# My neighbor is... stealing my electricity. In a really dumb way. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690 "2012-08-07T03:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/401 "2012-09-22T23:58:58Z")
I’m still curious. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/402 "2012-09-23T00:08:42Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I’m still curious. I’ve heard that about you…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/403 "2012-09-23T01:12:47Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I’ve heard that about you…😃 \ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/404 "2012-09-23T04:05:32Z")
OPs that just forget about threads they’ve started (and their scores of loyal fans) are worth a Pit thread. Especially when they don’t even take 30 seconds to come back and post a resolution. Senor, come baaaaaack…! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/405 "2012-09-23T05:07:18Z")
Just checked the last page to see the result, disappointed I am. Maybe he got in a big fight and is in the hospital? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/406 "2012-09-23T05:31:15Z")
Not sure what you guys are expecting, I went through what happened in the last few pages in the thread. Reported it to the property manager, they wanted it documented properly by the police. Police came over, tried to talk to the upstairs neighbor so they were gone, so the cop just yanked the wire which knocked over something upstairs. Neighbor probably think I yanked the wire. I left a few days later and I haven’t been home since, but I’ve had someone checking out my house and there haven’t been any issues. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/407 "2012-09-23T05:50:10Z")
Well, thanks for checking in. Yeah, we were hoping the neighbor would be screaming about whoever was sabotaging his hobby farm, or was whisked off to the hospital after his iron lung got unplugged, or something dramatic. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/408 "2012-09-23T05:51:42Z")
Yeah, sorry it wasn’t more dramatic. I didn’t think this thread would ever take off, it was just a random “wtf, really, I gotta tell someone about this” type of post. I couldn’t manage the expectations, which seemed to grow into the idea that some sort of grand final battle between good vs evil was going to take place on my patio. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/409 "2012-09-23T07:38:05Z")
There was no “idea”. It was a certainty. And there were going to be dragons too. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/410 "2012-09-23T11:37:09Z")
The neighbour is gathering his resources, which will include weapons of mass destruction. The only thing standing in the way of total annihilation of a substantial region of North America centered on your home is that his weapons systems are all AC powered, and he can’t find an outlet with juice within reach of his cord. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/411 "2012-09-23T11:51:34Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > The neighbour is gathering his resources, which will include weapons of mass destruction. > > The only thing standing in the way of total annihilation of a substantial region of North America centered on your home is that **his weapons systems are all AC powered** , and he can’t find an outlet with juice within reach of his cord. As opposed to most American weapons systems, that are “DC-powered” ? (d&r) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/412 "2012-09-23T11:59:13Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > the cop just yanked the wire which knocked over something upstairs That’s pretty dramatic, I’m glad I revisited the thread. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/413 "2012-09-23T12:43:06Z")
the good & evil resolution would be OK but I really wanted to know what was knocked over upstairs. and, more generally, what your neighbor was _thinking_. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/414 "2012-09-23T12:43:09Z")
Ok, I’m breaking camp. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/415 "2012-09-23T12:53:12Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > As opposed to most American weapons systems, that are “DC-powered” ? (d&r) Made by Westinghouse. TM ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/416 "2012-09-23T16:47:59Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Not sure what you guys are expecting, An angry confrontation (because you fucked up your neighbor’s meth lab) followed by a knife fight culminating with you hanging off the balcony and, in an exciting last minute save, flipping him over your head so that he plunged to his death in the rocky surf below while the beautiful heroine hauled you back onto the balcony and the two of you embraced in a lingering kiss. Is that really too much to ask for? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/417 "2012-09-23T16:53:51Z")
You forgot the extended deadly chase scene and running gunfight through the back alleys of New York and Chicago, and the CIA and Mafia involvement. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/418 "2012-09-23T16:58:14Z")
New York and Chicago? At least give me Honk Kong and Bombay. The fruit carts must have exotic fruits or maybe even monkey carcasses. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/419 "2012-09-23T17:01:56Z")
Well, I only added Chicago because I know it has back alleys, and I don’t know for sure whether NYC does or not. Since since I’m patriotic, I Kill American, so all the chases, shootings, etc. are right here in the good old US of A. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690/420 "2012-09-23T17:13:19Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > There was no “idea”. It was a certainty. And there were going to be dragons too. Ooooh, dragons! I think the resolution that I wanted (which we will probably never get) is to know what the hell the neighbour was thinking. What kind of idiot do you have living above you that thinks that could possibly be acceptable, basically. And yes, thanks for coming back and updating us. Orphaned threads make the Baby Jesus cry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690.md?page=22)