Oh. My. God.

So the bike drama continues.

I finally met perpetrator #1. She seemed pleasant enough, and was very apologetic.

But then perpetrator #2 appeared. He decided to lock his bike next to the handrail to the stairs leading up to our properties. His bike was IN my garden.

So I rang the bell and asked him to move it.

So he moved it. To the other side of the handrail so it was blocking the stairs.

So I rang the bell again.

"Are you obtuse?" I asked. I know, I could have been more polite.

Then the MOM came outside and said, "Well, you know your DOG WALKER leaves her bike there."

?!

Seriously?

The MOM is defending this BS?

Anyway, I said, "Well I'm not here when she does that." I dropped a note to the dog walker suggesting other locations to put her bike -- including inside my house if necessary -- in case they decide to make a stink about it to her.

The guy then walked around for about 10 minutes trying to find someplace else to put his bike that was not attached to someone else's property. Finally I poked my head out and said, "Hey maybe you can put it in your garage." Since, you know, they don't keep a car in there or anything. "It'll be nice and dry when you ride it home then too," I added since it was raining. And it's about 1000x more secure than it is attached to some handrail in the ghetto.

Gah!!

Will the drama never end????

I mean, you'd think that the mom at least wouldn't have given me the back talk. Perhaps this is where the child learned the behavior, however.

:-P

Fun times.

Ok, I feel better now that I've vented. Back to work for me!