"Hon, I'm telling you. That car out there is stolen ~ugly piece of crap~. It's been here nearly two months. The radio is ripped out ~stolen~. The glove compartment is WIDE open ~stolen~. There is mail all over the back seat ~stolen~. I'd bet my life on it..."
Mr Coffee knows me well enough ~E.S.P.~. I get these weird hunches that somehow pan out ~Liberace is gay~.
He sounded surprised ~a man~, "The radio is gone? Like ripped-out gone?"
Mr Coffee agreed as he grabbed his cell phone ~mine's better~ and called the apartment office, "Hi! It's Mr Coffee. Can you run a plate match on a vehicle ~piece of scrap~ and see if it belongs to someone here in the complex?" He read off the plate and description ~do it~.
He smiled at me ~you wanna?~ while she had him on hold on the phone. She clattered on her keyboard ~wants to birth his babies~. No matches ~over my dead body~.
I rolled my eyes so hard they nearly fell out ~as if~. The office somehow jumps to attention when HE talks to them ~EF Hutton~, whereas I am quickly dismissed ~white noise~ like some retard busybody ~neighbor from hell~.
Don't get me wrong, they are really nice women in the office ~condescending~. They are MORE than helpful ~dismissive~ but I've worked in property management~smarter~. I'm also a conscientious, quiet tenant that pays rent ~will own your job~ . The thing is, they get paid to act on property issues ~lazy~.
I don't ~unemployed mother and college student~.
I know what you are thinking ~nuh-huh~. You think I'm one of those neighbors ~busybody~. Well, yes and no ~yes~. I would be more like the neighbor ~killing machine~ that uses the guise of PTA meetings ~flippy mom hair~, baked cookies ~bribes~ for the local kids, and a 1996 minivan ~piece of crap~ as a facade for her secret agent job ~scissor kicking heads~.
I notice people ~unwadding~. I remember things ~nekkid parents, age 7~. Last week I informed the office that a lady was rummaging through the recycle bins ~arsewipe~. Sure enough, she was stealing for ID theft ~jail bait~.
The office recommended ~pushed off~ that Mr Coffee call the police ~Superman~. Dispatch said an officer would be out and suddenly, the manager shows up ~saving face~, "I know who owns that car.."
I knew she wasn't being honest ~pants on fire~. Not deliberately spiteful or rude but because she was escorting a woman ~big cheese~ around the property (little did I know, from the mortgage company). My 5 year old ~blabber bob~ was excited and blurted the news to the manager and mortgage lady. It was a very awkward moment ~insert crickets~ and the manager ignored me ~saving face~ and whisked the mortgage lady away ~dollar signs~.
The police did show up. The car was stolen over a month ago ~told you so~.
And the manager? She's avoiding me today ~got crow?~ because just as my eight year-old self ~blabber bob~ loved to proclaim, "She is totally moded!"
I'd be embarrassed, too with two months of egg on my face. ~totally moded~
~Bee loves parking validation ~not crazy but close~
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You are very conscientious. I wouldn't notice things like a car sitting there for a month with its radio gone and glovebox open. Guess I'm just self-absorbed.
My MIL is the ultimate pain-in-the-butt apartment dweller - the kind that's embarrassing to have as a parent. "Oh no, she's one of THOSE..."
Brilliant!
Oh and thanks for the subliminal punctuation marks ~wish I'd thought of it~. Now to think up a good use (besides quoting French stuff) for angle quotes («»).
I just think they look cool.
I will never doubt you. I know better.
Good on ya!
I saw that same plotline on an episode of "I Love Lucy".
Good job Bee!! I think you should be a detective! And I loved the mental interjections throughout, they were great! :)
I have a blabber bob daughter too. They must get it from me cause i am a blabber bob too.
Hey I like saying blabber bob!
PS Mom's know what is goin' on!!
Yay, you were right and narky manager woman was wrong, ha. And I love the little interjections, Hee hee.
you are a good neighbour to have...keepin an eye on things and all.
when wife and i were dating (we call it 'goin together') we swapped cars one day, and i took hers to work and parked in the company car park. it was such a shit heap, - that my boss at the time thought it had been stolen and abandoned.
when he found out i was driving it, the ironic thing was that he was the one who was embarassed!
I hate that. I call housing - nothing happens. Husband calls, the office girls fall all over themselves to do for him what they ignored me on. I hate them. Women are the real chauvinists.
You clearly need to go into subliminal advertising.
Thanks for the comment!!! By the way, I L-O-V-E Natasha Wescoat. I foudn this lady, www.lauranugent.com at an art in the park last week.... I love her, too.
what does "totally moded" mean?
my face hurts from this post. stop hurting my face, bee! you already made me laugh at momo-fali's!
okay now i'm going to sleep-laugh. laugh-sleep? something that involves sleeping and laughing. unlike a rob schneider movie which only involves sleeping.
"I told you so." The four most beautiful words ever!
And we all say in unison...
Told you so
That was a fine piece of writing, friend. Highly enjoyable.
Cool. Are you the new Joyce Carol Oates? I'm thinking!
ok, er yeah....score 9,999 for van driving clandestine mom.
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