Would you have done the same thing??s

[lookindown]

Lol Just ask me again tomorrow! Maybe, it will be different!

Just curious though? I might have a strange mindset, I'll consider that! lol How is driving past and setting off car alarms any better? He knows they are her keys! So, how is saying, because she was rude It's ok to keep something that belongs to her? I guess I'm confused when it comes to that part! So, a rude person loses their items and people are ok with that?

Yes. there is no law against being rude! So, who is to say it's right to keep someones property for rudeness? How ever you look at it, the keys belong to her! He knows they belong to her! How is that right?

And no I'm not rude to everyone that comes to the door. I have been at times though! To me, that is my space! and unless invited, I don't have to be nice to the person at the door! Sometimes I wouldn't question it either, Get up at 4am work all day, get home at 7pm, nothing is going right that week or that month. Just want some private time, sit down to eat( usually when it was something great that she made) or crack a beer and some clown is banging on the door to ask about a car in the drive that doesn't have a for sale sign or do i want siding, roof,lawn mowed, chimney swept,alarm system, magazines, cookies, political donations, surveys, Hi I'm from the alien bigfoot foundation do you want to donate or have I found god! (I never knew he was lost!) Would be an example of a time! I will also say the last neighborhood I lived in, it was not uncommon for people to be banging on the door until 9 at night. So, that's where I learned to be rude. If not, some pushy people will hang out and wanna talk all night! And I like to talk! So, I guess I can't take his side completely without knowing both sides of the story!

We only know one side to this story!!

I guess I have a hard time grasping how he is in the right!

I hear where your coming from...I didn't say it was right to keep her keys...in one of my posts I said I would have left her keys on the ground at the door.

 

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[coinman123]

Im nice and respectful to everyone I encounter...unless I had some bad chili, then I might join the rude side.

Who wouldn't be mad if they had bad chilli

 

[RelicMedic]

I'll bite. If I was in that situation, the fact that she was rude to ME wouldn't matter much. That doesn't bother me. Now, the fact that she would have swore at little girls, assuming she didn't know if the girls were standing there with me, bothers me. We've all had bad days, and God knows I've had my fill, but never in a million years would I have cursed with the potential of young ears close by. To me, its unacceptable to traumatize children with my bad mood. I think I would have just placed the keys back on the sidewalk, exactly where I found them. That way, I wouldn't feel walked on, and she gets a bit of the karma back.

 

[sandchip]

I'm rude to people at my door I don't know!

Something to consider when you're knocking on doors for permission to MD.

As far as the keys go, you wouldn't know that they actually belonged to the woman until you hit the Panic or the Lock/Unlock buttons. The latter would cause a lot less ruckus. Then, leaving them on the steps might be noticed by unsavory onlookers in the area but not by the woman who rushes out to her car's honking and flashing. If she answers the door the second time, tell her what you were trying to tell her the first time. I believe that alone would cause her to consider her earlier rudeness. If not, drop 'em off by PD with the address like Kemp said. Besides, our actions will all be judged by the same Dude in the end. I try not to add more to an already long rap sheet that He ain't forgot about.

 

[pepperj]

Just want to add that it could be a sign of some form of mental illness and the person might not even know they suffer from the effects of a disorder or they truly believe they're alright and the rest of the world is just messed up. Another cause of what happened is simple "Hangry" which means the blood sugar drops when a person is hungry and then from not eating the angry comes out, another simple reason for folks just going off for no reason and is not understood by many. I'm not sticking up for the woman that came to the door and her actions but one shouldn't take the other road either.

 

[Muddyhandz]

Interesting thread!
I don't understand how people justify the O.P's actions by saying he was teaching her a lesson.
Do you really think every time the car alarm goes off that she's thinking in her head......
"Oh, that must be happening because I was rude to some girl scouts and some dude knocking on my door?"
Kind of reminds me of when my buddy whacked his cat real hard the other day. "What the hell did you do that for?"
"Well, that stupid cat got into the garbage a couple of hours ago."
"Aren't you supposed to catch the cat in the act so that he knows what he's getting hit for?" "What kind of discipline is that?"
I'm all for teaching people a lesson but in this case, all you're doing is teaching her how to be more miserable!

 

[voodoo]

I agree with sluice and rginn.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Maybe she had just tracked dog poo across her carpet coming home after running some errands.

Then the doorbell rings and it's that guy from down the street who always walks his dog to her yard twice a day to do it's business . . .

Just sayin. I might be kind of snappy myself.

 

[Escape]

Maybe she had just tracked dog poo across her carpet coming home after running some errands.

Then the doorbell rings and it's that guy from down the street who always walks his dog to her yard twice a day to do it's business . . .

Just sayin. I might be kind of snappy myself.

By jove I think he got it!

 

[jeff of pa]

I walk my dog everyday in my neighborhood and the other day these girl scouts were out selling cookies while I walking.they stopped in front of a house and had rang the doorbell several times and know one came to the door.I also noticed that in front of the house out in the street was a key chain with several car keys on it.So after the girls didn't get a response ,I went up to the door and knocked.This crazy ass lady came out and said
"I don't want any god damn cookies".I looked at her and said that I'm not selling anything,and when I was about to ask if they were hers,but she slammed the door in my face.So as I was walking down the driveway and out into the street I pushed all the "Panic" buttons on the key chain and walked on down the street.She comes running out of the house and can't get the alarms to stop,she can't find her keys.
SO last week while I went to work,I drive past her house( at 3:45 am) I punched all
of the "Panic" buttons and drove off.I did this for 1 week,every morning.
I have noticed that the cars all have not moved all week,so I sent her 1 key and mailed it to her,and told her I wanted her to be nicer and maybe I'll send the others back to her.

Produce Guy I think there are a few members in this thread who deserve you having their "Panic buttons on the key chain" in your possession also

 

[wainzoid]

He should have given the keys to the girl scouts so that they didn't have to walk.

 

[cw0909]

wow OP, the LE have long memories, hope you didnt get on the radar
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[pepperj]

Don't know the laws in the OP's state, he found the keys but didn't return them instead he harassed the owner in the middle of night, being a neighbour I'd be right peeved if the driveway next door was lighting up 3 am every night. The table could be turned and he's the one trying to justify his actions to a cop.

Then again he's probably reading all the replies without signing onto the forum.

 

[lookindown]

Interesting thread!
I don't understand how people justify the O.P's actions by saying he was teaching her a lesson.
Do you really think every time the car alarm goes off that she's thinking in her head......
"Oh, that must be happening because I was rude to some girl scouts and some dude knocking on my door?"
Kind of reminds me of when my buddy whacked his cat real hard the other day. "What the hell did you do that for?"
"Well, that stupid cat got into the garbage a couple of hours ago."
"Aren't you supposed to catch the cat in the act so that he knows what he's getting hit for?" "What kind of discipline is that?"
I'm all for teaching people a lesson but in this case, all you're doing is teaching her how to be more miserable!

I don't think he did it to teach her a lesson, I think he did it to make himself feel better...bad things happen to bad people...this is just another example...and yeah I know she might not be a bad person but she was rude and shes paying the price.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

It's a good thing he wasn't trying to tell her the house was on fire!



(Do we need to raise bail?

 

[coinman123]

"Well, that stupid cat got into the garbage a couple of hours ago."
"Aren't you supposed to catch the cat in the act so that he knows what he's getting hit for?" "What kind of discipline is that?"
I'm all for teaching people a lesson but in this case, all you're doing is teaching her how to be more miserable!

I agree with you. It is not "a lesson" if you do not know what you are getting punished for. The cat had no clue what he did was wrong, getting hit an hour after what happened the cat did not associate getting hit for doing wrong. The cat most likely is more scared of humans now and more likely to get aggressive. It is well-known that if you are bad to animals and harm them in any way than they have a bigger chance of being dangerous, in this milder situation a cat will not turn aggressive or be affected much but if an animal is abuse in a severe repeated way than it will turn aggressive.

Now replace the animal or cat with the lady. Being rude to her is not going to make her any nicer, after she finds out that the OP is "teaching her a lesson" do you really think she is going to say, "Sorry, What I was doing was wrong and it was fine you did not let me use my car and woke me up at 4am," and give him a hug to say sorry? No, She is going to scream at him and be 10x worse. She will be in a bad mood the rest of the week (She already would be in a bad mood from the OP's joke" The "good deed" of returning her keys is completely ruined by the fact that you purposely kept them just to get "revenge", if anything now it is "bad" deed. She is not going to be any nicer after the fact and most likely will be worse after the experience. She did not know you were giving back her keys and was not prepared for you, but still, that does not give the woman any excuse to act like that but still does not give the OP an excuse to do something that bad either.

Just My Opinion, Coinman123,

 

[RustyGold]

OP, I believe you were taking your anger out on her just like she did on the children!
But your anger was also aimed at her neighbors!

 

[lookindown]

I agree with you. It is not "a lesson" if you do not know what you are getting punished for. The cat had no clue what he did was wrong, getting hit an hour after what happened the cat did not associate getting hit for doing wrong. The cat most likely is more scared of humans now and more likely to get aggressive. It is well-known that if you are bad to animals and harm them in any way than they have a bigger chance of being dangerous, in this milder situation a cat will not turn aggressive or be affected much but if an animal is abuse in a severe repeated way than it will turn aggressive.

Now replace the animal or cat with the lady. Being rude to her is not going to make her any nicer, after she finds out that the OP is "teaching her a lesson" do you really think she is going to say, "Sorry, What I was doing was wrong and it was fine you did not let me use my car and woke me up at 4am," and give him a hug to say sorry? No, She is going to scream at him and be 10x worse. She will be in a bad mood the rest of the week (She already would be in a bad mood from the OP's joke" The "good deed" of returning her keys is completely ruined by the fact that you purposely kept them just to get "revenge", if anything now it is "bad" deed. She is not going to be any nicer after the fact and most likely will be worse after the experience. She did not know you were giving back her keys and was not prepared for you, but still, that does not give the woman any excuse to act like that but still does not give the OP an excuse to do something that bad either.

Just My Opinion, Coinman123,

Read post #100 above.

 

[Nitric]

Read post #100 above.

I'm kind of disappointed in the fact that a produce guy doesn't have one of those giant sling shots that shoots rotten tomatos at her when she comes out the front door after her car alarm is going off!!

 

[Muddyhandz]

I don't think he did it to teach her a lesson, I think he did it to make himself feel better...bad things happen to bad people...this is just another example...and yeah I know she might not be a bad person but she was rude and shes paying the price.

I hear ya bud. There's been days when I've told a miserable be-atch off to her face and she stormed away huffing and puffing.
My ego felt real good for a few moments but then that "other voice" came in my head and told me that I just stooped to her level and that I'm better than that.
No matter what the opinions are here in this thread, we all have the same downfall.......
We're human!