'Please pick up after your dog': Neighbor feud escalates from petty signs to lawn sabotage

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 4, 2024 2:00 PM EST

Who doesn't love to sit back and watch drama unfold when you personally are unaffected by all of it? Well, at least for now. Who knows how these two neighbors plan to escalate their feud after all these shenanigans? Maybe the Redditor will have to get out of their front-row seat and actually pick a side?

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/coralcoast21, who watched their neighbors start from a petty place of putting up passive-aggressive signs on their lawns to leaving dog baggies full of you-know-what all over the place. That last move definitely crossed a line for many of the folks in the comments section and left several wondering how much worse this can get. 

Keep scrolling below for the full play-by-play. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this post about a petty exchange between a student and their professor. 

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  • 01
    "Watching the petty war between my neighbors"
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    r/pettyrevenge. Posted by u/coralcoast21 9 hours ago Watching the petty war between my neighbors I live in a decent neighborhood, lots of lakes, mature trees, good sized lots. Even without an HOA, people maintain their property to reasonable standards.
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    Then there are those for whom reasonable is not good enough. Any deviation is a problem. Meet neighbor 1 who bought a foreclosure house and did $$$ of reno and landscaping His yard is immaculate. He lives next to neighbor 2 who is less stringent but fine.
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    1 had a hissy fit when he found out that 2 was the "decoration" house (it's spectacular). Halloween and Christmas draw crowds with people coming into 1s yard to get selfies. Petty war begins with a comical amount of "no trespassing" and "please don't park on the grass" signs on the swale.
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    The next Christmas 2's inflatables are slashed in the middle of the night by a group (kids) people in hoodies. 2 blames 1 for "arranging the hit" on Santa and his friends.
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    1 gets a couple of little dogs. 2 accuses him of purposely having them in his yard and puts up several of those obnoxious "please pick up after your dog" signs. The following week hundreds of identical green bags, filled and neatly tied appear on 2s yard. It snowed bags in Florida!
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    Now the sprinkler wars have begun when either party has a gathering. It's amusing for now. I hope it doesn't escalate.
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    FrangibleSoul 9 hr. ago I'd make popcorn and just sit on the front porch all day. 315 Reply Share
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    Active-Source4955. 9 hr. ago Mental pictures of 1 opening the door and pranking and going back inside. Then 2, then 1, then 2... 111 Reply Share
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    Slammer5828 hr. ago. edited 8 hr. ago Gotta love a good neighbor war. My best trick was the neighbors dogs were always trying to dig holes in the yard. It would drive him nuts because his lawn was his one true love. He never figured out that whenever there was a good rain storm, I would be out there tossing beef bullion cubes over the fence to melt into the grass from the rain. The beef smell would get those dogs digging every time. 210 Reply Share
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    Belaerim 9 hr. ago If it ever gets boring, stir the pot by egging one of the houses 52 Reply Share
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    coralcoast21 OP. 8 hr. ago Nope. I am officially Switzerland, cordial with both houses and leaving it there. Besides, there are far too many cameras between the houses now to get away with anything. 96 Reply Share
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    trip6s6i6x 8 hr. ago I draw the line at dogs in my yard. It happened once with a neighbor, and their dog's ended up mysteriously sprayed across their front porch and door. It's never happened again. You get what you give...
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    mesdyshell 9 hr. ago Just waiting here, for the next installment of neighborhood wars!!
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    ravoguy 8 hr. ago Number 2 accused Number 1 of number 2s?
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    CVNTSUPREME 8 hr. ago Ok, so number 1 held on to hundreds of bags of ?? HOW AND WHERE were they stored before the storm?!
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    coralcoast21 OP. 8 hr. ago I don't know. I'm guessing that it was a coordinated attack with friends and relatives. They are on the main road through the neighborhood with small front yards. You could toss bags from your car easily.
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