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When I got home from work today, there were two cars parked in front of our house, ON our pavement. Now that might not sound like much of an offence, but the pavement is merely packed earth, covered with stone chippings (it's an old, old street). This always annoys me, as you can see the damage that is done, and as we actually each own our own bit of pavement, we'll get sued if someone trips over and hurts themselves.
Not one for confrontation, I steeled my resolve and put a very polite little note under each car's windscreen wiper, explaining the problem, with pleases and than you's.
Well, the huge big burly man from next door has just finished shouting and swearing at me on my own doorstep. My OH is away on business at the moment, so i'm just a wee woman (well, not quite so wee!) on her own with him telling me to p**s of etc.
I'm not one of those finicky neighbours who always complains about any little thing, honest. I just thought that for once, instead of muttering under my breath about it, I shoudl put a polite request that they park on the road, rather than the pavement (huge wide road, double parking not a problem).
Well, my timing sucked as apparently there were lots of cars as there were lots of people as they had a funeral. I said that I was sorry, if I'd known they had a funeral I would never have put a note out. He just carried on shouting at me, asking did I not know what was going on in the street (why would I, I'm at work all day not a busybody twitching her curtains), and didn't seem to believe that I didn't know they had a had a funeral.
Now obviously he was very stressed, and apparently the funeral cars got stuck in the snow, and they were 20 minutes late. I repeated I would never have put out the notes if I'd known they'd had family round for this funeral, and i tried to point out they were polite requests. He asked if my OH was in and I said no, then added wasn't shouting at me enough, and told him I found his behaviour threatening. he actually asked me so what, what was I going to do about it. All in all during the conversation, he told me my behaviour was outrageous, shouted at me, told me to s*d off and told me to p**s off.
I feel abused, and while priding myself on being a modern day strong woman, feel a bit tearful.
Sorry, just wanted to get it out. Particularly as i am on my own tonight.
Thanks for listening.
Caro
Not one for confrontation, I steeled my resolve and put a very polite little note under each car's windscreen wiper, explaining the problem, with pleases and than you's.
Well, the huge big burly man from next door has just finished shouting and swearing at me on my own doorstep. My OH is away on business at the moment, so i'm just a wee woman (well, not quite so wee!) on her own with him telling me to p**s of etc.
I'm not one of those finicky neighbours who always complains about any little thing, honest. I just thought that for once, instead of muttering under my breath about it, I shoudl put a polite request that they park on the road, rather than the pavement (huge wide road, double parking not a problem).
Well, my timing sucked as apparently there were lots of cars as there were lots of people as they had a funeral. I said that I was sorry, if I'd known they had a funeral I would never have put a note out. He just carried on shouting at me, asking did I not know what was going on in the street (why would I, I'm at work all day not a busybody twitching her curtains), and didn't seem to believe that I didn't know they had a had a funeral.
Now obviously he was very stressed, and apparently the funeral cars got stuck in the snow, and they were 20 minutes late. I repeated I would never have put out the notes if I'd known they'd had family round for this funeral, and i tried to point out they were polite requests. He asked if my OH was in and I said no, then added wasn't shouting at me enough, and told him I found his behaviour threatening. he actually asked me so what, what was I going to do about it. All in all during the conversation, he told me my behaviour was outrageous, shouted at me, told me to s*d off and told me to p**s off.
I feel abused, and while priding myself on being a modern day strong woman, feel a bit tearful.
Sorry, just wanted to get it out. Particularly as i am on my own tonight.
Thanks for listening.
Caro
I've had a neighbour call at me house recently, and apologise for the chaos that was going to ensue when a funeral cortege left from their house the next day. I thought it was really courteous of them, and certainly stopped me from getting het up about the cars double parked all down the street, which I would have done otherwise.
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