02-September-2010

Busybody neighbour won't mind her own business

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I have lived in my flat for about 5 years now and I love it here. It's right next to two town centres, is in a lovely old maisonette block and most of of my neighbours are great. Except for one smelly old racist busybody.

From almost the first day I lived there she has picked on me. Here's just a brief glimpse at her greatest hits. She has gone through my rubbish (that one still mystifies me, she has accused my dog of crapping in her garden (it's a three legged Bichon Frise and can't get up and down stairs properly so quite how she would have gone down two flights of stairs, over a fence, done the business and come back again is beyond me).

I shouldn't walk around my flat at night...

I've had her quiz me on why I come and go at so called strange hours. I have also had her tell me that I shouldn't walk around my flat at night. All of this pales into insignificance though compared to her actions the other day.

My cousins had popped down from London to visit me and after them making a fuss of my dog and having a bite to eat they were waiting outside whilst I sorted the dog out. This was my neighbours cue to come out of her place and tell them to move as "your sort ain't wanted here, this is England" and "You blacks are always up to no good".

Did I mention my 2 cousins were mixed race and female, and that I was a great big white geezer? Sorry!

So I came out of my place as my cousins were getting upset. She took one look at me and said "I should have know you were one of those types, a *****r lover". I was too dumbstruck to say anything straight away and since then I haven't seen her either.

I can't clump her because she is an old woman, I can;t go to the Old Bill as they'd laugh at me. There's not a lot my landlord can do as I am a council tenant and she is private. At least the rest of the neighbours hate her too!

Still, bloody old people eh?

By: Cookie Monster

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Nick is going to help. He's from ITV. Super Nick. He wears his underpants on the outside.

anon 18-Aug-2010 06:33

Hi,

I am a researcher at ITV and would like to try and help you.
If you want to get in contact then please email on nick.cardwell@itv.com.

Take care

Nick

Nick Cardwell 17-Aug-2010 15:05

I read this with sympathy for you, having had nightmare neighbours like this. And then you spoilt it with yours last line. Is being ageist really much better than being racist?

rifraf 13-Aug-2010 22:38

Perhaps a few dozen cockroaches could just "find" their way into her flat.....?

jk12 09-Aug-2010 08:45

foolish man , it makes no sense what you write
if you can try not to write s...te
then this would be a better gripe

cecil runs 01-Aug-2010 22:23

is that the end of this gripe now.
just because a moran makes a few stupid remarks dont let the fool stop intelligent people giving their opinon

davy 31-Jul-2010 00:53

I would complain to the council any way and see if there is anything they can do as she probable has other complaints against her

fanny-ann 26-Jul-2010 12:39

Why even let people dictate your lifestyle? We've all come across somebody like that! She probably feels so lonely that she envies you, that people come to see you and not her! She's doing it to get attention, and if you "feed her", so to speak, she'll dig her heels in all the more! I, personally, don't care if she's private - it doesn't make her any different, she's not a god, or anything like that!! If I were you, I'd get some independent advice, somewhere like the CAB or even your local council or as ironic as this may sound, Age Concern, so someone can deal with this bitter, lonely old person! All the best!!

Paul 25-Jul-2010 20:13

Mr Tonga, I love your idea, by far the best, I will be using that one myself sometime.

Gainsborough lad. 24-Jul-2010 20:58

Whatever you decide to do about this woman, be sure to do it legally. And try to move around quietly when you come home after 9 or 10 at night. It is very annoying to have a "big white geezer" clomping around overhead as though it's noon when you are trying to get some shut-eye. Maybe when you stop waking her up at night, she'll start being pleasanter to be around. Or if you can't be quiet, move somewhere where you can make noise without being a pain.

In some near. 24-Jul-2010 17:25

I tend to agree with Mr. Tonga, this "person" (for bloody bigot as our last Prime Minister might say) is using this harassment to maintain control of you, she always has the upper hand in the relationship and doubtless thinks you are running scared of her.

Timelord 24-Jul-2010 17:12

Mr Tonga, your post made me laugh. It has a certain style and could well work!

magog 24-Jul-2010 12:28

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