Ah, the neighbors. We all have them, and not all of them are necessarily our favorites. Especially when they literally invade our personal space, litter in our backyard, and simply don’t know how to act like a decent human being. Such neighbors in our books are listed as terrible, and today, we intend to expose what behavior is strictly a no-no.
If you happen to come across a post that seems to attack you and your past behavior toward your fellow neighbor, maybe it is time to take a moment and self-reflect. And if you are familiar with a neighbor that fits the description, this is a sign to take action and deal with the problem because you deserve better.
To learn more about neighborly disputes, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Kinga Mnich, a social psychologist, who kindly answered our questions. Read the full interview below.
#1 That Neighbor Though
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#2 Ketchup Critics
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#3 Neighbors Just Ditched Their Doggo At Our House And Moved. Sadly We Can't Keep It
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#4 Our Sweet 7-Year-Old Dog Has A New Fireworks Phobia, Thanks To The Neighbor Who Just Had To Shoot Illegal Fireworks Off Above Our House
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#5 Our New Neighbor. He's As Lovely As He Is Considerate
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#6 Neighbor Put Nails Into My Cat's Favorite Spot To Sit On The Fence
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#7 Neighbor Is Throwing Used Diapers Into Our Window. What Are My Options?
They have repeatedly thrown trash into the window wells, but this is egregious. They scream, yell, and constantly get into fights and arguments, but every time they are confronted they just deny it.
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#8 My Family Is Displaced From A Hurricane And A Neighbor Left A Letter
My family (not myself) basically had their house wrecked by a tree during Ian and neighbors who can still live at their houses have to add on to the stress with this stuff.
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#9 When Your Neighbor Doesn't Dig Out His Own Path To The Street And Just Uses Mine And Decides To Park In Front Of It So No One Else Can Use It
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#10 Parents Left For Vacation For A Week And Left The Neighbor’s Daughter In Charge Of Feeding Them
She must’ve dumped the entirety of the food because both filters in there were completely filled with food and weren’t running. Water became clouded and nasty and as a result, almost all of the fish suffered casualties.
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#11 Neighbors Called The Police On Us Because Of Our "Tall Grass"
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#12 My Neighbors Leave Their Dog Outside But Bring Their 2 Chihuahuas Inside Everytime It Rains
There's nothing I can do about it since our area doesn't have Animal Control, and it saddens me to see him like this every day.
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#13 Found Out My Neighbor Sleeps With A Loaded Firearm Today. The Corner Of My Computer Desk Right Behind My Monitor
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#14 The Neighbors Cut Down The Shade Trees In My Yard Without Permission And Now I Have To Look At Their Ugly Garage Which Was Not Visible Before
I am a renter in this house. Last week the neighbors (whom I have a good relationship with) told me they were having some people come by to do some yard work/trimming and asked if they could access my yard if they needed to. I said yes, but I had no idea they were planning to cut any of the trees down. This morning I came outside and it looked like this.
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#15 Imagine Having The Audacity To Walk Barefoot In Your Own Apartment
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#16 Sorry, You Got To Sue The Bees Directly
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#17 Neighbor's Friend Decided Last Night That This Apparently Was The Best Place To Park, Making Both My Significant Other And Me Late For Work
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#18 Neighbor Won't Share The Cost Of A Fence, And Did A Repair
He moved and rented out the house next door to us. We asked if he wanted to replace the fence and we would split the cost and he refused. This was his solution and our dogs suffered injuries before we noticed.
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#19 My Neighbor Is A January 6th Participant And Is Currently In Prison. This Is The Flag Above His Garage
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#20 Neighbor Broke Into My Yard And Stole A 20-Foot Tree. It Had A Swing Hanging From It. The Swing Was Left On The Ground
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#21 Neighbor Keeps Parking In The Handicapped Parking Spot. Even After Several Warnings From Management
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#22 My Neighbors Constantly Allowing Their Dogs To Run Loose In The Neighborhood. They Breed Pits And Can't Contain Them. They Run Into The Streets, Harass People And Other Pets
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#23 My Neighbor’s Patio That I Can Smell From My Patio. I Don’t Have Words For The Smell
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#24 My Neighbor Drove Into Part Of My Back Fence 2 Months Ago And Hasn’t Cleaned It Up
That’s his garage on the left being partially blocked. Maybe he thinks it’s a crime scene and he won’t get the insurance claim if he cleans it up I don't know.
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#25 Neighbors Had A Party, And Some High-Schooler Tagged My Daughter's Playhouse
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#26 One Of My Neighbors Stole My Bike And Left The Scraps On Their Patio
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#27 My Neighbor Began To Cut Down One Of My Trees Yesterday Before I Caught Him. Is It Possible For This Tree To Be Saved? Or Does It Need To Come Down?
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#28 My Neighbor Moved In A Week Ago, And I Have Never Seen Someone This Uncivilized
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#29 Neighbors Above Me Threw Trash Off Their Balcony Onto My Car
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#30 Neighbors' Teenage Daughter Won't Stop Parking On Our Side Of The Driveway
Never again will I rent a house with a shared driveway.
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#31 Next Door Neighbor Took Down His Deck And Put The Old Wood With Rusty Nails Sticking Out In The Woods That My Kids Play In
There’s a lot more that is mildly infuriating like his two-foot-long grass or his collection of pallets and old grills in his yard or his neglected dog that howls all day alone in his house (we’re attached, townhomes)… But this one really got me. We’ve got a little patch of woods behind our house that my young kids play in all the time and he dumped all this stuff back there with the nails sticking straight up. Of course, this is what separates my kids from a fun little creek back there so they’ll want to find a way around it. I already caught my 5 year old trying to climb the pile once.
Anyway, just felt annoyed and needed to vent. Carry on.
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#32 When My Mom Passed Away A Few Years Back The Next-Door Neighbor Wrote This In The Sympathy Card
The card says:
"Wally + Sons,
According to our tax bill information, garbage totes should not be placed at curbside before seven (7:00) o'clock p.m. on Sunday, the day before our garbage collection day on Monday.
Pls. follow this rule.
Thanks! -E."
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#33 Our New Neighbor Has Parked Like This Every Day Since They Moved In
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#34 Just Caught A Neighbor "Walking Their Dog" By Car
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#35 My Neighbor Asked To Park His Truck By The Garage For A Couple Of Weeks. It's Been Almost Two Months, And Yesterday He Removed The Wheels
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#36 My Neighbor Smokes Cigarettes On His Side Yard And Flicks Them Into My Driveway
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#37 Too Bad There Isn't A Garbage Chute Nearby
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#38 Our Neighbor's Solution To A Newly Poured Driveway On A One-Lane Road
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#39 Neighbors Moved Out And Left All Their Lights On (Including The Spotlight Shining Into My Bedroom)
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#40 My Neighbors Have Ripped Garbage Bags Consistently Every Week, And I Never See Them Do Anything About It
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#41 Inconsiderate Neighbors
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#42 My Neighbors Use The Communal Hallway As Storage
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#43 We Left 7 Months Ago. Came Back To This. The Upstairs Neighbor Had A Leak And Never Fixed It
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