A Woman Mowed Her Neighbor’s Lawn Uninvited — But Her Reaction to Some Curbside Shelving Was Even Stranger
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We’ve probably all had a crazy neighbor at some point, but some crazy neighbors are crazier than others.
In this story, one woman is dealing with a neighbor that seems annoying but harmless at first. However, as the story progresses, the neighbor seems so unhinged it’s starting to get scary.
Now, she’s is wondering if she should call the police.
Let’s read the whole story.
She thinks it’s her house
I have a neighbour. She lives behind me.
When I first moved in, I was keeping my lawn at a nice, lush 5″ height.
She decided to help me one day by mowing my lawn while I was at work.
Came home to find she’d cut it right down into the soil.
This neighbor has way too much free time.
Soon I had dandelions instead of lawn.
When I got home that day, I found her on her knees with a pair of scissors reaching under our fence and trying to cut the lawn in my backyard.
I told we don’t her help and don’t cut our lawn anymore.
Uh-oh!
Next, we spent a ton of money and labour installing a new beautiful fence around our back and sideyard.
The fence posts were all painted black and my husband was very proud of his work.
Soon discover that neighbour has taken it upon herself to use her gas weed trimmer on the boulevard in front of our house and is chewing up our brand new fence posts.
I go over to her house, politely thank her for helping us, but remind her that we’d prefer to look after our lawn ourselves.
The neighbor didn’t take that well!
She starts yelling in my face that everyone in the neighbourhood hates me and that everyone hates my garden.
I tell her that I’m not there to trade insults, I just want her to stay out of my space.
I overhear her telling a new neighbour that I don’t look after my yard.
I see her at my place of work and she glares at me.
General bad vibes, but whatever.
This is probably left for trash pickup I assume.
Last week, I returned home from a trip to find someone had left a bunch of broken shelving on the boulevard in front of my house. This happens sometimes in this town.
The shelving is all about 6′ feet high. There are 3 pieces. They are upright and spread out across the boulevard.
I look at them and see they are quite rotten and not in great shape. I decide to put them all into a pile, laying down, and then call the town to ask them to pick up and discard.
I go back inside, and suddenly hear the shelving being moved around.
The neighbor sounds crazy!
I go back outside and see the shelfs are once again upright and spread across the boulevard.
I start putting them back into a pile.
The neighbour comes storming out of her house, screaming at me to leave the shelves the way she wants them.
Keep in mind, this is in front of my house.
What is this neighbor’s problem?
I tell her no, I tell her to calm down, that I am calling the town.
She calls me a pathetic witch, screaming all the while.
I continue piling the furniture.
She screams her way back into her house.
Is it time to get the police involved?
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I go back inside and hear both her and her husband screaming and yelling.
I’m considering calling the police non emergency line to file a complaint.
I’ve been here for 6 years. So it’s not the worst case scenario, but it’s definitely unsettling and seems to be getting worse.
To be clear, we have always left these people alone, we work hard, our garden is well cared for.
That neighbor sounds really weird. Why can’t she just left the homeowners next to her alone? The shelving thing is quite bizarre.
Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.
This person thinks she should’ve called the police a long time ago.
Another person offers some advice.
Here are some more suggestions.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a family who finds a technicality in the law that allows them to keep their pool after their neighbors report it.
She really does sound crazy.
Is the neighbor’s husband just as crazy as she is? I wonder if it would be worth trying to talk to him.
I hope she follows the advice in the comments. I would also add a security camera so she has evidence of her neighbor’s weird and rash behavior.
Something is terribly off with her neighbor’s reasoning.
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