that kinda freaks me out.....
I live on a tiny portion of a street that could only be described as a drive way that is shared by neighbors. There are four of us that depend on this tiny pathway to take us to the bigger streets of Carrier Mills that will transport us to our desired locations. This has never been a problem for any of us. We all functioned on the same respect for the others and did not block this pathway. For the past couple of weeks, this has not been the case. One of our neighbors has been depending on outsiders to come and take care of them. These outsiders have not grasped the respect thy neighbors tiny road to the bigger street concept. These outsiders have been parking in our tiny road in such a way that can only be described as - more than half the damn street! I mean seriously...we all have tiny driveways to park our cars in. AND if we didn't have drive ways, we would park in our actual yards to not hinder our other neighbors from their travels. Courtesy....a lost art apparently.
I have been observing this neighborhood occurrence over the past few weeks like anyone who has watched The Burbs would. I find that there is healthy amount of neighbor watching that others affectionately call "neighborhood watch" - that I do as well. It seems that there are non consistent hours when people leave and enter this house and at the same time block the road. Ironically enough at night the road is never blocked.
The other night I was watching from my kitchen window and observed how a car was not only blocking our little road, but shining its bright lights into my window. I started complaining about this occurrence to Dexter and the lights immediately shut off. Of course due to the odd timing I immediately shot him a shocked and startled look all at once. He found this to be humerus, I found it to be freaky. It was as if this car could hear me and was trying to shake me.
Well tonight my friend Arla was here with me. I again noticed out the kitchen window the car shining those bright lights at me. I proceeded to again start griping about the disrespectful nature of these people. There were comments made such as: is that really necessary to have those lights shining the entire time....I hope your battery goes dead.... those are the kinds of people that end causing a padidle predicament...they need to stop shining those lights in my eyes....I'm about to go out there and give them a piece of my mind....I bet the cops would have a thing or two to say about those lights and blocking this street. As you can see the longer I stood there, the more vicious my remarks became. Well, the time came for Arla to leave, and I walked her to the car. As we approached her car, those lights were still on, and we both said something to each other about it once more. As Arla started to pull out of the driveway they sped off behind her in a kind of challenging way. She called and told me of the occurrence and how she swore she could hear the La Cucaracha song playing as they sped by. I observed this and how they were gone and continued talking to her while walking in the living room. As I walked back into the kitchen the car was BACK BLOCKING THE ROAD AND SHINING ITS LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN WINDOW!!! I was a little surprised by this fact and continued to inform Arla of this. At the exact moment I started telling her, the car AGAIN began to speed off down the road in a challenging manner. (I listened for the La Cucaracha) I didn't quite understand this and walked to the bathroom as I discussed it with Arla. As I returned to the kitchen, THE CAR WAS BACK IN THE SAME SPOT BLOCKING THE ROAD AND SHINING ITS LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN!!! Ok, by this time I was starting to get a little freaked out. I screamed at Arla of this development as they AGAIN sped off down the tiny road. As they drove off of Harris Street once more I could not help but be a little nervous. I have continued to keep a watchful eye to the road and have not seen the La Cucaracha car again tonight. I am, however, keeping a watchful eye in that direction. I know it's just one of those weird coincidences, but....it kinda freaks me out a little.
I have been observing this neighborhood occurrence over the past few weeks like anyone who has watched The Burbs would. I find that there is healthy amount of neighbor watching that others affectionately call "neighborhood watch" - that I do as well. It seems that there are non consistent hours when people leave and enter this house and at the same time block the road. Ironically enough at night the road is never blocked.
The other night I was watching from my kitchen window and observed how a car was not only blocking our little road, but shining its bright lights into my window. I started complaining about this occurrence to Dexter and the lights immediately shut off. Of course due to the odd timing I immediately shot him a shocked and startled look all at once. He found this to be humerus, I found it to be freaky. It was as if this car could hear me and was trying to shake me.
Well tonight my friend Arla was here with me. I again noticed out the kitchen window the car shining those bright lights at me. I proceeded to again start griping about the disrespectful nature of these people. There were comments made such as: is that really necessary to have those lights shining the entire time....I hope your battery goes dead.... those are the kinds of people that end causing a padidle predicament...they need to stop shining those lights in my eyes....I'm about to go out there and give them a piece of my mind....I bet the cops would have a thing or two to say about those lights and blocking this street. As you can see the longer I stood there, the more vicious my remarks became. Well, the time came for Arla to leave, and I walked her to the car. As we approached her car, those lights were still on, and we both said something to each other about it once more. As Arla started to pull out of the driveway they sped off behind her in a kind of challenging way. She called and told me of the occurrence and how she swore she could hear the La Cucaracha song playing as they sped by. I observed this and how they were gone and continued talking to her while walking in the living room. As I walked back into the kitchen the car was BACK BLOCKING THE ROAD AND SHINING ITS LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN WINDOW!!! I was a little surprised by this fact and continued to inform Arla of this. At the exact moment I started telling her, the car AGAIN began to speed off down the road in a challenging manner. (I listened for the La Cucaracha) I didn't quite understand this and walked to the bathroom as I discussed it with Arla. As I returned to the kitchen, THE CAR WAS BACK IN THE SAME SPOT BLOCKING THE ROAD AND SHINING ITS LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN!!! Ok, by this time I was starting to get a little freaked out. I screamed at Arla of this development as they AGAIN sped off down the tiny road. As they drove off of Harris Street once more I could not help but be a little nervous. I have continued to keep a watchful eye to the road and have not seen the La Cucaracha car again tonight. I am, however, keeping a watchful eye in that direction. I know it's just one of those weird coincidences, but....it kinda freaks me out a little.
This IS freaky!! What is the matter with some people? Nuts.
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