Don't do anything nice this Valentines Day for your neighbors. Yes, you heard me right. Don't even think about taking heart shaped cookies and a Valentines card to that little old lady down the street, it could end up costing you more than you thought.
Last year two girls Taylor and Lindsey, from the little town of Durango, in southern Colorado, baked some cookies, made some cards, then secretly delivered them to their neighbors. But one witch of a lady, who probably spends the year complaining about kids playing in the streets and messing up her spotless yard, decided to sue the girls for triggering an anxiety attack which sent her to the hospital.
That does sound bad. No one wants to go to the hospital. Here's what happened. The girls rang the lady's doorbell and when the lady called out, Who's there? the girls ran off. That was their plan for delivering all of the cookies, secretly leave them on their neighbors doorsteps.
After the girls found out what happened, they apologized to the witch. But, of course, the witch didn't accept their apologies, saying that the apologies weren't in person and weren't sincere. Oh come on you stupid old hag, the girls are scared of you!
So after going to court, the girls were ordered to pay almost $900 in medical bills for the little witch.
Lessons learned...don't be nice this Valentines day to your neighbors. Don't even thing about brightening up their day with cookies and cards. It will be much safer and cheaper for you to stay in your house with your doors locked the window blinds drawn. Or, at least call your neighbor letting them know that in a minute or two your will be ringing their doorbell, and spell out exactly what you are going to do. Because, what if they trip on their way to the door? That's right, in court it will be determined that it was your fault for getting that lazy hag off of her recliner and making her come to the door, where she slipped on the burrito that fell on the floor the night before.
Sources:
Seattle Times
The New York Times