Advice to confront my neighbor

[wrxgoose]

my vote is to super-glue her door shut. then you'll never have to worry about it hitting your door again.

as a bonus, super glue is cheaper than getting dings repaired

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by that_one_guy

A few weeks ago I noticed a couple white chips on the passenger door. I was annoyed but I'm not huge on visual perfection so I just let it go. Later I noticed a couple ultramarine colored chips on the edge of my neighbor's driver's side door. This really annoyed me but she is an elderly obese woman, we are all human and make mistakes, so again I let it go.

This morning I come out to find two more chips! I can excuse A mistake, I'll even let ignorance go once if she didn't realize she hit my car while getting out, but this is bordering disrespect and not acknowledging my car right there.

I've only seen this woman once, never talked to her, so I'm not sure how to approach her about it, or even if I'm just over reacting. I think a note is passive aggressive, not to mention my apartment is full of less than intelligent upstanding citizens so she could be very sweet, or she could fling her doors open extra hard next time as an FU to me for confronting her about it.

I thought about getting an orange traffic cone to place between our cars as a buffer so her door will hit it instead, but that could also make it more difficult for her to get out of her truck. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

yes! you can buy a pad that hangs outside your car door,and when she flings her door open,she will hit the pad,and cause no damage

[shyong]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Because there are inconsiderate people everywhere.

Sure, like a-holes who slash up people's tires.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by that_one_guy

A few weeks ago I noticed a couple white chips on the passenger door. I was annoyed but I'm not huge on visual perfection so I just let it go. Later I noticed a couple ultramarine colored chips on the edge of my neighbor's driver's side door. This really annoyed me but she is an elderly obese woman, we are all human and make mistakes, so again I let it go.

This morning I come out to find two more chips! I can excuse A mistake, I'll even let ignorance go once if she didn't realize she hit my car while getting out, but this is bordering disrespect and not acknowledging my car right there.

I've only seen this woman once, never talked to her, so I'm not sure how to approach her about it, or even if I'm just over reacting. I think a note is passive aggressive, not to mention my apartment is full of less than intelligent upstanding citizens so she could be very sweet, or she could fling her doors open extra hard next time as an FU to me for confronting her about it.

I thought about getting an orange traffic cone to place between our cars as a buffer so her door will hit it instead, but that could also make it more difficult for her to get out of her truck. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

Originally Posted by shyong

Sounds like you need to move. Apparently, people living there don't give a rat's ass about other people's property.

Originally Posted by RAWR BRZ

Bribe her with a cheeseburger.

nahhh! whoopie pies and finger lickin ' chicken! ehe! he! he! she'll "roll" out that truck,and pound ya door even more! dangerous woman!

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by FRSowner

Make sure that you write (in large letters0 on the pad:

This is to protect my car from inconsiderate fat fucks who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.


That might get her attention but it's still kinda passive/aggressive.

definitely to the point!

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by shyong

Sure, like a-holes who slash up people's tires.

seems appropriate...my former avatar means "asshole" in Japanese. I'm an even bigger a hole in person!

[Laika]

Originally Posted by RAWR BRZ

Bribe her with a cheeseburger.

I hope at least one other person is on board with this.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by FRSowner

Make sure that you write (in large letters0 on the pad:

This is to protect my car from inconsiderate fat fucks who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.


That might get her attention but it's still kinda passive/aggressive.

Originally Posted by Kimsey47

I thought this was a great idea at first, but then I wondered... How many people hit these just because they can?! Plus no offense to my fellow countrymen but we have A LOT of sloppy Americans that would just see this as an invite/excuse to be negligent when opening their door.

Have you experienced anyone abusing your application of these???

'MOST' people who whack your door don't do it on purpose. they are guilty of not thinking for sure,but i don't believe they do it deliberately.what i do,is park far away from others,and this seems to work as i rarely get damaged

[IloveBaldEagles]

Why not take it to the HR of the apartments? See what they have to say. Kind of a chain of command.

I don't know what they called, so they are HR of the apartments.

[HATED1]

talk to the management at your complex, they are there to deal with unruly neighbors so that you dont have too.

It would probably be best to approach them with a timeline of how many times this occurence has happened. You must be confident and ensure the resident manager that you are 100% sure that it is the person you claim it is.

They wlll talk to the individual or possibly move you to another stall.