'Short, sweet, and truly petty': Suave gearhead gets neighbor to stop calling zoning on him with one devastating line

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    Font - Posted by u/Electrical-Bacon-81 1 day ago How I got my neighbor to stop calling zoning on me.
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    Font - My neighbor repeatedly called planning & zoning on me because I had more cars than they liked. When zoning would show up, i would park the cars on the street, instead of in the yard (legal), until the zoning guy went away, then put them
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    Font - back in the yard after he was gone. Then, my neighbor built an addition on the side of their mobile home. I waited until they were finished & stopped by to talk to them. I said "that addition looks real nice, how much did the permit
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    Font - cost?". At that point, I knew they were screwed, because my county doesnt issue permits for additions on mobile homes, so there was no way they had a permit for the addition. Oddly enough, I stopped getting visits from the zoning guy.
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    Font - I never called them in for the permit violation, I actually just wanted them to leave me alone to live my life.
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    Rectangle - dadudemon +5 - 22 hr. ago Short. Sweet. And truly petty. I love it that you have morals and "you ain't no snitch." That makes it even pettier.
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    Font - Electrical-Bacon-81 OP 21 hr. ago ● I figured it like this, if I called, they would be forced to remove the addition, eliminating their incentive to leave me alone. And, i hate the zoning guy (and all the other bureaucracy a holes), i ain't calling those guys for st.
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    Font - Electrical-Bacon-81 OP. 16 hr. ago This was actually years ago, they havent bothered me since. So, WIN.... So long, that addition probably needs a new coat of paint.
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    Font - johnnymac_19 1 day ago +1. When asking them "How much did the permit cost?" I'd have been on the phone with zoning. Oops.
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    Font - SwearWolf925 22 hr. ago +1. Good call, this was very subtle and satisfying. I may have been more petty but chefs kiss the minimalism involved in getting them to get a life is fantastic
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    Font - spideygene 21 hr. ago +1. Dude! You ended the war with ONE warning shot. Well played, sir. Well played indeed.
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    Font - HansAcht 18 hr. ago ● My neighbours called the township on me for burning leaves in a barrel and the smoke was bothering them since they didn't have A/C. I didn't have a permit so they warned me and told me to get one. I went the same day and got one. I then
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    Font - proceeded to burn everything I could find for 2 weeks straight. I was even going into our forest and raking up leaves and hauling brush out of it to burn. It was satisfying to watch their windows all close every morning when I started my daily burn. They did
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    Font - end up calling the township on me again but they were informed I had my permit. I'm guessing it was a warm 2 weeks for them inside their house and after that they never f d with me again.

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