Second Report

Sunday morning

The neighbors had a barbecue yesterday. I opened the door to find a burnt towel and a plastic bag with smelly crabs hanging on the fence. I continued on toward my car, unlocked the door, placed my purse and bible on the seat. Mr Certain was sitting in his truck getting ready to leave. I returned to the yard, went to fence, took the smelly bag off, tied it up, then placed it in my trash can.

I hadn't noticed that he'd gotten out of his truck. When I turned around  he said, "oh, I thought I got everything. I said to myself, really how could you miss a white plastic bag hanging on your neighbor's fence. I asked, "whose towel is that?" He said, "I don't know who left it there", and preceded to move the towel. He apologized about the trash and asked how I was doing.

I said, "fine, how are you?"  he replied, "I'm doing alright." I headed back to my car, he followed and started a conversation. At some point we began to talk about invasion of privacy and children sneaking into yards when no one is home to steal water. I explained to him that someone was purposely scratching and keying my car, a point I mentioned when I informed him about his son. I told him that is why I didn't want children hanging around my car.

He was understanding, and reassured me that he will tell his son to stay away from my car. I left for church feeling good about the conversation, maybe they weren't so bad after all. Later that day while my son was visiting I looked out the door, I was surprised by what I saw. The very same person who said he would keep his son and his friends away from my car, was leaning against my car with his friends. I recognized one of the men as the person present when I talked to father about his son, he himself said that the boy should stay in front of his house. I didn't know what to think.

I asked my son to tell them to get off the car. What kind of message was he trying to send me? That his son should do as he say and not as he do. There's one rule for children and another for adults. Did he think our earlier conversation meant it was alright for him to lean on my car because he understood my concern, and he should be exempt. I can't tolerate their ignorance of manners and lack of respect for my property.

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Evidence that implies the good suffers with the bad isn't correct, the good suffers with the inclination of the bad, and to aid to the inury they aren't believed to exist. No one cares, it would be nice if someone cared about the abandoned society of good and Godly people suffering in silence, afraid to openly speak out for fear of  possible retribution.
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