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AIBU- Neighbour evacuated house without notifying us.

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PetiteSue · 08/01/2022 00:16

AIBU - got a knock on the door this evening from the gas company servicing our area. Our neighbour with whom we share walls (semi-detached) contacted them saying he could smell gas in his house. When they tried to contact him again, he informed them he had evacuated the property and according to the gas engineer has gone to a hotel pretty far away and sounded a bit drunk on the phone. AIBU to be pissed off that he hadn’t notified us about this? Feeling pretty up to go and tell him off when he eventually resurfaces. Let’s just say this dude has been a pass-agg twat since we moved in. To a point where he called the police because my son was inconsolably crying from teething one evening during last year’s heat wave.

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Danikm151 · 08/01/2022 00:32

Yeah that was a dick move not to warn you.
If he’s already a twit probably not any point call him out on it

SarahDippity · 08/01/2022 00:39

More then pissed off, what he did by not telling you could have been potentially very dangerous. The advice is always don’t switch anything on or off, no naked flames, etc … he should have warned you not to do these.

HeddaGarbled · 08/01/2022 00:50

I’m assuming the gas engineer hasn’t told you to evacuate, in which case your neighbour seems to have over-reacted somewhat. At least he did call the gas company first. Hilarious that the hotel was “pretty far away” - did he think the whole town would be blown up 😃

DropYourSword · 08/01/2022 00:54

Feeling pretty up to go and tell him off when he eventually resurfaces.

“Tell him off” Hmm

You could have a discussion about this.

DerAlteMann · 08/01/2022 01:18

@DropYourSword

Feeling pretty up to go and tell him off when he eventually resurfaces.

“Tell him off” Hmm

You could have a discussion about this.

He does not sound the sort of person it is possible to have a profitable discussion with.
DropYourSword · 08/01/2022 01:28

In which case “telling him off” is even more of a baffling approach @DerAlteMann!

PetiteSue · 08/01/2022 08:27

Weirdly some random guy showed up with keys to his house and let the engineer in. She did confirm there was a leak and turn off his gas. I’m just so astounded by how irresponsible this is. I guess I just want to confront him because he’s the type of dickhead who would probably not know what to say in the moment. Just the thought that something could have happened and my two kids could have been harmed doesn’t sit well with me.

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HeddaGarbled · 08/01/2022 14:01

Weirdly some random guy showed up with keys to his house and let the engineer in

Ha, there’s clearly a lot more to this story than you know the details of, though if most people were to take an educated guess, a “random” guy with the house keys, wouldn’t feature.

Porcupineintherough · 08/01/2022 14:08

What's more important to you- letting him know how disgusted you are by his irresponsibility, or making sure he lets you know next time? If it's the latter then you are going to need to take an approach that improves the relationship between you.

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