HOA Karen Fines Me For My Own House! See How I Stopped This Tyrant As the Land's True Owner!

[@mikkelnpetersen]

The moment they give you the first fine and refuse to take it back, you call your lawyer.

[@joannejasny750]

I agree, why do people put up with the harassment, knowing what so many HOAs get up to.

[@wibbleg]

"The customer is always right, in matters of taste" I believe is the full quote, funny how the last part is all but forgotten thses days

[@ranul2]

Did she really think by giving the Op all these fines he would join the HOA if she had tried to tell him the advantages of joining the HOA he might have listened to her .

[@daemonisedone4256]

there is no advantage to giving hoas any sort of control over someones property its stupidity no-one should be allowed to have control over what you plant build or decorate the exterior of your house and or levy fines people have become homeless because of hoas...

[@sofakingimmature]

For those who don't know why HOA's attempt to force compliance, certain states have laws concerning squatting and ownership which makes it possible for others to steal your property right from under you. If they can produce a paper trail pointing out that you are acting as a member (going to meeting, following their specific code of conduct, _paying a fine_) then a judge could rule in their favor. This is how they originally got into power to begin with, by convincing a neighborhoods that they were being 'helpful' instead of the totalitarians many of them are. And before someone ask, my experience with them is with a rental property I owned that was next to them. I constantly had to tell my tenants that they had nothing to do with them since they were constantly scaring them with fines.

[@paulkluegel317]

The knocking over of the mailbox is a federal crime in the US and he should have contacted the postal inspectors office immediately for criminal investigation

[@yvonnemiller1211]

I REALLY like the way you deliver your stories. This sub is a keeper

[@segevstormlord3713]

All of these "HOA totally has jurisdiction over your property, because we decided we do" stories make me wonder what their reaction would be to being told, "Nonsense; my HoA is [slightly different name], and I'm President of it. IN fact, your house is in our jurisdiction, and you've racked up quite a few fines already for your noncompliance with our rules."

[@matthewJC1990]

Story 2 I wouldn't be so polite to this HOA

[@gunnern1]

While the Civic driver is right about there being some structural tolerance in the permitted weights, piling all the weight in the back is probably the main reason why his plan ultimately failed. Apparently, Honda Civics typically has about 850 pounds of load capacity. Interestingly, my 7-seat Prius is certified for over 1200 pounds capacity, so it could have handled the load in a single trip. Though if I ever need to do something similar, I'll at least make sure to bring the load forward. The car isn't built to handle all that weight in the back... 😅

[@stephanginther9051]

My brother worked at a place where pigs fly...or no, it was the buffalo that had flying appendages. Anyway, he had a manager that, when I say she was insane, I don't mean, 'oh she was _crazy'_ as an insult, no. I mean this woman could have benefited from padded walls and a not-so-comfy jacket. When I told our father this story, he mentioned his work in street and prison ministry from a long time ago and said that she sounded like someone on meth....which would explain a lot. So she was the head manager at their location answering only to the district manager. She was the kind of manager who would _freak out_ if someone contradicted her, said no to her or didn't do something 'her way.' Now, this woman was actually a really hard worker, she worked almost every day, long hours and insisted on doing a lot of things herself that most managers would just have someone do. That's a point in her favor right? Wrong...working hard means nothing if you are so woefully incompetent that someone has to literally follow you around and clean up the mess you just made AND do the work you just did completely wrong. Not to mention they have to wait until she can't SEE them redo her work to avoid a freak out session. My brother gives two examples of her crazy. First, the flying bison place, like most franchises I'm sure, sets up all their locations the same way, especially the kitchen so that if a cook transfers to a new location, he or she doesn't have to relearn where everything is. Well, this manager would, _on a _*_daily_*_ basis,_ rearrange the kitchen's spice rack, while mumbling about how someone messed with it again, swearing up and down that each new setup was 'how it was supposed to be.' To be fair, someone HAD messed with it...she did...the previous day. Second goes back to 'her way' on things. Things like how to clean the drink stations have procedures on how to take it apart, clean each part, what cleaners to use and so on. Well, she would make people do a completely different routine that skipped important steps yet somehow also took longer than the right way. She needed to change all the main tasks to some other, less effective way of doing things that her, probably drug addled brain came up with. Things came to a head when she stormed into the kitchen and yelled that he got an order wrong. He looked at the plate, then the screen and pointed out that what was on the screen matched the plate, so if there was a mistake, it was the server's mistake since he made what the screen told him to. She reeeeaaaally did not like that. She took him to her office, screamed at him for a solid 15 minutes then demanded he sign a write up that said she'd meekly approached him to inform him of his mistake, and he had screamed *at her* then proceeded to threaten her physically. He refused to sign and in the spot for writing why he refused to sign, he briefly told his side of things, then started looking for another job. He found one and put in his two weeks not long after. A while later, I was in getting wings and saw a new head manager. From him and an acquaintance of mine who'd also worked there, I got the story. There was an audit of some kind that caught her in her crazy. The official reason for her termination was 'going against corporate policy' which according to my brother was like saying 'she came into work.' Now, you are probably wondering how such a useless and horrible worker _got_ let alone *kept* her job (she was head manager for several years). Well, the rummer was that she was sleeping with the district manager. We can't know for sure and it isn't really my place to speculate but...well, *he* was fired *the same day* she was. soooooo, make of that what you will.

[@hyperswain]

I was driving for Instacart when I got a trip that involved 3 large orders from Costco I needed flatbed cart for each order and two of the orders involved multiple cases of drinks, a Costco employee helped me load my suv and we barely got everything in he then checked my wheels and told me to go over bumps slowly

[@Hippybull]

First story sounds like Walmart

[@runeingebretsen8378]

if it isn't clearly stated in the contract you can say no to do it,you better believe they are not going to promote you or pay you more for the extra work,and if they wants to fire you for doing exactly what the contract states you sue them.

[@Lloyd_Will]

I was in the army, I knocked out several NCOs, when I got out I had a shit job knocking doors and the manager for that job was a dick, trying to intimidate and all that jazz. I warned him, and then I didn’t.

[@MrRldunton]

Boom 🎉

[@mikehorrocks2909]

Didn’t the Karen get fined for taking out the mailbox?

[@rosemaryjones5550]

Federal crime

[@philvanderlaan5942]

@@rosemaryjones5550it should have been brought up in court

[@surferdude4487]

That last story is a bit difficult to believe. For one thing, if you're planning to put a lot of stuff in the back of a Honda Civic, you would start by putting the seats down. For another thing, I doubt that a half ton of material would break anything important. Still, I wouldn't try it. Title Story: The first time an HOA attempts to fine you, trespass them from your land and sue for harassment. Make sure there is no opportunity for a second incident.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

the turkish restaurant, touching her leg over and over is sexual harassment,and she handled it all wrong.

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

This new boss think little power of manger he think tells everyone obey him his important. The lady telling her story out patient surgery this fort want this clock manger this clock out I back in. Every this manger this lady doctor appointment from her surgery

[@nannettepolcastro4799]

Manager. A manger is feeding certain farm animals.

[@alexius23]

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[@RedditSleepStories-i1s]

the turkish restaurant, touching her leg over and over is sexual harassment,and she handled it all wrong.