'Neighbours from Hell' **UPDATE**

Post by 'Eric'

Before the wall came down in East Germany, the STASI had very many informers, snitches, snoopers ... call them what you will ... in East Germany they were called 'Spitzel'.  These 'Spitzel' were your next door neighbours who unknown to you were regularly supplying the STASI with all types of information on you. This could have very dire consequences upon you and your family. lt was all done in secret, nobody but the STASI knew who the 'Spitzel' were. That was until the wall came down and the STASI Headquarters were raided by the people who found all the files and the names of these 'Spitzel'. To this day, many of these Spitzel are hated and loathed in Germany.

Here down High Brighton Street we have our own version of the Spitzel ... residents call them the 'Neighbours from Hell'. They have been constantly putting in vexatious complaints to the ERYC, Police, Traffic Wardens, RSPCA etc about many residents down High Brighton Street since circa 2002. They hide behind the data protection of all the afore mentioned so that they remain anonymous ... but l know who they are and so do other residents.

Want to see what our Spitzel complain about? Below is an extract from an actual complaint. Yes, our Spitzel do indeed keep logs on residents here. Pathetic, isn't it? Yet all the afore mentioned authorities have to take them seriously and waste valuable time and resources on these vexatious complaints.

Don't be afraid if you receive a letter from someone like ERYC that lists complaints about you. lt's nothing at all to worry about, just deny it and tell them to stop bothering you. Turn the tables round and put complaints in about the 'Neighbours from Hell' ... other residents have!

Another development is the 'Neighbours from Hell' have acquired an acolyte :)

Extract from log kept by 'Neighbours from Hell' against residents sent to ERYC

DATE

TIME NOISE STARTS/FINISHES

COMMENTS

Saturday 4/8/12

13.31 - duration approx 10-15 mins

Loud music from transit. Owner sat in vehicle

Thursday 9/8/12      

16:10 - duration not stated

Minibus owner working on minibus with an electric drill

Sunday 2/9/12

not specified

 Back and forwards to minibus almost all afternoon.  Banging doors.  

Wednesday 5/9/12

not specified

Banging from minibus  

Sunday 16/9/12

before 10:00 - 13:00

Working on transit. Hammering  

Sunday 16/9/12

14:00 - 15:00

Hammering and playing music from the van.

Sunday 21/10/12

12:55

Drilling inside transit.

Sunday 21/10/12

16:25

Loud thumping music from transit.

Saturday 1/12/12

10:00 - late afternoon

Intermittently working on transit van.

Constant noise - not specified

What could possibly go wrong?

Guest Post

High Brighton Street's double yellow lines have been getting a bit scruffy, the winter freeze has spread the cracks and broken them up

But wait! ...  help is at hand!

Some 'public-spirited citizen', (yeah, right), has been trying their hand at DIY with yellow paint. l wonder who that could be? It’s amusing to think that this was done by the person who previously contacted the Council to inform them that somebody had vandalised the lines! You remember the 'Neighbours from Hell'

The DIY is a  bit amateur, streaky, done with a paintbrush ... and now it looks like they’ve tripped over the paint pot! Oops!

I haven’t had any more tickets, incidentally. 36-nil. Undefeated. Perhaps the Council got sick of losing the fight, or maybe they don’t want the illegality of the lines to receive further exposure. Have any readers had a parking ticket on High Brighton Street in recent months?

l'll leave you with this:-

Can you guess what it is yet? :)