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Star Member MineralMan (132,255 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213779069My Next Door Neighbor Stuck a Nasty Letter in My Kitchen DoorApparently, someone reported her unmown, tall, weedy front lawn to the city. She immediately assumed that it was me who reported her. So, she wrote an ugly letter blaming me for having had to get someone to mow her lawn. I read the letter, and wrote on the bottom of it, "We didn't call anyone!" I stuck the reply in her kitchen door.I rarely encounter her. She is always in her house, watching television. She had a job, but lost it during the pandemic. Apparently, she doesn't mind, as long as she gets her unemployment check.She jumped to a conclusion. It was the wrong one, but I'm the most convenient one to blame, since we share a double-wide driveway. Never mind that I have cleared her half of the driveway of snow for over 12 years, every time the snow falls. I also pick up branches that fall off her tree and put them in my pickup to haul to the chipping yard along with the ones that fall off my tree. Not once in that time has she said, "Thanks" for those things. I do it, because I have a snowblower and am out there, and because I have a pickup truck. It's no big deal. I've also jump-started her rattletrap car many times, on her request.Yesterday, I saw her pulling in her driveway and went outside, and repeated my statement about not calling anyone about her overgrown lawn. "I don't do that. Your lawn is up to you. I don't care whether you mow it or not." I made it clear that I was not happy about her nasty, ugly note. "Why did you assume that I called about your lawn?"She said, "Well, who else would have called the city but you?" I pointed out that the house next to her is for sale and that the realtor might have reported her overgrown yard for very logical reasons. I also pointed out that a lot of new people have been out walking their dogs during the pandemic. One of them might have called. I told her that one such walker called the city about us feeding the squirrels, and that we got an abatement letter, too. "It wasn't me who called. I don't do that." She just said, "Hmph!" and went into her house.Did I mention that she is a Trump supporter? She is, and had a Trump sign in her yard in 2016. She'll probably have another one out there in 2020. She doesn't think. She simply reacts. She simply assumed that i was the one who called the city, because she doesn't use logic in forming her opinions. She is a Trump supporter. She doesn't think. She simply reacts. She latches onto the first thing that comes into her mind and is immediately certain that she is correct. Trump behaves the same way.That is why we cannot have nice things.
GreenPartyVoter (69,382 posts) 1. Wow. She's got issues, but you aren't one of them.
Star Member MineralMan (132,255 posts) 4. Yes, and I know that I'm not the issue.I'll continue to do snow removal on her half of the driveway, deal with her fallen branches, and jump start her car when she needs a jump. Not because I like her, but because it is what I do. And she'll continue to think I'm the worst neighbor in the world. She doesn't think about things. She simply reacts.
dalton99a (50,944 posts) 2. A real nasty woman.
Star Member cilla4progress (13,682 posts) 63. I think this is a common feature of drumpfster's base: negative, hateful, resentful, depressed.
Star Member MineralMan (132,255 posts) 8. She is not a nice person.Why that is I don't know, but I know she suffers from depression and isn't overly bright. It's too bad, really.
Star Member MineralMan (132,255 posts) 88. I'm not going to mow her yard. Not a chance.I do the snow removal and branch stuff because it's just not that big a deal. I toss all the branches into my pickup and, when it's full, I haul it off to St. Paul's free yard waste yard. No big deal. If I need to use the pickup to haul something else, I go to that yard first and unload.Lawn mowing is something else again. I don't even like mowing my own yard, although I do it once a week or so. But, I'm not going to mow anyone else's yard. Too much work. An overgrown neighbor's lawn has no effect on me whatsoever, so I won't do it.As for not clearing the snow off her side of the driveway, that's a non-starter. Accumulated snow melts and then refreezes into ice, making my side of the driveway dangerous to walk on. I'm out there with my snowblower as soon as the snow stops falling and clear the entire driveway, except where her car is. She never comes out to move it. Then, I blow off the snow on the city sidewalk in front of three houses, with mine in the middle. I do my other neighbor's city sidewalk because they're nice people but don't have a snowblower. They do their own driveway by shoveling, but I do their city sidewalk, because it's just a continuation of the sidewalk, and takes only a few minutes to clear. That other neighbor always waves and says "Thanks!"I would never again buy a house that shares a driveway with a neighbor. It's a bad idea, all around. I won't even mention the times when people visiting my neighbor have parked on my side of the driveway, blocking me from going anywhere. That has happened a number of times, and asking the visitor to move their car always results in a hostile response.Don't share a driveway with anyone. It never works out well.
lagomorph777 (14,958 posts) 10. I imagine she's also a maskhole, and will be more likely to die of COVID than you are.So there's that.
Star Member Wounded Bear (37,682 posts) 16. One of those sweeping generalities we're not supposed to use...Republicans react to events.Democrats try to plan ahead for contingencies.Just sayin'
Star Member ProudMNDemocrat (6,924 posts) 37. My neighbor is a Trumper too.But he has the sense to mow his lawn. We do mot interact, but he knows not to start any fights.
Star Member calimary (58,497 posts) 41. Just found out we have one of those, too.Glad we don't see her much. I think she's outnumbered, though. Most everybody else in this neighborhood seems to lean the other way. There are two big "You're FIRED" signs, one that she'd probably be able to see as she heads up into our little area to go home, and another one across the street facing her. And to leave the house, she'd have to drive by our big "NOPE" one under a rather obvious swirl of orange-yellow hair.
roamer65 (20,983 posts) 46. I wouldn't even bother talking to her.Seriously, who cares what a Dump lover thinks?I don’t.
Star Member Peacetrain (20,315 posts) 71. There is nothing worse than having a jackass for a neighbor..Every-time you open your window curtains there they are.. We have a Trump flag flying one.. and it just gives me heartburn to see that thing..
Sloumeau (2,427 posts) 80. She seems to be like many Trump supporters.She doesn't find out the facts before making assumptions. She doesn't find out the facts before acting. She doesn't thank the people that help her. The fact is, she also sounds like Donald Trump. No wonder she likes him.
Star Member CloudWatcher (686 posts) 93. There's another Trump voter!Whenever I see someone acting stupid or rude in public, I just admit to myself that there's another Trump voter! And try not to get too annoyed that they were shorted during the brain distribution. It's really sad actually, how dumb "average" is in the US. Who could imagine that Trump still has 40% approval rating after all he's done?Yeah, you can call me an elitist. I'm just trying not to be a real misanthrope.And you'd be welcome to move to my neighborhood anytime. I've got a guy I hire to plow my driveway, the snow gets too deep to do it myself. And the well water rights basically ban lawns, so you could stop mowing
ThoughtCriminal (12,614 posts) 110. America is not just sick of TrumpAmerica is also sick of his obnoxious, horrible, supporters. We're done with them too.
She seems to be like many Trump supporters.She doesn't find out the facts before making assumptions. She doesn't find out the facts before acting. She doesn't thank the people that help her. The fact is, she also sounds like Donald Trump. No wonder she likes him.
She said, "Well, who else would have called the city but you?"
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #12)Mon Jul 20, 2020, 10:45 AMStar Member MineralMan (132,268 posts) 19. She avoids me, which is fine.
