Have you ever had a neighbor who, for some reason, thought it was totally fine to “borrow” your belongings without asking?

If you’ve never been in that position before, let me tell you: it’s pretty infuriating.

What ever happened to asking for permission to borrow something?

Boy, I tell ya, it seems like common decency has gone the way of the dodo…

In today’s story, a man talked about how they got fed up with their thieving neighbor, so they decided to teach him a lesson.

You’re gonna love it!

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Gas Thief Revenge.

“I had a neighbor that would walk into my backyard, take my gas can of gas for my mower and put it in his car and mower and then return the can.

I found this out because I had begun to a little suspicious that this 5 gallon can was always nearly empty every time I went to mow the lawn and it was only like a 1 quart tank on the lawnmower!

This person sounds pretty sneaky…

This was back before cheap easy security cameras so I had to set up a WebCam from my laptop with motion detection software. Caught the guy going into the backyard literally five minutes after I left the house.

For the next week, every time I had to go to the bathroom, I went in that gas can. Now full of urine, but still smells enough like gas to fool an idiot.

Then I left it on the back patio again. Made a big show of checking the fluids in my car, packing a few bags.

This was gonna be good!

Made sure the neighbor knew I was getting ready to go on a trip and I’d be gone a while. Hoping he takes the bait.

I come back home in about an hour. (Car trouble 😉) The thief is in his front yard pulling the rope on his lawnmower so hard.

It looks like he’s going to have a stroke. Turning bright, red and cursing. Later he gets in his car makes it a couple blocks up the road and it suddenly breaks down….

That worked like a charm!

I check the gas can on my patio…empty!

Also, I just wanted to add, this guy was a huge jerk and that’s not the only thing he did. I found out he had arrest warrants.

And, to top it off…

So I ended up getting him arrested by applying for a sheriff’s ride along program in his name.”

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a neighbor who had to take a direct approach to get the neighborhood parents to actually watch their kids.

Let’s see what readers had to say about this.

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I gotta say, this is one the better revenge stories I’ve read in a while.

And I bet you agree with that statement, don’t you?

This guy wasn’t messing around…and we’re impressed with his pettiness!

If you play stupid games…you’re gonna win stupid prizes!