Just Talk to Your Neighbors
My mom’s neighbor called the city on my mom to force her to repair the fence that divided their yards. This lady had always been a crabapple, but this move really ticked my mom off. The fence did need a few repairs, and my mom would have done them right away if the neighbor just talked to her about it.
My mom asked the city if she had to have a fence by law and the person she talked to could already sense where this was going. Turns out, there are rules about maintaining a fence, but she was not required to have one. So my mom paid a contractor to tear it down entirely.
The neighbor came to talk to my mom and asked when the new fence will be built. My mom replied, “If you want a fence, build it yourself!” A couple of weeks later, my mom had a nice new fence, courtesy of her annoying neighbor. A little petty, perhaps, but hilarious nonetheless. robothouserock