Site Meter

Posts tagged as:

neighbor

Almost washed

April 29, 2008

Each week, I tell my husband to make sure he empties out his pants pockets. He responds that he always checks that his pockets are emptied. When I double check his pockets, there is still a random paper, money, or an occasional pen left inside. I feel he is responsible for emptying out his own [...]

Read the full article →

My neighbor is crazy

April 22, 2008

It is the only explanation for her behavior. Yesterday, I did my laundry like always. I went down to switch loads out and noticed one of my son’s shirts that had been hanging to dry was laying on the floor. I didn’t think much of it and hung it back up to dry. The next [...]

Read the full article →

Confrontation

April 16, 2008

I confronted my Bosnian neighbor today. I told her she did not have the right to put her clothes up in the laundry room on my day. She told me she could use the drying racks because the racks were not mine. I asked her if the racks were hers and she said no. I [...]

Read the full article →

Respecting others is a problem for some of my neighbors

April 15, 2008

Laundry days are stressful for me. It has nothing to do with doing a week’s worth of clothes in a half a day. I have that down pat. The stress comes neighbors. We have the great luck of living in the same building with the most selfish and disrespectful two families I have ever seen. [...]

Read the full article →

My Mondays sans la Grosse Vache

March 11, 2008

I walk into the laundry room. All of the lines are full of clothes none of which are mine. It is Monday. The only day I can do my family’s laundry. This is the second week that the dryer has been broken. Last week, I hung my clothes all over my apartment. I will not [...]

Read the full article →