Thread: And Then....Poof

Back in November, Carla moved in next door. It soon became apparent that the unattractive young woman was a stripper (she claimed that she worked construction, construction workers go to work at 4 a.m., they don't come home at 4 a.m.). Strippers have messy personal lives, and after a couple of shouting matches on my stoop at 4, I complained.

One day, in March, Carla was gone-replaced by her sister Stephanie. Stephanie has a boyfriend, Carl. Like Carla, the two lovers didn't have a car. I live seven miles from the nearest bus line.

First, I had to complain because the lovers had a long term guest who drank large quantities of beer while he hung out on the stoop and told everyone about life. The couple threw the guest out.

A little over a week ago, I complained again. Shopping baskets from the local grocery store were stacking up. That, and I had a problem with a drug dealer who knocked on their door every morning at 8.

On Thursday night, the couple had a knock down drag out. It turns out that the drug dealer was a boarder (not allowed on the lease) and he was upset because the couple were demanding a cut of his drug money.

Friday morning, I complained to the management. It turned out that management had noticed the drug activity and they were in the process of drafting an eviction notice.

Friday night, I noticed that one of the couple's personal items was left in the parking lot and they had skeedadled.

Blessed relief.

Cross your fingers for the people who move into that place next

Hope the next ones are just as interesting as these.

Guy, where are you living that you get these characters? I would consider looking around for a new apartment to avoid any more of the urban wildlife.

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Guy, where are you living that you get these characters? I would consider looking around for a new apartment to avoid any more of the urban wildlife.

I purposely moved waaaaaaay out into the country to get away from crime and ghetto people (like I've had of recent). The complex is pretty good at keeping a certain clientele, but the several times there have problems (over the past 15 years) is when some parent vouches for their problem child (promising to pay damages) and management falls for it. Next thing you know, problem child invites their other problem child friends over.

The last time (before this) I had trouble was 8 years ago. The complex let two boys, 18 and 19 move in-"Let the kegger begin". Actually, I didn't have a problem with the boys, but when their truck made a sizeable dent in my car (fender and door), I made their parents pay. This actually ticked off their next door neighbor (the damage to my car and refusal to pay was the last straw for management-who threw them out). The neighbor had was getting a 6 pack of beer and a bag of weed daily from the boys. With his free beer and booze cut off, he decided to vandalize my car daily. That stopped when a cop friend of mine caught him in the act. Instead of just arresting him, we exercised a little justice on him. We broke out the book on him and went over his vehicle with a fine tooth comb. We ended up writing 23 citations on him, totaling over 2,000.00 in fines and fees. He tried complaining harassment to the Justice of the Peace, but the JP was well aware of who he was. It turned out that he had a warrant out of another county. Not enough to jail and extradite him, but it was enough that:


A) His driver's license was suspended

B) his right to register a vehicle suspended until all fees/fines cleared up-including the warrant, and


C) his occupational license was suspended, pending the same.


He took such a hit that he had to move in with his parents until he could financially recover.