shifts with an hour commute each way. I arrived home one morning and got out of the car and this guy starts screaming at me that we are "ruining the neighborhood". I have never in my life been accused of anything like this. I walked to the edge of my driveway and asked him to calm down and tell me what the problem was. He was screaming that my little 10 pound dog barked at him through the window. Continued with his statement that "we are ruining the neighborhood. First of all my dog is never outside without a leash and without one of us with him. My dog has not been witnessed barking more than the usual "hey someone's here" type bark.
I basically told him after several attempts to get him to lower his voice and speak to me in a normal tone, that if he truly wanted to see how someone could ruin the neighborhood, I'd show him. I told him that I would paint my house every color of the freaking rainbow.
I then wrote him a note pointing out how incredibly abusive his behavior was and that I would not tolerate such outbursts again. I reiterated everything he said including the old "I've lived here for 20 years..." and informed his that his seniority in the neighborhood does not give him the right to be abusive and it does not make him the mayor of the neighborhood. He was the explosive type.
He moved. Now, the guy next to me, who is more the passive aggressive type, the one who makes insinuations, asks questions, and lets you know in a round about way that he does not like something has started. When I was having my roof replaced, he asked me what color of shingles I was going with. Since we live in FLorida, I chose white shingles for energy efficiency. He said "WHAT??? White will stick out like a sore thumb" The white shingles are on and they look great.
I have elephant ears growing on one side of the house and he told me that he hates those things. He said something about seeing them in vietnam and they stink. The elephant ears to my knowledge have no odor but he does not like them. I was out gardening the other day and he came out and said that when they bought their house, there were plants all around the house and they got rid of them. I said "that's nice". Does he expect me not to plant plants because he does not like them? I hate those plastic spinning flowers that he has in his front yard, but I don't make comments about that.
Anyway, I work nightshift, 12 hour shifts with an hour commute each way. I arrived home one morning and got out of the car and this guy starts screaming at me that we are "ruining the neighborhood". I have never in my life been accused of anything like this. I walked to the edge of my driveway and asked him to calm down and tell me what the problem was. He was screaming that my little 10 pound dog barked at him through the window. Continued with his statement that "we are ruining the neighborhood. First of all my dog is never outside without a leash and without one of us with him. My dog has not been witnessed barking more than the usual "hey someone's here" type bark.
I basically told him after several attempts to get him to lower his voice and speak to me in a normal tone, that if he truly wanted to see how someone could ruin the neighborhood, I'd show him. I told him that I would paint my house every color of the freaking rainbow.
I then wrote him a note pointing out how incredibly abusive his behavior was and that I would not tolerate such outbursts again. I reiterated everything he said including the old "I've lived here for 20 years..." and informed his that his seniority in the neighborhood does not give him the right to be abusive and it does not make him the mayor of the neighborhood. He was the explosive type.
He moved. Now, the guy next to me, who is more the passive aggressive type, the one who makes insinuations, asks questions, and lets you know in a round about way that he does not like something has started. When I was having my roof replaced, he asked me what color of shingles I was going with. Since we live in FLorida, I chose white shingles for energy efficiency. He said "WHAT??? White will stick out like a sore thumb" The white shingles are on and they look great.
I have elephant ears growing on one side of the house and he told me that he hates those things. He said something about seeing them in vietnam and they stink. The elephant ears to my knowledge have no odor but he does not like them. I was out gardening the other day and he came out and said that when they bought their house, there were plants all around the house and they got rid of them. I said "that's nice". Does he expect me not to plant plants because he does not like them? I hate those plastic spinning flowers that he has in his front yard, but I don't make comments about that.
