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What would you do if your neighbor’s contractor was stealing from you? I don’t mean actually going into your house and taking your money, electronics or jewelry. I mean stealing your water and electricity by hooking up a hose and equipment to your house instead of your neighbor’s house?

Would you be okay with this, or would you be upset?

In this story, one woman is in this situation, and she is not okay with it. However, she’s wondering if she went too far and turned into a Karen trying to get his attention.

Let’s read the whole story to decide.

AITA for telling contractors to stop using my water spigot?

Today I looked on my doorbell camera to see that a hose was hooked up to my water spigot.

I find out that my next-door neighbor (we live in townhomes) hired a contractor to do some kind of work.

This is not the first time that my water or my electricity has been used by random contractors, whether independent or hired by our HOA.

She was not okay with them using her water.

Since I was not home, I tried to speak through my doorbell and ask the contractors to disconnect their hose.

I don’t think they heard me the first few times I asked so I called the nonemergency police line because I am tired of random people just taking stuff from my house.

As the police were arriving, the doorbell speaker decided to magically work, and I was able to get the attention of the contractors to unplug their hose.

But by then it was kind of too late and the police went to talk to them.

She wonders if she messed up.

I felt like a Karen, but later on, I watched the interaction between the contractors and my neighbor, to which they said rude things about me.

My neighbor has been a constant problem ever since they moved in- extremely noisy, points their dogs to go to the bathroom right next our porch, and now this.

But idk maybe I shouldn’t have called the cops or made it a big thing. I was feeling frustrated I couldn’t seem to speak to them after multiple attempts. AITA (am I a Karen)?

The contractor should use the water and electricity from the house he’s working on not the neighbor’s house. He’s the one who messed up. She tried to talk to him, but he either couldn’t hear her or ignored her. Calling the police seems a bit extreme, but at least they got the message!

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person doesn’t think she did anything wrong.

Yikes! One person had a really expensive water bill!

Another person calls it what it is. It’s stealing.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about neighbors who have to set a firm boundary with neighbors who ask too many child-related favors.

Besides stealing, the contractor also did something else wrong.

It’s too bad good people feel like bad people just for calling people out when they steal from them. I don’t think she did anything wrong. The contractor messed up. The neighbors may have messed up too. It really depends on if the neighbors told the contractor to use OP’s water spigot or if the contractor made that decision himself.