How to tell yappy neighbor to make like banana and split.

Wow, around here neighbors don't even look at you let alone stop and engage in irritating conversation about one's detailing.
 
~One man’s opinion / observations ~



The way I avoid being bothered or being asking inane questions is to wear earplugs (you’ll know when he/she is there so ignore them for awhile and then taking out one earplug politely tell them, “I’d like to talk with you but I’m really busy right now, replace earplug and go on working



~Hope this helps~



Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/ Jon

justadumbarchitect *so I question everything*
 
Keep your PC or rotary nearby... after a few seconds of politeness, pick it up and tell them you need to make some noise for a while and won't be able to hear them. Go to the opposite side of the car and just spin it up for a while. Also, most of the people that live near me are a lot older (I'm 27 and most of the people are above 45) and they don't know about really caring for their cars. (i.e. One saw me detailing my car and asked me if I could do his car. I chuckled and told him jokingly he couldn't afford me. He seriously said he already pays $25 for a wash and would pay me the same. I just rolled my eyes and went back to work).



Also, being that I'm younger than most, we have different music tastes. I put my radio up a little loud and on some alternative rock station. Usually helps keep people away or at least around for only a few minutes.
 
zzyyzx said:
Keep your PC or rotary nearby... after a few seconds of politeness, pick it up and tell them you need to make some noise for a while and won't be able to hear them. Go to the opposite side of the car and just spin it up for a while. Also, most of the people that live near me are a lot older (I'm 27 and most of the people are above 45) and they don't know about really caring for their cars. (i.e. One saw me detailing my car and asked me if I could do his car. I chuckled and told him jokingly he couldn't afford me. He seriously said he already pays $25 for a wash and would pay me the same. I just rolled my eyes and went back to work).



Also, being that I'm younger than most, we have different music tastes. I put my radio up a little loud and on some alternative rock station. Usually helps keep people away or at least around for only a few minutes.
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Shoulda signed the guy up and called me!!
 
I agree zzyyzx. Blast some Megadeth or Nine Inch Nails and your neighbors will not come talk to you!
 
Wow, I'm glad I have neighbors who, for the most part, are *autopian-like* in the way they maintain their cars. One of my neighbors is CONSTANTLY washing his vehicles.... of course he owns 2 cars, plus a Suburban, an RV & a boat, so it's understandable. It seems whenever I drive home from work, he's out front washing one of his vehicles. I've introduced all of them to MF towels & P21S Carnauba. Now if only I could get one of my neighbors to return my PC....
 
Dan,



I would just tell the guy that you're really busy and you have to get back to work. Plain and simple. I always cut incessant talkers off in mid sentence when I start to lose patience with them. They get the message loud and clear.



Bill.
 
TOGWT said:
The way I avoid being bothered or being asking inane questions is to wear earplugs (you’ll know when he/she is there so ignore them for awhile and then taking out one earplug politely tell them, “I’d like to talk with you but I’m really busy right now, replace earplug and go on working



~Hope this helps~



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Thats classic.

Or you could just leave the ear plugs in and say "HUH" or "WHAT" I think that they would get the picture pretty quickly.
 
This thread is extremely funny.AVOID THY NEIGHBOR I will tell you what I do .................I say EXCUSE ME THIS IS MY TIME AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU LATER! I give him a look like im going to kill there family with a ICE PICK and then I walk away PEOPLE around here know not to annoy me when I am working on my cars ...........sooner or later they pick up the hint
 
The real problem you get is most people think detailing your car is not important (the fools) and that describing how they drove the ball 400 yards (yeah OK, always seems to happen when you're not there with him) when they golfed yesterday somehow takes precedence.



There's a feeling of helplessness as they are entering your domain so you got nowhere to run and running out of time and daylight. My garage is too narrow to really detail in there so I'm up a certain creek without a paddle.



As soon as it gets hotter I'm going to start wearing a speedo 2 sizes too small. I may scare the wife and kids but I'm sure that will be enough to have everybody turn and run in sheer horror when they see butt floss close up.
 
HAHA awesome



you could always stop him mid sentence while he's yapping about golf and tell him you think golf is an elitist and racist sport and that all golf courses should be built into low income housing.



just say that and only that, looking him in the eyes and stair into his eyes till he says something else. that should do the trick. :)



Yosemite Dan said:
I'm sure that will be enough to have everybody turn and run in sheer horror when they see butt floss close up.
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Actually, I use the golf analogy to explain my obsession. People in my apartment complex think I'm a little nuts about my car . . . when they bring it up, I just tell them that "Detailing is my golf." You can see the light bulb come on as they "get it".



Tort
 
I think the real problem is't getting rid of the guy. Heck, pee on his shoes, he'll leave. The problem is getting him to leave, but still staying neighborly.



"If you want to stay, you'll have to bring your car over and learn how to do it like I do."



I dunno, I think I'd have to know the guy to give good advice.



Tom
 
Mosca said:
I think the real problem is't getting rid of the guy. Heck, pee on his shoes, he'll leave. The problem is getting him to leave, but still staying neighborly.



"If you want to stay, you'll have to bring your car over and learn how to do it like I do."



I dunno, I think I'd have to know the guy to give good advice.



Tom
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You hit the nail on the head, being rude without appearing to be rude because there's nothing worse than not getting along with your neighbors. Anybody else you can avoid but you gotta see this guy everyday.



This guy is annoying at the best of times so I don't want him to bring his car over under no circumstances. I golf with him once a year (when I'm forced to) so he thinks we're "golfing buddies". The last thing I need is to be "detailing buddies". :scared If that happens then I'm reaching for the cyanide. Quick and painless. :xyxthumbs
 
wow, another neighbors thread... well, ive figured out what i do...



1. headphones with loud music

2. doggy that watches me detail

3. avoid eye contact

4. look at the car, not the people

5. dont smile





but overall, here in hawaii were all pretty nice, and we can catch a hint. if someone's kid came and grabbed my microfiber and started running around, their parents would probably give them a good slap on the head. but sometimes neighbors are really fun to talk to, especailly when they give you complements. the only real people i hate are the ones that are jogging, and just stare at you... those people are scary..
 
what i basically do is detail buck naked. I get some weird stares :eek: but i keep on doing what i'm doing, watching that i don't get anything caught in my buffer :doh Most of the time it works but every now and again i'll get some 5'6 blonde with D's, a super skinny waist and high heels asking if i wouldn't mind taking some time to "buff her car". It annoys me but i take it in stride. :cool:
 
I have a neighbor that comes over everytime I start in on my car, even if it is 7:00AM....the only thing is that she is 32, blonde, divorced, cuter than hell and has a great body so I dont mind much...in fact she has asked me "what would it take for you to do my car this good" before and I had to seriously control the inner voice...BTW, wife hates her, lol.



HOWEVER, I do have a guy two houses down that come over everytime i am doing yard work and he wants to know what everyhtign costs and what I paid for this and that for him I have my wife well trained to sticker head out and tell me there is a phone call and he is usually gone by the time I get back...He seriously annoys the crap out of me, I came home one day, early, whaile my pool was being insatlled and my wall was down and i found him and his kids wantering around my back yard...I pretended I didnt see them and let the dog out, who is harmess but is a 6 mo old lab puppy with anough energy to run a power plant...that got rid of them fast
 
"I have a neighbor that comes over everytime I start in on my car, even if it is 7:00AM....the only thing is that she is 32, blonde, divorced, cuter than hell and has a great body so I dont mind much...in fact she has asked me "what would it take for you to do my car this good" before and I had to seriously control the inner voice...BTW, wife hates her, lol."



There should be a city bylaw to have one of those on every block. If I had her beside me rather than Joe motormouth I'd be detailing 24/7. :bounce
 
Yeah, I dont mind.....hell if i am out there in the afternoon or evening she brings me cold beer....best damn neighbor I have ever had.....When wife asks why I talk to her so much i just tell ehr that ignoring her would be rude and so very wrong of me
 
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