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CONFESSION #0513 — NEIGHBOR SABOTAGE
Saturday, May 9, 2026
The open house went fine. Saturday, noon to three, maybe 15 groups through. Sunday morning the seller calls me screaming.
Sunday 9am: neighbor left a note on every car that parked on the street during my open house.
Sunday 9:15am: seller reads me the note. It says the house has a rat problem. Says the foundation is cracked. Says the previous owners ran a meth lab.
Sunday 10am: seller finds six more notes stuffed in her mailbox.
Monday: two buyers who were interested call to withdraw.
Tuesday: seller wants to sue.
Wednesday: I talk to the neighbor. He says the seller's dog barks too much. That's it. That's why.
Thursday: seller drops price by 20k.
The dog doesn't even bark that much.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL FAILURE TO NEUTRALIZE A ROGUE NEIGHBOR ELEMENT RESULTING IN DEFAMATORY LEAFLET WARFARE
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself DEEPLY troubled by the agent's complete lack of perimeter control during what should have been a routine open house operation. You allowed a CIVILIAN with a GRUDGE and a PRINTER to conduct psychological warfare against your listing, and your only defense is that the dog does not bark that much? REGINALD ONCE HAD A NEIGHBOR WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT MY WIND CHIMES AND I HAD THOSE CHIMES LEGALLY RECLASSIFIED AS PROTECTED SPEECH WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. That is what advocacy looks like. Instead, you stood by while this man distributed what can only be described as a one-page newsletter of LIES, and now your seller is out twenty thousand dollars because you failed to anticipate that a barking dog dispute could escalate into accusations of methamphetamine production. The precedent here is clear, see Nextdoor v. Everyone's Worst Impulses, 2022, wherein the Court ruled that neighborhood grudges are a foreseeable market hazard requiring ACTIVE COUNTERMEASURES. You should have had eyes on every vehicle, you should have known that neighbor's grievance history, and frankly you should have befriended that man weeks ago with a gift basket and aggressive small talk about his lawn. The Court sentences you to mandatory neighbor reconnaissance training and revokes your right to feel victimized. CASE DISMISSED, Reginald must go feed his Roomba.
Leaflet Negligence
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