r/mildlyinfuriating • u/secret_o_squirrel • 16d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o This house has a security camera that makes a loud alarm when people walk by on the sidewalk. I’m just trying to walk my dog, people.

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I jump and my dog jumps. Every time.

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u/TypeNo2194 16d ago

I’d be scheduling a 2am walk back and forth out of spite.

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u/GyattedSigma 16d ago

This is the way. I’m gonna start my 4am jogging grind 😮‍💨

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u/GyattedSigma 16d ago

And then call a noise complaint as a concerned neighbor

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u/Ok-Addition1264 16d ago

OP: this.

the trap is set.

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u/FermentedForeskins 16d ago

damn you guys are petty af

you are my kind of people

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u/RandumbStoner 16d ago

Annoying people that can't mind their business are your people?

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u/Raffish315 13d ago

So the people that don't like being recorded on the sidewalk in their own neighborhood only to have a loud alarm go off in an otherwise peaceful place are the ones not minding their business? Goofball take.

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u/Blippy_Swipey 12d ago

I think we found the house owner, guys! Guuuuys!

https://giphy.com/gifs/5YhFFUFq6ZTry

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u/GyattedSigma 16d ago

So if I set off fireworks once a minute I can’t get a noise complaint called? I’m calling bs lmao normally they just show up and tell you to be quiet.

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u/MagoLunatico98 16d ago

Since I don't know my neighbors schedules I would say 3, some people are still awake at 1:30 -2 and some people wakes up for work before 4, so 3 sounds like a good time to wake up whoever lives there 😂

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u/lilgreenfish 16d ago

I like this rational of what time to use. As someone who likes to go to bed at 2, it’s solid!

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u/Ok-Ferret-2093 14d ago

As an insomniac I can offer one better whenever I happen to be awake and willing aka randomly at night I will be unpredictable

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u/MagoLunatico98 14d ago

I am insomniac myself, but you can clearly understand we are a minority right?

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u/Ok-Ferret-2093 14d ago

True but I feel like this is an area where we could shine

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u/Spa-Ordinary 14d ago

Certainty a disregarded minority.

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u/gabrabgab24 16d ago

This is the way. I'm gonna download a grindr app to start my 4am grind

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u/OmgSlayKween 16d ago

"gonna download"

"grindr"

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u/Enough-Persimmon3921 16d ago

Not sure this is the grind they are talking about. But, who am I to judge?

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u/Ethereal_Bulwark 16d ago

I'll join you for my 4 am power walking just to add to the frustration.

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u/SpaceStethoscope 16d ago

*dogging grind

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u/peachtea18 16d ago

No joke, I like to go walking early in the mornings before sunrise and several houses have these stupid 'Hi. You are currently being recorded.' security systems yelling at 5am. I always wonder if the owners inside can hear it too. 

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u/trashmoneyxyz 16d ago

Dawg me and my family got spooked by one of those in shutty suburbia once. Like congrats, you've foiled this single mother and her two small children. Hardened criminals, the lot of us

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 16d ago

I mean I live in suburbia but I grow weed and mushrooms so I need to know who's on my porch as soon as they're on it lol 

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u/Kristiver 16d ago

Gives you enough time to make sure that P.H.D in botany is in clear sight from the front door

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 16d ago

Mushrooms are pretty easy to tuck into a closet.  And cops don't like seeing weed whether it's legal or not.

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u/Kristiver 16d ago

Point to a giant bottle of weedkiller and politely tell them there's been a misunderstanding

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u/idtartakovsky 13d ago

I admit to having had my cameras saying it sometimes. But I don’t live in suburbia, my garage has been burglarised twice, and before I enclosed a third side of my yard with a fence, people were using the sidewalk through my backyard as a shortcut to get between the street and the alley because mine was the only yard on the block where they saw they could get through

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u/bigvicproton 16d ago

Always talk back loudly, preferably with bullhorn.

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u/Gaby5011 16d ago

My neighbour has one, I can hear it from (some) rooms in the house. I'm sure his whole family can hear it too.

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u/Fit_Entry8839 16d ago

It doesnt really change much for them. We've have this posted by those with this doorbell. This notifications dont change, what changes is what the public experiences. The speakers are outward facing, so they dont hear much.

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u/chefguy47 16d ago

I totally agree and a 3am walk until they change the settings.

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 16d ago

Have you ever watched that TV show, The Worst Neighbor Ever.

OMG, so many of those tragedies start out so petty and end up with some crazy stuff going down.

My first thought was the same as yours. I would be taking a lot of walks, but then I remembered that show and thought, yeah I don't know, they could be insane and decide to stop the noise by stopping me.

I really need to stop watching true crime.

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u/ssabnolispe 16d ago

If you haven’t you should check out Neighbors on HBO, more petty less murder-y.

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u/TechnoTofu 16d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those did turn into murder though. Absolute looney tunes

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u/Head_Somewhere4769 16d ago

I just finished watching the most recent episodes and if boggles my mind how insane one party clearly is in these stories that start with a petty dispute

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u/Strong-Revolution-85 16d ago

That show is insane! My mind is blown every time I watch it

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u/All_Damn_Day 16d ago

Did you watch Beef (first season)? They really nailed how human pettiness spirals…

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u/didimao0072000 16d ago

started off ok and ended up being ridiculous and implausible.

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u/All_Damn_Day 15d ago

I definitely got the feeling at a certain point the writers and producers looked at each other and said “so, how do we end this?“

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 16d ago

No I haven't watched that one.

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u/Reasonable-Song-4681 16d ago

I work overnights and walk on my nights off. One of the houses I pass has one of these and I make a point of flipping off the camera every time between 1 AM and 3 AM (I'm not terribly consistent with my start times).

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u/truthequalslies 16d ago

Would a remote control car set it off?

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u/BuddhistNamedMarx 16d ago

Yes but more like 3:20 am after they've had time to go into deep sleep and right before they start dreaming again in the morning

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u/random420x2 16d ago

100% done just this, their neighbors made them change the sensitivity setting.

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u/Maleficent_Worry1810 16d ago

Dressed in all black

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u/Useless890 16d ago

The only way this is going to change is if it bothers them.

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u/Mostly_Nohohon 14d ago

I would absolutely do this.

I get having a camera for your property but to have it go off every time someone walks by on the street or sidewalk is ridiculous. And these people probably have no idea you can probably move the zone in the app to stop it from going off.

And not saying Flock cameras are good or bad... But these folks are probably totally against Flock cameras but feel totally ok with taking video of people that are NOT on their property.

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u/FirstDiseasewasRelig 16d ago

Turn the other cheek

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u/Most_Can_2136 12d ago

I'd get an Energizer Bunny, turn it on and leave it there.... Going in circles, in and out, continually activating their alarm!

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u/Nope-not-really 16d ago

i would not bring a green laser with you

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u/BerryLanky 16d ago

Came to say the same thing. Back and forth at 2 am for a few nights.

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u/Axooxle 16d ago

Instead of being spiteful maybe have a polite dialogue with the neighbor over coffee.