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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Did you talk to the guy himself before calling the company? What did he say?
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This would seem like the right thing to do, but I've tried it three times and each time it made things worse. Once was with a neighbour whose yard was full of junk, once over a neighbour's dog that attacked my mother, and once over a work vehicle parked alongside my house. In each case the neighbour went into denial, got beliigerent and when other neighbours complained to police or bylaw afterwards, I got blamed. I didn't offer any of these guys beers for ice-breakers, but I don't think my approach was adversarial either. I think you really have to know who you're dealing with before iniiating a one-on-one confrontation or you run the risk of starting a war. If you know your neighbour well enough, then a direct approach is definitely best. But if not, you can make a bad situation worse.