My next-door neighbors have been renovating their house for the past few months. And when I say next-door, I mean take three steps from my house and you're at their house. There's been lots of early-morning loudness, construction equipment, and so forth. None of which has actually bothered me, as it turns out, so it's been easy to be a good neighbor and accommodate their needs, like moving my car out of the driveway so they could get equipment in. No big deal, really.
Tonight one of those neighbors rang my bell to give me a home-made plum tart (which was delicious) as a partial thanks for my being so easy-going about the whole affair. And, since my car has been blanketed with dust and what-not in the course of construction, they gave me a certificate for a free car detailing.
I just thought it was a very nice and unexpected gesture. Have you done anything nice for your neighbors recently?
Posted by Peter at August 29, 2004 9:16 PM