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‘Have fun driving on ice for the next few weeks': Snow shoveling neighbor gets back at woman in neighborhood, refusing to plow her driveway

‘Have fun driving on ice for the next few weeks': Snow shoveling neighbor gets back at woman in neighborhood, refusing to plow her driveway

When you do someone a favor, the last thing you would expect them to do is to be ungrateful. After all, you don't owe them anything, and you are simply doing something for them out of the goodness of your heart. So it makes no sense that the woman in this story was so out of left field with her kind neighbor, who at first, was happy to plow her driveway after seeing it was covered in 12 inches of snow. Driving over the ice that was soon going to form would be no easy task, and this man decided…
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'Her story was the stuff of legends': Absentee employee requests job reference from former boss

'Her story was the stuff of legends': Absentee employee requests job reference from former boss

This worker just couldn't stop fabricating tales. Of all the places to start lying, the workplace is one of the most risky. If you choose to spill a few little white lies to your coworkers, you probably won't get caught. Lying to your boss is a whole different game, though. Maybe your friends invite you to the beach on a gorgeous summer day, so you tell your boss that your grandma has passed on. Is it bad form? Yes. But you get to have a fun day in the sun, and your boss is none the wiser. The…
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‘I got on the HOA board and tore it apart': HOA penalizes young resident with fines, he plays the long game and guts HOA, getting vice president fired and his house foreclosed for unpaid fines amounting to $10,000

‘I got on the HOA board and tore it apart': HOA penalizes young resident with fines, he plays the long game and guts HOA, getting vice president fired and his house foreclosed for unpaid fines amounting to $10,000

One man dismantled his HOA after getting on the board and exacting some well-deserved payback after they gave him ridiculous fines. Why even live in a neighborhood with an HOA? This person explained why he felt he had no choice, as the neighborhood he chose to buy a house in had the lowest HOA rates in the city, the fewest rules, and most importantly, the house was listed well within his budget. After a few weeks, OP began regretting his decision, because he was fined for two things… One, his l…
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Update: Couple Discovers Petty Neighbor Poisoned Their Lawn, They Tip off the Authorities

Update: Couple Discovers Petty Neighbor Poisoned Their Lawn, They Tip off the Authorities

The juicy back-and-forth between warring neighbors will never stop being entertaining. Whether it's the small town gossiping or petty grievances over mail and property lines, we are accustomed to coming across stories of entitled, anti-neighborly behavior here at FAIL Blog. That being said, it is rare to come across a multi-part saga in which one resident chooses to go so far as to poison the grass on their neighbor's lawn. Not only does that qualify as extremely anti-neighborly behavior, but a…
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'She couldn't get it out': Lazy neighbor pays the ice when her car gets snowed over after stealing her neighbors' already cleared spots

In stories, when a character has done something wrong or displays a glaring personality flaw, there's generally a direct price that is played at some point in the story, usually soon thereafter. In life, there are relatively few times when the lesson or moral to the story of your wrongful actions is quite so clear. No, usually, we get away with being generally lazy, cruel, entitled, or plain old wrong for far too long before that karmic pendulum swings back in our direction… sometimes, we may e…
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‘I dutifully called the towing company’: Restaurant owner gets their car towed after parking in neighbor's assigned spot following manager's demands that neighbor 'stop calling them'

‘I dutifully called the towing company’: Restaurant owner gets their car towed after parking in neighbor's assigned spot following manager's demands that neighbor 'stop calling them'

Assigned spots are assigned for a reason, or so you would think. One restaurant owner felt entitled to his neighbor's spot in the parking garage because it served him in the sense that it was close to the restaurant he owned. At first, OP, the neighbor, had no idea that it was the restaurant owner. All they knew was that there was someone parking in their assigned spot. OP would call the restaurant again and again, asking them to move the car, and to stop parking there. Restaurant management co…
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'CONGRATULATIONS! You mowed': Top Mildly Infuriating Neighbors

'CONGRATULATIONS! You mowed': Top Mildly Infuriating Neighbors

Some people in this world have nothing better to do than spy on their neighbors, gossip about them, and start pointless conflicts with them. Whatever happened to leaving one another alone? Ah, who am I kidding? I love the gossip part, but I would never go so far as to buy a camera to spy on someone or to report them every time they grilled food. That's just creepy and/or annoying. Get a life, people! That being said, there is some satisfaction that comes with reading about these neighbor wars.…
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'Everybody is joining in, and it’s hilarious': Neighborhood joins together to combat traffic light issue

'Everybody is joining in, and it’s hilarious': Neighborhood joins together to combat traffic light issue

An entire neighborhood was stuck waiting in traffic , until a hero showed up. As if commutes weren't annoying enough, this person, u/sturtze, kept getting stuck in traffic every single day. That's bound to happen when everyone is trying to get to work by 8 or 9 in the morning. The roads clog up with cars, which can create bottlenecks and long waits. But this person had a uniquely bad scenario, as they shared in their malicious compliance story below. This is a great story of neighbors working t…
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'You're not entitled to this spot!': Top Stories of Entitled Karens, Neighbors, and Family Members

'You're not entitled to this spot!': Top Stories of Entitled Karens, Neighbors, and Family Members

Now that the year has come to a close, let's look back at some of the most memorable stories of entitled people and their ridiculous tantrums. From a neighbor who claimed someone else's parking spot indefinitely to a sister-in-law's outlandish demand… from a former landlord's unnecessary request to a guy who ran off with his brother's ex … let's just say that 2023 was not short on entitled behavior. Hopefully, people remember what it is to be generous, or at the very least decent , next year. T…
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'I fell through the roof and into his house': Guy breaks his neighbor's roof while trying to climb it, the tenant of the house refuses to let the owner fix it, wanting the compensation all to himself

I knew Santa Claus usually gets inside people's houses through their chimneys on the roof, But I never thought I would see my neighbor strolling around on top of my house and then come crashing down. In all fairness, this story didn't happen to me, but I just had to share it. This neighbor got locked outside his house and thought that in order to get back inside, the best solution was to go on top of his neighbor's roof and try to open his window from there. Unfortunately, the roof didn't manag…
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'It was time to protest the overreaching HOA': Teacher hires lawyer to save his pecan tree

'It was time to protest the overreaching HOA': Teacher hires lawyer to save his pecan tree

When you find your dream home, you may have to put up with an HOA. Home Owners Associations are a “necessary and unavoidable evil” when buying a home, as the homeowner in this story knew all too well. It's all well and good to say, “Just avoid buying a home in an HOA area, how hard could it be?” Well, pretty difficult, actually. Depending on the town you want to live in, your U/JMP817 shared their favorite malicious compliance story ever, which happened to be enacted by their high school teache…
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'You wanted a decorated house, Karen': Neighbors comply with resident's demands to decorate yard, making sure it leaves a lasting impression

'You wanted a decorated house, Karen': Neighbors comply with resident's demands to decorate yard, making sure it leaves a lasting impression

Some people are just so unagreeable that it makes you wonder who taught them manners. The answer is probably nobody, so that explains why they act like they deserve to have everything handed to them on a golden platter. This neighborhood Karen drove up to one of her neighbors, who we will call OP, and told them off for not setting up Christmas decorations around their house. When OP explained why they weren't decorating that year (a very legitimate reason, by the way, and not that generally it…
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'I help[ed] send him to jail': Couple keeps neighbor up every night with their screaming, neighbor buys security camera and sends footage to the police

'I help[ed] send him to jail': Couple keeps neighbor up every night with their screaming, neighbor buys security camera and sends footage to the police

For those of you looking to get even with your loud neighbors, get ready to take some notes because this dude knows what he is doing. Now, personally speaking, I am too much of a people pleaser to go out seeking vengeance on my neighbors, but if there were warning signs that something was seriously wrong (just like this guy experienced), I would hope that I would take action. Still, though, I cannot see myself even considering the idea of planting hidden security cameras so I could get an insid…
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'Do it later, or not at all': Farmers teach a lesson to city folks after they make 'smell complaints [and] noise complaints'

'Do it later, or not at all': Farmers teach a lesson to city folks after they make 'smell complaints [and] noise complaints'

These city people had a lot to learn about life in the country . A few years back when everyone was stuck indoors for a year or so, lots of people couldn't handle it. Especially for city dwellers, being cooped up inside made it feel like we were trapped. For people who had the money to do so, moving to the countryside seemed like a great solution. They could be properly isolated from others while actually having space to roam around, garden, or take walks. But since this was such a last-minute…
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'It's the little things...': Woman gets back at terrible neighbor by setting early morning alarm while she's away

It's incredible how easily a loud noise for a short duration at an inappropriate time can drive even the most level-headed person to madness… Now, I'm not claiming any sort of enlightenment or monkhood, but I'd like to think I'm a reasonable sort of guy. However, waking up in the early hours of the morning to my neighbor's car radio blasting at an unnecessarily loud volume while he's warming up his car is enough to make my blood boil. Dude, you're not even in the car. Do you really need to be a…
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'Your house is the joke of the neighborhood': Grinch Karen leaves petty note on neighbor's doorstep because of their holiday decorations

'Your house is the joke of the neighborhood': Grinch Karen leaves petty note on neighbor's doorstep because of their holiday decorations

What would the Holidays be without a Grinch? In this case, we have a Karen who simply could not stand her neighbor's Holiday decorations. Look, the truth is this neighbor might have overdone it a bit, but unless their decorations are aggressive or hostile, there is absolutely nothing this Grinch can do about it. It's the neighbor's property, not Karen's. It doesn't matter if she has been living in the neighborhood for five minutes or five years, nor does it matter if she is older. Thankfully, p…
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