Book of Life: Why People Suck -- The NIM((y)our)BY Edition

a couple build a beautiful tree house for their child, in their backyard. the city throws a fit because of permit issues, and the next door neighbor has a bug up his ass about children being able to look down into his backyard.

updated with additional thoughts:

i don't know for certain who got the city government involved. my guess is the neighbor brought it to their attention. this guy apparently lived in close quarters with others prior to moving to the neighborhood, and having a private backyard was a really big deal for him. in typical passive-aggressive style, it does not appear that he attempted any negotiation with the people who built the tree house regarding his privacy concerns. instead, he got the city involved. it doesn't cost him anything, and it allows him to put his neighbors through hell when they probably could have worked something out that satisfied everyone involved.

the particularly painful thing is that this man is a control freak, yet values 'privacy'. a respect for privacy entails many things, but definitely not this man's conflict resolution skills.

no no no. _no_.

the man done went and got the law involved. this is the point where you spit on the ground and set a date for the day you royally kick his sniveling little ass.

basically, the only way to escape the sweaty, controlling clutches of other people is to be extremely rich, or live in the boonies. i am so not buying a condo. imagine the typical control freak neighbor and raise to the hundredth power. i'm sticking to the stand-alone house without a village idiot's committee (aka homeowners association) attached to it.