Melinda
07-22-2010, 02:13 PM
Alright, this morning I noticed my neighbour's garage was open. I assumed he was at home and thought nothing of it when I left the house. I got home a little while ago and it's still open. I went and rang the doorbell to let them know, since there's no cars out front or people milling about and there was no answer.
Now there are a few things I should mention here:
- This guy has converted his garage into an entertainement room. There's a big screen TV, furniture, decor, all kinds of stuff that probably has some value to it.
HOWEVER
- This guy is a pain in the ass. His 'entertainment room' is a constant source of brutal noise, loud parties (he's a sask roughriders fan and has large football parties for every game) and when we ask him to turn it down, him and his immediate neighbours (he lives across the street from us and his neighbours are all sask fans too so they attend these parties) get very indignant with us, even shouting threats across the street. Plus their noise is usually only turned down for 10 or so mins. This can go on until 2 am some nights.
So needless to say, if someone was to take advantage and ransack the place, I dont think I'd cry too much (even though insurance would replace it for him.) However, it might be the sappy hormonal side of me saying this, but I would actually feel bad for the guy to have his crap stolen because he made a mistake and forgot to close the garage door when he left for work in the morning. Beyond ringing the doorbell (which I did) I'm not a huge fan of the idea of going in there and closing it for him. The last thing I need is to be placed in the scene of the crime if something is already missing. Plus we have a rocky enough relationship with him as is, I dont need further complications nor do I feel like I owe it to him to do him any favors and perhaps he needs this as a lesson to take better care of his shit?
But what would you do? Would you go into the garage and try to close the door for him? He's not usually home till 5 or 6 at night, so it'll be open for another 4 ish hours yet. I think if we made the same error I'd appreciate a neighbour running in there and closing it for us, but other people would feel differently about strangers invading their space like that.
Gah, I'm putting too much thought into this.
Now there are a few things I should mention here:
- This guy has converted his garage into an entertainement room. There's a big screen TV, furniture, decor, all kinds of stuff that probably has some value to it.
HOWEVER
- This guy is a pain in the ass. His 'entertainment room' is a constant source of brutal noise, loud parties (he's a sask roughriders fan and has large football parties for every game) and when we ask him to turn it down, him and his immediate neighbours (he lives across the street from us and his neighbours are all sask fans too so they attend these parties) get very indignant with us, even shouting threats across the street. Plus their noise is usually only turned down for 10 or so mins. This can go on until 2 am some nights.
So needless to say, if someone was to take advantage and ransack the place, I dont think I'd cry too much (even though insurance would replace it for him.) However, it might be the sappy hormonal side of me saying this, but I would actually feel bad for the guy to have his crap stolen because he made a mistake and forgot to close the garage door when he left for work in the morning. Beyond ringing the doorbell (which I did) I'm not a huge fan of the idea of going in there and closing it for him. The last thing I need is to be placed in the scene of the crime if something is already missing. Plus we have a rocky enough relationship with him as is, I dont need further complications nor do I feel like I owe it to him to do him any favors and perhaps he needs this as a lesson to take better care of his shit?
But what would you do? Would you go into the garage and try to close the door for him? He's not usually home till 5 or 6 at night, so it'll be open for another 4 ish hours yet. I think if we made the same error I'd appreciate a neighbour running in there and closing it for us, but other people would feel differently about strangers invading their space like that.
Gah, I'm putting too much thought into this.