Woman who caught neighbour sneaking around her home gets sweet revenge
A woman has been praised for her 'cunning' retaliation against a nosy neighbour who had the cheek to rummage through her house during a friendly get-together.
Her son took to Reddit to share how the women in their area rotate hosting social evenings every few weeks, and it was his mum's turn to entertain.
She'd tidied up, prepared nibbles, and had drinks on hand for a pleasant evening. But one neighbour, Judy, used the occasion to pry around their home, even intruding into his bedroom.
He posted: "Every week a few neighbourhood ladies plan a meet-up in any one of their houses."
"Three weeks ago it took place at our home, and my mum caught Judy coming out of my old bedroom when she had left on the pretext of going to the washroom.
"Judy just said she lost her way but she had been in our home before and lost her way into my bedroom?
"My mother let it slide at the time but later had a chat with other ladies who agreed they had also caught Judy snooping around their houses and, when confronted, Judy got rude and defensive with them."
He described Judy as a "self-victimisation and hysterical person", noting that a direct confrontation would be futile.
So, the savvy woman devised a scheme to teach Judy a lesson and put an end to her intrusive antics once and for all.
He recounted: "Last Saturday, when the get together was at Judy's place, my mother and her friends bought googly eyes stickers and one by one they left the room on the pretext of (going to the) washroom and pasted those stickers all around the house, and later while leaving also on mailbox, door, fence, etc.
"A couple of neighbours had quite a show of her breakdown on Sunday going in and out, up and down her house looking for more stickers and removing them, pretty sure the plan worked."
One amused commenter on his tale said: "Next time she's at one of the ladies houses, and wants to go to the washroom, get them to say 'Fine! I'll show you the way as I believe you get lost in other people's houses! , go with her and wait to bring her back."
Another chimed in with a story: "One of the best 'don't snoop' stories was told by a friend. His parents had friends over regularly, but his mum thought one neighbour was snooping through the house.
"Before the next party, his dad took the medicine cabinet off the wall, cleaned it out, and filled it with ping pong balls. He then hung it up again.
"The nosy neighbour returned from the loo looking rather sheepish. The mum inspected the medicine cabinet, prompting the neighbour to blush and mutter something about 'looking for aspirin'."
A third user couldn't resist commenting: "Googly eyes are the best invention since toasted bread slices."
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