ULPT Problem With a Neighbor
Posted by Least_Mode_900@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Problem with a neighbor.
For over 20 years, my father and I have been running a family business, and ever since I can remember, our problems with our neighbor have started. The company is practically in the same yard as our family home. The elderly neighbor despises us and tries to make our lives as miserable as possible, on average, every month we have all the inspections possible in the company from an "anonymous informer" which takes up a lot of time and money because the company has to cover the costs of the tests that the office conducts and the inspections, etc. In addition, the police also regularly come to our house whenever we have some family gatherings or a regular bonfire. Even the police themselves come and ask if everything is OK because they are fed up with this neighbor themselves but they can't do anything because they have to respond to such reports. I have never been particularly tempted to take revenge, especially since the neighbor's daughter is a lawyer, but now that the family business is in a financial hole and there are more and more inspections that don't help at all, it pisses me off immensely, especially since I see how it affects my father, who is also an older man and can't get upset so much, it also affects the family mood. The company has been in a hole many times before and has always bounced back, but it may end soon.
Do you have any advice, has anyone ever had a similar problem?
Moving is out of the question.
Thanks in advance for reading this.
evenfallframework@reddit
If this neighbor is elderly, maybe try some kindness? Mow his lawn, bring him lunch. Help him set up auto-delivery of his prescriptions by mail, but accidently send them to the wrong address. Solved.
jdsquint@reddit
What does the neighbor like doing, besides bothering you? Do they own anything they're proud of, or have any hobbies they really enjoy?
If they have something they enjoy, target that. Boat in the driveway? Stink bomb it. ATV? Slash the tires. Report that car as abandoned and see if they'll ticket. Big sports fan? Cut their cable connection right before the super bowl.
If they don't have any hobbies, bothering you IS the hobby. In that case, send them a nice card about what your family is doing that day every time you get inspected. Send them flowers or fruit whenever you can. You're denying them the satisfaction of seeing you bothered.
OrlandoKnight@reddit
I heard if you accidentally spill dehydrated mashed potatoes all a lawn and then they somehow get rehydrated at night it can be super annoying.
pohlcat01@reddit
File a harassment suit. or make some legal looking letterhead and send a certified letter stating you are/will.
or if you have an attorney on retainer, have them send it.
Always_B_Batman@reddit
Slide a piss disc under their door.
FlakyFlake1@reddit
Look up your local zoning ordinance & see if they violate anything then call the code enforcement. If they have loud animals, call animal control. If they’re old call Adult Protective Services. You’ve tried the high road, it doesn’t work.