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Grace Hoffman

Woman livid as 'petty' neighbour sweeps leaves on her driveway after they fell off tree

We've all heard of the nightmare neighbours who become quite possessive over their homes and go to extreme measures to ensure nothing messes with their garden or drive. One woman has gone to extreme lengths to keep the outside of her house looking neat as a pin.

A woman has gone viral online after sharing her neighbour's "petty" response when leaves fell off a public tree and landed on her driveway. The joint driveway was divided by a line, which was also accompanied by decorative plant pots.

Whilst Sarah Brokenshire claimed the leaves were not her rubbish, her neighbour decided to sweep the mess over onto her side of the driveway, making her own side spotless - and this behaviour prompted Sarah to get out her phone.

The neighbour took action when leaves from a tree fell on her drive (tiktok.com/@sarahbrokenshire)
The neighbour swept the leaves onto Sarah's drive (tiktok.com/@sarahbrokenshire)

Taking to video-streaming service TikTok, Sarah documented the ordeal, which has since surpassed 530,000 views since posting.

In the caption by @sarahbrokenshire, she wrote: "Wow how petty."

After spotting her neighbour taking a broom and sweeping the rubbish onto her side, Sarah cracked open the window, and said: "It's not my rubbish, it comes off the tree."

"It's yours," the unnamed neighbour stated - clearly not convinced.

"That's ridiculous!" Sarah fumed.

Whilst continuing to assure the woman that the mess wasn't to do with her, the neighbour continued to sweep the pile of leaves onto the sectioned part of Sarah's drive - rather than onto the road.

"Excuse me, that's not mine - it comes off the trees!" Sarah said.

"This is being reported as well, this is being videoed," she added, which didn't spark a response from the neighbour.

After the video rocketed in views online, viewers flocked to the comment section to discuss the ordeal, which led the TikToker to confirm: "It's not off of anyone's tree - it's a tree on the road."

"Don’t tell me she's got them plant pots there to make sure you don’t go over into her drive," one person penned.

"How much I prayed for a gust of wind to watch her do it again," a second added.

A different user wrote: "It's sad when neighbours get like this they just wasting their energy arguing over petty things."

On the other hand, another user spotted a different issue as the commented: "I can’t get past the stickers still on her plant pots…

"The main issue here is the labels still being on those plant pots," another added.

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