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Man shuts down entitled Karen after she attempted to enforce 'quiet Sundays,' ordering four neighbors to stop mowing their lawns

In today's episode of "Boomer Karen Strikes Again," we have a neighborhood drama that's almost too ridiculous to believe. This time, our entitled Karen, armed with decades of self-righteousness, decided that her idea of a perfect Sunday should be everyone's idea of a perfect Sunday. So, what did she do? She went on a mission to enforce "quiet Sundays," marching up to not one, not two, but four of her neighbors, demanding they stop mowing their lawns immediately. While most of us are just trying…
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Neighborhood kids caught throwing eggs at guy's car, guy gets their military father involved: 'I know those slimy chimps will never mess with me or my family again'

Neighborhood kids caught throwing eggs at guy's car, guy gets their military father involved: 'I know those slimy chimps will never mess with me or my family again'

Some kids need to learn things the hard way. Usually, we have sympathy on this site for kids who get unnecessarily scolded by tightly-wound adults, but this one is a different story. Here, we have a pair of misbehaving miscreants who kept picking on the Redditor's younger brother. When the Redditor confronted the kids in his brother's defense, he assumed this would be the end of it. Unfortunately, the kids made the reckless decision to get back at the Original Poster (OP) by throwing eggs at hi…
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Homeowner is being asked to front entire $2000 cost of fixing a ‘shared driveway’ by neighbor, refuses to pay entire fee because other neighbors also use the space

Neighbor demands homeowner to front entire $2000 out-of-pocket cost for laying down asphalt in a ‘shared driveway’, despite the fact that other neighbors also use the land

"He seems to be expecting this money from us. We are willing to pay a portion but I personally feel swindled."
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Entitled evil neighbor reports man for his grass's height and proceeds to spray them with weed whacker, despite that product having made his dog sick prior

Man's entitled neighbor reports him for his lawn's grass height, then begins using weed eliminator spray all over his side of their shared fence: ‘She's with the city, she has more power’

His dog fell ill the last time he used weed eliminator spray.
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Landowner ensures unscrupulous landlording neighbor pays them the $4k they're owed: 'The following week he came with a check for $4k'

“Slumlord” landlords really don't do much good for anyone. Sure, they “provide housing” in the barest sense, but really, their landlord is just an extra convenience for them in addition to the land banking they're partaking in, the fact that there happens to be a barely inhabitable We found ourselves living in one of these places just out of university, desperate to find any available housing with our lease expiring and new jobs set to start. It was a pretty dingy building in an otherwise nice…
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Desperate homeowner ensures HOA doesn't see a dime of their fraudulent fines: '[The] HOA never tried to collect or contact us again'

The house-buying process is stressful and difficult to navigate at any point—especially when it's your first, and you have no idea what you're doing or what to expect. The process will see results that can have drastic and possibly cataclysmic effects on your finances as well as on the rest of your life and its quality. It's exhausting. The process and paperwork involved are almost like a second job, with months upon months of weekends taken up by an endless stream of open homes. With possible…
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Lavender picking neighbor gets told off by homeowner

You're not supposed to take things that aren't yours—this is something that is ingrained in us from a very young age (or at least it's supposed to have been.) We were all taught that taking Little Jonny's red ball out at recess without his permission wasn't ok. Although we might still hold a grudge against Jonny for being a tattle tale (we were going to give it back), it doesn't change the fact that some valuable lessons were learned. These lessons and new-found boundaries should have stayed wi…
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Man entangled in neighbor’s delivery dispute and goes to extreme lengths to clear his name, sparking neighborhood showdown

Man entangled in neighbor’s delivery dispute and goes to extreme lengths to clear his name, sparking neighborhood showdown

In this world, there are two types of people. The former is a rule-abiding individual who tries to stay out of trouble, while the latter is a troublemaker who is constantly seeking out the next adventure. The story below is an account of a frustrated neighbor. The original poster (OP) has lived in the same neighborhood for a considerable amount of time. Everything was going great at first, but when the mail worker knocked on the door, things quickly spiraled out of hand. Before OP knew it, he w…
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Karen HOA board member targets homeowner with illegal fines, homeowner turns the tables on the HOA and rallies neighborhood to dissolve the board: 'The look on Karen's face was priceless'

When you're facing up against power and authority, it's easy to feel helpless and like you don't have any options, feeling like the only thing you can do is try to mitigate the fallout they're causing by trying to keep peace with them. The thing is, they're counting on you thinking and feeling that way; a lot of times, petty authority and controlling behavior rely completely and wholly upon silence. It's difficult to do, but if you ask around enough, you're likely to find there are others with…
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'Some people think rules don't apply to them': Neighbor steals guy's parking spot, guy blocks him from leaving and makes him apologize

'Some people think rules don't apply to them': Neighbor steals guy's parking spot, guy blocks him from leaving and makes him apologize

Sometimes, the only way to teach someone a lesson is by blocking them into the parking spot they stole from you and refusing to let them leave. This isn't an ideal scenario, but neither was having your officially designated parking space taken from you. This Redditor came home from work only to find a car in his one parking spot. That car turned out to belong to his neighbor's friend, who was visiting for the evening. This gave the Redditor plenty of opportunity to keep the friend from leaving…
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Karen throws fit at neighbor for using her electricity to mow her lawn, cue payback: 'I can't pick my neighbors, but I can pick their lock'

Karen throws fit at neighbor for using her electricity to mow her lawn, cue payback: 'I can't pick my neighbors, but I can pick their lock'

Imagine having the audacity to throw a temper tantrum at your neighbor for using your electricity after he did it to mow your lawn. For the full context, this dude shared a duplex with his aggressive Karen neighbor and had decided to mow the lawn once the grass was overgrown and overdue. After taking care of his half of the lawn, he thought it would be kind (and aesthetically appealing) to mow the other half of the lawn, which belonged to the Karen. She never enjoyed upkeep, anyway. Well, in or…
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‘I want petty revenge’: Woman's neighbor constantly trespasses on her property and installs security cameras pointing directly at her window, authorities get involved

When your neighbor complains to your mother about how you need to mow your grass, you might have a situation on your hands.
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'His neighbor [...] started hosting loud parties into the night': Engineer rigs apparatus to sabotage neighbor's incessant pool parties

'His neighbor [...] started hosting loud parties into the night': Engineer rigs apparatus to sabotage neighbor's incessant pool parties

Never mess with an engineer! Having an engineer for a neighbor can be very useful in the right circumstances, but if you manage to frustrate them, things can backfire in unexpected ways. Here, we have a retired father who confessed to his kid about all the acts of petty revenge he has enacted on his difficult, noisy neighbors next door after they started hosting loud pool parties on weeknights regularly. Some of this pettiness ranges from launching debris over the property line to planting tree…
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Entitled Karen tries to steal neighbor's 80 lb bag of sand: 'She says it’s free and I say it’s not'

Entitled Karen tries to steal neighbor's 80 lb bag of sand: 'She says it’s free and I say it’s not'

Nosy neighbors are known to be envious of lots of items belonging to other folks in the neighborhood, but sand is not typically one of those items. This Redditor and her husband kept an 80 lb bag of sand on their parking strip and had been meaning to move it for quite some time now but hadn't gotten around to it just yet. Still, it shouldn't have been an issue considering the fact that it was still very much on their own property. Cut to one random morning when the Redditor's husband noticed so…
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'My daddy is the landlord, so he'll always take my side': Tenant gets back at entitled neighbor, cuts their Wi-Fi access

'My daddy is the landlord, so he'll always take my side': Tenant gets back at entitled neighbor, cuts their Wi-Fi access

Sometimes, the only way to get back at an annoying nuisance of a neighbor is to be petty. In this case , we have a neighboring family upstairs who refused to quiet their kids down after hours and who seemed to be absent parents most of the time. Despite various attempts at diplomacy on the part of the Redditor and his partner, the wife upstairs decided that the best way to shut down their noise complaints was to threaten to have her landlord father evict them from the building. The good news, a…
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Homeowner confronted by their neighbor over the color they decided to paint their house

The best part about finally owning your own home is that you can do whatever you want with it—within legal limitations and logical reasoning. Of course, you'll quickly come to realize that this isn't necessarily the case, as you'll also be contending with nosy HOA members poking around looking for a single blade of grass out of line. You'll also be subject to the opinions of your neighbors, who will be more than happy to share them with you as though their judgement is law. This homeowner bough…
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