'A "great" welcome to the neighborhood...': New homeowner finds out the hard way that she has a Karen neighbor after catching her stealing from her driveway, stands ground during tantrum

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 20, 2023 5:00 PM EDT

It's an exciting time when you buy your first home. It's a rare thing for people these days, so anyone who is able to be a homeowner all on there own should be applauded. When looking for a new home you have to check the usual things: finance, the house's condition, the politics of the neighborhood, etc. One thing people tend to forget that is also an important bullet point to keep on your house shopping list is checking out the neighbors. 

Unfortunately, it would appear this newest homeowner did not meet her neighbors before moving in and learned the hard way that she just moved in next to a Karen. Her reddit post paints a bright and clear red flag. Her friend had dropped a substantial amount of cash on her driveway. She went back to check the cameras to try and find it and saw a woman driving up to her driveway, hoping out, and taking the cash. She posted on the community facebook asking for whoever it is to come forward. The woman did and instead of apologizing, she called OP rude and made it seem like she was entitled for that cash. The old fashion "finders keepers" law. Turns out that woman is her next door neighbor… Yikes!

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    Font - Posted by u/lisab2266 10 hours ago Neighbor takes money off my property, calls me rude
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    Font - Friends and I were headed to the movies the other day. They carpooled to my house and then I drove from there. (Note: I recently moved into this new home in a very nice neighborhood -
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    Font - important later). At the theater, friend reaches into her pocket for money and realizes her cash is missing. Search around and in car and cannot be found. At dinner, she asks me to check my security
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    Font - camera to see if she dropped it in my driveway. I look but cannot tell, however I see there is a video 5 minutes later. It shows a car pull up and a woman jump out of the passenger seat, walk
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    Font - into my driveway and pick up the cash, hop back in the car and drive off. I decided to post on the book of faces, in my POA group, the following:
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    Font - "Hoping someone can help. My friend was visiting today and dropped some cash in my driveway. I have a video of a lady in a white car get out and come into my driveway and pick it up. I have pictures
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    Font - of the person and car. If anyone has any information, please let me know. This was a lot of money to her. Thank you!!" I refrained from posting her picture because
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    Font - those things cannot be undone. A bit later, a lady responded "I'll come by tomorrow". That's it, nothing else. Cue the next afternoon, she come to my door. This boomer Karen starts off the
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    Font - conversation in an angry way telling me my FB post was very rude because I posted that I have a picture of the person and "what was I going to do, call the police?" I told her she was lucky I didn't post
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    Font - her picture and that she was in the wrong by coming onto my property and taking something that wasn't hers. I mean, she took money from my property and she is mad at me! She said it was
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    Font - "barely" on my property (has she forgotten I have video?) and she was waiting to see if anyone reported it (but is mad someone did). I told her by her logic, if she leaves a bike in her driveway, I can grab it
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    Font - and take it home and keep it if no one "reports" it. She continued to argue and I decided I wasn't going to waste any more time
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    Font - on this lady. The best part? I found out she lives right next door! Great welcome to the neighborhood
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    Font - Fiery_n_Small 10 hr. ago So...she's a thief and trying to justify her theft on your property? Karen alert. It sucks that she's living next door to you. But you
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    Font - now know that the cameras were a great investment. If I were you, just discreetly ask your other neighbors about the thieving neighbor Karen.
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    Font - nunofmybusiness. 4 hr. ago Reminds me of the line from Crazy Rich Asians, "Nobody likes free stuff more than rich people."
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    Font - Appropriate-Law5963. 7 hr. ago Set boundaries early and check out the coverage of your cameras. You're about to start a wild ride!
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    Font - bostondana2 · 7 hr. ago Even in a commercial lot, one is legally required to give the money to the police. If the owner does not claim it after some period of time (IANAL
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    Font - but I believe the time varies by jurisdiction), then it is provided to the finder. This is why one cannot just take money in a bank bag that gets dropped, even on public property.
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    Font - Piavirtue 6 hr. ago Sorry this is your next door neighbor. Hang on to that video, never know when you will need it again. Watch your package deliveries. You have a thief in the neighborhood.
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    Font - bunnie444 7 hr. ago oh no..... i'd keep a close eye on your delivered packages too..... yikes. good luck! lol
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    Font - originalmango 4 hr. ago Post it anyway. "Here's the nice lady that picked up my friend's cash and returned it after seeing my FB post."
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