Those neigbours of mine

[gazz]

they just don't want to know,

i tried striking up a conversation the other day when i saw her, she just turned and went back in!!

yesterday the water company was doing some work in the street, i heard them digging the road up, i was feeling extra crappy so was stuck in bed,

someone knocked on the door, i tried to get to the door, but by the time i got into the hall he'd gone to nextdoor, and i heard him tell her 'were replacing a leaking valve in the street, so your water will be brown for a little, run all your taps till it's clear when we've gone, and could you make sure next door knows this too'

she said 'yes, i'll tell them'

she didn't, even tho she was in the kitchen and looked at me when i went out later on to put some rubbish out,

so i've really pissed them off if they wont even pass on a sort of safety message from the water board to me,

if i could find a bungalow to rent sat in the middle of an acre of land (so there's no overlooking neigbours), landlord will allow pets, i'd move tommorow.

[David]

And we thought our neighbours were bad....

[Tim W]

gazz wibbled on Friday 23 October 2009 13:33

Make me feel lucky to have good neighbours...

Sorry you're having so much trouble.

A message to the pikeys' forum - Category: "Good addresses to burgle"?...

They do sound like absolute dickheads.

[Ash]

If I where you I'd just try and ignore them and don't let their attitude drag you down. I know it'll be hard because we had a little holiday place and the adjoining neighbours were the neighbours from hell. Because we were only there for holidays they felt they owned the whole place including the street and wouldn't allow us to park our car outside the house - if we did it mysteriously got vandalised during the night. They complained continually that we where noisy but then they'd shout at one another, get drunk by 10am and then he'd beat his wife up and you could hear everything through the thin walls and they thought we were weird because we didn't have whisky with our cornflakes. You'd think they were youths out on a continual bender but they were, unbelievably, in their 70's. We'd say hello and try to be pleasant towards them when passing in the street but you could feel the hate from them but we just had to accept that some people have problems, some of which are their own making, some not. The only thing you can do is be true to yourself and don't descend to their level and, as I think someone has already similarly commented, it'll either drive them crackers or they'll gradually mellow ... I hope the latter.

Ash

[F]

gazz, I think your answer is in the 'OT "team green britain" sh1te.....' thread. Paragraph starting 'As a gentle warm up...'.

Perhaps not.

I'll get me coat.

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

Try a bit of psychology on them. Next time you're feeling bad see if you can 'bump into' them and put on your bestest "I'm really knackered, me" look (I forget what's wrong with you, sorry) and ask them if they'll help you with something fairly trivial - even if it's just opening a jar [just searched the group... you have joint problems, amongst other things? Opening a jar looks perfect - no bother for them but makes you look quite needy. If you can put up with that then it looks like a goer] .

People are generally good and can't help but to help someone in distress. The more grateful you seem for their assistance the more pleased they'll be that they were able to help. Probably. That's the theory anyway. They might even ask about your health problems, or you can volunteer it, then perhaps they'll be more understanding.

Si

[Clive George]

Yes - strangely, if you get somebody to do something for you, they're more likely to trust you. I think it's something to do with reinforcing their previous decision - they helped you, and they'd only help somebody who deserved it, and they wouldn't make a mistake in deciding who deserved their help therefore you must be somebody they can trust. I believe it's supposed to work a lot better than doing something for somebody.

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

Exactly that - you almost make it impossible for them not to help you. The more trivial the problem the better they'll feel about helping. As an example look at a man's face when he's able to open a jar for a "weaker" man :o)

Si