NWR: Crazy upstairs neighbor = hilarity

Licia&Wayne

I hope you guys get the same kind of kick out of this situation that I am:

An older lady just moved into the apartment above me, and yesterday she hoisted tons and tons of coaxial cable past my living room windows, up the side of the house and in through her windows. Then she came back downstairs, went outside and strung the cables down through the basement windows.

A little bit of a red flag went up when my cable went nuts last night and started flashing every time she went downstairs. Fi and I checked our line - she had hooked into it to steal our cable - while we were home and watching her do it!

Needless to say, we called the cable company, a technician came out and cut her cords. She left us a passive aggressive note about how she didn't mean to steal our cable (um what?) and didn't appreciate the technician's attitude.

Getting your cable stolen by a 60-something year old woman...what is the world coming to?

stina93446

I find this humorous, don't worry.

MyNameIsNot

But she didn't mean to!  She accidentally drug that cable down there and didn't mean to plug it into your box...

Licia&Wayne

Oh no I totally believe her! I mean, the line just spliced itself and just happened to hook into her television! It was totally an accident!

To give you a better idea of how nuts this lady is: my other neighbor told me that the nutter butter was outside on the lawn with her TV and this old disconnected satellite dish trying to pick up reception. I don't even think they were hooked up, it was like she just magically thought her show would appear. She just left the TV and the dish on the sidewalk! lI'm starting to really worry about this woman's well-being.

How much will one person humiliate herself in the name of television?

caseyandlizzie

That is hilarious!

emilykathleen511

Awesome! You know, she totally could have done this much more covertly if she would have rigged it up outside the home instead of inside! Ha, my training at Comcast has allowed me to be an expert at stealing cable!  

banana468

That's rather amusing...unless it's your life.

I'd defintely also tell the landlord that the new tenant has decided to do some illegal stuff upon her arrival.

lalap69

LOL!

She is the very definition of stealth.

bablingbrooke

Wow, crazy old lady!  I would also tell the building.  I wouldn't trust this lady to not try to pin something on you.

gottahavashorti

That's crazy.  She just happened to forget that cable isn't free, I suppose.  If the cables were still hooked up the first rain after moving in, would it have short circuited the cables and/or TV?

bablingbrooke

I just read it to DH, he found it really funny too.

Licia&Wayne

I have no idea what's going to happen when it rains...oh yeah, ps - the wires that the cable technician didn't cut into pieces are still hooked in through her window on the second floor and creeping down the side of the house, as well as laying all over the lawn.

This is the second BSC neighbor we've delt with in the past 3 months. We were so happy when the man we nicknamed "Stompy McGiggleton" and all of the friends that were randomly living with him moved out.

It must be a requirement to be BSC before you can move in above me. *sigh*

bablingbrooke

Yeah but do you have the Section-8 neighbor who hoards furniture in his apartment that he finds on the side of the road, goes off his meds, then decides at 4 am (during EXAMS!!!) that he's got to get rid of it and throw it down the stairs?

Licia&Wayne

Oh my gosh Brooke, that takes the cake. Suddenly cables all over the lawn and passive aggressive notes on my door don't seem so bad.

bablingbrooke

Yeah he's one of many reasons why I hate living in Boston and can't wait to move to So Cal  I'm out here now for spring break and am just loving looking for housing

EDIT: To this guy's credit, he usually feels really bad after an episode, especially if DH or I have to go out and, politely as possible under the circumstances, remind him that everyone else is asleep at that hour.

CTGirl30

OMG - as someone who had a slew of crazy upstairs neighbors during my time as an apt renter, I can sympathize. Ugh - definately let the management know what happened, as who knows if down the road she'll try to pin the blame on you for something or who knows what. She sounds a little whackos for sure. :-p

jenn.daniel

that made my day.