A HOUSEHOLDER has revealed how his neighbour stole his electricity every night – then made a shocking request after he was caught.
The gobsmacked resident slammed his neighbour as a “cheeky sod” and took to social media in a desperate bid to seek advice.
His post received unanimous support on Reddit – receiving more than 7,000 likes and 1,300 comments.
Posting on the r/EntitledPeople thread this week, the anonymous householder, who writes under the username @WeakCurrency, outlined their story.
The resident started their post with the words: “Is my neighbour taking the p*** with my outdoor socket?”
He wrote: “Came home a few times last week to find an extension lead snaking from my neighbour’s garage into the socket on the back of my house.
“I unplugged it the first time, figured it was an honest mistake.
“Then I caught him doing it again.
“I had a quiet word, said, ‘mate that’s my leccy you’re using, it’s on my meter’.
“He just laughed it off and said it’s only pennies and the estate management covers it anyway. It definitely does not.”
Cheeky thief
The householder told how his neighbour continued to use the socket – despite being asked not to.
In the end the householder was forced to put a cover and lock on the socket but even this didn’t deter the cheeky thief.
He added” “This morning, I find a note through my letterbox saying since I’ve ‘blocked the community socket’, he’ll need to charge his e-bike inside my house when it rains, and could I leave my back gate unlocked for him on Saturday.
“The absolute cheek. I’m not trying to cause a war here, I even offered to go halves on getting a sparky to fit an outdoor socket on his own wall and he refused.
“Now I hear he’s telling other neighbours I’m being tight
“Have I gone over the top by locking it, or is he just a cheeky sod?”
Dirty laundry
In response, one person posted: “Life is expensive for everyone, why does he think he can use yours instead of his own?”
Another said: “Make sure the gate stays locked. The audacity.”
A third person added: “Bring a load of your dirty laundry to his house and ask to come in and wash it.”
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- Broken fences – top of the board was broken fences and whose responsibility it was to fix it
- Parking: one of the leading drivers of neighbour disputes, with 54.1 per cent of people having issues with people parking in front of their house, parking bay or driveway
- Trees – complaints about a neighbour’s tree cracking your garden path was also common with nearly half of participants finding it frustrating
- Bin wars – outdoor bin etiquette continues to ignite the most furious debates between neighbours
- Nosy Neighbours – some people have their eyes and ears at the ready to have a peek causing problems for others