This why it's always best to never get to know your neighbors. I've lived in the same neighborhood for 11 years and I can't tell you the name of a single person on my block.
Don't worry about your neighbor. If it hadn't been dog sh&t it would have been something else later. He would have eventually found something to complain about. On the other hand, you should solve the dog crapping problem the best you can. Your dogs, your crap, your yard. Know what I'm saying bro? 🙂
So my 2 cents is - never ever ever speak to a neighbor. They're nothing but trouble. Have you met "chatty Kathy" down the block yet? Or how about ol "Borrowing Bill, Nosy Ned, or "Lefty" the former ball player who talks only about the time he struck out Cal Ripken in a highschool game 30 years ago? And let's not forget "The Towel Man Ted" who thinks it's perfectly acceptable to retrieve his morning paper wearing only a towel and black sandals. A small towel...
Ehhh, screw'em all.
Originally posted by sasquatch672So you hear what I'm saying, you know where we're coming from...and you won't take a blind bit of notice.
Okay, I hear what you're saying, I wasn't looking for everybody to back me up here. I know where you, and he, are coming from.
But, as the saying goes, "you only get one chance to make a first impression". I've presumpably blown my chance, and he sure as shit has blown his. So I'd just prefer to have him spend several thousands of dollars as ...[text shortened]... ng open a six-pack while sitting on my porch and watching the people he's hired earn his money.
You know, your neighbour is probably bitching about you to his friends right now...and as an impartial observer I'd have to say he appears to have more of a right to be annoyed.
Think about that - you're probably in the wrong here, but you're going to make him suffer. Are you really that sort of a person? I don't think so.
Originally posted by sasquatch672I certainly hope for your sake no-one ever believes 'it's only a matter of time' with you, and takes the same approach.
I am going to, as my good friend wib suggests, "take care of the problem". I don't want to be a bad neighbor. I didn't say his complaints weren't legitimate - they are. But he had a choice. He could have approached me in a reasoned, courteous manner so I would not feel like knocking his teeth down his throat. But he chose to act like an asshol ...[text shortened]... uld have been something else, it was a matter of time. The neighbors told me so. So screw him.
Originally posted by sasquatch672Because you're demonstrating no real desire to resolve the situation.
Of course not. Are you CHOOSING to ignore what I've posted? I've apologized to him. I apologized to him profusely. He wanted no parts of it, and did not like one bit my plan to fence in part of my front yard to prevent the dogs from entering his yard. I shortened their leads last night so they can't reach his lawn. Why are you willfully ignoring the fact that I've acknowledged I was in the wrong?
Hey SQ,
You have had a couple great posts in this thread, very well written and had me laughing out loud. So, regardless of what happens with your neighbor know that your "virtual neighbors" are enjoying the situation very much.
With regards to what I think you should do about the jerk you live next to...
Maybe you could confront him one more time, tell him that the leads are fixed so he will never find poop in his yard again and you are working on training them not to bark in the morning. Maybe ask if he would be willing to start over. I think you are perfectly within your right to punish this dude for being a jerk and not even trying to accept your origional apology but it might be easier for you in the long run to not be enemies with this guy. If all it takes to avoid neighbor warfare is one more attempt at peace I say go for it. Then, if he is a jerk again you will feel even better about making him move his fence etc etc etc
Further, maybe the dude is not such a bad guy and if you can bury the hatchet you could enjoy backyard BBQ's together and beer and football...all things that are worth making a second effort for.
Wish you were my neighbor... 😉
TheSkipper
Originally posted by TheSkipperAnd I, Skipper, wish you were mine.
Hey SQ,
You have had a couple great posts in this thread, very well written and had me laughing out loud. So, regardless of what happens with your neighbor know that your "virtual neighbors" are enjoying the situation very much.
With regards to what I think you should do about the jerk you live next to...
Maybe you could confront him one more ...[text shortened]... ings that are worth making a second effort for.
Wish you were my neighbor... 😉
TheSkipper