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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy neighbor just sprayed me in the face with a hose - what would you do?!1
No, really. This was an after-hours little "friendly" chat at the fence, him & his wife right there.
They're one of those couples who have no interest in the world, just themselves. There was NO provocation. The a-hole dude just thought it was funny.
I *am* going to bring it to his attention.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)What did you initially do with this act?
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)bluedigger
(17,087 posts)That'll learn 'em.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)NJCher
(35,731 posts)But make sure it can't be traced to you.
Also, I would wait awhile so he's off guard. Wait a week or two.
Cher
p.s. I personally do not have any recommendations, but if you want, I'll ask my brother. He is an expert on juvenile tricks.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)UTUSN should go outside again some evening w/o the laptop but have an open primo beer in hand. When Bad Neighbor comes out, ask him if he wants a beer. Likely as not he'll say yes. That's when your spastic condition kicks in and you pretty much drench him.
At this point you must run inside your house, bolt all the doors and windows, hide in the basement, and never come out. Just trying to help, UTUSN.
You don't park your car on the street, do you?
mackerel
(4,412 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Some people are just cranks; others are dangerous cranks.
That said, there used to be a complaint website called BadNeighbor.com where people could go to vent.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)I've been told repeating myself is a sure sign of senility.
orleans
(34,073 posts)light a bag of dog poo on fire on his front porch,
ring the bell & just stand there and wait for him to come out
when he asks you what the hell you think you're doing
tell him you are just being funny
hahahahaha
like he was being earlier with the hose
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)An entire family was killed in my town by someone doing this prank. There are pranks and there are acts of felonious murder. What you suggested can turn from one into the other in minutes.
http://newsok.com/heartache-of-fatal-fire-hasnt-healed/article/2913202
Oliver "Jack Wilder, 63, and Connie Somers-Wilder, 48, and their children, Daneel, 19; Leisylle, 17; and Aimy, 12, died in the blaze at 5109 Madera Terrace with neighbor Karla Hayes, 15.
Early on, Young said, investigators thought the fire may have been a neighbor's prank gone terribly wrong.
April Coberly, who was 18 at the time, was questioned and polygraphed in the case. Her mother, Pat Coberly, previously told The Oklahoman her daughter was being pressured into confessing that she placed an Avon box filled with dog feces on the porch, then set it afire.
orleans
(34,073 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)and then come on DU so you don't throttle his butt?
Your neighbor sounds like a butthole.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)I would do something that no normal well-adjusted person would ever do.
Wait till they went shopping one day and spray their lawn with Roundup.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)it's fun to spray the word "asshole" on it with Roundup, then wait for the grass to die...
NJCher
(35,731 posts)But indulge me.
Invite him and the wife over. Offer a seat on your lawn chairs. You will have this cushion awaiting him. Being self-involved, he will not bother to interpret:
Cher
rug
(82,333 posts)Aim at the fence.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)You can turn his water off at the meter with a pair of pliers, if you don't have a water meter key. (They're less than $10.)
rudolph the red
(666 posts)people that do stuff like that need to get their ass kicked every now and then.
raptor_rider
(1,014 posts)Then spit it back, just watering their yard!!!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)explain that you did not appreciate his actions and explain that you will not be having any more friendly chats across the fence.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)aim it at his house. Tell him you heard there's a hurricane coming.
mnhtnbb
(31,404 posts)Best thing to do, is ignore him in the future.
Starting up a tit for tat contest will just accelerate the misery.
You can't change anybody. If he's an a$$hole, he will continue to be one.
Don't give him any future opportunity to demonstrate it so personally to you.
Jerk.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Plus ignoring him may have the bonus impact of irritating him. Some a@@holes can't stand to be ignored. Life is just too short to let anyone else control how you live.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I had a neighbor who tried to make my life a living hell for 17 years. The best thing to do is to ignore them or they start to take up room in your head.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Just be sure to show pity for his wife, she has to put up with that 24/7.
Kaleva
(36,343 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I am young enough that I can pull off retaliating by throwing water from a bucket on them.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Rent a water cannon
Kali
(55,019 posts)what an ass! was he drunk? not sure what I would do after the fact, at the time I probably would have yelled at him and called him a name or two.
d_r
(6,907 posts)that you are better friends than you think you are, maybe he was making a good natured joke. Maybe he isn't very good at making good natured jokes.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Maybe he's just really socially awkward - that could be why they are so self-absorbed, they don't really know how to make friends very well.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)That could totally be it.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...then grabbed the hose, shoved it down his throat and turned it on full blast. In his mind, that would have been fucking hilarious.
I have a short fuse. Buddhism has helped a little, but not enough for me to tolerate fuckwads.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Can't wait a day to retaliate on something like that.
Window? Closed.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)he's probably used to people doing that.