Dixie wrote: He lives right in front of their office,
It's funny how the adults in my family like to live next door to them. When we were in Vietnam and shared a house with my aunt, she wanted to buy a house that was in the same block with a police station. And recently, my cousin in the States just bought a house, which is behind a police station. My aunt was telling me about her son's house, and she was like, "it's really nice and lucky for him to find a nice house next to the police station. Can you believe how lucky he is? " blah blah blah and more blah blah blah. I was like, "tight!"
I just don't see the big fuss of all this! Would it help us more if we lived next to a police station???
Dixie wrote:and they have no respect for the neighbors.
I haven't heard my cousin complains about them. Well, maybe I should give him time since he's just moved in the new house.
When I was in Vietnam and that police station was at the beginning of our block, some police dudes came to our house every morning. I believe this was my uncle's fault. He first started to invite them for coffee and breakfast in the morning. Then he invited them back for more. What do you know, they came back for more. EVERY DAY! Also, they never missed a single party my family had. They were always invited. Yuck!
I told him it was bribing. He told me it wasn't bribing but helping! We gave them goods, and they helped us with protection. It was tit for tat! It was outrageous for me to hear it, so I protested saying it was their job to protect us. Therefore, we weren't obligated to bribe them. And he was on and on about one had to pay another to do a job for him. There's no free service or whatsoever from a stranger. More blah blah blah...
I still don't understand all that, but I guess the only thing I could understand is that, "welcome to the adult's world! Everything is not exactly like it seems."
Dixie wrote: Shouldn't they be an example to follow?
Tell me about it!
Dixie wrote: Also, the street was turned into a pedestrian street, and there's no room for cars. This was a big annoyance for the neighbors, especially when they come home with the shopping and they need to park the car in front of their houses to carry the shopping inside... Well, Jordi did it once and the local police was there in a second and wanted to fine him!
I don't quite get this part. Here we can park right in front of a closed garage and not on the street and in front of the garage, though. They said that part was supposed to be painted red, but then it's our garage. That's why they don't pain that part.