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Mooches
What do you do if you have a mooch for a neighbor? I'm not talking about just any old mooch, because there are plenty of them, but like in my case, I have a neighbor that lives down the hall, that is not family or friend, and the only acquaintance that I have with him is when he comes knocking at my door, asking for any number of things, including money, a ride to some place, food, a cup of sugar, pain pills, and I imagine the list would continually grow, if I didn't say no 90% of the time.
This guy is a tall overweight ex football player, so I can't get physical, even if I were so inclined. He doesn't seem very intelligent, because he doesn't seem to get the "hint" when I tell him that I'm a very reclusive person, and really don't like to be bothered, unless it is an emergency.
On his last visits, he wanted something for back pain, so I did give him so pills that I no longer use, but made the mistake of saying something about some other prescription pain pills that I had, which I told him in no uncertain terms that I would not give him. Still, he came back twice that night, and once the next day asking for them anyway.
I gave him a rather long and firm explanation that I did not ever intend to give him anything, unless it was something critical in some fashion or another, and that I did not consider pain pills critical, since it didn't appear that he was having any greater difficulty getting around than he usually does. That doesn't stop him from knocking on the door as much as 4 times a day.
Once he even asked me to drive him to the grocery store, which is only two blocks from where we live. He claimed that he had a bad heart and that it would be too much of a problem walking that far. I know that exercise is the best therapy for a bad heart, and our complex has a lot of grocery carts around, from others who walk their groceries home with them, so it would be no hardship for him to do likewise.
I know that I'm being somewhat long winded about this, but he is really starting to get on my nerves, and even though I know that no one can suggest a real solution, it helps to blow off steam.