I caught my ‘entitled’ neighbour helping herself to my herb garden without my permission – I’m fuming
A WOMAN has revealed that she caught her neighbour helping herself to her herb garden without her permission, leaving her totally fuming.
The angry green-fingered woman took to Reddit to share her frustration over her ‘entitled’ next-door-neighbour.
The Reddit user explained that she has a small vegetable and herb patch in the corner of her garden.
She claimed that one of her neighbours "has the ability and my permission to reach over the fence and snip off any herbs they need" as they always grow much more than they can use.
However, she revealed that she has another neighbour with a new girlfriend, who "happened to introduce herself while I was planting the herbs," so she offered her some "once they have a chance to grow a bit".
But two weeks after she planted them, she claimed that she caught the girlfriend in her garden, as she explained: "The neighbour snips off all but a few leaves off of every herb, I was livid".
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She then claimed that she went over and explained to the neighbour that it was too soon and the plants were not ready.
She noted that he reportedly apologised and said that the girlfriend wouldn't be going "anywhere near the herbs".
However, a week later, the woman caught the neighbour "out there again with a pair of scissors" when her plant only had three leaves on it.
She explained: "Apparently, she can't make meatballs without parsley and the grocery store within walking distance is too far to go.
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"We looked at each other for a few seconds and then I just said, 'Please get your herbs at the store from now on'."
The woman explained that her neighbour turned bright red and went into the house.
The angry neighbour wrote: "Hopefully she embarrassed herself enough to stay away.”
The Reddit post was inundated with comments from other users who also had similar issues with their own neighbours.
One woman explained that she had the same problem with her next-door neighbour who would use a ladder to climb over a seven-foot fence to steal all of her cherry tomatoes.
She said: "This year I bought an indoor planter with all the bells and whistles.
“The same neighbour saw it through the window and asked for a key to the house so she could get what she needed if we weren’t home.
“Sometimes I just don’t get how entitled people think.”
Another social media user suggested getting some shade cloth and a frame to cover her herbs.
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She explained that her herbs will still get the sun and rain, but "wouldn’t be easily accessible".
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