The fact is, he knew that it was his fault, and he would still be the first to say he had made an error. However, what he did not foresee was that his neighbor would take advantage of his error. He opened his computer, unaware of what he should do, to look for her on the internet. He wasn’t looking to find anything helpful, so he was shocked to see these images. He was eventually willing to use them as proof to get back at her for what she had done to him. But what exactly in those images did he see?
His Life Was Monotonous
This tale centers around Kristopher Hess, a young man. This young man has recently been on a routine. He would work at a local security company for 16 hours every day and head home at 8 a.m. to catch up on sleep. This is why Kristopher was more than happy to break away from his routine when his best friend called him to say he would be around for a while. Things went awry during the visit, although he was excited.
A Break From Routine
Mark, his childhood best friend, will be around for the weekend of Independence Day, and Kristopher was more than pleased to see his old friend. This is why he asked to leave for college, as he wanted to spend a great deal of time with his mate. To ensure that the two of them will enjoy their time together, he also used his savings. They decided just to sit back and catch up on drinks and snacks. Mark did, however, have another idea.
How To Celebrate The Holiday
As the region had not seen any rain for more than two years, it was a hot day when it happened. They both put up some deck chairs and began to talk. Mark had an idea, after a couple of drinks, to enjoy their time even more. Mark had a sly grin as he proposed setting off “good ‘ole American fireworks.” He agreed to give in, although Kristopher was not fond of the idea.
They Bought Fireworks
Kristopher made sure that his dad was not around before they went through with the plan, and after being able to confirm that it was the case, they went ahead and drained his savings to buy fireworks. “Kristopher said,” I had nothing but poor fireworks encounters, to be fair, so I had no idea how this would be any different. With the fireworks, we got home and put them all on the floor; Sparklers, Bottle Rockets, Cakes, Roman Candles.
It Was Fun While It Lasted
It looked as if Christmas had come early for the two of them when they made their purchase. “Why don’t we mess around with some sparklers since it’s still not dark yet?” asked Kristopher. Mark was delighted to hear this idea, of course, as this was just what he had in mind. Unfortunately, for them, things went wrong soon after. What exactly happened when the fireworks were set off by the two of them?
Nothing More Than A Huge Mistake
Two sparklers were lit by Kristopher: one for him and the other for his best friend. They loved the sparklers tumbling down their arms as they made shapes and relived their childhood memories, and waved the sticks around. Although they were having fun, they were not aware that their behavior would later cause Kristopher’s headache. “One of the little sparkies from mine and my friends’ sparkler made contact with the ground and made two small fires…” Kristopher recounted.
The Lawn Went Up In Flames
They didn’t expect that things would get out of their grasp. The backyard was, sadly, so dry that two small fires became a raging inferno. In their panic, the flames quickly found their way to Kristopher’s neighbor’s yard as well. Kristopher said, “I ran as fast as I could to grab the garden hose and quickly started spraying down the fire. It was no use; it was spreading faster than I could spray it.”
She Saw An Opportunity
While his best friend did his best to put out the fire, 911 was called by Kristopher. Unfortunately, for them to be able to do something about it, it was too late. By the time the fire made contact with the flames, Kristopher’s neighbor had come out to help. When Patricia seemed to grasp the situation, Kristopher felt guilty but felt relieved. He was unaware, however, that it was not the case! Patricia, in fact, even had a sinister grin.
After A Long Day At Work
Although his break was not what he planned, he had no choice but to go back to work after that, as it turned out to be stressful. His day off seemed to have gone to waste. When he got home after his exhausting change from work, he was more than happy to relax. There was a surprise awaiting him, though, as soon as he got home.
Asking Him For Money
He was shocked to find two of Patricia’s quotations. One was supposed to pay for a new fence for $4,000, while the other was supposed to repair her lawn, costing more than $6,000. However, since he spent all his money on the fireworks, Kristopher did not have the money. After showing the quotes to his father, he told Kristopher, “Son, don’t you give that con artist a single dime.”
Taking Matters Into His Own Hand
Aside from the money that was asked of him, there was also a note saying: “I will also be having you pay my water bill for 3 months because the new yard will need lots of water.” Kristopher was shocked by this, which is why he posted on Reddit, “Now the fence this woman had before was raggedy and falling apart. Her yard? Dead grass, weeds everywhere, never mowed it. Now looking at this paper, she wants a mahogany fence and a brand-new back yard with flowers and trimmed hedges? I said, ‘I need to get an estimate myself; this doesn’t feel right…’”
Using His Connections
Luckily, Kristopher had a buddy who works as a contractor. According to him, the lawn was probably in terrible shape for many years before the accident. But because of the fire damage, they had a difficult time proving this. It was true that the neighbor needed a fresh lawn, a fence of mahogany, flowers, etc., so he was fortunate that he met someone who could do it all at a fair price. He also invited the contractor to come over to check and give a quote for the location.
She Threw A Fit
The next day, the contractor went to the building, but Patricia interrupted them while flailing her arms as she screamed, before they could even check the damage. “I did not give you permission to get an estimate on my fence!” Patricia said. Kristopher responded with, “The fence separates the property line, so it’s both of our fences.” Another clear sign that she was panicking was that she asked the cops for help!
Giving Her The Estimates
Kristopher shared, “She calls the cops on me for having a contractor, and they ultimately can’t do a single thing because I’m on my property.” “He quickly finishes the estimate off at $1,200.” Kristopher actually has a lot of connections. While he was a grocer, he met a guy who took care of lawns, and he said that he could reseed to the lawn for $800. Kristopher shared on the ProRevenge subreddit, “After I get these estimates, I give copies to the woman, and she is having none of it.”
She Made Excuses
After Kristopher sent Patricia the estimates, she replied, “I don’t know these people. I don’t want them near my house. They’re probably terrible contractors.” As a way to make her understand, he told her, “No, I know them personally. They are really nice people and do great work.” It was then clear that, from his viewpoint, she did not try to look at it and just closed the door right in his face.
The Last Straw
Kristopher said, “I ended up working a 16hr shift that night and got home at 8 am, and this woman comes knocking on my door at 9 am and demanded I speak to her. I explained, ‘I would really love to do this, but I just got home, and I have to be back at work in less than 5 hours. I need to sleep.’” Her response to that? “What kind of lazy jerk sleeps in until 2 pm?” Kristopher felt that this was the last straw.
Giving Her An Ultimatum
Kristopher added, “At this point, I had about lost it, and told her: ‘you can either accept my $2000 for my quotes or get nothing.’ She stood there for a while with her mouth open, but she accepted my offer and planned to meet down at the notary the next morning.” Believing that Patricia finally understood, he drew up a contract for her as he got home from work and even gather $2,000 to pay her for the work! However, Patricia had something else in mind.
She Stood Him Up
He woke up the next morning and grabbed the contract. He was thrilled that the nightmare was over, and he wanted nothing more than never to speak to her again. He went to meet the notary, but she did not appear until three hours later. Kristopher shared, “I get a message from her saying ‘I’m sorry the $2000 isn’t enough, I’m having my guys start work on this project, and you will be paying me the full price.” Kristopher knew he had to come up with something else.
Waiting For An Opportunity
Kristopher went on to say: “After that, I did not say a single word to her, and I watched for a few months as these guys turned her backyard into an oasis, complete with a small pond, brand new Sod, flowers, the whole 9 yards, come to find out she had plans to remodel these things for a long time and was just waiting for the opportunity to go through with it.”
He Looked Her Up Online
It is important to take note before we proceed that Kristopher understood that he had made a mistake. He felt bad and even tried to make it up to her for burning down her yard, but she did nothing but take advantage of him. When he opened his computer, he was shocked by what he saw! He was shocked to see a Facebook photo of Patricia and eventually figured out why she needed more money from him.
The Photos In Question
Kristopher shared with his fellow Redditors, “She used her remodel funds to go on a trip to Hawaii. Do you know how I found out about this? She was bragging about it on the neighborhood Facebook group and didn’t know I was in it.” All this time, she had been partying in a luxury resort in Hawaii! She was having a good time with her girlfriends while he worked hard to pay her. He finally asked the Reddit community, “Are you ready for the revenge?”
Taking It To Court
Kristopher shared, “Now, four months after the fire and all the remodels, I get served papers to go to court for $10,300. At 18 years old, I have to hire a lawyer to work in my case. When we finally do get into court, I lay everything out: the quotes, being harassed multiple times, not showing up after agreeing to a deal, not wanting me to get my own quotes (required by law, btw), and her bragging about conning me out of money… and, I have proof of all of this.”
What The Judge Told Her
“The judge looked at her and said, ‘Ma’am with all due respect, you’re out of your dadgum mind. Not only did this young man tell the truth of what happened, but he also offered to pay you more than he was supposed to, ‘Your lawn was already dead before the fire occurred. Therefore, he is only responsible for the fence of $1200. I will also deduct from this his lawyer fees.’” Kristopher also added to the post.
He Got The Last Laugh
Kristopher concluded his story by saying, “She took a huge financial loss from this, not sure how much the Hawaii trip cost her, but she was in serious debt. She ended up having to sell the house because of it and moved into a smaller house. I haven’t heard anything from her since. To this day, I still do not use fireworks because we could’ve really hurt someone. What I have learned through this, though, is its best to take responsibility for your actions from the gate.”
Neighbors Are Not Always Pleasant
If the woman in this story is outrageous, wait until you read the next one! Without one, one will never understand how a terrible neighbor feels. How can you handle this kind of person? Speak calmly, have a respectful, mature conversation? It’s not always that possible! Living next to someone you don’t want to see is challenging. However, there’s always an alternative, and this guy certainly showed bravery and inspired all of us. You would not have believed what was happening here!
Going Too Far
He was furious when he was parking his car in his driveway. Throughout his service, he has seen a lot of stuff since he is a police officer. Yet what he saw was different from anything else that day. He was furious when he saw what his neighbors had done! He closed his fits as soon as possible to calm himself down. He said under his breath: “This is war.”
The Officer Of The Law
Let the hero of our story be introduced to us. David Ellis was a Los Angeles Police Department police officer for 40 years. His job consisted mainly of capturing individuals involved in drugs and theft. He lived in a small private neighborhood and, no matter where he went, he always complied with the law. He found a hobby to do on weekends, working in his garden, after so many years.
The Last Straw
As usual, as if it were the most precious treasure in the world, he took care of his lawn. Something unexpected was about to happen that would set him off for all the weekends that he spent cutting the lawn, watering the trees, and taking care of his little oasis. After a rough week at work to cool off from work, he loved tending to his lovely garden to relax.
The Crux Of The Drama
Soon enough, all that David had been focusing on, these mean and arrogant neighbors made sure to spoil it. They were related somehow, but they didn’t get along for a while and kept their distance. David didn’t mind the neighbor because he didn’t want to look into the issues. Because of the issue that revolved around a road that enclosed his home, all this changed one day.
“A Complete Nutjob”
For some reason, for no reason, many potholes would appear, but because no one cared or tried to fix them, David decided to fix them himself, and that went on for a lot of years! The police officer was worried that an accident could result in this and hurt someone. Not everyone was, unfortunately, the same as him, and the neighbors had different plans.
Passing The Responsibility
David always refused the neighbor’s plan to change the road from gravel to asphalt, as no one was willing to pay the money required to do so. This is also the origin of quarrels between the two parties, which go back centuries ago! The daughter of David said that she could not remember when there was no fighting between the two sides. It was like the two sides were fighting for their whole lives!
A Gesture Of Goodwill
David was the only one taking care of the gravel road, even though he didn’t have to do it. The neighbors would laugh at him instead of helping, which angered David’s daughter because of unfairness, leading her to finally ask her dad to do something to end the quarrel. His neighbors were so ungrateful that instead of being appreciative, they took advantage of David’s good act.
Enough Is Enough
However, they’re simply people who are hard to reason too, and this could be said for David’s neighbors, who blamed him for the situation. How was this fair? How did they even have the guts to complain about how David was taking care of the gravel? Everyone in the community used the road every day! There simply wasn’t any reason for them to be treating him like this, especially with all that he had done!
Protecting What Was His
You have to fully understand this story because the gravel had just a square meter of David’s private yard. It was made like this to prevent any type of accidents and mishaps from happening to anyone and let drivers pass through his property without the risk of damaging his property. David was even nice enough to negotiate with his neighbors.
Inspecting The Damage
If that wasn’t enough, David even offered three square feet of his land to make the turnaround easier for them! What David wanted was to make all the people in their area happy. The neighbors, however, simply wouldn’t accept any compromise and wanted their way badly. They rejected the proposal from David and drove closer to his property, which could cause damage easily. Of them, very selfish, right?
A Series Of Barrels
David was able to deal with the situation until, one day, something happened that made him decide it was sufficient. A neighbor who ordered wood was trying to get a truck through David’s house, contributing to one of his fences’ collapse. You would presume that, of course, the damage would be accounted for, but no one was prepared to do so! According to David’s daughter, Miha, “We had to replant these plants and add a new metal barrier.”
Aggression
David’s daughter said, “My father told me this was not the first time this happened, but the third. I couldn’t believe it when I heard this.” After David had finished fixing the fence, he decided to take matters into his hands to protect his property. At an entirely different stage, he thought his neighbors were dismissive of him. Due to the ungratefulness of their neighbors, the police officer said, ‘This is war.”
Thinking Up Other Ways
The day he saw that the cypress trees had been destroyed, he snapped and determined that the only way to change the situation was through complete revenge. He wanted to plant huge barrels around his section of gravel that his neighbors wanted to pass by. They didn’t understand what David did with all these barrels at first, but then they would find out they weren’t just plain barrels.
Petty Revenge Turning Pro
The story, in fact, is not over here yet! Six hours after they hit the barrels, David had placed around his property. Three neighbors knocked angrily at David’s door as their cars were damaged. The neighbors were unaware of the barrels being filled with rocks, which is why any car that hits it could easily be damaged. However, this wasn’t the end, as David had more in store for them.
Cement And Poles
His angry neighbor threatened him and said he would call the cops, and even worse, he warned him to look out, or he might get a “pickaxe to the back.” No one understood the rules better than David, but he kept his cool and warned the neighbor that he had every right to put the barrels there because it was his property. But still, the war was far from over.
The New Solution
Initially, the barrels were effective and did well to protect his property, but it would finally break after being hit by many passing cars. As expected, after a year of being in service, the barrels broke down and were no longer effective. David knew he had something different to do; he knew this war was not easy to win, so he took his next step to an even higher level, which is why he did something that would ultimately teach a lesson to his neighbors.
A Lesson Learned
The first person would soon learn what David had done when they went home, as they did not realize what was coming. As he normally did, he would pass through David’s house without looking twice and not realizing that a flowerbed was laid across his estate. When he had a long talk with his insurance agent, the neighbor was angry. Meanwhile, it seems as though David’s strategy was successful this time around.
Perfectly Legal
David can no longer tolerate his neighbor’s disregard and came up with a perfect plan. “My dad was furious; he cut some wood to use it as a mold. He bought cement, sand, and metal poles. One peaceful afternoon, my father and I cemented that whole part of the land and placed some lovely flowers on top. So when they hit the concrete, they can smell our flowers of victory/defeat.” Miha wrote on the r/ProRevenge subreddit.
Going Viral
David put a small concrete concealed by the flowerbed right on the area where the neighbors would turn or (some) cut right through the land. After the first victim encountered David’s new plan, he understood his plan was working and that his neighbors could no longer touch nor destroy his property anymore. But did the other neighbors learned from the experience of the first one? And most importantly, did it stop them from doing the same thing?
Other Ideas
Some of David’s disrespectful neighbors damaged their cars whilst cutting through the corner without paying attention! They knew they had to stay away from David’s possessions, but they didn’t know they would learn it the hard way. Finally, the angry knocking on his door stopped, but the war is not over because one of the neighbors hired a lawyer to stop David from doing what he did!
Serious Damage
As it is natural, many cars got damaged, which led David to prove to the insurance companies that since it was his property, what he had done was legal. He had done his homework and knew the risk of the cement wall being planted. But because that piece of land belonged to him, no one could tell him anything. What are you thinking? Has David done the right thing here?
Satisfying Revenge
“I’m very amused by the logic some people go by, for example, If I intentionally hit your property and it damages my vehicle, it’s still your fault (the owner of the property) for trying to protect your property and not letting me just destroy your property… and you should compensate me for the damage caused by my stupidity.” A Redditor’s comment on David’s revenge story as it got viral on Reddit.
Realization
Adding on to the post was another Redditor who said: “They ran over your trees? OHHH BOY, If they run over any more of your trees, look up your local laws about trees. People have been sued for TONS of money over the destruction of trees because they take so long to grow, so they have a lot of value.” How about you? Do you think that David may have taken things a bit too far?