Neighbors stuff next to my door. What to do?

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Victor

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My apartment neighbor, who I never met, stores the family's footwear on a seven foot rack in the hall a few feet from my door.
It is against building rules. No one has done this in all the years. I don't want to cause a riff or trouble.
I thought of offering them plastic zipped bags for this purpose. That's what I use. I told the janitor. Apartments are small.
You think this is petty to get them to remove 'em?
Am I making too much of it?
 

Are they (the shoes, the rack or their changing shoes)
directly in your walkway, or very messy/dirty, or causing another problem?
other than that the shoes and rack do not belong there, and you wish they were not, because it's unpleasant, and you don't like seeing it, and it's against the rules?

Those are valid enough reasons for it being annoying, but if it isn't blocking my walkway, or making it unsafe for people to pass by, then I would try to ignore it.

Partly to tolerate others' differences as much as I can, (as I hope they might do for me)
and also, to prevent any problem with them which might be bigger than this one.
Neighbors often react in unexpected ways, regardless of how nicely we attempt to be, while intervening with their own ways.
 
Victor said:
My apartment neighbor, who I never met, stores the family's footwear on a seven foot rack in the hall a few feet from my door.
It is against building rules. No one has done this in all the years. I don't want to cause a riff or trouble.
I thought of offering them plastic zipped bags for this purpose. That's what I use. I told the janitor. Apartments are small.
You think this is petty to get them to remove 'em?
Am I making too much of it?
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You're not making too much of it but all you can do is report it to management. Is the rack theirs or part of the building? If it's theirs, shoes or not, that shouldn't be there either.
 
Victor said:
My apartment neighbor, who I never met, stores the family's footwear on a seven foot rack in the hall a few feet from my door.
It is against building rules. No one has done this in all the years. I don't want to cause a riff or trouble.
I thought of offering them plastic zipped bags for this purpose. That's what I use. I told the janitor. Apartments are small.
You think this is petty to get them to remove 'em?
Am I making too much of it?
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7 feet ? in a shared hallway ? :eek:I think you have the right to be miffed, they haven't even had the decency to come and ask if it's ok by you if they have this shoe storage in your shared hallway.. although I'm sure such a huge thing wouldn't be acceptable under any circumstances in a shared accommodation
 
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Victor said:
My apartment neighbor, who I never met, stores the family's footwear on a seven foot rack in the hall a few feet from my door.
It is against building rules. No one has done this in all the years. I don't want to cause a riff or trouble.
I thought of offering them plastic zipped bags for this purpose. That's what I use. I told the janitor. Apartments are small.
You think this is petty to get them to remove 'em?
Am I making too much of it?
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If it's against building rules, then report it to the manager, not the janitor. If it's against the rules, they will see to it that it's removed. That's what I would do if it really bothered me.
 
I would ask management about the rules in this situation. In my building, we are not to have things in hallways like that as there are some residents who are blind, and others with walkers and wheelchairs. I live in a senior apartment building. If it is blocking people walking by, then there may be an issue.
 
I'd let the building manager know, in writing. It's possibly a safety hazard, especially if there was a fire, for example.

If the BM doesn't care, I wouldn't push it further. I prefer being on good terms with my neighbors, whether it's an apartment or a SFH. That means being tolerant unless it's a critical/major issue. A shoe rack isn't necessarily worth going into battle over.

And if I were your neighbor, I'd be offended at the passive-aggressive "tricks" being suggested. Either speak up (to the correct authority) to be honest/up-front, or be kind and let it go.

But I admit, I have never admired passive-aggressive vengefulness. I might punch you in the face, or I might loan you money and not expect to get it back. But I will not ever play malicious tricks on you and snigger about it behind your back. That's just not something that sits right with my conscience.
 
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