I have an etiquette question that has nothing to do with mingling at parties.
My upstairs neighbors, who are my landlord and his family, hang their laundry off their back balcony. Which means that when something falls off the clothesline, it lands on my balcony. They are not in the habit of coming down to the backyard and then climbing up on my balcony to check for stuff (thankfully).
The problem is that, other than the occasional clothespin, what rains down onto my balcony are the 18yo daughter's thong underwear.
Do I:
a) Set them somewhere in the stairwell that someone from the family will see, and collect them?
b) Give them to her father when he comes by to check on us?
c) Go knock on their door and explain in German/Greek/English while holding her undies?
d) Throw them into the backyard like they fell there?
e) Attempt to slingshot them back up to their balcony?
I'd throw them into the backyard.
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Everything I'm posting today is just making me look like the biggest misanthrope/avoider-of-human-interaction EVAR.
I'd say a, though e could be fun.
f) sell them on ebay?
g) pass them along to the underpants gnomes in return for a cut of future fortunes (if they ever get step 2 worked out)?
I'd go with a).
Everything I'm posting today is just making me look like the biggest misanthrope/avoider-of-human-interaction EVAR
I read your take on mingling at parties to be that you'd
mingle,
not that in lieu of sticking with your SO, you'd hide behind the potted palm and get to know the clam dip better. So that's social.
f) sell them on ebay?
I was gonna suggest this, too. (Of course, "sell it on eBay" seems to be my answer to everything these days, so take that how you will.)
I'd do A if I were feeling nice, D if not.
I'd put the laundry items that fell onto my balcony, into a bag, and leave the bag in front of their front door or on the stairwell.
I'm a heathen who thinks adults with kids should occasionally do adult things without the kids.
That can be tricky time-wise.
And money-wise and sitter-wise. We're lucky if we get out once every other month together.
Raquel, I'd be DYING to try e. But a sounds best.
