# Neighbor Relations Re: The Usual

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-relations-re-the-usual/656475>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 23, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-relations-re-the-usual/656475 "2013-04-23T05:14:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-relations-re-the-usual/656475/21 "2013-04-24T02:56:15Z")

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> [@Dogzilla](#):
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> All that is true, but you can’t know if the dog owners are reasonable, rational people or buttwads until you knock on the door and talk to them.

Right, but if it turns that they are buttwads then you’re sunk – you can’t unknock on their door. The appeal of anonymity is avoiding turning a passively thoughtless jerk into an actively aggressive enemy.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-relations-re-the-usual/656475/22 "2013-04-24T03:06:02Z")

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Why not just tape a note to their door telling them their dogs’ barking is a nuisance and if it doesn’t stop soon, the noise police will be called. You can type it and not sign it.

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