# HOA horror story **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217 "2024-03-22T19:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 249
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217/249 "2024-03-30T16:01:20Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > About trash cans. Interestingly, when I started a thread here about [applying the rules about a nitpicky ruling in swimming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stringently-should-rules-be-enforced-in-sports-owen-lloyd-an-all-american-swimmer-broke-record-and-disqulified-for-breaking-a-rule/998306) the overall consensus was the rule exists, they need to be applied every time to be fair. Yet some in this thread think the rules should be enforced at a whim (or not at all). Where are the lines drawn? Who decides when and what rules will be enforced? If a rule is unpopular then vote to amend or delete the rule. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217)._