I love it when people decide to play hardball with their neighbors after they try to do them dirty.
And this is a good one!
Check out what this person did after their neighbor decided to NOT mind their own business.
So you want strict adherence to the city By Laws? … You got it neighbour!
“This compliance is ongoing and will be for the foreseeable future.
So I pulled out my gas powered pressure washer this past weekend for the first time in 3 years figured it was well past time to do some property clean up.
They were being nice about it.
Started at 11 am on Saturday morning as I didn’t want to start too early out of respect for my neighbours. Knocked off around 4 with a couple of breaks in between. Got the back and both sides of the house done. Lot of concrete patio.
Figured I can finish the front driveway and retaining wall next day. Fired it up on Sunday at 11 am and got to work for an hour so broke for lunch then back at it at 1.
Maybe an hour or so later I’m interrupted by the city bylaw enforcement officer who is responding to a noise complaint. Apparently there is a by law that prohibits power equipment on Sundays.
Hmmm, OK I had no idea. Just a warning no ticket, the guy was actually very nice.
I’m a bit annoyed hat my neighbours called bylaw on me without at least coming to talk to me first but OK.
At this point there is a huge mess all over the end of my driveway, the side walk and the street so I ask the officer is it OK if I quickly take 5 minutes to clean the mess up and push it all together.
He says , sure no problem and I quickly start cleaning up.
Some people just can’t leave it alone…
Cue not one but two of my old geezer neighbours to come running out of theirs houses to attack the poor bylaw kid. A minute later he comes back and says, sorry you need to shut down now.
OK he is just doing his job but now I’m ****** off. I’ve lived here for 8 years and none of these old jerks have ever even said hello to me or my family.
So I get the details of the exact bylaw.
Nothing on Sunday
Saturday 9 to 5 (should have started earlier)
Monday to Friday 7 to 7
As he is leaving I call out very loudly to him (not really to him), “So just so I’m clear, 7am Monday morning is a-ok!”
You know what they did next.
Bright and early at the stroke of 7 am Monday morning, I put and hour of pressure washing before work. Tuesday morning another bright and early start. Wednesday session was truly awesome.
Who should stop by this morning while I was working on my retaining wall and side walk but my neighbour Baldy McBylaw Caller. I gave him a friendly wave and a neighborly good morning and continued with my work until I ran out of gas.
He hung around for a while glaring unhappily at me but must have realized that there was really nothing he could do about this situation he had caused. He slunk away a few minutes later.
I’m running out of things to pressure wash but my other neighbour has let me know I can borrow his grinder so I can finally get rid of that piece of rebar sticking out of the concrete at the side of my house.
Sunday today and tomorrow is a holiday so I guess it will have to wait until Tuesday at 7am.”
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