Neighbors

Today I had the first, of what I may think will be many, run in with my neighbor. Our cable provider came out today to install a dish on the roof. They had come out a month ago and said it had to be on the roof as we are in a conservation area. Because of this, they had to send out a crew with a larger ladder to get up the four stories to install the dish behind the chimney. Well, as soon as they got out of their truck (no exaggeration), my neighbor was outside yelling at them saying they couldn't touch the building without her permission. Its not like we were doing this without asking permission...we got the permission from the property management company to do it. Anyway, they said they were at least going to go on the roof and take a look around. As they are setting up their ladder, my neighbor opens her window and starts yelling at them again. Being that I was standing in my doorway at this point (I knew she was going to go crazy on them), I went and talked to her and told her what they were doing. She seemed to settle down and be ok with them taking a look around. Or so I thought. The guys got on the roof, discovered the closest dish was two houses away (which was too far for us to piggyback off of) and came down. Just as they were packing up their ladder, the neighbor once again comes running out of their house demanding to know what they did on the roof without her permission. Once again, I tried to act as a buffer. She also said they were being illegal by going up there (how exactly, I don't know) and that she had already called the city council over the whole thing. WHAT?!? Called the freaking city council!?! Do you not have a life at all? Anyway, the guys got in their truck and left. I went back into the house and called Ian. In the mean time, Ian had recalled the property management company, who retold him there isn't a problem with installing a dish on the roof and who also told him the owner tried installing a dish at one point but ran into a problem. I am going to take a wild guess and say that "problem" is the woman who lives right above me! Not only am I afraid of her, but I have a feeling she will make my life a nightmare when I have a screaming baby in the middle of the night...maybe at this point I should tell you she previously complained about the lady who lives on the top floor taking showers at 6am because that is way too early to be getting ready for work! Let the fun times begin...

5 comments:

  1. Hi - I've been reading your blog for a while now...hope that doesn't bother you, me being a stranger and all (I'm the one in Ohio)...anyway, does this nutcase own the building? Congrats on the baby by the way.

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  2. Well, I am glad my life can be some sort of entertainment for you! And, I don't find it strange, given that I read other people's blogs too.

    About the crazy neighbor, she really has no right to tell us we can't put up a dish. The cable company told us as long as we get a letter from the owner of our place giving them consent, they will put it up.

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  3. Oh Jessica! Like I say...only you! You always seem to get the crazy ones to yell at you about something! I say once Baby G is born enjoy the crying because you are only getting her back for her nonsense! Oh Jess...how I miss you!

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  4. Wow....crazy lady!!!! She really needs to get a life! And who cares if you install a dish on the roof.

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  5. I think if you explained to her that the dish will allow you to see into her apartment and read her mind that she would understand and calm down.

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