This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post.
Monday afternoon I was out with Falcor, I watched a jeep with 4 guys in it pull up to a neighbor's car, get the door open and ransack it as the alarm was going off. They were all wearing dark hoodies in 110 weather, so I knew something weird was up. They took off soon after within a few seconds so it happened fast. I knocked on the neighbors door to let him know, thankfully they didn't wreck his car or steal it.
He decided not to call the police. He said he didn't want the hassle. They didn't steal anything, just broke the back window that he said he's just going to replace.
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I saw this lady outside on one of the hot days. She was working on her car with two little kids inside the car and no AC running. So I was nice and went out there after 30 minutes and brought her 3 bottle of water. She took the water and then yelled at me to, "Next time mind my business".
So I went back inside and left her to it. She was out there for another 20 minutes before she got the car started. No good deed goes unpunished I guess. I've never seen her before so I don't think she lives around here.
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At 1AM Wednesday night I was woke up by this guy standing right outside my window yelling and whistling at someone down the street.
He kept going out in the street and whistling really loud and then yelling.
He would yell at someone, look at his phone, turn around look at my window I guess to see if I was looking out and then start yelling again. I took these pictures with my video camera though.
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Finally another guy walks up and they stood there arguing but finally picked up their groceries they had on the ground and started to walk off. They were yelling at each other the entire time they were walking down the sidewalk away from me.
The high this week was 110F/43C
The low this week was 80F/26C
So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.
What a weird place. I suppose the woman working on the car interpreted the water bottles as implying that she was being neglectful of her kids by having them in a hot car, but even so, she should have been appreciative.
ReplyDeleteI can more understand the man with the broken car window not bothering to call the police. It's unlikely they could identify the perps unless somebody's video camera got a good shot of them, and even then, identifying people wearing hoodies can be difficult.
I was shocked she said that to me. I doubt the police would have been able to do anything since I didn't get a license number or a look at their faces.
DeleteWhat a rude woman. And sigh at the whistler/yeller.
ReplyDeleteSadly I can understand not reporting the break in. What could it achieve?
Right? Probably would have only increased his insurance.
DeleteWow, you offered her water and she was rude and ungrateful. What the heck is wrong with people?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea.
Delete"She took the water and then yelled at me to, "Next time mind my business". "
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have taken them if I was planning on yelling at you for bringing them at all...what a double jerk.
It doesn't sound like you're having shortage of criminal activity even if the drug dealer has been gone for a while...Plus, all the "night activity" that keeps you for sleeping in peace...
Nope, there's still plenty of illegal things that happen around here each week even with drug dealer gone.
DeletePoints to you for being kind even if that woman was a jerk about it. You did the right thing. Kudos.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteWhat a rude person she is. She is not a nice person obviously. Stay cool!
ReplyDeleteI will try.
Delete"Mind your own business"??? Okay, I will, as I take back the bottle of water in her hands, leaving the kids to cool down with their bottles. Then head inside, call the cops about children in a hot car. The neighbor whose car was vandalized sounds like a targeted thing. They were looking for something and whatever it was is probably why the victim didn't want the police involved.
ReplyDeleteI just let it go. Who knows if she was just having a really bad day or whatever.
DeleteI don't know. The guys that own the car are nice, don't seem like druggies and go to the Mormon Church every single day to work. Not saying church people can't be bad but they don't seem like the type to have illegal things in their car. The police wouldn't have been able to do anything and reporting things like that raise your insurance premiums.
Yes, the rudeness of the woman you offered water unpleasantly stands out.
ReplyDeleteShe was having a bad day apparently.
DeleteFirst of all, WTF was wrong with that woman? And how ridiculous about that guy yelling and whispering. Maybe you needed to get out your air horn!
ReplyDeleteAn air horn might work.
DeleteThat woman must have been on something.
ReplyDeleteMost likely.
DeleteI would have taken the water back!
ReplyDeleteShe might have shot me. lol
DeleteWow, people are something else. I can't believe that woman told you to mind your own business instead of thanking your for bringing out water in the intense heat!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised too.
DeleteShe probably would have eaten both you and Falcor for lunch if you let her into your house for a refreshment LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL She might have.
DeleteWhat is wrong with people. "thanks for the water. Mind your own business". I hate people in general.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know. People are just crazy.
DeleteYou'd think that in temperatures of 100+ the car woman would welcome a bottle of water, but there's no accounting for attitudes.
ReplyDeleteThat's true.
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