I really have always tried to be a good neighbor.
And that’s because I have always appreciated good neighbors.
In fact, I like to be the sort of neighborhood that others can depend upon. I’m more than happy to lend a hand. Yet, there’s one neighbor who lives a couple houses down that is the epitome of a bad neighbor. He’s a sort of guy that makes me quicken my step so I can get inside the air conditioning of my home. I just want to get from my air conditioning in the car to my front door without that guy catching me. He’s the sort that just goes on and on about one grievance after another. The other day, this neighbor caught me outside as I was talking to the HVAC technician. He comes by to do HVAC heating maintenance on the heat pump. We get the same HVAC technician both in the fall for the heating maintenance as well as the air conditioning tune up in the spring. It’s part of the HVAC service plan that we take advantage of. I guess the neighbor saw me talking to the HVAC technician and wanted to make a point of calling out HVAC maintenance. Of course, this is the kind of guy that believes HVAC maintenance is a scam. That guy couldn’t be more wrong. This time, I didn’t make for the front door but sort of told him that he needs to mind his business. This stopped him in his tracks. Hopefully that’ll be the end of that guy in my yard.