Neighbors

Why is it imperative for the neighbor to criticize?

To think the worst of those around you befuddles your sense and gains unfavorable opinions. Caution in these most uncertain times, in these fields of deception, is perfectly suitable when dealing with unsavory characters, but not allies.

If it happens to pass that your neighbor is participating in reckless motor sports on your land, but the said neighbor is very reasonable, is it not fair to warn them of their crimes before bestowing punishment.

If it comes to pass that your neighbor unleashes a terrible beast upon your property, calling it a misunderstood dog and expecting no trouble to come of the situation, obviously one would tolerate one's own dog to urinate on every inch of the neighbors yard.

If it happens to pass that your neighbor thinks it wise to allow her baby to take a walk down the road, many would debate the ethic of disturbing the little one's walk, even if my husband was about to run him over.

Do my possessions suddenly belong to you?

Have they mysteriously changed in the hands of fate to bend to your every whim? Privacy and more importantly respect, are guidelines we all must obey to even begin earning the title of a 'good person'. Showing outward goodness is the only way for strangers to become good neighbors to each other.

Pool hopping. An excellent activity for those wishing for more trouble than entertainment as they swim in unowned pools; consequently it is also the most ridiculous pastime fools ever deigned to invent. Tell me who isn't turned on by the idea of having screaming nut heads enjoying your pool at three in the morning. I hope every hooligan taking part in this atrocity finds themselves gulping great swaths of black muck after finding themselves in a lake instead of a pool.

Lunatic cats pooing in my flowers. Wherever these felines hide I will find them, every dropping found will rain down on their sorry heads while my flowers rejoice in liberation.

Hosts ignoring their guests. What type of person in all of society likes to have themselves treated as a very shiny, very new,-piece of furniture? The greatest of all memories and pastimes are those spent conversing and interacting with people we enjoy, not contributing to the architecture and wall-art in your host's home. The frank lack of consideration in this situation is completely contradictory to all rules of etiquette. There is no point whatsoever in teasing someone with entertainment and friendly attention which later only yields unnecessary suffering and loneliness. One would think a host would want to gain a positive opinion from someone who can easily influence their social life.

The insufferable qualities...

The insufferable qualities which are demonstrated accidentally by one's neighbors in life are forgivable. These same acts committed with honesty and openness however, cannot be tolerated:

When very noisy motorcycles power down the street as I read enjoyably.

Finishing an exam while someone wines and pouts, learning the teacher will not help them cheat (then blaming their misery on me).

My own tendency to obstinately retain my thoughts even after they have been proven blatantly incorrect.

To see ungrateful protegees waste their leadership as a tyrant throughout high school.

Waiting for someone to realize their importance and calling in life while innocent people are harmed.

Watching as someone declares themselves to a great cause, then completely contradicts the statement later.

Myself, and all other forms personified as I rant and criticize those I have little sympathy for.

Someone assuming authority and knowledge within themselves when frankly they are too illiterate to read their own heart.

Apathetically expressing the disregard one feels for any thoughts, feelings, or opinions of another.

Any person who takes it upon themselves to act as if they are omniscient, and therefore understands every convoluted concept known and unknown to humanity.