So I have some nasty little fucks living in my street. I live in one of the shittest areas in town; not exactly the ghetto but all the same a pretty violent, shifty, unfriendly neighbourhood. Plenty of break-ins, muggings, not exactly a shortage of crack. I cannot wait to get out of this place. But for the mean time, I have some troublesome neighbours to deal with; at first their antics caused me mild disgruntlement, but now its really starting to get me down.

In the last six months I've had the external wires to my house cut three times, causing loss of phone line, tv, internet, etc. Eggs are thrown at my house on a semi-regular basis, plus my housemate's car, and last night a friend nearly got struck by an egg-based projectile upon leaving my front door. The fact that they're now targeting visitors, coupled with the third cutting of the wires last night, has taken my tolerance a little further than it will go.

I appreciate there's probably nothing I can do to stop these cunts. So I am thinking in terms of revenge. No idea what, but something or other to get my own back. Nothing drastic or damaging, just a little victory. Cover the wires in dogshit so next time they cut the wires in the dark they'll end up with shit all over their hands, something like that, but a better idea that won't mean the outside of my house will have dogshit on it.

The topics of this thread:

- Any good suggestions for my vengeance?
- Am I being petty/pathetic?
- Is revenge ever justified?

Your ideas/suggestions/comments please.

Dude. Shit. That's annoying as hell.

I like the smearing of dogshit idea but they will probably go one further and post a flaming turd through yourt letter box.

Is there anything at all you may have done to provoke simple minds?

Have you told the cops? Have you thought about moving out? Have you asked other neighbours if any of this is happening to them?

Revenge is a great shrot term relief. When they get you back/don't stop their 'antics' you will have a heart attack before you hit 30 and they will laugh at you.


SLASH THEIR TYRES. SUPERGLUE IN THEIR LOCKS.


Do you know exactly who is doing this? This means they would know who was doing bad shit back to them.

MOVE OUT.


Or.....get a subsonic frequency, blast it throught their letter box and think of them pooing themselves. There's alot to be said for brown sounds.

seems to me that generally the types who do shit that deserve a cop calling aren't the type to do any cop calling.

so as far as revenge: have at it. not like they're gonna call the cops. (gamble.)

fantasmatical thorr wrote:
Or.....get a subsonic frequency, blast it throught their letter box and think of them pooing themselves. There's alot to be said for brown sounds.

ha! good idea.

I don't know exactly who's doing it. I've no idea at all of their motive.

Knowing people in this area, could be as simple as their mistaken belief that we are students or homosexuals.

I called the police a while back because the guy two doors down was beating up his girlfriend, but I guess the eggs must be coming from a house opposite....

I don't know about calling the police, first with the odd egg it was annoying and pathetic but kinda not that much of a bother. The wire-cutting shows clear signs of malice though.

I worry any kind of revenge might result in a brick through the window.

We've also been broken in to once, and attempted twice - I strongly suspect that the perpetrators are local - possibly even the same cunts throwing eggs and cutting wires.

If I find out who did it, I think I might slash their tyres on the last night before we move out.

fantasmatical thorr wrote:
MOVE OUT.

Indeed.

You won't win. Anything you do in revenge will probably serve only to exacerbate the situation. You must consider that these fucks thrive on conflict and revenge, and presumably you do not.

I genuinely don't think that risking an escalation in their activities is the route to (your) happiness.

p.s. presumably you've already been to environmental health/nuisance people at the council and the police?

Sorry to hear about all of this simmo, what on earth is the matter with them? Are they just vile little Asbos doing it for kicks? Presumably the house is targeted as you don't have lives circling the plughole or look 'like students'?

Speaking of ASBOS - is this something that could be dealt with through the official channels? They might not seem like a bunch who would take notice but from what I gather the local council/police are pretty effective when it comes to dealing with this sort of thing. If its down to one set of neighbours and they're doing this semi-regularly it might be worth reporting them. Not as satisfying as kicking their faces off I know.

This would drive me off the hinge in no time at all, you really shouldn't have to suffer it.

Adam CR wrote:You won't win. Anything you do in revenge will probably serve only to exacerbate the situation. You must consider that these fucks thrive on conflict and revenge, and presumably you do not.

Yup.

Move to rural Scotland like me. My neighbours are so nice it's all I can do to stop them breaking in and doing my laundry.

tommydski wrote:

Adam CR wrote:You won't win. Anything you do in revenge will probably serve only to exacerbate the situation. You must consider that these fucks thrive on conflict and revenge, and presumably you do not.

Yup.

Move to rural Scotland like me. My neighbours are so nice it's all I can do to stop them breaking in and doing my laundry.

or live in my road where the most annoying thing ( and, it is incredibly annoying 10 years and counting) is the fact that at any given time, there is at least one household destroying their front lawn in favour of a driveway that comes with a sandwich board to advertise whodunnit, extending the back of the houses , thus shortenening their back gardens, building garages not sheds in said back gardens, hanging washing out EVERY SINGLE DAY and playing car ballet with their many household vehicles at any given time of day or indeed night.

With relief I iwelcome the weekend only for it to be ruined by drills, hammers, powerful poer tools, motorised car washers, steam cleaning driveway devices. When they rest it is time for many many many rowdy kids screaming until the sun goes down.


FUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

Keep a close watch on the houses opposite and try and work out which is the egg thrower.

Move out, get it all sorted out, don't live on Sneinton Boulevard anymore.

Get everything moved.

Wait till the middle of the night.

Throw a brick through the front window. Shout

"HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM EGGS FUCKHEAD?"

and run like crazy.

You could try withholding your rent until the landlord sorts it out. Not that your landlord will be able to do anything you can't, but at least it might save you the bother.