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Last Saturday was the 2nd anniversary of losing my younger sister in horrific circumstances, so I wasn’t at my best. Whilst doing a bit of therapeutic gardening I heard a diesel vehicle pull up and saw that it had stopped in my driveway. When the engine was turned off and the driver (a woman of not inconsiderable mass) got out and walked into next door I was not amused.
Ten minutes or so later she reappeared, got back into her car and started it - but didn’t drive off. I gathered together a stack of leaves, walked over to my garden refuse bin next to where she was parked and ‘said to myself’ reasonably loudly, “I wish I had my own driveway”.
Sat in her car she looked over to me and said, “Stop moaning, I’m not going to be here long”. I couldn’t help myself. “You’re right”, I replied, “You’ll get off my drive now!” After a few exchanges on the lines of “What harm am I doing” ... “You’re on my private property”, she shouted at me “Don’t be so f***ing stupid”. I berated her for her language in front of my neighbour’s 6 year old boy, but I she wasn’t bothered. The neighbour, having heard the “discussion”, called in her son. I tried asking the arrogant woman reasonably nicely to move off my drive but she refused, saying that she was waiting for someone. I suggested she wait in the road a few metres away at the end of my drive, but she was having none of it.
Fuming, I walked back to my garden before my depressive state caused me to lose it completely. But then I turned on my garden hose and walked back to my drive with it and started squirting water at the drive whilst saying I was washing it. Then “Oops”, I pointed the hose into her window instead of on the drive itself. Of course she closed the window, but stayed put with her engine still running. It took the guy next door to persuade his wife’s friend to eventually get off my drive.
Less than ten minutes later, a police car pulled up outside and an officer went in to my neighbour’s house. Yes, she’d called the police! A short while later he knocked on my door and came in to get my side of the story. I could tell that he could understand why I did what I did, but he had to advise me that squirting water at someone is classed as common assault. The ‘lady’ had decided not to press charges (how generous of her) but he had to record the incident as a criminal act because he’d been called out. I apologised for having been part of the cause of his time being wasted.
This evening, while watering the back garden I sprayed my little girl a few times as she ran laughing back and forth. Hopefully I don’t get reported for common assault against a minor!
Ten minutes or so later she reappeared, got back into her car and started it - but didn’t drive off. I gathered together a stack of leaves, walked over to my garden refuse bin next to where she was parked and ‘said to myself’ reasonably loudly, “I wish I had my own driveway”.
Sat in her car she looked over to me and said, “Stop moaning, I’m not going to be here long”. I couldn’t help myself. “You’re right”, I replied, “You’ll get off my drive now!” After a few exchanges on the lines of “What harm am I doing” ... “You’re on my private property”, she shouted at me “Don’t be so f***ing stupid”. I berated her for her language in front of my neighbour’s 6 year old boy, but I she wasn’t bothered. The neighbour, having heard the “discussion”, called in her son. I tried asking the arrogant woman reasonably nicely to move off my drive but she refused, saying that she was waiting for someone. I suggested she wait in the road a few metres away at the end of my drive, but she was having none of it.
Fuming, I walked back to my garden before my depressive state caused me to lose it completely. But then I turned on my garden hose and walked back to my drive with it and started squirting water at the drive whilst saying I was washing it. Then “Oops”, I pointed the hose into her window instead of on the drive itself. Of course she closed the window, but stayed put with her engine still running. It took the guy next door to persuade his wife’s friend to eventually get off my drive.
Less than ten minutes later, a police car pulled up outside and an officer went in to my neighbour’s house. Yes, she’d called the police! A short while later he knocked on my door and came in to get my side of the story. I could tell that he could understand why I did what I did, but he had to advise me that squirting water at someone is classed as common assault. The ‘lady’ had decided not to press charges (how generous of her) but he had to record the incident as a criminal act because he’d been called out. I apologised for having been part of the cause of his time being wasted.
This evening, while watering the back garden I sprayed my little girl a few times as she ran laughing back and forth. Hopefully I don’t get reported for common assault against a minor!
