This big ugly thing is in the middle of my yard!

United States
May 21, 2012 10:29am CST
We have been having trouble with the dish network not getting signals for the local channels for over a week now. My friend and the roomie calls them to set an appointment. He doesn't tell me about the appointment. So the tech comes this morning and moves the thing into the middle of my yard. I woke up an hour or so after he left, having no idea what is going on. Fed cats, made some tea and went out to enjoy a smoke and my tea. I noticed the chairs were moved, and was trying to figure out why. Then I noticed the dish in the middle of the yard! O my gosh! There is a big patch of dirt where the dish used to be, and now it is right smack in front of one of my kiwi plants, also in front of a post with flowers on it and a carriage solar light. Just yesterday it looked so pretty there, now there's this big dish with cement blocks on the base to stabilize it. I went to ask my friend why the dish is in the middle of the yard. He is very upset at me now, because I told him it cannot stay there. It has to be moved before the grass dies. I called the place and they don't even have a record of it being moved, so I'm supposed to get a call from a manager shortly to straighten this out. Meanwhile I had asked the housemate why he let him move it in the middle of the yard, and didn't he know I would not be happy with this? He is very upset and kept trying to walk away, telling me they had no choice to move it. Yes, they can do something I said. Why didn't you wake me when the tech needed to move the thing? I didn't want to bother you he says. Did you think this would be ok in the middle of my yard? Don't you think you should ask me when stuff gets moved around on my property like this? He says then it would cost 15.00 to put it on a pole. No it won't, it is not our fault the dish doesn't get the signal anymore. It's theirs, and they should cover the pole. He said something about not having it anymore. lol! All he does is watch tv so that is not going to happen. Silly man, why on earth does he do stuff like this? I do not understand him, but I am trying. The first time dish was out, they put the thing in my garden by the house! I was upset when I saw that, I'm like you know there are plants there dormant that will come back next year, but the thing is killing them. Again he says they had no choice. I had to call them to move it out of my garden. Those people are so going to love this house pretty soon. I had told him that I did not want it in the garden before the tech even came out. He just stands there and lets the person do whatever they want. I know how he is, he will not tell them that's not a good idea, and that time I was awake and milling about the house but it was cold outside and I thought he would not let the guy put it in that place. I just hate lack of communication. I don't understand why it is so difficult for him to simply just let me know about something or ask me about it. Instead he waits until I find out, and then I am not happy. Some drama could be avoided if he would just ask me or let me know about something. It is getting very stressful to live like this, I don't know what is going on sometimes when he does something. I am not to the point about this situation to throw him out, but many other things have really gotten my goat. This situation is a bit different than some, but again it's the same thing--he will not tell me anything and waits until I find out. He tries to be sneaky about things and I hate that. What would you do in my situation? Do you think I handled this properly?
1 response
@allknowing (137061)
• India
22 May 12
Where is the argument? It is pure and simple intrusion. If I have understood correctly this man is your tenant and has no right to take decisions whatsoever concerning your property.He put you through a lot of tension. If you can afford to ask him to leave that would be in your interest.
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• United States
25 May 12
Thank you. I cannot afford to kick him out, though I have been sooo close many times. I wonder if he does not do these things on purpose just to get me angry. I don't like to be angry and I like to have peace and be peaceful. I guess I either have to learn to live with it, or kick him out--but if I kick him out I will not be able to afford my home. It is not pleasant to feel like this.
• United States
14 Oct 12
Finally I had it and asked him to leave last month. He responded by yelling and calling the cops on me, then broke antique wood I had in the basement. At least he is finally gone, and with him this drama.