I’ve always believed in being a good neighbor—until Claire showed me how naive that was. After letting her use my BBQ, I came home to a disaster. Instead of cleaning up, she handed me a list of her rules for my yard.
Her demands were outrageous: no grilling after 7 PM, no spicy food (because her son didn’t like the smell), and even a request to mow her lawn. But the final straw was discovering TikTok videos of her son, Adam, trashing our space for laughs.
I posted the evidence, and the internet did the rest. Claire’s entitlement was exposed, Adam faced humiliation at school, and a generous stranger helped me install a fence to keep them out.
When Claire finally admitted defeat, it wasn’t with an apology—just a tired, “You win.” Some neighbors teach you kindness. Others teach you to lock your gate.
