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Jerk Neighbors Pour Poison Over Couple’s Tomatoes, Couple Unleash An Ant Army On Them
Whether you live in a house or a flat, nightmare neighbors are a real problem that happens far more often than should be legally allowed. But the problem with needlessly complex and overtly confusing neighbor quarrels is that, for an outsider, it’s often impossible to take sides.
Let’s see how it goes this time. The Redditor u/KatiaV has recently shared an incident that her family had with the neighbors in what seems to be an epic neighbor saga titled “Do Not Hurt The Tomatoes.”
To put it shortly, a retired marine couple that lived next to the author has “decided to mount a campaign of general obnoxiousness against us” for an unknown reason.
It all escalated rapidly, and hit the boiling point when “then, they committed the ultimate crime.” Turns out, the marines dared to spray poison on KatiaV’s tomatoes and jalapenos. At this point, revenge was inevitable.
Read about the full incident right below, that (spoilers!) includes ants, thousands of ants.
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One Redditor has recently shared an incident she had with her neighbors after they poisoned her tomatoes
Image credits: Dan Gold
Whether you’re a good neighbor, or the neighbor from hell, nobody likes ant infestation. (The question of whether some deserve it more than others is a different thing.) But ant infestations do happen, whether we like it or not.
Remember the last time you saw a handful of them dancing around the cereal box? The chances are they were not the only ones. One of the signs that shows you have an ant infestation is spotting a trail of ants inside your home. Ants will march one behind the other as a result of the pheromone trails they lay down once they have found a reliable food source.
Another sign is spotting piles of ants around your house. You may wonder how it happened that ants found their way into your precious home. Well, if it’s not revenge from the neighbor, which it may well be, the reasons can vary.
It quickly escalated into a full-blown neighbor war where revenge was inevitable
First, it may be food as ants are hungry, tiny creatures, scavenging for food like there’s no tomorrow. As soon as they find a source of nutrition, like countertops and pantries, they are likely to stay there. For a while.
Another reason may be moisture, as some species of ants thrive in damp wood, near cabinets, leaky pipes, and sinks.
Yet another thing you should consider is whether there are any cracks and crevices in your windows and doors. These tiny cracks can look like no big deal to you, but for ants, it’s basically a “Please, make yourselves at home” kind of invitation.
And this is what people had to comment on it
Incredibly, the researchers at Stanford found that keeping ants away may have little to do with costly pesticides. “People spend a lot of money on year-round pesticides,” says Deborah M. Gordon, associate professor of biological sciences and lead author of the study, “but it’s not the pesticide that keeps ants out of your home, it’s the weather.”
In fact, the research suggests that the majority of Argentine ant invasions occur during winter rainstorms and summer droughts. The results show a close link between weather and ant infestation.”
Ants are most likely to enter homes in cold, wet conditions, typically in the winter in Northern California,” the study authors concluded, noting that a smaller peak in the level of infestation occurs during hot, dry conditions—typically in August and September.
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Jihana 5 years ago
I wanna hear more about the raccoons and figs! Don't leave me hanging here, dude!
k1ddkanuck 5 years ago
Unfortunately, even part 2 (that Pheolei linked to) doesn't explain about the raccoons... yet, it does contain a rather funny anecdote involving an unnecessarily aggressive mini pony, several ill tempered llamas and a very angry goat. I'm assuming part 3 will be released shortly.
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Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Seriously. Imagine if the poison spraying hadn't been witnessed.
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spirit wolf 5 years ago
I just picture this 6'2 marine lady and I see Trunchbull!! This sounds sooo Trunchbull.
SoozeeQ 5 years ago
OP would make a brilliant novelist! We could all see exactly what was being described!.
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Mushroom Garden 5 years ago
This is the funniest (and pettiest) thing I've seen all day. You have my respect. XD
deathrose 5 years ago
I am literally sitting in my garden taking a break from ant hunting in my pollinator beds. If someone killed anything in my garden I'd unleash these crazy ant-holes on them.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
From personal experience I can tell you that cloves are a great ant deterrent. Sprinkle powdered cloves where they are getting in, and watch 'em skedaddle.
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
This story smacks of bullshit. They went way too far editorializing it and forgot it was supposed to be believable, not just enjoyable. 4/10, wouldn’t read again.
juice 5 years ago
yeah. i'd give it a 9 or 10 though. not because i think it happened, but because it was so fun to read
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Seedy Vine 5 years ago
Wouldn't it be great if we could just pay a group of people to arrest those who bully their neighbors? I mean, we already have a group like that, but they're often bullies themselves.
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
This can’t be done. The police unit that used to do this has been defunded
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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Presumably, they despise toxins on the tomatoes, but not against ants?... I had the same question!
Load More Replies... Gyro Pilot 5 years ago
Something that life has taught is that there are always two sides to every story. OP here could be a saint or could be telling a deeply sanitized version of her own a precipitating actions.
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
Totally agree with this. This whole story is awful and I have no idea why people are applauding this. Not only are there always two sides of the story but what the people were allergic the ants? This could have killed them. Shame on BP for condoning violence and bad behavior
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Adriana Coppage 5 years ago
hahaha, call me over. i know ways to destroy all things they hold dear without breaking any laws
Carmen Elena 5 years ago
Im crying!! Hosannas were sung!! hahahahaha, we need a drawing about it!!
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
3x 5lb bag doesn't sound like very much? Even at a near impossibly efficient conversion rate of 1gr sugar ==> 1gr ant, and ants being between 1000 and 5000 ants per gr (large vs small species), that's only .... err... 1000 ants/gr x 450 gr/lb x 15 lb.... between 6.7million and 33million ants? Ok yes they may have a problem (also it's easier to kill 1large than 5small ants).
Pelleh Din 5 years ago
Interesting point about this being a killing offense in Texas. In Texas you can [generally] use deadly force to stop a felony, so indeed, the expression may be literal.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
More than one person in that mess needs to ask AITA?.... Also, when you have neighbors like that, kill 'em with kindness. They will die confused. Or so said my old gramps.
MadRatter 5 years ago (edited)
My parents' old landlord and neighbour was the worst twatnozzle - for no reason. We always tried to be nice and my dad is the calmest, most polite man ever. The only time I ever heard him say "f**k", was when he'd finally had enough and told him to "Shut the f**k up". Kindness didn't help one bit.
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Fyllis Williams 3 years ago
If there was actual proof, such as a video, that the neighbors poured poison on the tomato plants, the authorities should have been immediately notified and charges pressed for, not just vandalism but, attempted murder. Retaliation with the ants was just childish.
Kyle Harthfall 4 years ago
if they didn't catch the stuff being sprayed and the person got sick due to it and it was routed back to the family. couldn't they get in trouble?
mr. cheeto chester 5 years ago
i live in texas and i would MURDER ANYONE ANYWHERE that touch my plants
bill marsano 5 years ago
I enjoyed this very much. Sorry to say that I can't remember the last time I saw a BP post (or other online post) that was well written and correct throughout in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Ralph Spooner 5 years ago
The idiots next door that poisoned his tomatoes better be glad that he didn't go to a farm supply place and buy a 50 lb bag of a soil sterilizer like Pramitol. It kills grass and weeds for years when applied properly. When I worked in commercial two-way radio repair and later a 9 county cellular market, that is what I used around my tower sites and tower guy anchor points. It also works great on fence lines. The guy with the tomatoes could get his ultimate revenge with the soil sterilizer and a leaf blower to blow it over the fence into the other guys yard.
Escape Lizard 5 years ago
Typical passive-aggressive "the solution is to escalate the problem" behaviour of redditors. :P
Lynn Monroe 5 years ago
We have all had bad neighbors, to stress over and over "Marine"seems disingenuous, assholes come in all shapes and sizes (saw a next door neighbor do the same thing to his wife's plants) so what the hell does military standing have to do with it????
Ruby DosSantos 5 years ago
I had to deal with neighbors like this.they made their runoff water go into our garage
Nomadus Aureus 5 years ago
If there's one thing I learned about bullies, it's that ignoring them only serves to embolden them. It was a hard lesson to learn that nearly ended in me pressing charges and one that left me with PTSD and depression. Never ever ignore a bully. Deal with them while the matter can still be handled.
Ratatouille 5 years ago
The poison on the salsa infuriated me. What the frick were they thinking?! You could have frickin died and they could've gone to jail! (sad they didn't tho, although the ants were pretty good).
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
TLDR: “My neighbor harassed me over dumb shīt, then sprayed my plants with poison, so I threw sugar in her yard and she got ants. They were ugly. I like to tell jokes.”
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Walter 5 years ago
Best article yet! I'm just glad I have a good pair of neighbors. My other neighbors... Have a house worth around $750,000 yet never come outside, mow the lawn, communicate with us, or show themselves. The only reason my dad knows the husbands name is because my good neighbors overheard it when the bad ones first moved in. Neither of us know the wives name, yet she's the only one we see. She comes out and yells at the dogs when they do anything besides us the bathroom after she lets them out. Poor puppers :(
Orionpax75 5 years ago
This is the type of s**t that gets people killed!! Love this dude!! Those fake ass marines and his wife with the penis are lucky he just gave them ants!!
Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Imagery. They're giving us details so we can better picture the story...
Load More Replies... Jihana 5 years ago
I wanna hear more about the raccoons and figs! Don't leave me hanging here, dude!
k1ddkanuck 5 years ago
Unfortunately, even part 2 (that Pheolei linked to) doesn't explain about the raccoons... yet, it does contain a rather funny anecdote involving an unnecessarily aggressive mini pony, several ill tempered llamas and a very angry goat. I'm assuming part 3 will be released shortly.
Load More Replies... Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Seriously. Imagine if the poison spraying hadn't been witnessed.
Load More Replies... spirit wolf 5 years ago
I just picture this 6'2 marine lady and I see Trunchbull!! This sounds sooo Trunchbull.
SoozeeQ 5 years ago
OP would make a brilliant novelist! We could all see exactly what was being described!.
Load More Replies... Mushroom Garden 5 years ago
This is the funniest (and pettiest) thing I've seen all day. You have my respect. XD
deathrose 5 years ago
I am literally sitting in my garden taking a break from ant hunting in my pollinator beds. If someone killed anything in my garden I'd unleash these crazy ant-holes on them.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
From personal experience I can tell you that cloves are a great ant deterrent. Sprinkle powdered cloves where they are getting in, and watch 'em skedaddle.
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
This story smacks of bullshit. They went way too far editorializing it and forgot it was supposed to be believable, not just enjoyable. 4/10, wouldn’t read again.
juice 5 years ago
yeah. i'd give it a 9 or 10 though. not because i think it happened, but because it was so fun to read
Load More Replies... Seedy Vine 5 years ago
Wouldn't it be great if we could just pay a group of people to arrest those who bully their neighbors? I mean, we already have a group like that, but they're often bullies themselves.
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
This can’t be done. The police unit that used to do this has been defunded
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Presumably, they despise toxins on the tomatoes, but not against ants?... I had the same question!
Load More Replies... Gyro Pilot 5 years ago
Something that life has taught is that there are always two sides to every story. OP here could be a saint or could be telling a deeply sanitized version of her own a precipitating actions.
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
Totally agree with this. This whole story is awful and I have no idea why people are applauding this. Not only are there always two sides of the story but what the people were allergic the ants? This could have killed them. Shame on BP for condoning violence and bad behavior
Load More Replies... Adriana Coppage 5 years ago
hahaha, call me over. i know ways to destroy all things they hold dear without breaking any laws
Carmen Elena 5 years ago
Im crying!! Hosannas were sung!! hahahahaha, we need a drawing about it!!
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
3x 5lb bag doesn't sound like very much? Even at a near impossibly efficient conversion rate of 1gr sugar ==> 1gr ant, and ants being between 1000 and 5000 ants per gr (large vs small species), that's only .... err... 1000 ants/gr x 450 gr/lb x 15 lb.... between 6.7million and 33million ants? Ok yes they may have a problem (also it's easier to kill 1large than 5small ants).
Pelleh Din 5 years ago
Interesting point about this being a killing offense in Texas. In Texas you can [generally] use deadly force to stop a felony, so indeed, the expression may be literal.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
More than one person in that mess needs to ask AITA?.... Also, when you have neighbors like that, kill 'em with kindness. They will die confused. Or so said my old gramps.
MadRatter 5 years ago (edited)
My parents' old landlord and neighbour was the worst twatnozzle - for no reason. We always tried to be nice and my dad is the calmest, most polite man ever. The only time I ever heard him say "f**k", was when he'd finally had enough and told him to "Shut the f**k up". Kindness didn't help one bit.
Load More Replies... Fyllis Williams 3 years ago
If there was actual proof, such as a video, that the neighbors poured poison on the tomato plants, the authorities should have been immediately notified and charges pressed for, not just vandalism but, attempted murder. Retaliation with the ants was just childish.
Kyle Harthfall 4 years ago
if they didn't catch the stuff being sprayed and the person got sick due to it and it was routed back to the family. couldn't they get in trouble?
mr. cheeto chester 5 years ago
i live in texas and i would MURDER ANYONE ANYWHERE that touch my plants
bill marsano 5 years ago
I enjoyed this very much. Sorry to say that I can't remember the last time I saw a BP post (or other online post) that was well written and correct throughout in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Ralph Spooner 5 years ago
The idiots next door that poisoned his tomatoes better be glad that he didn't go to a farm supply place and buy a 50 lb bag of a soil sterilizer like Pramitol. It kills grass and weeds for years when applied properly. When I worked in commercial two-way radio repair and later a 9 county cellular market, that is what I used around my tower sites and tower guy anchor points. It also works great on fence lines. The guy with the tomatoes could get his ultimate revenge with the soil sterilizer and a leaf blower to blow it over the fence into the other guys yard.
Escape Lizard 5 years ago
Typical passive-aggressive "the solution is to escalate the problem" behaviour of redditors. :P
Lynn Monroe 5 years ago
We have all had bad neighbors, to stress over and over "Marine"seems disingenuous, assholes come in all shapes and sizes (saw a next door neighbor do the same thing to his wife's plants) so what the hell does military standing have to do with it????
Ruby DosSantos 5 years ago
I had to deal with neighbors like this.they made their runoff water go into our garage
Nomadus Aureus 5 years ago
If there's one thing I learned about bullies, it's that ignoring them only serves to embolden them. It was a hard lesson to learn that nearly ended in me pressing charges and one that left me with PTSD and depression. Never ever ignore a bully. Deal with them while the matter can still be handled.
Ratatouille 5 years ago
The poison on the salsa infuriated me. What the frick were they thinking?! You could have frickin died and they could've gone to jail! (sad they didn't tho, although the ants were pretty good).
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
TLDR: “My neighbor harassed me over dumb shīt, then sprayed my plants with poison, so I threw sugar in her yard and she got ants. They were ugly. I like to tell jokes.”
Load More Replies... Walter 5 years ago
Best article yet! I'm just glad I have a good pair of neighbors. My other neighbors... Have a house worth around $750,000 yet never come outside, mow the lawn, communicate with us, or show themselves. The only reason my dad knows the husbands name is because my good neighbors overheard it when the bad ones first moved in. Neither of us know the wives name, yet she's the only one we see. She comes out and yells at the dogs when they do anything besides us the bathroom after she lets them out. Poor puppers :(
Orionpax75 5 years ago
This is the type of s**t that gets people killed!! Love this dude!! Those fake ass marines and his wife with the penis are lucky he just gave them ants!!
Christian Bradshaw 5 years ago
Imagery. They're giving us details so we can better picture the story...
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