Weird neighbour keeps moving our pram.

TheBigCheese said:
Yup, they'll just state health and safety, in fact it's probably in your contract that you can't leave things around.

He was being passive aggressive as I said, but putting leaves in it is completely out of order, that's vandalism.

However...are you not being just a little bit over the top yourself?

If the baby is so young put it somewhere where it can't roll and leave it there to gurgle for a few minutes.

Your three year old should be able to keep them amused for two minutes without destroying something or themselves.

Just leave them in a safe environment, in different rooms if necessary, let your wife whizz the pram down, and shoot back up for the kids.

The guy may be being a complete twonk but technically he is right in saying it shouldn't be left there so if he does write a letter to management you won't have a leg to stand on.
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Yeah like I said, there is nothing I can do about it now. I was just trying to make my wife's life a bit easier by taking it downstairs for her 20 mins before she leaves, but it seems like this is a massive inconvenience to this guy who has to walk past it for 2 seconds every morning (not even every morning, when the mother-in-law comes round, she stays with the baby and my wife walks my older son to school without the pram).

I still thing it's bang out of order for someone to keep moving it around and putting leaves in it instead of having a conversation with the owner.

And the people calling me weird for wanting to catch him on camera - just like I said he might do, he initially denied doing anything, so the fact that I didn't film him meant he could have just walked off, but luckily after I pressed him a few times he admitted moving it.
 
Wow, never seen so much passive-aggressive BS in one thread before!

OP - get a grip on reality. Instead of lying in wait for people (were you waving a smartphone camera around at the same time?), why didn't you just knock on the chap's door and ask him what the problem was, politely, and offering or discussing a compromise solution? This is something normal adults would do.

Whether you realise it or not, you're probably not allowed to leave your pram where you've been leaving it, perhaps for access or fire safety reasons. Obviously your neighbour is not dealing with this situation in a sensible way either, but I fail to see why that means you've resorted to asking the internet.

Jeez.
 
AJK said:
Wow, never seen so much passive-aggressive BS in one thread before!

OP - get a grip on reality. Instead of lying in wait for people (were you waving a smartphone camera around at the same time?), why didn't you just knock on the chap's door and ask him what the problem was, politely, and offering or discussing a compromise solution? This is something normal adults would do.

Whether you realise it or not, you're probably not allowed to leave your pram where you've been leaving it, perhaps for access or fire safety reasons. Obviously your neighbour is not dealing with this situation in a sensible way either, but I fail to see why that means you've resorted to asking the internet.

Jeez.
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Why are you trying to turn it around on me? I already said I didn't know his exact flat number, I just saw him yesterday come out of the fire door leading to 3 flats. My plan was to capture him on camera moving the pram so he couldn't deny it, and talk to him about what the issue was. I just posted on GD to see if anyone had a better idea, and I took the advice on board about not filming anything. I tried to have an adult conversation with him and he lied to my face repeatedly instead of just telling me he didn't like it being in the communal area.
 
In my opinion the OP should understand that if you leave your belongings in a public area then don't be surprised if it moves or gets tampered with.

I used to live in an apartment and other people that lived their put their bikes in the hallways making it hard for others to get through, its selfish and out of order to treat public areas as your own dumping ground.
 
Thompson_NCL said:
Pro tip: Move.
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It's been the plan for a long time, we are saving for a deposit for a house, these new builds are far too small.

Edit: Also, the neighbors were broken into a few months ago, so I had to put a London Bar on the door and new stronger locks, since they just forced the security door and flat door in. The burglars even walked past our door to get to the neighbours whilst my wife and son were at home.
 
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Maybe write to the management before he does, Ask if its ok to do and explain your only putting it there to help your wife.

If it was for a whole day I can understand why he's being a douche, but 20minutes come on.
 
The op says he takes pram down for his wife its there for 20mins before being used - then says he used to bring it up after work how long would the pram be there in the past if allday I can see it being a pain to others
id get a smaller lighter pram * we had to do this as we lived in flat's * or like has been said put children in a safe places for the 60 seconds it takes to move pram
 
dottty27 said:
The op says he takes pram down for his wife its there for 20mins before being used - then says he used to bring it up after work how long would the pram be there in the past if allday I can see it being a pain to others
id get a smaller lighter pram * we had to do this as we lived in flat's * or like has been said put children in a safe places for the 60 seconds it takes to move pram
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Yup, like I said, for our first son no-one had a problem, and everyone is at work all day. Since this business started my wife started taking it upstairs when she got home, so it was only there for the 20 mins before she left. And yeah, she will now have to carry it down herself so as not to offend this **** as he walks past in the morning.
 
Is this guy being an ass? Yup absolutely.
Are you abusing communal areas? Yes

There's no good solution - most people wouldn't have an issue with what you're doing, but you really shouldn't leave items in communal areas.

I really hate when the people in my stairwell leave bikes in the hallway, but I don't make a big issue out of it as I have enough stress without getting OCD about the small things.
 
Curio said:
Spoken like a true basement dwelling teenager. People who have kids (like me...) don't think anybody owes them anything. However, if I lived in flats and somebody wanted to park their pram in a communal area because it made life a little easier for them.......what's the big deal? As long as it wasn't causing any problems, what normal person would give a rats anus?

Christ, some of you people need to relax a little :rolleyes:
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You obviously do feel we all owe you something... We should allow you to store prams wherever you want, despite rules which everyone else abides by, for no other reason than you decided to pop a sprog out.

It'd suddenly be a big deal if someone started parking a bike there. Having children does not make you special.
 
Oddly enough we had this issue in our old flat. 1 person left a pram which was always out of the way no problem. Few weeks later another pram appeared still no issue as it was out of the way. Then a bike started being locked to the stairs and few weeks later another bike. This was were it got bad.

I had a daughter and lived on the 3rd floor no lift and either carried my pram into my flat or put my pram in the back of the car. Management company got involved and ended up putting signs up saying that all items would be removed. Case and point a bike was removed but never had the issue again.
We also had electrical points the cleaners used a intercom box and a fire raiser in that area so it could have been a issue if any one of those items needed to be used.

Simple point is that area isn't yours, your neighbour is a tool for moving it instead of leaving a note or god for bid people talk to each other about issues. But really why would you need to film someone if you saw them do it confront them and work out if it can or cant stay there simple really.
 
The guy who moves it is obviously a nutcase.

And you are wrong for thinking that you have any right to leave huge stuff in public spaces. I don't care if you have kids, nor should I. It's your life, move into the ground floor if it bothers you/or your wife carrying it.

I'd have to carry my bike down from the second floor every morning and every evening. No, I don't have kids. It's a lifestyle choice.

And remember, not everyone is at work during daytime so it might actually bother someone. Some people work nights, some unemployed, some work from home etc.

You are not always right.
 
OP shot himself in the foot for raising it really. if nothing had been said then the guy might not be writing to the management company now.
 
neil_g said:
OP shot himself in the foot for raising it really. if nothing had been said then the guy might not be writing to the management company now.
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He should have done that in the first place if he didn't like it. I would rather no-one messed about with the pram, so I won't be leaving it there anymore even if the management say nothing.
 
FutileBreadMachine said:
Oh yeah, my wife made a good point - if he didn't like it there, and he really didn't want to speak to me, he could have written directly to management in the first place.
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To be frank if i was the in the guys position you'd find the pram up-side-down a few minutes later. Selfish people like you need to be out in there place. Seriously, give an inch to some people and they'll take the ******* mile.

You have a flat. use it, too small? Move
 
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