'He needs to own a nice car': HOA volunteer repeatedly tries to get neighbor's boss to stop bringing old car into the neighborhood

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Oct 2, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

This HOA member has never learned to mind her own business! It's free and it keeps you out of trouble, not to mention the peace of mind you gain from not having to worry about other people's problems in life. But some people really enjoy getting into other' people's business: they like to be a bit bossy and try to get everyone to conform to their exact wishes. 

This woman, an HOA member that u/Emancipatedtreesnake keeps running into, has a completely petty gripe. She doesn't think this person's boss has a good enough car. Unless she's willing to fork over thousands of dollars to buy the guy something, it's a rather frivolous complaint! Does she expect this man to drop everything and purchase a new car just to suit her needs? Of course he isn't going to do that. The only thing this HOA woman has succeeded in doing is irking her neighbor and his boss. 

However, the two of them came up with a crafty plan to get this woman off their backs, which you can read all about down below. 

After that, read about this one consultant who was adamant she wouldn't take "fashion advice" from her coworker… too bad the boss disagreed! 

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    One of the people who help run my HOA gets mad every time my manager comes to my house because he drives an late 90s Toyota Corolla. She says his car is too "low class" for our middle class neighborhood.
    via u/Emancipatedtreesnake
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    Every few weekends my manager comes over my house to help work on a side project for the company. When he comes over he parks in front of my house. The house across from mine just happens to be one of the worst karens I ever met HOA volunteers. She tends to take her job a bit too seriously. Anyways she complains to my wife and I every time she sees the car like clockwork. She will ether call or
    via u/Emancipatedtreesnake
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    wait until she sees us outside. The first time she even took it upon herself to write a letter about how its better for everyone if we can keep up a certain image in the neighborhood. I explained to her that he is my manager after the letter about a year ago. She accused me of lying since I drive a nice truck and have a nice house so she knows I bring in a decent salary. She assumed that my manager made more therefore he "needs
    via u/Emancipatedtreesnake
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    to own a nice car." I than explain that my manager makes 250k per year and drives a beater because he does not care about his image. She than goes on some rant about how she goes into massive debit to keep up the right image for the neighborhood and that its ignorant of my manger to save his money and buy a beater when people like her are pay check to paycheck to keep up with the Jones's.
    via u/Emancipatedtreesnake
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    Lucky for me I can not get fined but I still find it quite annoying that she is worried about the cars that my guests drive. I told my manger about her constant complaining every time he is over. He joked that He will spray paint his car with chalk next time he comes over to make it look as trashy as possible. I told him to dress in his worst cloths as well and slowly get out of his car to make sure she notices.
    via u/Emancipatedtreesnake
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    lowfreq33 People who actually have money don't usually feel the need to make sure everyone knows they have it.
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    Ryukotaicho Honestly, I probably would have pulled a "sorry. He didn't think the neighborhood was good enough to drive his Porsche through. He prefers to fit into the situation" and left her hanging.
    via u/Ryukotaicho
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    b... Luxury cars are about the worst way to spend your money. I get that some people are "car people", and it's their one toy. Fine. But generally when I see people driving expensive cars around I assume they have no retirement plan or have. financed the bejesus out of it at a huge APR.
    via u/busted_maracas
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    Few-Cable5130 She than goes on some rant about how she goes into massive debit to keep up the right image for the neighborhood and that its ignorant of my manger to save his money and buy a beater when people like her are pay check to paycheck to keep
    via u/Few-Cable5130
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    up with the Jones's The cognitive dissonance. required to say this out loud and not immediately realize you have really astounding. | I up is
    via u/Few-Cable5130
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    Off-With-Her-H... My Camry is a 2005, has over 200K miles and a could look a bit nicer. It's clean and never lets me down. I'm driving it until 300K miles or an accident takes its life.
    via u/Off-With-Her-Head
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    Cars are depreciating assets. I'd rather travel to lovely places than to spend my money to impress a bunch of strangers. Your neighbor is amusingly shallow.
    via u/Off-With-Her-Head
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    Ich_mag_Karto... I remember an....acquaintance about the cost of her car loan, kids private school fees, etc, and how she wished she could afford to have multiple vehicles like I did (I had 3 cars at the time).
    via u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln
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    I told her that the combined cost of my 3 cars was less than half what she still owed on her 15 month old "prestige branded" SUV, and that maybe she should live within her means.
    via u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln

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