Got Shitty Neighbors?
I grew up in a neighborhood where it is considered rude to rant on neighbors. It is normal to hold tons of grudges against my neighbors. Vice versa – I guess.
For one, our right side neighbor is a family of 5, or now 10 I think, with the daughters in law and grandchildren now staying with them. The youngest son was a spoilt brat who would never fail to press horn for three minutes at times until the domestic helper came running to open the gate for him. That happened for years till the hot blooded Mr. Andie got so mad one day (our bedroom is right next to their main gate), he threw a bottle of nail polish at his car, hit it right on the hood. It was a great throw, he didn’t know what hit him.
We are not the award-winning neighbor either. More than once the family complained to our housekeeper that our dog gave out unpleasant smelt. Mushu’s kennel is right next to their front gate. Ha!
Our front neighbor is a house of sin, literally. One of the local club owners bought the property years ago to hold his “working girls” from mainland China. It accomodates about 20 of them at times. We spent hours on boring evening on binocs standing at my bathroom window with Mr Andie to spy on them. They leave for work at 8pm and coming back around 3am. Sometimes they have “guests” over, quite noticeably with fancy cars hiding under car covers. Although we get the kick out of checking out the “latest stocks” when they off-load themselves from airport taxis, we do not enjoy the ugly moments when wives of certain reputation came and trash-talked on their gate. That kinda ruined the lovely neighbourhood, don’t you think?
All that being said, never once we confront each other on what is bothering us, for the whole 20+ years. That is driving Mr. Andie crazy, of course. But it is not very acceptable in our culture to complain about your neighbors. I have heard many stories from our acquaintances how their neighbors drove them literally insane. We handled our problems the same way. By not saying anything.
I am absolutely awed by people who can be so opened and they could rant on others, especially their neighbours. I later found that it is not always the case, when I spotted www.RottenNeighbor.com. Online website where you can rant on your neighbours, categorized by area, counties, zipcode and whole bing-a-bong. You can even post videos and photos to support your claim! Loving it! Too bad it only covers US.
I am so ready to expose my neighbors, and waiting somebody to post Mushu’s mugshot.
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I have a VERY SHITTY office neighbor, (colleague).. she is a real piece of work. I even wrote about her here.
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rimafauzi
17 Jul 08 at 2:36 pm
Rima,
Yup. Left comment there …
Andie
17 Jul 08 at 3:17 pm
I wanted to quite too! but I wont cos I dont want to give her the satisfaction. plus, i need the job.
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rimafauzi
17 Jul 08 at 7:41 pm
Thank goodness I don’t have neighbors like that!
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Lauren
17 Jul 08 at 11:22 pm
At least, you’ve got entertainment. LOL!!
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happysurfer
18 Jul 08 at 10:21 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Ooooh the bitchiness of neighbourhood ey. lol!
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ehon
18 Jul 08 at 11:45 pm
Hi Andie, you’ve been tagged! Check out my blog to find more. Have a good weekend my dear.
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Finally Woken
19 Jul 08 at 10:14 am
I’m so blessed with good neighbours!
If I had shitty neighbours I would be wasting time fighting with them. I’m such a self-righteous person I cannot stand bad attitudes.
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eastcoastlife
19 Jul 08 at 11:06 am
My next door neighbour (they don’t live there anymore thank God) was the wife of a muted man who liked to ogle on younger women (like me) while the wife had a mission to be a true gossiper and worshipper at the same time.
She often dug information from our maid for juicy details to talk with the other neighbours, but then invited us to one of her church activities being held in her house. She also had this super loud and bitchy voice that even when she was talking normally she’d still manage to sound bitchy LOL
When she moved out, the gossipers moved on to the local “bedinde” who like to sit around in front of their houses in the afternoon till evening, talking about ANYTHING. Whenever I come out of the house they will eye me like a hawk, as if they were paparazzi and I’m freaking Lindsay Lohan or something…
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therry
20 Jul 08 at 2:38 am
I mean to say on first paragraph “my next door neighbours were a muted man …. bla bla bla” sorry
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therry
20 Jul 08 at 2:44 am
Just imagine, a brothel ( well, actually only the training facilities) opposite and a massive and loud family next door. I would love it. No too long of course. Only as a matter of experience. Because all my boring life I have never ever been able to get a fit of temper because of neighbors behaving badly.
I don’t know for sure, but maybe I kind of envy you.
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colson
21 Jul 08 at 1:22 am
Rima,
What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger I guess. You go, girl!
Lauren,
You are lucky. I hope you will never meet anybody like that. Especially the Chinese girls. They are competition!
HappySurfer,
Yeah really. We had fun. Once I called a mercedes dealer to find out who drove a certain number plate. Curiosity. Never called him back though. I am scared the saying that ‘curiosity kills the cat’. Even that I am not a cat person. I am a dog person. Oh wait … I am not that either!!
Ehon,
I am learning new tricks here. I will rule that street when i am back!
Anita,
Yeah I got that from Ecky too. I am squeezing my brain inside out to figure this one out. Swear …
EastCoastLife,
That is why I love you so much! You are such a cool lady! You will get along so well with Mr. Andie. No doubt about that!
Therry,
OMG Therry. That’s the worst kind of neighbours! Glad that they moved out!
Colson,
You are looking for excitement? The brothel is a cool neighbour though. Always a great piece of party line. So I can’t complain much. Nobody would want to listen to my stories if I have the most perfect neighbor.
Andie
21 Jul 08 at 3:47 pm