Nov 03, 2010 22:11
So, I came home after my program to drop off my animals before taking my assistant home, and found that some dickhead had torn down all of my Halloween decorations. They didn't steal them, they just left them in a crumpled pile on the love seat on our porch. The reflective paw print stickers that were supposed to be ghost kitty prints? All stuck together in a mess, and I probably won't be able to re-use them next year. My plan was to put them back on the paper they came on so they could be used again. Now most of them have left a good portion of their sticky on the tops of other stickers, so they're not only not sticky, but no longer as reflective. I pulled them apart, and they did not come apart very easily. Some of them split, so they're no longer waterproof. Seriously, wtf?
My door hanger--which was INSIDE the porch, on the inner front door, was torn down and left in a crumpled heap, with the sticky corners stuck to other parts of it. I managed to unwrap it, but it's crumpled and messed up. It had a snake on it, and was cool. Thanks, fuckstick, whoever you are. I'm sorry you're so goddamned offended by Halloween, but if it isn't yours, it isn't yours to tear down.
Everything else was just piled together in a heap. At least they left my pumpkins alone, but seriously, WTF? If it's that offensive, leave a snippy note or something. My assistant was just as mad, so together we put it all back up. When I decide to take it down--and *I* decide when to take *MY* decorations down--I'm planning to put the items into a sterilite box NEATLY so they are usable next year. Well, the stuff that the shitbag didn't ruin, anyway.
The neighbors' stuff was untouched. So I don't know what about my yard was so offensive, but people need to leave my shit alone and worry about their own shit. Fuckers.
If it gets ripped down again, I am going to leave it up through Xmas, even if I have to put it back EVERY DAY.