Short Man Equals Big Jerk?

Can't help it. Our neighbor irks me. (Disclaimer ... pic to the right just depicts his stature but is not actually him.)

I'm 5'7" and have to look down at, well, we'll call him Sal Sigil. He must be about 5'5", and has the attitude and personality of a short man who feels he needs to compensate for his height.

He has a huge white king cab long bed pickup truck that he never uses to haul anything. It's diesel, and I can hear him start it at 6:30 in the morning, behind closed windows, idling for a minimum of 10 minutes no matter what time of year.

From what I understand back when we first moved here and he talked a whole 5 minutes to us (before he discovered that we're not "keep-up-with-the-Joneses" type people: he was a city representative in congress (or senate?) for several years, and believes he wasn't reelected because he's hispanic. He's never made us feel welcome to the neighborhood, and has been obvious in his distaste for our old vehicles and casual attitude towards life and money and family and fun. He even (allegedly) thought we were too poor for our house because we ELECT to use a human-powered push mower instead of a gas-eating lawn mower.

• This is the man who "allegedly" turned us in to the city authorities because we didn't water our grass often enough for him.


• This is the man who let all of the plums and apples from his tree drop onto the sidewalk and just stay there to rot and stain and let kids pick them up and get sick.


• This is the man who came over and grabbed a person from my yard to take something from his during the big annual spring bulk giveaway.


• This is the man who made his wife shovel snow this year while he was inside possibly dealing with clients or eating a Big Mac.


• This is the man who woke me up a week or so ago at 7:20 (after a night of insomnia and I'd just gotten to sleep) using his leaf blower because he's too lazy to sweep, and when i asked him to wait at least until 8 a.m., he basically blew me off... no pun intended.


• This is the man who NEVER puts out a recycling can because he doesn't even have one ... never mind that the trash pickup company gives them out for free ... he just doesn't believe in conservation.


• This is the man who NEVER participates in the Lights Out ... you know, that night once a year when we all turn out our lights for an hour to help save the Earth.


• This is the man who "allegedly" reported me to the city for not moving my car often enough to suit him.

He's at it again this morning. I'll be glad to move away for him. He's made us absolutely miserable here, including our 12 year old. Anybody want to buy our house?!?!

p.s. I intend for this to be my last rant about this neighbor. Afterall, we need to sell this house!