‘[We] won’t help you': Snitching Kevin makes enemies in the neighborhood, then pays the piper when nobody bothers to stop a band of late-night robbers

Don't make enemies with your neighbors. 

This neighborhood Kevin learned the hard way that having allies in your cul-de-sac is more valuable than keeping tabs on the people next door. But I get it, there are rules in an HOA that every neighbor is supposed to follow, but when you have a new renter moving in next door, it's probably wise not to burn a bridge with them over trivial snitchings. 

The renter in our next story found himself in a snitching loop with the Kevin next door after allegedly 'barbecuing incorrectly' earlier this summer. The grouchy busybody next door took his complaint straight to the HOA without as much of a chat with the new neighbor, and even the HOA believed the complaint was a little misplaced. Although this renter wasn't committing any infractions, he realized he was going to have some problems with the snitch. So after getting reported multiple times for a myriad of menial infractions, this renter did what we all would do… Nothing. 

Late one night, the Kevin next door was getting burgled by a band of hoodlums and the neighbor noticed, but decided to tuck himself back into bed, letting the chips fall where they may. And that's how this Kevin learned to be a little more friendly at the block parties from now on…