A Christmas question: My strange neighbor across the hall has scotch taped a branch of (once live) holly to her door and now it is dead. Questionbelow

Should I give her my old wreath? Her holly branch is sooooo ugly. It smells like mold and is dropping dead leaves on the carpet. Do you think she would be offended?

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MaryJanine · 61-69, F

Contact the landlord! That's what I would do (and are supposed to). We got a detailed list (called a lease) of "do nots" this spring along with the rent raise. No loud noise after 10:30 - and that's when I go to bed and that's when the first floor (right above my head) decide to play records or the radio loud enough for me to hear. I can't count the number of times I've climbed out of bed and yelled to the ceiling (their living room floor) "TURN IT DOWN!"

4meAndyou · F

@MaryJanine I haven't gone to defcon 1 at this time.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

I'm not sure what that means - but we aren't allowed to put stuff out (for some reason) and you don't want the landlord to say it's YOUR fault if the dried-up holly draws bugs or vermin.

My younger brother just had the gas company come to read his meter because the reading was a problem. The landlord was there when the company came and it was discovered the gas line was directly on top of the water line. His landlord turned to my brother and asked him, "So what did you do to cause this?"

The man from the company said, "It's not his fault. The landlord is supposed to handle something like this." He got a ticket and a warning message to have it fixed within a month. My brother brought the official message to the landlord when he received it in the mail. The landlord's reply was, "Well, I just had a contractor in here. It cost me $100.00, and he said nothing was wrong with it."

This is why I recommended you go talk to the landlord.