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What the...
I was up late last night, and in the living room with the lights on. I thought I heard shoveling, and I turned around to look out the huge picture window. My neighbor (who I have mentioned a few times here) was shoveling the steps to our porch. He then came to our front door, rang the bell and asked if we need our "terrace" (hee hee) cleaned off. I said no, and tried to shut the door. The dogs were barking like crazy, and he kept pushing it: "how about the sidewalk? the driveway?" I told him he needed to go away. The dogs were barking, and we were lucky that only Jim woke up.
It was 1 am. He was experiencing some kind of chemically induced state.
I was kind of freaked out. If dude's judgement is so off to shovel and ring our doorbell at 1 am, what else is happening in his life? I'm so sad for him, and weirded out.
Pals, what would you have done?
Re: What the...
Is he elderly? I think it is way past odd that he thought that 1am was a good time to see if you wanted shoveling done?
I probably wouldn't have answered the door to be honest, and now I would avoid him for a bit.
He is not elderly. He is between 30 and 40, and is a drug addict. The cops have been called on him (from people inside of his house) multiple times, and he's been at Pine Rest for recovery.
I shouldn't have answered the door, but I was in front of a giant window, and the door is right there. I'm sure the fact that he could see that I was still up and around made him think that was okay. But holy moly... 1am?
I should also add that any other time, he avoids eye contact. Over the summer, I was working on the tomatoes, and he'd walk around the side of his house to his back porch. Despite the fact that we were literally 6 feet away from each other, he wouldn't say hello.
This is weird, right?
This is why I have blinds or at least sheer curtains on every window at eye level (which is all of them in our house). I also have drapes that can close. I don't want anyone wandering around my house seeing in.
I would ignore at first & if he didn't go away, I'd call either our community manager or the cops. I don't know any of my neighbors well enough to talk to them in day light much less the dark.