A man has slammed his ‘entitled’ neighbour for using his garden as a public park.
He explained how his neighbour let himself into his garden so his dog could run around and blow off some steam before returning home.
Confused, the man confronted him and asked him why he wasn’t using his own back garden.
He said on Reddit: « Last weekend, my neighbour just let himself into my backyard. Didn’t call, didn’t knock, just opened the gate and walked in with his dog like it was no big deal.
« The dog ran straight into my garden, knocked over a pot, and crushed a few of my seedling I’d just planted.
« I asked him why though that was okay. He literally said, ‘It’s just yard. If your plants are delicate, maybe don’t leave them out.’
« Then followed it up with, ‘Your yard’s always empty. I thought you wouldn’t care.' »
With that, he told him to leave and to ask first if he wants to use his garden. Annoyed, the neighbour rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath about him « overreacting. »
The man simply added: « Now I keep the gate locked. »
Commenting on his post, one user said: « Get cameras to watch your backyard and its entry. He’ll be back for sure. »
Another user added: « Call police and make a report now to start the documentation process.
« Next time have him formally trespassed if he comes into your property again. After that, it’s a Law Enforcement issue. »
A third user said: « That’s so irritating. When I was a kid in the 80s a cop moved in next door with his family. Worst neighbours.
« This was so long ago we left the doors unlocked. His kids would walk right into our house, raid the fridge, and go into the living room and turn on the TV and watch cartoons. Not even knock or anything.
« We’d just wake up to a home with random kids. My parents tried talking to him about it and he pulled the cop card and said his kids could do what they wanted.
« We obviously started locking the doors. Then they would open the gate and let our dogs out of the backyard. Multiple times we had to pay the pound to get the dogs back after they ran off. So we had to lock that, too. Such trash people. »
One more user added: « There’s a gate for a reason. You chose to open my gate and let your dog run all over. If it’s just a yard, keep the damn dog in your own yard. »
