Builder gets back at Karen celebrity for trying to obstruct their building site: 'I went ahead and called the police'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jun 14, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

We have this tendency as a society to assume that just because someone is notably successful in one area that they must be a paragon of humanity in all other ways, when, well, this often couldn't be farther from the actual truth. 

See, there's this thing that happens to those who have early success—or have success thrust upon them thanks to nepotistic opportunity—where they also think they're better than everyone else. If they found their success through a singular focus on their chosen path, it's incredibly likely that they let other life skills and ethics fall to the wayside along the way in pursuit of their goals. And, if they never had to truly work for what they achieved—well, they're going to be truly insufferable indeed. 

No, great people and great deeds do not make… That's why it's no surprise that, as technology brings greater exposure to celebrities, we're finding that, more often than not, they're not everything we hoped they might be. 

In this case, this builder came head-to-head with a Karen celebrity when working on a job site in close proximity to their residence. See the original story they shared with this popular online community below. 

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    Celebrity Karen M ос AITA for intentionally being petty? So I am a builder. I primarily do high- end custom homes, 1-4 million price range. I am a female (34), which isn't common in this industry, but I really love what I do and I am fairly decent at what I do. In the past my projects were primarily in rural areas on large ranches, but this particular project is in the middle of a large city, which means there are neighbors in close proximity, which is something new for me to deal with.
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    The neighbors around this area are some of the worse, entitled, nasty people you can imagine, and one of them is a celebrity and his wife (we will call her B), who is also well known. I haven't personally had too much interaction with the couple. When B goes walking every morning I smiled and waved (which I do with everyone because this is Texas y'all) and she would always ignore me, which honestly is whatever. I not going to stop being kind because she is unfriendly, I honestly just started ign
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    My job-site has been really busy the last year, and most of my subs park along side the street in front of the house. We all park on one side, facing the proper flow of traffic. If someone happens to park on the other side of the street the neighbors call the cops or the city building official. I find this incredibly annoying and childish, but whatever. I have my guys move and it's not a big deal.
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    That being said, I stop by my project every morning to line my guys out and check on work that has been done, make my lists, etc. Most of the time I park on the very right side of B's property, which is just to the left of my projects construction drive so my guys. have parking in front of the project house. I am not there long, usually 2-3 hours.
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    One day I was outside the house and a woman approached me. I wasn't sure who she was, but apparently it was B's maid. She informed me that I needed to move my car (which was on the correct side of the public street) or B was going to call the cops. I looked at her and said there was nothing wrong with me parking there. The maid then proceeded to tell me that B was going to charge me $500/a day for parking in front of her house. I laugh and told the maid I didn't know they were that hard up that
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    I went ahead and called the police to get "ahead" of the situation. He informed me there wasn't anything B could do about me parking in front of her property, which I knew, but I could get a ticket for parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, which is on the property line between my project and B's house. The office informed me I needed to be 15-feet away from the hydrant. I thanked him and he left. So I did end up moving my car.... I took my measuring tape and measured out
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    15', which put my almost smack in front of B's house. I decided to park in front of her front sidewalk for 2 weeks after that. Every time she does something to me on the street (which happens more than I prefer) I park in front of her house just to her off.
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    Honestly, if she had just come to me in the beginning and asked me nicely not to park in front of her house, I probably never would have again unless absolutely necessary. But the fact she was ok sending "her help" to threaten me really Ime off. AITA for keeping this going? I don't like. when people think that they are "above you" because they are well off. I know billionaires that have better manners than this chick.
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    MotheroftheworldII 13 min. ago Public street = public parking. Miss B can just deal with it.
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    ejdjd 8 min. ago Ooooo, drop some tea!! Houston, Dallas or Austin and then can we guess who these "celebs" are??
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    binx64 18 min. ago • NTA but you're in the right community even if you happened to be
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    CryptographerMedical 8 min. ago NTA! You complied with a police warning about parking! That it annoyed her is cough such a shame... D
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    dudeloveall2814 2 min. ago • I hated dealing with the entitled neighbors when I did cabinets. They were only nice when asking how much we charged our how long or waiting list was.
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