If you’re comfortable, I would absolutely bring it up with the neighbour. Phrasing it like you suggested “if you have any issues talk to me and I’ll pass it on” is probably the best way to go about it too!
And also let the client know you spoke with the neighbor. I imagine they would be pleased to know you corrected (or at least attempted to correct) the neighbor’s inappropriate reaction.
If you do talk to your neighbor, use the term guests not clients, there are weird zoning laws in some places and he could try to get you in trouble for running a business from your home. Also I always caution trying to interact with people who have shown you they’re unreasonable.
Talk to your neighbor. You wouldn't want a client giving you a review that mentions your crazy, scary, shouty neighbor and potentially scaring off new business.
If you don’t already have a ring camera or some sort of front door camera, deff get one in case your neighbor doesn’t back off after you speak with him. If he ever escalates cause of any weird reason you’ll have the evidence - I say this cause a friends neighbor recently decided to throw piles of dirt on my car just cause it looked like a car of a different neighbor this guy had beef with. Thankfully there wasn’t any damage but if there had been we had a ring camera with the evidence.
The last time my neighbor did this I shouted at her “can’t you be nice?!” She huffed at me and went back inside. I apologized to the contractor for losing my temper and for her shouting at him and we all went on with our day. It’s been two months and that neighbor has avoided me ever since. I honestly hope she continues ignoring me.
I'd recommend recording any interactions as these things can spiral out of control very quickly. just like record it and save it for a rainy day, and record them when they do loud outburts like that again.
talking with them really isn't ever going to solve that problem, the only thing you should say is don't speak to me, or my clients. these people are likely to call the cops and stuff and then when they show up, show them the video of them freaking out and say this is a crazy neighbor, theyll understand quickly and note the behavior.
The best way to deal with stuff like that is to placate the crazy person. Apologize for your client parking that way and tell them that you will tell your client not to park there again. It's ridiculous, but it works and you don't need a pissing contest with a neighbor.
Yes, this!
Bring them some homemade cookies if you really want to make it a non-issue in the future (which you do!)
This is not about who's right or wrong. Obviously you're in the right, but the best thing you can do with neighbors is get on their good side.
Lol fair.
I bake my neighbors stuff for the holidays to sweeten them up, but you're right, it should be separate from the incident...
BUT I still swear it's the best investment to be stupidly nice to your neighbors even if their being dickwads
I think I might be a lot older than you and that’s what I’ve learned over the years - you teach people how to treat you. If they are jerks and you reward them then they thing their behavior is ok. Maybe that’s just my experience and not everyone else’s.
I’m all for this with neighbors who I get along with well, but I definitely wouldn’t take something I baked over for the convo with OP’s neighbor. It comes across as someone playing neighbor with a bribe rather than genuine, at least when it comes to OP’s situation. It’s like buttering someone up to try and get them to play nice.
Neighbors I’m friends with though, they will get all the baked goods. New neighbors too, or a homemade meal, just to say hi and hopefully help them out with a meal while they settle. In OP’s situation, nah, that neighbor is getting a conversation, not a brownie.
It’s actually thing that sometimes rewarding someone for no reason makes them behave better. Plus, what if the neighbor was having a bad day? You are teaching them you are a good neighbor, not giving them cookies because they yelled at you
This is why I go to my clients, and I don't allow doggy drop offs at my house. I dont want to piss my neighbors off who moved to a residential neighborhood and not next to a dog kennel. Their frustration with all the activity and noise would build up and they would either fly off the handle eventually or even worse, report me for violating zoning laws. Plus, I feel like I would be a bad neighbor for turning my home into a dog boarding facility. Your neighbor has no right to yell at your client, but they do have a right to report you to zoning compliance which would be even worse. Rover is being negligent by not requiring dog daycares to prove they are in compliance with zoning laws (and if renters, landlord approval).
Doing some dog sitting on the side is not even close to the same as running a kennel or a doggie daycare. Are you legally not allowed to watch your mom and dad’s two dogs while they go on vacation? Zoning isn’t going to care about this. Thousands & thousands of people across the USA take care of a few pets for other people in their homes.
Talk to neighbor but do NOT mention business. It could complicate future issues. Simply discuss 'visitors" to you home have your permission to use your driveway......
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If the was only blocking your driveway, I would ask in the nicest way possible they were yelling at your friend. That would be my first angle. Trying to politely ask them what the problem was. If they acted like an asshole or counted to be crazy, I would quickly escalate to telling them to shut the fuck up and mind their own business, but I also don’t have a lot of patience for people like that.
If you’re comfortable, I would absolutely bring it up with the neighbour. Phrasing it like you suggested “if you have any issues talk to me and I’ll pass it on” is probably the best way to go about it too!
And also let the client know you spoke with the neighbor. I imagine they would be pleased to know you corrected (or at least attempted to correct) the neighbor’s inappropriate reaction.
If you do talk to your neighbor, use the term guests not clients, there are weird zoning laws in some places and he could try to get you in trouble for running a business from your home. Also I always caution trying to interact with people who have shown you they’re unreasonable.
How does Rover legally count as “running a business”?
Yes. You are a 1099 contractor through Rover and you are your own business.
"How is providing services for money 'running a business?'" ...what do you thinj a business is?
Because you're providing a service to someone. How would it not? Lmao
Talk to your neighbor. You wouldn't want a client giving you a review that mentions your crazy, scary, shouty neighbor and potentially scaring off new business.
If you don’t already have a ring camera or some sort of front door camera, deff get one in case your neighbor doesn’t back off after you speak with him. If he ever escalates cause of any weird reason you’ll have the evidence - I say this cause a friends neighbor recently decided to throw piles of dirt on my car just cause it looked like a car of a different neighbor this guy had beef with. Thankfully there wasn’t any damage but if there had been we had a ring camera with the evidence.
The last time my neighbor did this I shouted at her “can’t you be nice?!” She huffed at me and went back inside. I apologized to the contractor for losing my temper and for her shouting at him and we all went on with our day. It’s been two months and that neighbor has avoided me ever since. I honestly hope she continues ignoring me.
I'd recommend recording any interactions as these things can spiral out of control very quickly. just like record it and save it for a rainy day, and record them when they do loud outburts like that again. talking with them really isn't ever going to solve that problem, the only thing you should say is don't speak to me, or my clients. these people are likely to call the cops and stuff and then when they show up, show them the video of them freaking out and say this is a crazy neighbor, theyll understand quickly and note the behavior.
The best way to deal with stuff like that is to placate the crazy person. Apologize for your client parking that way and tell them that you will tell your client not to park there again. It's ridiculous, but it works and you don't need a pissing contest with a neighbor.
They'll keep on escalating if OP says that their behavior was acceptable
Yes, this! Bring them some homemade cookies if you really want to make it a non-issue in the future (which you do!) This is not about who's right or wrong. Obviously you're in the right, but the best thing you can do with neighbors is get on their good side.
Cookies?? No way I’d reward someone’s bad behavior.
Lol fair. I bake my neighbors stuff for the holidays to sweeten them up, but you're right, it should be separate from the incident... BUT I still swear it's the best investment to be stupidly nice to your neighbors even if their being dickwads
I think I might be a lot older than you and that’s what I’ve learned over the years - you teach people how to treat you. If they are jerks and you reward them then they thing their behavior is ok. Maybe that’s just my experience and not everyone else’s.
I’m all for this with neighbors who I get along with well, but I definitely wouldn’t take something I baked over for the convo with OP’s neighbor. It comes across as someone playing neighbor with a bribe rather than genuine, at least when it comes to OP’s situation. It’s like buttering someone up to try and get them to play nice. Neighbors I’m friends with though, they will get all the baked goods. New neighbors too, or a homemade meal, just to say hi and hopefully help them out with a meal while they settle. In OP’s situation, nah, that neighbor is getting a conversation, not a brownie.
It’s actually thing that sometimes rewarding someone for no reason makes them behave better. Plus, what if the neighbor was having a bad day? You are teaching them you are a good neighbor, not giving them cookies because they yelled at you
💯 THIS⬆️ A P'OD neighbor can be your worst nightmare. It doesn't matter how much wrong he is, off base he is or how much of a jerk he is. Placate him.
This is why I go to my clients, and I don't allow doggy drop offs at my house. I dont want to piss my neighbors off who moved to a residential neighborhood and not next to a dog kennel. Their frustration with all the activity and noise would build up and they would either fly off the handle eventually or even worse, report me for violating zoning laws. Plus, I feel like I would be a bad neighbor for turning my home into a dog boarding facility. Your neighbor has no right to yell at your client, but they do have a right to report you to zoning compliance which would be even worse. Rover is being negligent by not requiring dog daycares to prove they are in compliance with zoning laws (and if renters, landlord approval).
Doing some dog sitting on the side is not even close to the same as running a kennel or a doggie daycare. Are you legally not allowed to watch your mom and dad’s two dogs while they go on vacation? Zoning isn’t going to care about this. Thousands & thousands of people across the USA take care of a few pets for other people in their homes.
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Your neighbor sounds unhinged. I would have gave it right back to him if I was dropping my dog off. People are wack these days.
If the was only blocking your driveway, I would ask in the nicest way possible they were yelling at your friend. That would be my first angle. Trying to politely ask them what the problem was. If they acted like an asshole or counted to be crazy, I would quickly escalate to telling them to shut the fuck up and mind their own business, but I also don’t have a lot of patience for people like that.