28. Awe-inspiring
Our current neighbour asked my wife to do some chores for when she broke her leg. Not so bad, right?
Well…
The same neighbour also asked our other neighbour to do same housework when she was completely fine. The list of chores includes the standard stuff. Laundry, preparing meals, bit of general cleaning up. It also included digging out the garbage dump that was once their basement, which was rotten with mold and has to be torn down.
And I wouldn’t say this neighbour asked for help either… more like demanded it… oh, and demanded to babysit her kids too. Yeah. While her and her husband got drunk and burns a hole through the cartilage of their noses. And smash out windows to their car and truck. And used a wood stove to heat their home when they couldn’t pay any bills.
Oh, and the husband once tampered with my BBQ. Drained the tank and cut the hose.
Some days you can go on the deck, sit with a beer and listen to them curse and scream and make a ruckus. Some times you can even see the social worker pull up their driveway. We call those like we call punch-buggies now.
It’s literally like watching a train-wreck in slow motion. It’s horrible, it’s awe-inspiring, it’s saddening and you can’t look away at all.
