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Ok, so my condo complex has it where there are 4 units that share a stairwell - 2 on the second floor (with front doors that face each other) and 2 below. The neighbors that we share our landing with have started a bad habit of placing their trash out on the landing outside their front door, but leave it for sometimes 3-4 days at a time. They come and go, walking past it several times a day.
Currently, there is a lone pizza box with scattered pistachio shells sitting out there. Last week, it was a bag of dirty diapers (they have an 18 month old) that was there for 3 days.
We occasionally put our trash outside the front door late at night, so we can then carry it out to the bin first thing in the morning, but it never sits for very long. We are concerned about cockroaches and attracting raccoons and/or skunks, which would not be pleasant to encounter in the stairwell, especially with my two dogs. What is the proper etiquette for handling this?
TurdBerglar
11-23-2011, 11:42 PM
staple gun that shit to their front door
abbott
11-24-2011, 07:45 AM
start leaving your trash out too and let them come to you complaining
or just talk to them.
checkyourprez
11-24-2011, 07:47 AM
you just gave yourself the answer without knowing it...
rip the bag a bit (in a gnawing type fashion) and maybe place some garbage around the bag. next time you see them tell them you had to scare off a raccoon from the bag and you would appreciate it if they did not leave their garbage out their anymore what with the dogs and the rabies and what not.
NicRN77
11-24-2011, 08:32 AM
What is wrong with people? We have a trash chute at my complex. There is someone who always just leaves the bag of trash next to the chute. Really? Seriously? You're THAT lazy???
checkyourprez
11-24-2011, 11:04 AM
^leave a rude note. that should do the trick.
Micodin
11-24-2011, 06:08 PM
staple gun that shit to their front door
My vote.
Involves no lying, no words. Just action.
NicRN77
11-24-2011, 07:02 PM
^leave a rude note. that should do the trick.
Oh, the managers of the building have...in English AND Spanish. Idiots.
checkyourprez
11-24-2011, 10:14 PM
My vote.
Involves no lying, no words. Just action.
however makes for an awkward meeting everytime they see their neighbor in that setup. if there is only two neighbors who live upstairs and one is leaving it outside their door for days at a time. the only other person who sees it really is the people across the hall. in turn the only person who would staple their shit to their door would be their neighbors. white lies are sometimes alright.
Oh, the managers of the building have...in English AND Spanish. Idiots.
well then its time for step two. find out who the culprit is get their pictures and make a poster saying "this renter is a lazy piece of shit" with a big blown up picture of them. i think that would be a good way to start the shaming.
ms.peachy
11-25-2011, 11:36 AM
rip open the bag and spread all their shit out in front of the door so that they can't possibly step out without stepping in their garbage. Do this as often as necessary.
fonky pizza
11-25-2011, 12:23 PM
Go to their door with your dog smelling their trash and tell them that the dog gets angry because of the rubbish and that they could bite the 18 months baby.
well, it depends on the type of dog you have:o
Micodin
11-25-2011, 01:12 PM
Go to their door with your dog smelling their trash and tell them that the dog gets angry because of the rubbish and that they could bite the 18 months baby.
well, it depends on the type of dog you have:o
That's a perfect way to open yourself up to a lawsuit.
Dorothy Wood
11-26-2011, 03:08 PM
that's rough, I have no idea. I just ranted about garbage in the political thread to support my thoughts that people are shittier now then they used to be, ha.
I have another garbage story, but it won't be very helpful. In my last apartment, I had two roommates, neither of whom would take out the trash. One complained it was because it was dark outside when she got home from work, so she was scared to go in the alley because she thinks she saw someone down there once :rolleyes:, the other would just see me taking out the trash and say, "oh, thanks, I'll get it next time!". which was never.
Anyway, one time, the second girl left a full pint of ice cream on the counter top over night. Well, it melted of course, and the first girl found it and tossed it in the garbage but missed the bag, so it went down into the can outside of the garbage bag...an entire pint's worth of melted ice cream was left down at the bottom of the garbage can. Well, it got moldy, and I complained, so the second girl said, "oh, I'm sorry, I'll clean it up!" So she took the garbage can out on the porch. And left it there for 2 weeks.
Until I cleaned it up. Moral of the story? Murder them, murder is the only answer. :(
RobMoney$
11-26-2011, 03:35 PM
Rational response - take it to thr dumpster yourself and let them know that you did it, tell them your concerns about attracting mice, bugs, and other wildlife and to please be more mindful of taking the trash to the dumpster next time.
checkyourprez
11-26-2011, 07:45 PM
Rational response - take it to thr dumpster yourself and let them know that you did it, tell them your concerns about attracting mice, bugs, and other wildlife and to please be more mindful of taking the trash to the dumpster next time.
surprisingly reasonable response of the thread award.
question is....will it work?
great suggestions -thx everyone! currently they are out of town for the holiday weekend and there is a collection of pottery barn kids deliveries (prob worth a fortune) and brand new yellow pages collecting dust.
dorothy - hilarious that your old roommate was scared to go to the alley, but was fine with you being a girl and doing it.
i now have new neighbors (moved in this week) on the OTHER side of me - their balcony is right next to ours - little wall separate the two - and they are not only nailing shit into the walls the past two nights at 1:30AM - yes! but, everytime we are out on the balcony, guess what we hear? the damn sliding door opening and fucking convos happening 5 feet from us. seriously? there's no privacy anymore. and they beat me to putting up my xmas decorations by one day and now i look like i copied them, but it's the same shit i've put up for years. And, they have Dodgers license plate frames - this can't end pretty.
fonky pizza
11-29-2011, 08:47 AM
That's a perfect way to open yourself up to a lawsuit.
File me under F.U.N.K.Y
:rolleyes:
Neighbors are assholes. The laziness is mindblowing. I wouldn't take their shit to the dumpster. Knock on their door and point to the bag and say "Get your shit the fuck out of the hallway, you lazy bastards." I also like the stapling idea. You can't coddle them.
I have a situation myself.
I have a neighbor who last 4th of July, built a shitty cinderblock retaining wall about 5 feet on my property while my wife and I were at a party. When I got home, I saw that shit and immediately walked up there to talk it out. He's all "Well, I had a survey done and that's where they set my corner pins." I said "Well, I have a survey too, so we're going to figure this out." Eventually we came to the agreement that we would have his surveyor back out to doublecheck and I offered to pay $500 to do so because he and his girlfriend were expecting a baby anytime. Turns out I was right, but then it took him like 2 months to move the fucking wall and I was trying to put a privacy fence up (*Note-One of the surveyors said he was one of the original guys to come out the first time and said that they did not set his property pins where they were, so dickhead obviously moved them). Once all of that was resolved and my fence was installed, that cocksucker called Code Enforcement on me because my 2 large maple trees "were encroaching on his property." They gave me a month to get them trimmed. Ever try to get trees trimmed during Fall? It's almost impossible. Every place I called either never called back or was booked for almost 2 months. Turns out I didn't get it done on time, got a citation for $1,000 and am currently awaiting a court date (where I've been assured that the fine will be dropped since I've had the trees trimmed in the meantime--which was another $1,200 by the way). So I'm pretty much done with those fucks. I do have a plan though. Dude has a shitload of cinderblocks from redoing his basement and the house next door to me is vacant. It has a storage shed in its backyard where this kid seriously has about a dumptruck load's worth of said block and random bullshit dumped behind it where there is no easy access. Soooo, my plan is to wait until mid-January/early February, go over to that pile of shit with my garden hose, spray it down real nice so it turns into a large chunk of ice, and then call Code Enforcement on him for littering. Fuck 'em.
checkyourprez
11-29-2011, 10:49 AM
Neighbors are assholes. The laziness is mindblowing. I wouldn't take their shit to the dumpster. Knock on their door and point to the bag and say "Get your shit the fuck out of the hallway, you lazy bastards." I also like the stapling idea. You can't coddle them.
I have a situation myself.
I have a neighbor who last 4th of July, built a shitty cinderblock retaining wall about 5 feet on my property while my wife and I were at a party. When I got home, I saw that shit and immediately walked up there to talk it out. He's all "Well, I had a survey done and that's where they set my corner pins." I said "Well, I have a survey too, so we're going to figure this out." Eventually we came to the agreement that we would have his surveyor back out to doublecheck and I offered to pay $500 to do so because he and his girlfriend were expecting a baby anytime. Turns out I was right, but then it took him like 2 months to move the fucking wall and I was trying to put a privacy fence up (*Note-One of the surveyors said he was one of the original guys to come out the first time and said that they did not set his property pins where they were, so dickhead obviously moved them). Once all of that was resolved and my fence was installed, that cocksucker called Code Enforcement on me because my 2 large maple trees "were encroaching on his property." They gave me a month to get them trimmed. Ever try to get trees trimmed during Fall? It's almost impossible. Every place I called either never called back or was booked for almost 2 months. Turns out I didn't get it done on time, got a citation for $1,000 and am currently awaiting a court date (where I've been assured that the fine will be dropped since I've had the trees trimmed in the meantime--which was another $1,200 by the way). So I'm pretty much done with those fucks. I do have a plan though. Dude has a shitload of cinderblocks from redoing his basement and the house next door to me is vacant. It has a storage shed in its backyard where this kid seriously has about a dumptruck load's worth of said block and random bullshit dumped behind it where there is no easy access. Soooo, my plan is to wait until mid-January/early February, go over to that pile of shit with my garden hose, spray it down real nice so it turns into a large chunk of ice, and then call Code Enforcement on him for littering. Fuck 'em.
nice i like this.
just a suggestion you could also think about killing your neighbor and burying him under his cement blocks as one last kind of fuck you. eh eh?
I'd love to.
Just to share a measuring stick of their character:
Dude's girlfriend grew up in the house they live in. Her mom was diagnosed with cancer last year, so she had her daughter and her douche boyfriend move in to help out. Not 2 months later, the girl and boyfriend kicked the mom out on the street, forcing her to quitclaim the house to her. Class acts. Obviously this ran through the neighborhood rumor mill, but I do know the mother is staying on the other side of town now. I won't lose any sleep over anything they may have coming their way.
When they initially moved in, I thought the girl had a sister that moved in to help out as well. It's actually her daughter that she had when she was 12. 12!!! That's fucking 6th grade! Tween Mom.
Makes me glad for my neighbor's trash after reading DIGI's post. Yikes!
The Pottery Barn Kids box is finally gone. It sat empty on the landing after they arrived home after 4 days gone at Thanksgiving and opened the item, took it out, but left the box and stuffing. With it gone, it makes the new Yellow Pages phone book that was delivered the day the box arrived really stand out. It's going on a week tomorrow.
My dogs don't even sniff it anymore - that's how common it is.
Myu-to
12-02-2011, 09:19 PM
I'm thinking you should take a poo on their doormat every time they leave their trash out. Eventually they will get the hint.
jabumbo
12-05-2011, 10:54 PM
buy a farm
There are now TWO yellow pages out there - the cheap/generic version was delivered on Saturday.
The best part is the wife's parents were here over the weekend to help them carry up their xmas tree, and they apparently didn't mind stepping over the TWO yellow pages either. Fuckers...
ms.peachy
12-07-2011, 02:08 AM
You should glue them down, so that when they finally do go to move them like 3 months from now, they'll be like "wtf?" Don't forget to shoot the glue in randomly between the pages, so it's not just the back cover that rips off - glue the whole effing thing in a solid block.
NicRN77
12-07-2011, 08:12 AM
You should glue them down, so that when they finally do go to move them like 3 months from now, they'll be like "wtf?" Don't forget to shoot the glue in randomly between the pages, so it's not just the back cover that rips off - glue the whole effing thing in a solid block.
(y) superb idea
checkyourprez
12-07-2011, 10:20 AM
You should glue them down, so that when they finally do go to move them like 3 months from now, they'll be like "wtf?" Don't forget to shoot the glue in randomly between the pages, so it's not just the back cover that rips off - glue the whole effing thing in a solid block.
wear gloves and dispose of the glue when you are done. no evidence.
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