Kate Hackett
Imagine being just so utterly full of your own nonsense that you even think this request is vaguely reasonable.
Redditor u/supersecret235 asked Reddit last week if she was an assh*le “for wanting my neighbor to remove her ring doorbell?”
OP explains that she has been living in a complex for two years and recently a young woman moved in across the row.
I’ve been living in my apartment complex for two years and it’s been wonderful. Recently a young woman moved in across from my apartment. We introduced briefly and apart from the noise made when she was having movers bring in her things, she’s very quiet and polite.
This woman, as so many people do, has a Ring camera doorbell. Amazon-ethics aside, it does grant users some peace of mind and is wildly common.
However there’s one thing that bothers me. She has a Ring doorbell on her door.
OP asked about the camera and the woman explained that because there are no peep holes, it provides extra security.
Recently, I saw her leaving and asked her why she had it and that I was worried that she could see me in my apartment. She said she had it for packages and due to no peep holes on the door, and just extra security.
OP was worried that the woman was looking into OP’s house and the woman said, yeah, it can see OP’s door but she’s not spying on her neighbor.
She showed me that yes it can see my door a bit but assured me she’s not on her phone all day checking it.
OP then decided to ask this woman to take it down. ??? So weird. The woman again was polite, but she said no. OP then ESCALATED – saying she’d report this young woman.
I expressed my uncomfortableness and asked her to remove it. She told me she was sorry I was was uncomfortable but she was not spying on me and had a right to have one up. She wasn’t breaking her lease and she had seen other people in the complex have one. I told her I don’t care about other people, I want it gone or I will be reporting her.
The woman went ahead and reported OP who was told to chill the F out; so what do you think, was OP wrong?
She told me not to bother and called our property manager regarding it because I got a visit from her asking to leave her and the doorbell situation alone.
Am I really out of line for this?
“YTA – Just think of it as extra security that you don’t have to pay for. I guarantee if something happens at your door step, the first thing you’ll do is go to her for footage,” wrote one Redditor.
Another person asked, “Are you for real? She can see the outside of your door FFS To use legal terminology, you have no expectation of privacy for the outside of your door. It’s a public area. Nor for what can be seen during the brief periods of time when your door is open.”
A third joked, “Why does this feel like one of those “tell me you’re dealing drugs without saying you’re dealing drugs” scenarios?”
