We have alternate side parking in the winter. This means that on odd number days you park on the odd side between 1 and 7 a.m., and vice versa on even number days. This is designed for snow removal.
This afternoon, knowing the parking rules, my wife parked across the street in front of a neighbor's house - as everyone does, all the time. This is not unusual, people. Now, normally my wife doesn't happen to park in that particular spot but circumstances today made it so. And a very nice parking job it is.A few minutes ago, while my wife was out back for a smoke, the doorbell rang. I answered, and it was the owner of the house in which my wife parked in front.
A little back story. We seemed to like her when we met her, when she moved in not too long after we did. Then we noticed, um, things. Lets just say I call her "princess" when we talk about her. She seems very entitled and we have many examples. For one, she once asked me to get a motion light for my front door light because our light, and I quote from her text, "shines right in my window in my eyes." Really? There's more, but onward.
"Hi, I hope I didn't wake you up!"
Eh, I'm pretty beat so that's not a knock.
"I was hoping I could get my spot back? I know it's not 'my' spot, but you leave so early in the morning that it wakes me up! My bedroom's right there!"
Pointing to the areas in question as she goes. And my wife leaves at a reasonable hour.
"I'm sorry to ask. I'm asking nicely!"
Now this whole time as she's talking my only response is to say her name, 3 times total, while glancing down and shaking my head. You know the tone I had, the 'I-can't-believe-what-I'm-hearing' tone. I had to put a rather quick end to this nonsense.
Without using her name here, I said "Neighbor, it's time to start Adult-ing." With that, I shut the glass door as she said something about that not being very nice. And then I shut the front door.
What would you have done?
3 comments:
You live in America - can't you just shoot her? ;)
How about Googling a commpany that sells blackout blinds and getting them to mail her a brochure?
Sympathies.
I think you have her bang to rights. Entitled and a nuisance. You dealt with her just fine.
Oh BW! That made me laugh so! If only it were less true. And I thought recommending curtains was just too obvious. I never responded to that text, and I'm not sure I've even talked to her since then, and now that I look that text was from late December 2016. Since then just waves hello only in passing.
Delcatto, it was a brief exchange, but I didn't think I could've handled it much better, though I know I could have handled much worse! Thank you.
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