I live around old folks. Folks that are in their 50’s and above. When you move into a subdivision it’s tough because you never know who is moving next door to you. You can either get a great neighbor or one that will give you hell. I have the latter. He is an army veteran and he always has something to say about me probably because I’m young. This is the 3rd run in we’ve had in a year and I am about sick of his shat. Here is the conversation with the neighbor from hell.
The Neighbor from hell
Neighbor: Hi my air conditioner is out and I wanted to know if your son was outside playing ball and did the ball hit the air conditioner.
Me: Sir, first of all, an air conditioner can’t be broken by a basketball….a basketball is not a bowling ball or a hard enough ball to break your air conditioner. Second of all my son doesn’t play outside without me watching him just in case you come to me with your mess
Neighbor: Oh I wasn’t accusing him I was just asking a question because we went out of town and it was working fine and when we got back it doesn’t work
Me: Ok if you don’t have a camera that says my son broke your air conditioner then please don’t come to me with stuff. Have a nice day
2 weeks later my son and his friend from across the street are outside playing basketball. I’m in my garage but the neighbor doesn’t see me he’s mowing his lawn and all of a sudden I hear the lawn mower stop……
Neighbor: hey you boys did I see that ball go into my yard. Don’t hit my air conditioner
Me: *I’m standing in my garage and the ball went over in his yard a little but nowhere near the air conditioner* (I step out from the shadows of my garage and he jumps)
Me: I’m standing right here. The ball went over into the yard a little bit and wasn’t even in the direction of your air conditioner. Here is some advice put a fence up and put an extra one around your air conditioner. If you come to me again about anything that goes down on your property without proof I will call the police and you can argue with them
Neighbor: Well I thought the ball was going to go in that direction
Me: You thought wrong.
I made my son come in and told his friend to go home. I was tired that day and didn’t feel like saying anything else.
Do you have a neighbor that you don’t like? How do you live around sickening people? Maybe you are the neighbor from hell lol. What kind of neighbor are you?
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35 Comments
Sheena Steward
July 11, 2018 at 1:33 pmI only have one neighbor that talks to me. The rest of them never say anything to me but they all talk to each other. I have my thoughts on why that is but oh well it just means I don’t have to deal with any crazy stuff. I hate you’re having to deal with the neighbor from hell but I cracked up when you said he needs to get a fence put around his air conditioner 😂.
Kita
July 11, 2018 at 1:39 pmMine don’t talk to me because I don’t have a husband they seem to only talk to couples. Also, I’m young so they don’t say anything to me on that level either.
Lauren Floyd
July 11, 2018 at 11:52 pmHe seems passive aggressive, which I find so irritating. I probably would have just answered him: “No sir. I was watching my son and his ball didn’t go anywhere near your air conditioner. I hope you can get it fixed though. Have a nice day.”
Jeanette
July 11, 2018 at 2:11 pmI don’t even know my neighbors. I could not identify them if I want to buy them on the street said to say. I hope it works out for the best since you are neighbors. It really sucks that this guy is like this. Our air conditioning broke and I do not blame it on some kid. It just broke. Tell him to fix it and move on LOL.
Amber Myers
July 11, 2018 at 2:45 pmOh man, I’m sorry you have a neighbor like that. I’d probably be like, “Sir, you are freakishly obsessed with your air conditioner. You might want to consider getting a hobby.”
I don’t really speak to my neighbors. One seems to be a slob though. Their yard is a mess. Weeds and old newspapers are all over the driveway. It’s pretty gross.
Terri Beavers
July 11, 2018 at 2:46 pmI’m blessed to have good neighbors but when I first bought my last home, I had the worst neighbor. He thought he was going to make my leave by intimidating me. Turns out I was a lot more of a challenge than he anticipated and he moved :). I wish you a better one next time.
candy
July 11, 2018 at 3:30 pmWe live out in the country and don’t have close neighbors which is a great thing. When we did have close neighbors we never had a problem thank goodness.
Melissa Chapman
July 11, 2018 at 4:01 pmI live in a good neighborhood and people keep to themselves but they are all nice luckily. This story makes me feel so bad some people are so difficult.
Tasheena
July 11, 2018 at 6:41 pmSorry that you’re going through this. My neighbor for almost ten years moved a couple of years ago and let’s just say that it has been interesting.
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh
July 11, 2018 at 8:37 pmI have lived in the home that we are currently in for 21 years. It’s the home my parents bought when they moved to Florida, my husband and I bought it from them almost 15 years ago. At that time, the neighbors were great. There was a boy that lived behind us that played with my oldest daughter. The older lady on one side of us was friendly, but kept to herself. The family on the other side of us was amazing. They would watch our home when we went out of town and vice versa. We helped each other out during hurricanes, and they even shared their generator with us during power outages due to tropical weather. But people move, we have been stuck like glue. Now know one lives behind us, and the house sits empty. Someone comes and cuts the grass ever so often. The older lady has been moved to a nursing home, and her hoarder daughter has turned every square inch of that yard into storage. (too bad we don’t have an HOA) The city doesn’t care. We have rats in our yard at night, so I can’t keep a garden And she feeds the feral cats, so our dogs constantly chase 20 cats that are braze enough to jump our privacy fenced in back yard. The other home, the bank took it, and it’s been for rent for years. The renters haven’t been great. We’ve had young party mom, who would leave her daughter home all the time, then we’ve had plenty of jungle family’s, meaning they never cut the grass or pick up a pine cone. I’m shocked that none have been snake bit. So I know all about neighbors from hell! (wow I wrote a lot, hahaha)
Kita
July 12, 2018 at 4:16 amRats in the yard omg that’s not good! I have kids I need my yard to be clear so they can play in peace smh. You really have some bad neighbors
K. Elizabeth
July 11, 2018 at 10:30 pmI’ve to come to the conclusion that I’m not a fan of having neighbors directly beside me. So our next home/forever will have lots of space on the sides and the back. We have one neighbor who refuses pay for a town trashcan and tried to stuff her trash in ours and then we have another neighbor who likes to throw parties once a month with the music turned all the way up until well into the wee hours of the early morning. And there’s a third neighbor whose dog barks all night.
Chubskulit Rose
July 11, 2018 at 10:55 pmWe have lived in three houses but so far, we are so blessed with good neighbors. I haven’t encountered anyone that’s from hell lol.
Carol Cassara
July 12, 2018 at 1:55 amNeighbors are a whole new level of crazy, you never know who you’re living next to until they talk. And most of the time what irks me is that they seem to be so confident when calling out the kids and not even mention a single word to the parents.
Nkem
July 12, 2018 at 2:46 amI’m not going to lie, I can be an annoying neighbor because I play my music loud and exercise early in the morning, so there can be some jumping going on. I’m aware of it and haven’t gotten any complaints, so as much as I try to mitigate any problems, no one is telling me anything. Honestly, I live in Korea so if they complained to me, I wouldn’t really understand them anyway, haha 🙂
Alisha
July 12, 2018 at 5:26 amFirst…I’m getting too close to 50 for you to be calling that old…LOL!
I’ve been lucky to have some amazing neighbors over the years. We’ve lived in our house for 18 years and our little cul-de-sac has always had good neighbors. Now the back side of the subdivision is another story. I’d probably be cussing if I had to live next to this one house where I swear they have about 10 cars parked in front all the time.
Janet C
July 12, 2018 at 10:36 amI could not even imagine a neighbor like this. It would definitely get on my nerves that they kept targeting my kids.
Glenda Cates
July 12, 2018 at 11:33 amI have good neighbors where I live and most of them have small children so my son has plenty of playmates and the adults get along and at times you find us all outside sitting together just chilling. As for your neighbor, I am so sorry he is like that. Have you tried to make friends with him? Could your son offer to help him with the yard and he could see he is a good child and might leave him alone. Because he just might be lonely and bothering you gives him someone to talk to.
Heather
July 12, 2018 at 1:23 pmI admire the way you just talked so frankly to that jerk. I never know what to say in those situations, of course, I’m rarely in them. I have more problems with my neighbor’s dog getting into my garage than anything else, but the dog is super nice. My neighbors seem okay. I hope I never have any weird run-ins or crazy people who move in next door. This guy sounds like he’s just looking to start trouble.
Jenn@Engineermommy
July 12, 2018 at 2:04 pmYour neighbor sounds like a real piece of work. I’m sorry to hear of your troubles with him. Best to just avoid him I guess.
Stacie
July 12, 2018 at 3:54 pmMy neighbors may not like me much because I don’t take no mess. We have a courtesy code around here and new neighbors come in thinking they can do whatever they want and I’m not going lol.
Ruth I.
July 12, 2018 at 4:22 pmWe are lucky that our neighbors are either good or don’t care at all. That must have been exhausting to deal with your neighbor.
Heather
July 12, 2018 at 4:58 pmWe have been blessed with really sweet neighbors. They love our kids and treat us all with respect. I can’t imagine dealing with such a horrible person.
Mimi Green
July 12, 2018 at 8:00 pmOh, Girl! I’m glad you fired him up both times. I was sick of his tail and I’m just reading the story. I’m thankful that we have not had a terrible neighbor. He sounds like the type to call the cops on a young child for having a Lemonade Stand. *Eye Roll*
Ola
July 12, 2018 at 9:38 pmWow. What an interesting encounter. Tell your boys to steer clear of him. Yeesh!
Tiffany Haywood
July 13, 2018 at 1:42 amBeing Military I have moved around 7 times in as many years. This means I’ve had a few neighbors from hell and dealing with them can be a bit tricky at times. I think you handled this perfectly.
Kim
July 13, 2018 at 2:23 amI am so happy and thankful I have amazing neighbors. I am crying at “put a fence around your air conditioner” You are the boss!
Jeanine
July 13, 2018 at 2:32 amWe have a neighbor like this right across the road. Tries to say my kids can’t walk or bike on the sidewalk outfornt his house. Even called the school 7 months in to complain about kids waiting for the bus by his property. All so petty and ridiculous
christiana
July 13, 2018 at 3:35 amit must be really hard , living next to such neighbors,i have always been blessed with good neighbors . i do hope he gets his acts together and stop being a nusiance.
Louisa
July 13, 2018 at 9:54 amOMG neighbors like that are the worst! So glad I have never had firsthand experience like this.
Terri
July 13, 2018 at 12:24 pmI’ve lived here five years and I just now starting to know my neighbors. I think it’s because they all have kids and we didn’t. Once we had a son they started talking to us.
Nicole of NLLMag
July 13, 2018 at 1:55 pmI live in New York, an din a building. The truth is I only know one of my neighbor who live son my floor. On a whole it is pretty quiet, the occasional uproar but at times I forget I have neighbors.
Anosa Malanga
July 15, 2018 at 4:45 amI don’t know why people sometimes so mean to other especially to kids. You are right to tell the person to secure it in case he would not want to have some intruders and also let them know that you are teaching your kids perfect manners.
Kenya G. Johnson
July 15, 2018 at 2:42 pmI said “wow” out loud three times while reading that. Fortunately we don’t have any neighbors like that even though ours is an older community too. But I have had a run in with an old lady when we lived in apartments. It was just me and my husband then. We lived on the top floor above her. She didn’t like me and didn’t talk to me but she would “tell on me” to my husband. Stuff like, “Can you tell your wife not to wash clothes so late” and stuff like that. And when I’d be in the kitchen putting dishes away she’d hit on the ceiling must have been with a broom handle. Anything that made her dog bark she would hit the ceiling. I purposely started walking heavy. On our last day there I was the last one out and I jumped up and down in the kitchen for the grand finale. When I got downstairs she was standing outside. I waved at her and smiled and said, BYEEEEEE!
Carissa
July 16, 2018 at 10:04 amSee stuff like this bothers me! I would probably call he police non emergency line just to put them on alert in case anything else happens it’s documented because I feel like this is going towards harassment!