Man loses 11 feet of property after chopping down neighbor's plants at 2 AM, pays $10k for destruction of property: 'We watched as he took down his fence'

This guy not only chopped down his neighbor's plants, but he did it at 2 AM for extra secrecy. 

Everyone knows that if you do something in the middle of the night, that makes it much more suspicious. Walking around your neighborhood, putting trash out to the curb, briefly perusing your neighbor's property… all of these things that would be normal in the daytime are, you know, a bit sus at 2 AM. 

Back in the olden days, I bet you could get away with trimming your neighbor's overgrown trees or chopping up one of their plants in the middle of the night. But today? No, no, my friend. That will not be happening! If even one of your numerous neighbors has a Ring camera, you won't be getting away with anything. One of my neighbors actually has a surveillance camera that announces out loud, "Hi! You are now being recorded," every time I walk by. This includes if I'm walking across the street — I guess the range of these things is pretty far, maybe like 100 feet? Aside from how unfriendly and frankly dystopian the little announcement is, I'm sure it keeps people from messing with their overgrown yard, as well as any of the surrounding houses. 

These people in the story shared below didn't mention if they had cameras, or just good intuition. But they did wake up in the middle of the night to find their terrible neighbor trying to chop up some of their plants! These people had put up plants to ward off the neighbor in the first place. It seems awkward — apparently, he could peer right into their kitchen. Considering how much time is spent in ones' kitchen, and considering a lot of that time we're also wearing our jammies or sweatpants, it's not ideal if your neighbor can glare in as you eat toast at the kitchen table. 

Well, these folks put up some wandering-eye-repelling plants, and the neighbor took that personally. He didn't even have a good reason why the folks next door couldn't have the plants — he just wanted them gone. However, the route he took to get there was just a bad plan altogether, and it cost him a great deal! Check out the full story below — it's a delicious tale of malicious compliance, as well as a good reminder that you'll get much further in life if you just ask politely instead of brute forcing your way into solutions.