Sunday, May 4, 2008

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Ok, so how many of you have met your neighbors by calling the cops/security on them? Well, we have done just that.

Allow me to elaborate....
2 weekends ago we were hanging out in the living room & Joe was looking out of the window when he saw a guy in the backyard looking very confused & limping. I was trying to get Joe to go scare the guy, but he wouldn't. When this mysterious man walked up to the house behind our yard & started fiddling with the propane tanks, we called security.
Security came up, asked us to describe what we saw. They took a ride over to the house behind ours & explained the situation. Lucky for us no one was mad! Shortly after the neighbors made a trek back to our yard where we met them, apologized for calling security & formally introduced ourselves. They were happy to know that at least they have neighbors who will keep an eye on their house. Francesco (the neighbor) explained that he was limping because he accidentally kicked a boccie ball. As for why he was messing with the propane tanks, he explained that he just wanted to see how full they were.

Needless to say we felt really silly! However in a positive light, now that we know all of our neighbors, we know there will people looking out for our house while we're gone. Of course, they definitly know we'll be looking out for their houses!

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