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Imagine living in a neighborhood full of houses, sidewalks and families. If you wanted to get some exercise without hitting the gym, would you consider going for a run in your neighborhood? What would you do if you found out that a neighbor was annoyed every time you ran past her house?

In this story, one homeowner asks her neighbors to stop running back and forth past her house. She explains why this bothers her so much and offers some suggestions of where to run instead.

Now, she’s wondering if this was a reasonable or ridiculous request.

Let’s read all the details to decide.

AITAH For asking my neighbors to not work past my house?

I recently had experienced an issue with being mocked and I needed to see if I’m really be that ridiculous.

Here’s what I asked of my neighborhood. Personally I felt justified in this request.

Here’s what OP told the neighbors.

A note to anyone who jogs in the community: While I applaud you for taking better care of your health than me, please be mindful of the fact that running back and forth down the same stretch of sidewalk repeatedly sets off every Ring doorbell you run past every time you go past it.

My camera was triggered 21 times between 3pm and 3:45 and every single one of them was the same person running back and forth.

This is especially annoying for those of us who live along Springbrook Dr and already have to contend with a million “false” alerts from people walking dogs, going to/from the pool, etc.

OP adds some suggestions.

Before anyone comments…yes, my sensitivity is set to minimum, and yes, I can snooze the alerts, but then I also won’t get notified if a package gets delivered, which worries me given the recent string of porch pirates in the area.

Further, if my dog sees people walking past the house or hears the Ring notification on my phone, he often barks, which is problematic if I am on a work call or if the baby is napping.

With respect, if this is you, please consider running in a loop around the block or running further down the street and then running back once instead of back and forth in front of the same handful of houses. This will ensure each house gets no more than one or two alerts instead of 20+. Thank you.

It’s possible to change the settings on the Ring camera so that the sidewalk isn’t in the area that would set off alerts. This problem is on OP. The sidewalk is public space. You can’t tell people not to use it.

Let’s see if Reddit agrees.

Yes, this. It’s an easy fix.

Another person agrees that the Ring settings are the problem not the people running.

Sadly, I think she is serious.

Another person shares how they would respond if they were a neighbor.

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Another person calls her Karen.

This is an incredibly Karen thing to write. To be fair, it sounds like she has a baby, so maybe the postpartum exhaustion is preventing her from thinking rationally.

You can’t tell people not to use a public sidewalk. You can adjust your Ring settings. The runners are not the problem.