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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
On Thursday we took a lot of old bookkeeping (1983-2016) to the paper destroyer. We parked around the corner since my father kept the papers in a back room and it was easier to bring them through the side door (the one that was constantly blocked by the restaurant next to it). There a parking spot there especially for loading and unloading (you can only park there for a short amount of time). The car was parked for maybe 15 minutes, throughout that time my father and I were constantly taking boxes of paper to it.
Yesterday we got a visit from the police; the restaurant had complained about us being parked for too long. But by the time they came we were already gone. The police was told we had parked there for over 90 minutes. They couldn't ticket us because they hadn't actually seen us there, but wanted to give us a warning.
So I took them to a neighbour who had several cameras, one pointing down that street. She showed them that we were there for about 15 minutes and were loading the car the entire time.
So we didn't get a warning, the restaurant did, for making false claims.
I will not be missing this BS. I'm hoping that wherever my sister and I end up we live next to the quietest and most easy going neighbours ever.
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Lord, if that were me, I'd have been screeching at them. What BS.
A quick word of advice--one thing I learnt early on, in apartment, condo and house shopping is to walk up and down the street or building and ask everybody you can find about problematic neighbors. Try to find older gossipy folks (who are typically bored sh*tless and love to talk, not to generalize, but...), or bored housewives stuck at home with kids, etc. It can save you all sorts of aggro.
We once looked at a great duplex apartment, and I was in
LOVE with it--until the neighbor across the way told me that the owners had been bitching for
YEARS about how difficult the sharers were (the people in the adjoined duplex apartment).
Playing uber-loud music all night, screaming fights, leaving their barking dog home alone all day, etc. Fortunately, even though I was hot and tired that day, I'd "done the rounds" and it saved us.
Strongly recommend that home shoppers, especially for buying or longer-term leases or rental agreements, do that.
I keep trying to think of some evil thing you can do to the restaurant people as a parting gift...hmmmm...
Hitch