Relationships,Entitled PeopleAUG 6, 2025

“This Is Next Level Crazy”: 50 Neighbors So Petty They Had To Let It Be Known In Writing

Aurelija Rakauskaitė, Kornelija Viečaitė and Jonas Žvilius

"Love thy neighbor," the famous proverb says. Yet, according to a 2023 LendingTree survey, 24% of Americans say they dislike at least one of their neighbors. It turns out that sometimes, loving them can be really difficult. Especially if they're a thundering pain in the rear who leaves you passive-aggressive notes.

This list by Bored Panda is dedicated to exactly that. Who hasn't dealt with a petty neighbor at least once in their lives? Please share your luck with us if you're one of those people! But, for the rest of us, here are some relatable pics of neighbors making ridiculous demands and leaving notes so petty they get inducted into the passive-aggressive hall of fame.

#21 What Is Wrong With People? Open Your Own Mail

Handwritten neighbor note about opening the wrong mailbox with a birthday card, showcasing unhinged neighbors’ notes humor.

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Living in walkable neighborhoods can help us feel more engaged with our communities. A 2023 study shows that it helps us reach our daily recommended amount of physical activity.

What's more, it makes us more likely to engage in social interactions. Living in walkable neighborhoods also makes people more likely to say they're living in tight-knit communities in which they feel like they can rely on their neighbors.

#22 Someone In My City Got This Put On Their Door

Note from unhinged neighbor calling someone a Grinch for not putting up Christmas lights, highlighting difficult neighbor interactions.

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#23 My Neighbor Has Been Giving Me Repeated Note To Cut Down My Trees, These Are My Trees

Note from unhinged neighbors demanding removal of poplar trees causing problems, with images of signed complaint and poplar trees.

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#24 Note From The Downstairs Neighbors

Handwritten unhinged neighbor’s note apologizing for loud gaming noises and disruptive roommate behavior.

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We're becoming homebodies, and sometimes, it's not out of choice, but out of necessity. As visiting fellow at the Center for Economy and Society at Johns Hopkins University, Diana Lind writes for The Washington Post, living in communities where we can socialize with neighbors more often is becoming less and less affordable.

#25 Crazy Neighbor Gets Mad At Friend For Dropping A Single Strand Of Hair And Tapes Up The Hair As Evidence

Handwritten unhinged neighbors’ notes reminding to clean shared spaces and check for hairs and paper remnants after use.

My friend moved into a new apartment recently. He shares the laundry room with 3 other units. He is unit #1.
While doing laundry the other day, one of my friend’s hair fell off from his head. Obviously, he didn’t know cause he didn’t check the entire room for hairfall — I mean, who the hell checks if any of their hairs fell off their head wherever they go?

Now apparently, the landlord got mad at the sight of a single hair strand and put up a new sign in the laundry room (the bottom sign is new & the upper sign had been there for a while) taping his hair as evidence that he didn’t thoroughly clean the facility.

My friend doesn’t have any severe hair fall issue. The hair normally fell off his head normally just like hair falls off most people’s heads occasionally. Also for the record, my friend cleans the washing machine & dryer surfaces after he uses them. Just seems like he missed this one hair strand.

Who is the jerk here? Idk this seems super crazy to ask someone to keep track of every hair strand that falls of one’s head and pick them up.
At first I thought the hair must have just landed on the tap by mistake when the landlord put it up the sign. But other units have informed me that this landlord taped up someone else’s hair 6 months ago to a sign asking the unit to clean it up.
IMO, this is next level crazy and it’s unreasonable to expect that level of cleanliness.

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#26 Received This Well-Worded Letter In My Mailbox This Morning (Wrong Neighbour - I Don't Even Have A Dog)

Note from unhinged neighbor demanding to keep their mongrel dog quiet due to barking and disturbance complaints.

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#27 Someone Anonymously Sent This To My Neighbor

Note from an unhinged neighbor warning about consequences if dog barking is not kept under control in shared living space.

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Lind claims that Americans are currently divided into three tiers of dwellers:

those who are financially well-off enough to afford living in amenity-filled neighborhoods;
those who alternate between isolating days of digital life and in-person socialization depending on whether they have enough money to go to a restaurant, cinema, etc.;
and those who don't have stable housing, whether that's due to finances or force majeure.

Lind believes that we should change our perspective on socialization. "We should treat 'getting out' as a necessary health intervention rather than an optional luxury or a work burden."

#28 Somebody Left This Note On My Car… In My Assigned Space

Handwritten neighbor's note warning against parking in an assigned spot, showcasing unhinged neighbors' notes humor in daily life.

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#29 Woke Up To This Note This Morning

Note from unhinged neighbor warning against stealing a cat and harassing the daughter, highlighting difficult neighbor interactions.

Sheltered what I assumed was a stray cat for two days, called my apartment complex asking if anyone lost their pet, and on day 2, the owner shows up and I returned her cat.

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#30 Went To A Friendsgiving

Handwritten unhinged neighbor’s note warning against noisy parties in an apartment with thin walls, showing tense tenant relations.

They let their neighbor know ahead of time that they would be having people over, it was 4:45pm on a Saturday and about 6 people were there at that point. He abruptly knocked on the door once, taped this note to the door and ran off.

gravityandlove

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What about your relationship with your neighbors, Pandas? Are they as insufferable as some of the folks on this list? Or do these notes sound completely unrelatable to you? Let us know in the comments! And if you'd like to see some more crazy neighbor shenanigans, check out our previous post about the wildest messages on Nextdoor!

#31 Letter And Response From Two Of My Neighbours I Happen To Share A Wall With

Note from neighbor about noise complaints with a sarcastic solution, reflecting unhinged neighbors’ notes and humor.

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#32 One Of My Apartment Neighbors Left This Anonymous Note On My Door Accusing Me Of Noise Complaints After Midnight On Christmas

Two handwritten notes on a door showing unhinged neighbors’ notes about noise and introductions.

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#33 Not Sure How To Feel About This Or Go About Handling It

Handwritten neighbor's note warning new tenants to be respectful above a tattoo piercing business to avoid disruptions or damages.

I’ve lived in my building (in Iowa) for two years now above a tattoo shop. I see the guys who work there around town frequently and they have never expressed an issue or been anything but pleasant to me. This showed up last night and has been bothering me ever since. Would they have any legal standing to even make someone pay for damages that result from an artist getting startled? I certainly would like to maintain a cordial relationship with them, since this is my home for another two months, but the whole thing has me feeling uneasy.

I learned last night that one of the artists does in fact have a domestic violence charge against him, during which he showed up unannounced and drunk at his girlfriends home and assaulted her, and the street door to my building can be opened by anyone. The hallway door locks, but can be opened with any key. Just feeling uneasy about the whole thing and wondering if anyone has any insight.

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#34 Neighbors Don't Like My Parents' Shed

Handwritten neighbor's note about shed location rules, showcasing unhinged neighbors’ notes in shared living spaces.

They've done their research, spoken to homeowners directly, and aren't breaking any rules or covenants by having a shed where they do, but the neighborhood hates it. It doesn't look bad, but have been told it's an 'eyesore'. No return address or signature from these cowards.

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#35 This Was Taped To My Door, I Do Not Have Children And My Neighbor Is Now Piling Random People’s Garbage On The Lids Of My Trash Cans

Note from landlord confronting neighbors about children improperly disposing of trash, showcasing unhinged neighbor interactions.

I don’t know my neighbors and tried to talk to the ones that do have children, but they’ve been unresponsive. Went outside again to move my bins for trash day and there were random garbage bags piled on top of them. Going to leave a note back because my neighborhood is not notoriously friendly lol.

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#36 I Found This Lovely Gem On My Door When I Left For Work

Handwritten neighbor’s note about overhearing intimate sounds, showcasing unhinged neighbors’ notes making living among people hard yet amusing.

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#37 Got Pulled Into Our Neighbors Note War

Notes from unhinged neighbors about smoking and dogs in a shared apartment complex causing tension and complaints.

Saw this note this morning and thought it was funny that we were the assumed note-leavers in the building. There's been a constant note war going on for a year now where notes have been put up asking people to stop smoking in their apartments. Of course these don't deter the smokers and the complex doesn't have a no smoking policy. We are the only dog owners and know this is how apartment living is like with the smoking. This is our response to being dragged into this fight.

dapper_cam

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