Originally Posted by
Laffs
Most neighbors are the absolute fucking worst. Guy behind me was exception to the rule and was AWESOME until fucking cancer took him way too young. Now his wife and her new man are driving me fucking nuts. Theres always been a giant privacy hedge growing right between our yards with a chain link in it. Me and old neighbor used to agree that it was great privacy, not worth building a fence since it was so thick the dogs couldn't jump the chain link. We'd split the trimming and pruning duties each summer, keep it maintained. Ever since he passed I've been keeping up on it.
Well last weekend her new guy decides he's fucking green thumb and that "its way too over grown and needs to be trimmed" and starts fucking HACKING the thing with a goddamn sawzall. Basically rips the thing to shreds, huge gaps in the hedge, just wide fucking open all along the bottom. I go out there and basically say "are you trying to rip this whole thing down?" and get "no, trimming". I say "hey just so you know, you've trimmed it so much now the dogs can hop the chain link now and jump in the pool (they have a lab, me a Border Collie) and get "it'll fill back in" (yes in a few years). At this point it's clear he gives no fucks and is just ripping it apart. They also took down a shed that was acting as a barrier on the one side as well where the chain link was patchy.
At this point I say fuck this, go grab my auger and and string line and mark out posts about 6" inside my property line because clearly I gotta build a fence to keep my dog out of their pool. He's see me doing this and basically acts indignant and goes " oh so you're gonna build a fence now?" to which I say yea, my dog can hop this fence and be in your pool in a minute so ya. By end of day Sunday, I have a 6' privacy fence up along back of yard. Built it 6' because they left the top of the hedge untrimmed and at least this way it's still acting as a privacy barrier. Of course the entire time I'm building it I hear the neighbor telling her new guy how Amaaaaaazing the trimming looks and how her deceased husband never trimmed it (which is BS but I've already ranted enough cant even start on her).
Fast forward to this weekend, down comes the entire hedge (that looked so amazing trimmed) so now I'm stuck starring in to their yard completely.