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After reading this story, I’m making a mental note to never, ever live near a bar and especially don’t live right next to it!

In this story, one homeowner lives in a neighborhood near a local tavern, and he has security cameras that can see not only what happens on his property but outside the bar itself.

Some pretty awful things have happened, and he has all the evidence on his cameras. This evidence has only made the bar owner and the patrons upset at the homeowner, and they keep getting revenge.

I’m honestly not sure why he still lives there. I would’ve moved a long time ago.

Keep reading for all the drama.

Neighborhood bar tells customers to vandalize/harass neighbors **Long rant**

So this has been going on for years now, ever since the neighborhood tavern changed hands.

This was shortly after the state gave beer-only establishments full liquor sales.

Things were pretty crazy off the start with the news that this place was open.

Lots of people already drunk when they showed up. People partying in their cars after close, blocking driveways. Outlaw bikers holding recruitment rallies on the sidewalk.

Yikes! There are major safety issues here.

A few neighbors asked the owner to have some consideration for the people living on all sides.

We all got told to “back off, we’re running a business here”

So I start getting my garage broken into, 3x in one week and 2 bikes stolen and another that was locked up was hacksawed through.

I’m mad now, so I install security cameras.

I think I’d put up a fence.

On the second week, I discover there was a giant brawl in my driveway while we were sleeping.

One guy got beated over the hood of my 1yr old truck before he was thrown through my fence.

When I ask the employees who were working, WTH? They just shrugged and asked me why I was asking them.

I think I’d want to move at this point.

Another month or so later, the security cameras record a guy unloading a clip into a crowd out front on the sidewalk.

Everyone scrambles and a few minutes later, the bartender and some of the other customers come out and pick up all the casings they could find.

No one reports it. Interestingly, the victim who got grazed admitted where she was shot at the hospital.

An officer came by a few hours later, picked up 2 casings and left without ever speaking to anyone at the bar.

I got a subpoena the next year for my camera footage and discovered the police report completely glossed over the efforts to conceal the shooting

It happened again.

Another couple of months of out of control nonsense before another fight inside the bar that concludes with another shooting, this time my camera footage appears to show a man getting shot in the doorway from inside.

Again, the police report of the incident kinda looks funny. It talks about the blood in the doorway, but never explains where it came from

Finally the city tells them they have to clean up their act.

In some ways they have, in other ways they haven’t.

It only gets worse.

This is where the bar owner blames the neighbors (specifically me for having my security cameras) for having to rein in some of the craziness.

First my truck becomes the bar’s unofficial urinal with customers walking down the street just to go on it before going back inside.

Then every time there is a car crash or fight with customer (which I freaking report every time), one of my vehicles will get vandalized.

They seriously need a fence.

My wife’s car has been shot at with a pellet gun on multiple occasions, resulting a couple broken windows and paint blisters.

My truck got keyed from taillight to headlight.

For the last 16 months, one of their customers will come out of bar and shine a strong flashlight at my cameras and windows. It’s obviously the same guy (and I suspect the same guy who kept going back to my garage) and on a couple occasions he’s been joined by one of the employees.

Nobody seems willing to help him.

I’ve complained for years now to my city council reps, various business compliance departments, the liquor board and everyone gives me a story about how this is just a struggling small business.

Then they tell me that the guy with the flashlight is just a coincidence that he keeps aiming it at my cameras.

All of the damage to our vehicles are just random vandalism and in no way related to this bar.

It’s great that he has security cameras, but they’re not actually doing anything to protect his property. He needs a fence and an alarm. Or to move. But I’d feel sorry for the next homeowner.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person has a theory.

Another person has a few suggestions.

Here’s some more advice.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who cleverly shuts down customer arguments about closing time.

These are good ideas too.

What’s crazy to me is that the homeowner says this has been going on for years. Why hasn’t he done something about it yet? I would’ve moved a long time ago. Or, if he doesn’t want to move, I’d at least put up a fence and get some motion activated sprinklers or something.

This is completely unacceptable!