Brilliant, birdy! How tempting to print and post anonymously to all who havn't helped Tea, but could have! Would go right over thier heads, tho. I thought it was hilarious and wonderfully written. And with a moral to the story, too. We should put it on the curriculum in schools!
Amazingly there have already been 460 hits on this thread - thank you all those who have visited.
Granted that tea drinker's experiences are just one example of the terrible neighbour problems that people have to put up with - but the way everything can be compounded and worsened by 'withheld protection' of indifferent local authorities has in her case become an issue in itself.
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM 'WITHHELD PROTECTION'?
Over a decade ago, when my wife and I were suffering from a longstanding antisocial neighbour problem, Jack Straw, the then Home Secretary (I think) initiated a real push to give local authorities extra powers to deal with such situations. At the time it seemed like a godsend. But where are we now?
It occurs to me that there are others out there who are suffering not only from antisocial neighbours but also like tea drinker from similar 'withheld protection' of indifferent authorities - but specifically in the case of neighbour problems with a garden theme, if possible.
Why not continue the use of this thread to record your experiences of dilatory or ineffective help from local authorities.
We should still keep tea drinker's thread separate - since, as anyone reading it will know, her experience has become a real saga (incidentally, 'A Social Saga' was one of my original working titles for The Bully and the Policeman).
We were once being harassed by a neighbour who was, let 's just say, a member of the legal profession (not police, higher up than that).
After years of sleepless nights and legal-sounding letters from this person I decided to go to the professional body that governs this profession as I didn't think someone with that job should be acting so unprofessionally.
Phoned up and explained my problem only to hear the words "It's nothing to do with us. If this person was a gas fitter, you wouldn't call CORGI would you?" and then they put the phone down on me.
Yes. I eventually called upon the help of a very, very old and good friend who knew someone else who was employed in the same field. They felt so sorry to hear of our plight that they mentioned it to a friend of theirs who was, as it were, an ace to our tormentor's king. A quiet word was had behind a closed door and we were never bothered again.
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great poem!! well done
Brilliant, birdy! How tempting to print and post anonymously to all who havn't helped Tea, but could have! Would go right over thier heads, tho. I thought it was hilarious and wonderfully written. And with a moral to the story, too. We should put it on the curriculum in schools!
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Amazingly there have already been 460 hits on this thread - thank you all those who have visited.
Granted that tea drinker's experiences are just one example of the terrible neighbour problems that people have to put up with - but the way everything can be compounded and worsened by 'withheld protection' of indifferent local authorities has in her case become an issue in itself.
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM 'WITHHELD PROTECTION'?
Over a decade ago, when my wife and I were suffering from a longstanding antisocial neighbour problem, Jack Straw, the then Home Secretary (I think) initiated a real push to give local authorities extra powers to deal with such situations. At the time it seemed like a godsend. But where are we now?
It occurs to me that there are others out there who are suffering not only from antisocial neighbours but also like tea drinker from similar 'withheld protection' of indifferent authorities - but specifically in the case of neighbour problems with a garden theme, if possible.
Why not continue the use of this thread to record your experiences of dilatory or ineffective help from local authorities.
We should still keep tea drinker's thread separate - since, as anyone reading it will know, her experience has become a real saga (incidentally, 'A Social Saga' was one of my original working titles for The Bully and the Policeman).
We were once being harassed by a neighbour who was, let 's just say, a member of the legal profession (not police, higher up than that).
After years of sleepless nights and legal-sounding letters from this person I decided to go to the professional body that governs this profession as I didn't think someone with that job should be acting so unprofessionally.
Phoned up and explained my problem only to hear the words "It's nothing to do with us. If this person was a gas fitter, you wouldn't call CORGI would you?" and then they put the phone down on me.
Did the situation resolve eventually, Waterbutts?
Yes. I eventually called upon the help of a very, very old and good friend who knew someone else who was employed in the same field. They felt so sorry to hear of our plight that they mentioned it to a friend of theirs who was, as it were, an ace to our tormentor's king. A quiet word was had behind a closed door and we were never bothered again.
We moved house while we were on a winning streak.
So, if I've read between the lines correctly, would I be accurate in saying it was a case of 'Justice' both giving and taking away?
... and eventually making sure that Justice was 'done'?
You may say that, I couldn't possibly comment....
Got it!
Wow! That is a truly AWESOME poem Birdy ! What masterpiece and what a
great way to put everything that's happened to Teadrinker into perspective. I
reckon someone (other than Teadrinker) should print your poem and post it
to that horrible neighbour of hers. You never know it might shame him into
submission. I've always thought poetry was the best way to express feelings
and you've proved it with your poem.