Sounds like a power-hungry money grab.

"Every once in a while, I move the hoop to the center of my driveway, just before the President of the HOA gets home from work. . ."

"This ended up with another lawsuit against the HOA president personally by the original homeowners, who also filed to dissolve the HOA completely."

Shoutout to the HOA that thinks kids playing with chalk is vandalism

Never burn a bridge with your next door neighbor

“These people are top tier con artists.”

The best part about being a renter is that you're not liable for explosive home malfunctions. However, if you're stuck with a lazy landlord...

There are the ‘givers’ of the world and the ‘takers’. Givers are generous and caring, trying to do their best to return a piece of karma to the world. Takers are a different story– If you give an inch, they'll take an entire yard.

Some customers won't ever be happy with the work your company does, no matter how well you actually do on their project. Take this woman, for example. She decided to take a broken electronic to an electronics repair store. The OP writes that this customer “didn't like the bill. She didn't like the work. She claimed that we'd broken something else.” Nothing they did was good enough for this cantankerous customer.

When you work for your parents, you get some fantastic perks. This person, u/roktol, knows that very well. They shared an entertaining story of workplace drama that took place at the telecommunications repair company their dad owns. This person isn't just your average nepo baby, but instead they're pretty knowledgable in their industry, thanks to help from their pa. As the OP writes, they had been working each summer with their dad, spending time learning to weld and rig cell tower antennas, in…

The audacity to intervene and then ask for free stuff!

One of the few benefits of being a renter is that you are not responsible for maintaining a property's upkeep. However, that is simultaneously a huge downside if you have a chintzy landlord. If your unskilled landlord is a cheap, do-it-yourself type, you might find yourself constantly smelling methane gas, putting putty over leaks, and watching him paint over holes in the wall.

It's not stupid if it works.

That's a whoopsie.

The tables, how they turn.

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