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About 2 weeks ago while I was outside on my balcony using my laptop and having a ciggy. This guy rolls up on roller blades from across the street. Apparently he lives in the apartment COMPLEX next to mine (not next door to me in the same complex). He yells, "hey you!'. I ignored as most people walking by want a free smoke. Again he yells. I look down. He starts in with "I live in the complex next door to you. Your smoke blows in my apartment. I'd appreciate if you didn't smoke up there."
I sat there, staring at him thinking, "Are you kidding? You are 20 yards away."
He then repeats himself, adding "I'm a lung cancer patient and I can smell your smoke" and rolls off. I shrug it off as one of those overly sensitive "I hate smokers" types.
Now mind you, I don't smoke inside my apartment. This area I smoke in faces the street and is the farthest point from him. If I moved to smoke out my front door, it would be much closer and a direct line of sight to him. So there's not much else I can do to try to be a "good neighbor".
So tonight, I'm on my balcony with my laptop as usual. While I'm there having a ciggy, I hear a thud sound like someone threw something. Next thing I know, I see a flying thing out of my peripheral vision and *smack* into my wall on my balcony.
I get up and see him walking back to his apartment. I investigate. It's an egg. Now I'm thinking "WTF!". I go into my bedroom where I can see his apartment with my vidcam to see if I can capture anything. No luck. I hear another *smack* and see him walking back to his apartment. I have no idea where the other egg hit.
So, I called the police to file a vandalism/harassment/disturbing the peace/whatever. The dispatcher said if there was no damage, there's nothing they can do. I was in awe. I asked if it's legal for him to throw eggs at me on my balcony. She replied, "There's nothing we can do without any damage." Of course, when I asked if I could throw things back at him, that was a negative as he could call the cops on me. Odd.
She suggested calling the manager at the apartment complex next door. I will do that. However, any suggestions? I don't this escalated and ending up with damage to my car, etc. Suggestions?
Since this thread is useless without pics, here they are:
About 2 weeks ago while I was outside on my balcony using my laptop and having a ciggy. This guy rolls up on roller blades from across the street. Apparently he lives in the apartment COMPLEX next to mine (not next door to me in the same complex). He yells, "hey you!'. I ignored as most people walking by want a free smoke. Again he yells. I look down. He starts in with "I live in the complex next door to you. Your smoke blows in my apartment. I'd appreciate if you didn't smoke up there."
I sat there, staring at him thinking, "Are you kidding? You are 20 yards away."
He then repeats himself, adding "I'm a lung cancer patient and I can smell your smoke" and rolls off. I shrug it off as one of those overly sensitive "I hate smokers" types.
Now mind you, I don't smoke inside my apartment. This area I smoke in faces the street and is the farthest point from him. If I moved to smoke out my front door, it would be much closer and a direct line of sight to him. So there's not much else I can do to try to be a "good neighbor".
So tonight, I'm on my balcony with my laptop as usual. While I'm there having a ciggy, I hear a thud sound like someone threw something. Next thing I know, I see a flying thing out of my peripheral vision and *smack* into my wall on my balcony.
I get up and see him walking back to his apartment. I investigate. It's an egg. Now I'm thinking "WTF!". I go into my bedroom where I can see his apartment with my vidcam to see if I can capture anything. No luck. I hear another *smack* and see him walking back to his apartment. I have no idea where the other egg hit.
So, I called the police to file a vandalism/harassment/disturbing the peace/whatever. The dispatcher said if there was no damage, there's nothing they can do. I was in awe. I asked if it's legal for him to throw eggs at me on my balcony. She replied, "There's nothing we can do without any damage." Of course, when I asked if I could throw things back at him, that was a negative as he could call the cops on me. Odd.
She suggested calling the manager at the apartment complex next door. I will do that. However, any suggestions? I don't this escalated and ending up with damage to my car, etc. Suggestions?
Since this thread is useless without pics, here they are:
