‘We Built a Wall’ : Woman Sees Snow as Opportunity for Revenge on Meddling Neighbor, Building Icy Barrier, Nine and a Half Feet Tall

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Eleonora Bader
Mar 2, 2023 10:00 AM EST

While some people may see an inconvenience as a problem, others see it as an opportunity to get back at their terrible neighbors. One person held this attitude, and it certainly got her far in terms of petty revenge. She lived next to an older couple, who lived above their car restoration business (this part is relevant because their business was fronted right on the sidewalk, running the entire length and width of their property). The thing was, their garage door was in the middle of the front of the building, and that's where they kept their car.

This neighbor had really made his bed. He was intentionally rude and unhelpful to u/Rachel_Silver, even going as far as to shovel a ridiculous amount of snow into a pile in front of her car, which didn't enable her to move it. Fed up, she took action. She realized that this snow presented an opportunity for petty revenge, so she and her stepson built a wall of snow, and not just any wall either... It was a magnificent product of spite. Nine and a half feet tall, eleven feet long…

Keep scrolling to read about her neighbor's reaction, and how it impacted her neighborhood. You are also welcome to check out this tale of malicious compliance that ended in sweet petty revenge for a terrible boss who took the saying 'the customer is always right' a little too seriously.

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge · Posted by u/Rachel_Silver 12 hours ago The Great Wall of Pennsylvania My ex and I lived on the main street of a small town. We were next to an older couple (early 60s) who lived above their car restoration business. Their building fronted right on the sidewalk, and ran the full length and width of their property.
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    Font - There was a garage door in the middle of the front of the building. It was recessed, set back almost the length of a car, so there was a sort of tunnel/carport. That's where they parked the antique car that was their primary transport. The curb to either side of the garage apron was painted yellow.
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    Font - EDIT: This was not the first problem we had with them. The wife would give us permission to do something (like double park in front of their driveway to unload groceries or park my mom's car in the vacant lot they owned across the street), but not tell her husband she had. He'd end up yelling at us about it. Twice, he yelled at me right in front of his wife for something she had said was okay, and she stood there and didn't say a word.
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    Font - I had parked our minivan (as was my preference) in front of our house just outside the No Parking zone when we got a big snowfall. It was almost a foot, and it was wet and heavy. The husband used a snowblower and cleared their sidewalk and driveway. He blew half of it into a big pile right in front of our van, right up against it. Some even landed on our windshield.
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    Font - There was a car parked a foot behind us, so we had to go through where that pile was if we wanted to drive anywhere. The pile was over four feet tall at its peak, and most of it was about three feet, just low enough to see over when he backed out. I did some rough calculations and determined it was nearly a metric sh on and a half of snow. I rang their doorbell, hoping to start a dialog about it; they didn't answer.
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    Font - I didn't see all that snow as a problem. I saw it as an opportunity. It was the raw material that dreams are made of. My stepson and I spent hours working on that pile. We were up half the night, and I've never seen my stepson put so much effort into anything else, before or since. He understood grandeur of my plan, and he shared my commitment to it. Together, we made something magnificent and awe-inspiring.
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    Font - We built a wall. The hard part was that even with the snow from our sidewalk, there wasn't enough to realize my vision. I needed more. I did the neighbor on the other side of our twin. I added the snow from along the side of our house, carrying each shovelful to the
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    Font - sidewalk for my stepson to add. Then I got smart, and started shoveling snow from the backyard onto a tarp so I could drag a big pile around with each trip. It started on the curb by the front of the van and completely enclosed and concealed the No Parking sign. It went through (and dammed) the gutter and went out into the
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    Font - street at an angle, ending just over a car width from the curb just before the neighbors' driveway. It was nine and a half feet tall, eleven feet long. It was a foot thick at the curb end and widened to more than three feet thick. We used a storage bin to make blocks, and we sprayed each one with water. We used slush
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    Font - as mortar. That thing wasn't coming down without heavy equipment. For weeks afterward, whenever he wanted to leave, his wife had to stand in the street and wave him out when it was clear. The street sloped up slightly towards their property, so a lake formed on their side of the wall and extended to the far end of
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    Font - their property. It was ankle-deep where the gutter was, so she had to walk around it. I found out from another neighbor that they called the cops. But I had checked the local ordinances, and it was completely legal. It was entirely within the footprint of the pile the husband had made, it was just
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    Font - taller. There were no restrictions on height; all the relevant ordinance dictated was that a pile of snow couldn't present a risk of damage to property, and the wall didn't; it was structurally sound.
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    Font - _scary_canary_ · 10 hr. ago The shear amount of effort this must have cost both of you! Just....wow. Were either of you able to lift your arms the next day? Very well done!! ↑ 108 Reply Share
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    Font - Lay-ZFair +1 - 10 hr. ago Having lived in Pennsylvania and trudged through the snow to school often, I say Bravo! Job well done. As I was reading I was hoping you were watering it down as you went. Reply Share 92 ·
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    Font - RealUltimate Papo +2.10 hr. ago Never thought I'd ever chant this unironically, but... 'Build The Wall! Build The Wall!' You did your state, and your country proud 60 Reply Share
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    Font - +4·10 hr. ago The great wall of vengeance. Finally, a wall I can get behind building. CoderJoe1 51 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - strange_dog_TV. 2 hr. ago As someone from a city in a different continent that experiences no snow - this made me snort hard 42 Reply Share
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