As much as I detest most people's blogs and their unique special thoughts, there are a couple I like to read. One of them is Violent Acre's, usually very amusing. In today's post, she writes about some typical neighbor drama and asks people how they would solve it. So as a break from my drama, today I will answer her question, and hey - don't we all have asshat neighbors?
VA, you are screwed. No matter what you do, you are going to have to deal with the fall out of pissing off your drunk-ass neighbor and having him kill your dog, car, etc.. He's a socially ignorant alcoholic, and this situation was inevitable. The only real decision is what course of action is best for you, which does not include reasoning it out with the neighbor when he's sober. I vote for small claims court, unless it will give him delusions of making a counter-claim etc. In that respect, the banality of the insurance company claim route may be better.
