Revenge
Seeing his daughter uncontrollably sob broke his heart. Who would do such a thing to a little girl? He could feel his face turning red as his blood pressure started to increase.
He looked over to his neighbors. He wished he could wipe their smug expressions off their faces. He could feel his jaw clenching. They'd completely wrecked everything. He was about to ruin them.
Fearless Father
Scott Hunter wasn't a man to let go of things easily. Even his coworkers called him "The Pitbull" because Scott would never let go of something once he had his teeth into it. That's why he couldn't just let what happened just go...
When Scott saw his eight-year-old daughter cry at her own birthday party he knew that he had to do something...and may God have mercy on those who have crossed him.
Party Planning
Scott and his wife had been planning her party for weeks. Nina worked so hard to ensure that her daughter would have the best day. She baked a cake, she decorated the backyard and she made punch. She could never have guessed that there would be a problem...
That particular day proved out to be the worst of Evie's life. Her parents had tried hard to make Evie's birthday one to remember. Evie definitely remembered her birthday, but not for the right reasons.
Horrible Neighbors
Scott and Nina loved their lives in the suburbs. They had been living there for over four years. Almost everything in their life was perfect. They unfortunately had awful neighbors.
The elderly couple complained about everything. Their daughter was too loud when she played outside with friends, their BBQs cause too much smoke, and a lot of other arbitrary reasons. They tried their best to keep their relationship with the neighbors friendly, but what they did that day crossed a line.
Evie's Birthday
The morning of Evie's birthday started out perfectly. The sun was shining, their daughter could not keep the smile off her face and Scott was in a great mood. He did everything necessary to prepare for the party.
As the guest started to arrive Nina started setting up the snack table while Scott started the BBQ. The two pairs of enraged eyes gazing over the back fence went unnoticed.
Miserable Man
“Hey, Scott!” the horrible old man yelled, “We are trying to enjoy our porch, so tell your sprogs to shut up!”
“They are children, Bernard, it’s a party,” Scott said annoyed. He could not believe the old man! Scott tried to distract himself from the miserable old man by continuing to BBQ the meat as the children ran around playing. Scott was silly to assume that his neighbor would leave the conversation at that.
Big Inflatable Ball
Evie could not contain her excitement as she opened her gifts. She was obsessed with the big inflatable ball her grandmother got her. Everyone wanted to play with it! They all bounced it to one another and kicked it against the fence. They were having a blast.
Nobody could have predicted what happened next when it was accidently kicked too high and rebounded into the neighbor's yard.
Give It Back
The miserable old man's wife picked up the ball and held it in her hands while the children eagerly waited. “Please throw it over,” Evie pleaded.
She instead gave it to her husband. While fetching a screwdriver from the outdoor shed, he ensured everyone was watching what he did next.
Awful Reaction
Bernard maintained continuous eye contact with Scott. Then he stabbed the ball slowly and methodically with a happy grin on his face.
The malevolent man then awkwardly smashed it with his hands, sucking all of the air out of it. Scott was taken aback. Evie screamed angrily. The elderly man seemed to take great pleasure in making the small girl cry, and he wasn't done yet.
Planning
Evie couldn't stop crying and Nina tried her best to calm down her daughter. Nina wanted to put the whole ordeal behind her and continue the party, but Scott was furious.
Hours passed since the incident and Scott was even angrier. Scott devised a plan for revenge. He was going to make sure the neighbors never got to enjoy their porch again...
Details
Scott had never been so angry in his life. He wasn’t about to just let it go. They had ruined his little girl’s birthday, now they would have to live with the consequences. His plan was simple.
He could see the neighbors’ porch from his yard. Every time the miserable old couple came outside, he was ready.
Pestering
Scott thought carefully about all the ways he could make his insufferable neighbors’ lives a living hell. He thought about everything from poisoning their lawn to other, more harmful measures.
But he wasn’t a fool -- he knew that he couldn’t do anything drastic or illegal, so he decided to be an annoyance instead. He’d teach them to make his daughter cry.
Revenge Is Sweet
Every time Scott saw the neighbors sitting on their porch, he’d go to his garage and gleefully fire up his air compressor. Then, he’d make a racket with his gas leaf blower in the yard. At first, the neighbors would complain, but they couldn’t compete with the noise.
Every day, Scott would watch the porch and wait for them. It worked every single time.
Consumed
Scott was obsessed with getting payback, but he could bide his time. He’d do it until the couple died or moved out if he had to. He would be a constant reminder of their unacceptable behavior, and he’d never let it go.
They soon realize that they had made a huge mistake when they crossed him.
Persistence
Scott continued with his noisy regime for years. True to his word, he never let Bernard and his wife enjoy their backyard ever again. He didn’t even pretend that he was doing anything other than making as much noise as he could every time they set foot outside. And, every time, he’d drive those miserable neighbors right back into their house.
But Scott isn’t the only person to be inconvenienced by his audacious neighbors. He shares that in common with a woman named Shenna Barry. But her revenge on her neighbor was next-level.
Sweet Revenge
She knew she should just stay quiet and wait for the storm to be over, but she couldn’t help herself. After all, her neighbor was the one who had a problem with her. The gloves were off. They traded slur for slur, insult for insult, dig for dig. Without wiping the sweat from her furious face, her neighbor leaned closer and uttered three words: “just you wait.”
Then, with a barely-concealed smirk, the woman turned on her heels and walked away -- as if she was strolling in the park on a glorious summer day. It was at that moment that Shenna knew exactly how she would make her pay. Her meddling neighbor was going to get what she deserved.
Dream House
Shenna Barry had waited her entire life for this moment. After working her way up the corporate ladder, she could finally afford her dream home. It had everything she was looking for: a giant open plan kitchen, three bedrooms, and a stunning garden with a beautiful fountain at its center.
The newly-single mom thought this would be her dream house, in her dream neighborhood. But there was something she hadn’t accounted for.
Moving In
The moving day soon arrived, and after two days of unloading and unpacking boxes, Shenna was finally finished. But as she sat down on the sofa, she saw another moving van outside. But this time, it was for next door.
Shenna wondered what her new neighbors would be like. So far, everyone in the neighborhood had been incredibly polite and welcoming. Her new neighbors had to be the same, right?
Introducing Herself
Shenna swiftly went around to her new neighbors to introduce herself, taking note of the flashy red sports car that was parked outside. She rang their doorbell and waited for a few seconds.
Then, the front door opened and Shenna was introduced to the middle-aged couple, Alice and Louis. They seemed nice enough. But Shenna had no idea how wrong she was.
Garden Work
A few months later, the new neighbors had settled in. It was summertime, so Shenna and her neighbors were on a mission to tidy their yards.
Shenna liked to bag her leaves and grass cuttings, keeping them for mulch to fertilize her garden after she mowed the lawn. Curiously peeking over the fence, she couldn’t help but notice that her neighbors were much more ‘tidy.’
Trouble In Paradise
One day, Shenna finished her weekend yard work and left the grass cuttings and neatly-raked leaves on the lawn while she popped out to run some errands.
Despite having only been gone for half an hour, she returned from the grocery store and found something that left her at a complete loss for words.
The Feud Begins
Shenna, juggling her baby and the bags of groceries, got out of her car and walked to the front door, but the sight before her made her mouth drop.
All the grass cuttings and leaves that she had left on her lawn had been gathered up and maliciously strewn all over her porch! But that wasn’t all.
A Rude Note
There was something else. A note was stuck to her front door. And what was rudely scribbled on it left Shenna reeling.
Rereading the blatant threat and looking at the mess in utter disbelief, Shenna’s temper began to catch alight. Just who did these people think they were? Who would do something like this?
A Threat
The note read: “If this EVER happens again and you don’t do your lawn properly from now on, there will be consequences... and it will be worse next time.” Shenna was furious.
Why would someone do this? She wondered who would do something like this for a second, but she knew exactly who it was. And just like that, Shenna marched over to Alice and Louis’ house. They weren’t getting away with this.
Confrontation
Shenna rang the doorbell and as soon as Alice opened it, she burst inside her home, telling her that she would call the police for threatening her if she ever tried a stunt like this again.
But Alice had no response. Her husband walked into the room and embarrassedly apologized straight away, but she stood with an infuriating smirk on her face. Shenna wasn’t having any of it.
Tirade
A little voice in Shenna’s head kept telling her to just stay quiet, but she couldn’t help herself. Alice obviously had a problem with her, and after reading her threat the gloves were off.
She launched into a tirade against the woman, but all Alice could spit was “just you wait.” That’s when Shenna decided that she would make it her life’s mission to make her pay.
Pressing Her Buttons
For six months, Shenna took delight in irking her neighbor. She purposely didn’t mow the front lawn but made sure to mow the backyard. You see, she wanted to make a display of bagging those cuttings and putting them out on the front lawn for her neighbor to see.
Her plan worked and Alice was boiling with anger at what she had done. That’s when Alice decided to retaliate.
The Feud Continues
The feud between Alice and Shenna continued for months. One night, Alice poured an entire bottle of dishwashing liquid into Shenna’s fountain while she slept, so Shenna doused Alice’s plants in vinegar, killing her prized rose bushes.
It was going too far. Then, Alice did something so diabolical that Shenna was forced to act.
Escalating
Just when things couldn’t get worse, Alice started playing music at a deafening volume. Shanna tossed and turned all night, feeling the bass from Alice’s enormous newly-purchased sound system.
Shenna’s temper was like a firework, once the sparks started to sizzle there was very little time to duck and cover. This was the last straw.
A Nasty Surprise
After a restless night, Shenna rubbed her tired eyes as she took a sip of coffee.
She blearily looked out the kitchen window, surprised to see Alice waltzing up her drive with a code enforcement officer. Alice was making a show of pointing Shenna’s front lawn out to the officer. What was she doing?
A Plan
Shenna ran out the door to confront Alice and defend herself. She couldn’t believe that she had gotten law enforcement involved! But the meddling woman was adamant: the code officer was there to force Shenna to clean up her lawn.
Then, Shenna saw something outside Alice’s house. Suddenly, her stern mouth relaxed and a slow grin began to spread across her face.
Playing Dirty
Shenna narrowed her eyes and looked at Alice’s red sports car that was constantly parked on the street. Right there and then, she knew what she needed to do.
Finally, Alice was going to get what was coming to her. If Alice wanted to play dirty, she could do it better.
Revenge Is Served
Shenna sat quietly at the window, smiling to herself and watching the scene unfold. The tow truck had arrived, and sure enough, Alice had a problem.
She railed and yelled, frantically trying to stop them from towing her car. She fumed and raged, but she couldn’t stop them. She watched helplessly as the truck carrying her car disappeared down the road.
Livid
Shenna had spoken to the code officer and had Alice’s car towed from where it was parked on the street -- right in front of her own house.
She sat and smirked as she watched the woman unleash a torrent of curses in a blind rage. But the poetic justice of it all was still to come.
Poetic Justice
Shenna knew that a code enforcement officer couldn’t force her to clean up her front yard -- nobody could. Calling the authorities was Alice’s last-ditch effort to make Shenna’s life difficult.
The house was a freestanding unit and wasn’t policed by a homeowner’s association, either. But Alice hadn’t thought about what codes she was violating.
Revenge Is Hers
Coincidentally, code enforcement can’t force you to mow your lawn, but if you leave a vehicle on the street for over 72 hours without moving it they will happily impound it. $600 and a lot of frayed nerves later, Alice eventually got her car back. And Shenna? She hasn’t heard a peep from Alice since.
Our next hero is a man named Dave Miller. He exacted his revenge on his neighbors in an extremely creative way. All he needed were some cell phones and a bit of ingenuity…
One Special Quality
Dave Miller considered himself an average guy.
He loved to build cardboard forts with his kids, find unique solutions to family problems, and brought a burst of imagination to his job in web design. Dave’s skills, however, are about to be tested by the neighbors and their dog.
Barking’s Okay, Within Reason
A little barking was okay – it was in their nature after all.
But one the first night they moved into their house and let their heads hit their pillows, the symphony yaps, yips, and howls started. From there, it was a domino effect. The kids would wake up. He and his wife would have to get up ... and then no one slept.
No Idea When They Bought It
They had only viewed the house during the day, so Dave and his family had no idea about the loud monster next door.
Things got so bad that he even timed it one evening. And, no joke, it barked constantly from 7pm to 5am! It wasn’t until he saw a man walk in during the wee hours of the morning, did he realize the couple worked nights and slept during the day.
Rude Response
Weeks passed and his family started to suffer deeply.
There was no choice, he had to act. Dave had planned to keep the conversation civil – and it started that way. But it quickly devolved into some pretty thick vitriol and ending with a “Dogs bark, what do you expect?” and then a door slammed in his face.
Best Plan Ever
That was it. He considered himself a level-headed guy, but things were getting out of hand. He knew things wouldn’t change unless he acted – unless he broke out those special skills he was quite proud of.
The idea came in a flash, and he rushed home to get the needed equipment. It wouldn’t take much, but the result would be something to savor.
Wait For It…
He first took his secondary phone and, while the neighbors were away, set it up on one of their windows so it covered the area the dog roamed in.
Next, he took his primary phone and put it in the perfect spot – all the while, his wife looked at him like he had grown two heads. “Just wait,” he said. “You’re gonna love this.”
Gathering Evidence
As the sun went down and the unending barking echoed around the dimly lit street, all he had to do was press two buttons... and wait.
Finally, when 9am rolled around, and he was sure the neighbors were fast asleep, he pulled out his stereo, faced it at their window, hit play, and cranked the volume.
Blasting The Barks
It was a simple plan, but still so creative.
Dave had recorded the dog barking ... all ... night. He then hooked his phone up to the stereo and let the new stretch of yaps and howls continue. It didn’t take long until they heard a loud bang on the door.
Time For Comeuppance
Dave grabbed his morning coffee with a huge grin and slowly sauntered to the front door.
On the other side, a red-faced man with a scruffy mustache and angry eyes pointed right in Dave’s face. “We’re trying to sleep. Shut your dog up!” Dave stifled a chuckle and pulled out the other phone – the one that had taken the video.
Take That!
He pressed play and said, “It’s not my dog. It’s yours. I recorded him, since you miss out on what dogs do.”
The mustached stood on the porch with a gawking stare. For good measure, Dave added, “I'm just playing the radio at normal allowable city time and I will do this everyday." The neighbor stomped off in a rage. But would it work?
But Would It Work?
As Dave strutted back into the kitchen, his wife sat at the table shaking her head and finally letting out the laughter she had been holding back. “I can’t believe you did that,” she said. “But, wow, it was amazing.”
The hours passed and night finally settled in. The neighbor’s car pulled out of the driveway. Now was the moment of truth.
Yes, Finally Quiet
It was utterly blissful.
All they could hear was the chirping of crickets and the occasional car driving by. There wasn’t even a tiny growl. The twins slept soundly for the first time in weeks and his wife didn’t look like she was going to pick up a baseball bat and handle things her own way. There was just one more thing to do.
Share His Idea
It was just too good of a story. He had to share it.
He knew there were people out there who would find this useful for their own doggie problems and wanted a non-confrontational solution. But he had no idea that his Reddit post would go viral. It really was the best ending he could have hoped for.