'How do you like them apples?': Band gets even with cranky old neighbor, retrieving the apples he stole, and letting them rot

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 3, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

We love petty revenge in all forms, but we mourn the loss of perfectly ripe apples. These band members found themselves in a feud with a cranky old neighbor from a few houses down. At first, it was about the noise level of their jam sessions despite the fact that their house was far enough away and they were practicing during appropriate hours. In short, these were not selfish miscreants; they were at least trying to be respectful to the neighborhood. 

However, once the cranky neighbor escalated matters to the point that he tried to steal from their apple tree, it was time for some petty payback. First, they demanded the apples back before the old guy had his wife bake her pie, and then they taunted him by setting said apples on their windowsill until they rotted. That way, every time he passed by their house, he would see the apples he had to give back in a rotten state. 

Personally, we feel that the band members should have permitted the old guy's wife to bake the apple pie and then just take the pie for their own enjoyment. That was the real move. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions. For more, check out this post about an employee's payback for his company's lame overtime policy.

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  • 01
    "An apple a day kept the old fool at bay!"
    via Timotheus Fröbel
  • 02
    How we pettily revenged our old crank of a neighbour/how do you like them apples? This happened a long time ago but I just happened to remember it today.
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  • 03
    Back in my 20s I lived in a house with two of my closest friends. We played in a semi successful/signed/nationally touring band together and practiced at our house, which happened to be at the end of a dead end street.
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  • 04
    We jammed loud, but there werent any neighbours really close enough to have a problem with it and we always kept the practicing to appropriate hours.
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  • 05
    Then, rather quickly, a couple of townhouses went up sort of behind our place and were quickly sold and occupied.
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  • 06
    One day we were practicing when this little old man came angrily into our house, up the stairs, and into our rehearsal room and started screaming and yelling and poking one of us in the chest about how we can't be doing what we're doing (despite the fact we've been doing it for 2 years and never had any problems).
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  • 07
    Well we argued and hemmed and hawed and got the guy the of our house without k out him so it was a success, but we knew that day we hadn't seen or heard the last from him.
    via u/rougekhmero
  • 08
    Our house used to be an old farm house, but now was just a house on the end of a street in a neighborhood. We had two apple trees and two cherry trees in our backyard.
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  • 09
    Well one day we look out the window and see this old man IN OUR YARD taking the apples off our tree. So we got and went and knocked on his door, demanding our apples back (we didn't give a , it was the principle). He said his wife was going to make him a pie.
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  • 10
    He finally relented and gave them back, and we set them all on our windowsill where anytime he walked by the house he would see them. We left the apples there until they dried out and began to rot. Anytime we saw him walking by the window we would just stare and/or point at the rotten apples just as a > you to that guy.
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  • 11
    Probably the most petty thing I've ever done, but do it felt good. And he and his wife (who was a lovely and kind old Dutch lady) had sold the place and moved out within a year.
    via u/rougekhmero
  • 12
    butterfly-garden · 22 hr. ago This story has a peel!
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  • 13
    Born-Gift-6800 23 hr. ago Talk about Sour apples
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  • 14
    CoderJoe1 23 hr. ago How did he like them apples?
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  • 15
    DK_Murphy 19 hr. ago Inquiring minds need to know..... what band?!
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  • 16
    DynkoFromTheNorth 22 hr. ago He himself was rotten to the core way more than that fruit ever could be.
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  • 17
    Meincornwall. 22 hr. ago Nothing beats the taste of golden delicious revenge.
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  • 18
    lokis_construction - 21 hr. ago An apple a day kept the old fool at bay!
    via u/rougekhmero
  • 19
    Bigstachedad 20 hr. ago As soon as he entered my home and trespassed I would have called the police, then when he started poking you in the chest would add assault to the charge. The second time he trespassed I'd have called the police again. Demented old git needed to get consequences for his illegal actions.
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  • 20
    VEarthAngel55 - 20 hr. ago Obviously, it worked! He never bothered you guys again, and he got to see those beautiful apples rot away! Pettiness rules!
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