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Last Post: 4 May 2017
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ryouga   
4 May 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

An update, decided to let it slide even though of course it flared up at Easter weekend, then clamed down, but past week again has gone to extreme noise, I can hear the children in every room in the flat, and the parents loud voices on top, its not thin walls so they must just be making huge amounts of noise.

I have recovered a little bit from my health issues (the medication made me feel drunk all the time so the noise didn't help) and the nice weather has relaxed me a little so will go up tomorrow, im thinking now I said that its the nice weather that is making the kids noisy, and it sounds like the parents are having friends round due to nice weather bringing their own kids.

I still think its very rude as they can't be ignorant enough to not realise if the noise is high in their flat then people below will get it too.

I have started making random noises back at them though as that annoyed it must be having an effect as each time I do I hear male adult voice sounding irritated.
ryouga   
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

That is the point, the child I do hear screaming sometimes and slamming sounds often, and the ones last week weren't normal ones it sounded like they were knocking over large items of furniture.

Its hard to tell if they are anti social, don't know(though that is unlikely) or think that having a special child means they have a free pass to make noise.

And they slam doors here, and despire thick fire doors in every room I can hear them shouting across same room to each other (not in anger but everyday noise) why shout that loud!

Yes its social housing, I am on ground floor, normally I tolerate music as they play it at back of flat in the small bedroom and I sleep in big bedroom but it is there as well from like 6am so no matter what room I sleep in I will have some extreme noise.

I am a tolerant person, thats why I get agitated when its all take take take and lack of care for surroundings.

I would make a diary but kept forgetting at last place mostly as if it happened during night was half asleep, and during day as its random can't check but will attempt.

Its hard to write about their actions without seeming to be racist which is why I am trying to be careful, I have tried saying hello and try and start a conversation when seeing them in hallway but they never smile and say nothing back just stare so I am unsure if its them being tired, rude, or language barrier.
ryouga   
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

Jon that last part of response seems a little rude., at my last property I had a "neighbour" who didn't even live in same building but was related to family below bring his dog round before shift work. one fortnight I was woken between 1-6am every night sometimes 2 or 3 times, OTHER tenants in building complained but when confronted he got agressive and claimed racism and then he said he had a right to use our garden as he cut a corner (which he put his bbq on and rubbish) so he could use whole garden then went on about "lazy Brittish", 2 tenants in my building moved out due to HIS noise another drove lorries so away long periods and when he was home he complained about the neighbours noise so no its not me that has a problem.

Then a new family moved in and they complained about him, in fact I now moved in and friends moved into my old property and they complain about his noise, in the end when I was there I gave up and we just said hello to each other when saw us, apart from one time when it was 1-3am dog barking every night and got council involved and it stopped, he told council he was bringing dog round before work and he had a right to which is specifically why I want to be careful now even more so as currently have a broken hand so in a lot of pain so if it gets heated will be bad for me.

And I don't expect people to be silent, its a common misconception I instead want to avoid extreme noise right now I was kept awake to 3am then 7am onwards I heard kids, its not fair for that to happen as common sense should mean they realise they have neighbours, I can tolerate things like kids laughing, kids playing but only to a point, especially when they have a 2 bedroom flat and choose to have kids in one room letting off steam, I have in the past had double noise parents in living room sounding drunk or at least merry, and kids in both bedrooms creating noise so no peace, I literally mean hours upon end of noise not a single noise, silence for up to hour, another noise as the kid I think is different seems to smash toys into wall one time for 2 hours straight then cried a lot.

So 2 hours straight of slamming toys into wall!

Thats not same as kids getting excited.

Roz I was worried going to council will anger them more as they would feel I am petty by not speaking to them first and feels like a last resort.

But I still don't know what to say when contronting them, I will be of course angry but don't want to be walked over I want to say "hello how are you? I live downstairs and don't want to be rude but thought I would mention I hear a lot of noise from here, I was kept awake to 3am last night by loud tv, and woken most mornings at 6am by kids playing for hours"

But then im prepared for them to say "that never happens" or "you are exaggerating"
ryouga   
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

Nationality has to do with for one language barrier, and two as I have said twice I was asking if in Poland people had guests round for Easter I hope its clear now.

That and I didn't want to do anything that may be insulting to someone from Poland to them which may be ok in UK especially with the said language barrier.
ryouga   
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

To the person above I started one thread two years ago and I have only lived here a few months ago so how can I get advice from that when this is a different situation?

to the others yes I know they are Polish, I am worried about speaking to them being a single person who is vulnerable.

I get on with other tenants of building that are Polish so was hoping to speak to one of them as they would know the tenants better.

The other part was about tolerance, I was also worried if the child does have something like a disability they will accuse me of being cruel and hateful when I have my own disabilities.

But I also asked this to see if in Poland people had family over for Easter.
ryouga   
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

Im British and yes had problems with neighbours in past that were foreign (don't want to sound racist as had bad British neighbours as well too!)

Current living in council property and the upstairs neighbours have children, one of them comes across as being different (trying to not offend anyone) lovely child though is very hyper, cries a lot of the night, wakes up 6am and I get on average 6 hours a day of noise sometimes 9 not including evening noise which isn't that common.

The most annoying things is he runs about very heavily, more so than a regular child and sounds like he is intentionally knocking over furniture as he does loud laughter afterwards, and when bored sounds like he is slamming toys into walls and jumping up and down on floor, it is so bad that pictures have fallen off the wall, and even light fell out of socket once.

This has been ongoing since day one but I tolerated it apart from random flare ups now and again which angered me but never complained but always intended to make a polite comment but didn't want to offend and as a single person was a bit worried as they have friends round often as backup.

For past 10 days though noise has been intolerable, Thursday woken yp 6am by constant kid knocking things like furniture over, laughing, then ADULTS laughter, this contintued to 9am and I am off work due to accident and medication makes me sickly so need all sleep I can get, then hours of noise in every room.

This very night I was in bed by midnight and kept awake till 3am by tv on loud enough I could hear every word on it and a few voices laughing at it.

Let me tell you we have thick fire doors in each room here as its council homes and they are thick enough that even with my surround sound tv on I can't hear it in any other room, not that I have it excessive loud but its loud enough you would hear it loud if thin walls.

For one im guessing in Poland you have family/friends round at easter for a week or two? Second want to know way to speak to them to neither offend them or make them agressive.

Hope no one is offended by my comments.
ryouga   
23 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What are these ex tenants from Poland doing? Crammed into apartments - scams? [18]

To be clear again what I meant was I am trying to work out if this is a specific part of a certain culture amongst certain young Polish poor males just as in the UK we have bad people on benefits or if it was just a strange coincidence as it seems to common to be a coincidence but I doubt its widespread but trying to get to the bottom of it.
ryouga   
23 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What are these ex tenants from Poland doing? Crammed into apartments - scams? [18]

That confuses me, as technically no one has the money to spend without working or claiming benefits.

And no idea how that relates to what I said too much as many people in the UK are on minimum wage too.

I cant say much about the ones who lived in my flat before me but at 2 of the previous properties they had money for beer and luxuries one even got drunk every night and he was the one subletting his apartment.
ryouga   
23 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What are these ex tenants from Poland doing? Crammed into apartments - scams? [18]

No I am speaking the truth so either you are a troll an idiot or both.

By the way I have had problems with neighbours from different countries, had British drug dealer neighbour before, had places where British neighbours have stolen things but its never been consistent, where the Polish neighbours I have had have all done the same sort of things.

And even then I know not all Polish people are the same It could be a specific type of Polish person which is the whole point, its like how people on benefits in the UK can do scams(as can anyone else) so I was trying to work out if it was a specific scam SOME Polish young males did rather than accuse Polish people.

Or are you just a racist?
ryouga   
23 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What are these ex tenants from Poland doing? Crammed into apartments - scams? [18]

When you are tired in the morning and dont see the name on it clearly or the handwriting makes name hard to read then yes.

Plus I have disabilities and its not that its illegal, you can open letters under certain circumstances and its not as bad if its opened when arrived its before arrival.

They have moved back to Poland? Thats why they are applying for jobs in Britain soon.

Here in the UK the reasoning they dont understand is not an excuse,

"oh I dont understand English so didnt realise I dont have to pay my taxes and tell the authorities where I am" Um that wouldnt hold up in court.

And Ironside when you have had police at the door looking for ex tenants you will understand,

And the rent in my flat is £50 per week, I hardly think thats a lot if 2 people are here and there is even apartments locally that are as little as £30 per week for 2 bedrooms as they are in a poor area.
ryouga   
23 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What are these ex tenants from Poland doing? Crammed into apartments - scams? [18]

This is not intented to sound racist or anything but in the last 5 homes I have lived in which are different towns the Polish young males have been crammed into small apartments i.e as much as 8 people in a 2 bedroom apartment but when they move home they dont change their address with the authorities, and ones that work away from home such as on boats use their friends address for official correspondence.

In my current home the ex tenants moved almost 2 years ago but I get constant letters for them which I have opened by accident as most are similar to my own letters or the handwriting is hard to read the name.

According to the letters they havent paid taxes in over 3 years, they get bank statements and cards sent to my address, even had responses to job applications sent and even ones saying they have been accepted for a job, even had court letters for one person and a criminal fine.

Im just trying to work out how common this is as the last few towns i have lived the Polish men have always got letters for unpaid taxes in multiple names, and all have lived in small apartments with multiple men in same room.

If it just happened one apartment I would think it was a one off and they were criminals but everywhere the same thing happens is strange.
ryouga   
13 Nov 2015
Love / Do Polish men think that Polish girls are materialistic and demanding ? [37]

I think you misunderstand what I mean, there is a basic similarity in women from different countries, women in the UK like to change a man to what they want and choose a loud man who is confident as they see him as strong and they "tame" him a guy who is naturally less confident and/or more relaxed is seen as dull theres a saying about "thinking with your head not your heart" they like the idea of having the power to change him.

The only thing I would say specifically is based on what was said about Polish women, it seems Polish women are colder and more direct about what they want, British women play games(and women from other countries too but only going by the 2 listed) like pretending to cry to make you feel sorry for them or act the victim by saying they are women therefore weaker so a man has to help them, it even happens in the workplace women refusing to lift heavy boxes then demanding men do them as they are stronger, its all about making a man feel guilty and sorry for a woman so he looks after her even if shes a stranger rather than them being rude to get their way.

In a non relationship way I have spoken to many young women who talk about how they are victims for just being women and "men have it easy" it doesnt matter if they are from middle class or wealthy homes and had a easy life they say just being female means they have it harder than men it was the same mentality my ex had, one of my female flatmates once tried hiting me and chucking stuff at me so I grabbed her by her hands and she threatened to get spread rumours about me being the one to attack her if I didnt let go and have her attack me,

So from what is said Polish women are more upfront about their intentions, British woman want you to feel sorry for them whilst providing for them.

And British (as well as American women as well and more just these few are what I heard) like to keep the best of the old with the best of the new i.e claim to want equality but can get away with things like violence or criminal acts and say they cant of done it as they are women therefore weak.

There has been a few documentaries on the BBC recently that cover things like female violence, one had a guy who was stabbed by his violent wife and beaten before that many times and people didnt believe him, there was online articles where a man was a victim of domestic violence himself for years and again a woman tried to stab him but this one failed and the comments were talking about how he was a wimp, how a woman cant hurt a man, and how he cant be all innocent and they reckon he must of been bad to her for her to abuse him!

Its a social problem, women are seen as weaker and gentle so get away with a lot and know this so manipulate men in the UK.

I had a friend who was the victim of a manic depressive/bi polar girlfriend she was so violent she was banned from working, could not get buses, banned from doctors and in public attacked him regularly such as choke him or punch him, she calmed own when pregnant until the baby was born (maybe hormones?) then became more violent than ever, me and some friends vistied one day and she punched him knocking his tooth out, hit him with a lager can, then lifted up a chair.

Shortly after he left her and she was granted custody of the baby as the government could not believe a woman was violent.
ryouga   
13 Nov 2015
Love / Do Polish men think that Polish girls are materialistic and demanding ? [37]

Of course it happened but how was I meant to know in advance she was like that, she seemed very sweet when we met and friends who knew her said she was a nice girl.

She was just spoiled by her parents that she was the only important person, in her twenties she never left home, got her parents to cook and clean for her.

It is about nationality in the sense that I was meaning girls from any country can be that way.
ryouga   
13 Nov 2015
Love / Do Polish men think that Polish girls are materialistic and demanding ? [37]

British women arent much better its just done in different ways, they want to be independant but have a man for backup or a safety net.

Its like a saying we have here, but I may have to simplify it so you understand, "what belongs to me is mine, what belongs to you is mine also" is how many womens minds work here, if a woman does well in a job its her money not for the family, if a man does well its for the whole family and if she wants money you have to give it to her. A smaller example is women still want the men to bring them presents whilst never buying them back even if the man is in a low paid job and the woman earning a lot she still buys none for him and expects him to buy ones for her.

One of my exes was so bad when I lost my job I was living off bread for a month and she was eating in cafes every day and complained I did not buy her food, and when I had not eaten for 2 days I asked her for her leftover food and was told "dont be greedy its my food, women are not meant to support men" making out how weak I was for even asking.

Its just due to changes in the perception of women over the decades, being equal means some old things that benefitted women are ignored its why British women like to date a man who treats them badly and they want to change him, they like the power to control him and make him good enough for them not thinking about his needs (even the nice guys they want to change)

I have in the past been approached by women in bars and during the conversation they ask what job you have, if you mention a low paid job they walk off, on a lesser way you get women approaching men in bars all the time demanding free alcohol "because men buy women drinks" and if you buy one then after a few drinks run out of money they walk away to next guy to get more free drinks I have multiple times been approached by women saying "if you buy me a drink I will talk to you" if you say no they get agressive and even tell you are not good enough to speak to them unless you buy them a drink.

I even saw an article in a womans magazine I was reading at my doctors surgery telling women how to go on a Saturday night with £5 emergency cash, get taxis to the city, free drinks all night, free food on way back and free taxi home and still have the £5 by describing things like look for the guy who is the most drunk and flirt with him, if he refuses to buy you a drink walk to another drunk guy and ask him, if you go to the bar pretend you have lost your purse or cry to the staff to get sympathy drinks.

It was all teaching women to use men just for money.

Essentially British women are more manipulative and play the victim.
ryouga   
11 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What do you hate about England and English people? [142]

My mother is English and she notices the anti Scottish things over the years, I have a English accent despite being Scottish (more the fact I dont use slang apart from "aye") I have never had a problem in Scotland outside of people who are scum and would have a problem with anyone regardless

Some of the things that annoy her is that in Southern Scotland their local news is from Newcastle and covers parts of Yorkshire in fact only a few minutes a week if lucky on Scotland, how if England does well in a sporting event(or anything) its a success for England,if they fail its a BRITISH loss, if Scotland or Wales does well its a BRITISH victory, if Scotland fails its a SCOTTISH loss they are glory hogs.

My dad told me when he first met my mother (in Portsmouth) a drunken navy guy came in, turned to him and said "I hate all Scottish, you are scum" and tried hitting my dad but was so drunk he fell over.

When I studied in Carlisle my flatmates said Scotland was inferior to England at sports, education, even acting, in shops I would hear people talk about Scottish people being idots and scum etc.

In my experience most Scots (outside the stereotype chav/criminals) are more willing to be friendly to the English until they get a racist comment back at which point they give as good as they get, whilst in England its hate hidden as "jokes" or they believe the biased media.

Over the years the English comments I hear is that every Scottish person has watched and worships the film "Braveheart" we are drunk every night on Buckfast, we all eat junk food, that it is always raining in Scotland even just over the border, that every Scottish person hates England.

Hey during the referendum last year we couldnt win, Yes voters were called names such as hating England, or being uneducated, No voters were told they were only voting no as they know how good they have it from English taxes and either way it was used as an attack on Scotland

People in Scotland hate how people in England even more so the youth talk about 1966 as if they are gods because of it when it is 50 years ago.

So basically we feel like England sees itself first and Scotland as the poor uneducated ones.

I have a English mother, Scottish father, Polish grandfather so I am a mix of people

Traditonally Scottish people got on better with Northerners especially from Newcastle but I notice in recent years people from Newcastle have gone the opposite way hating Scotland maybe more than southerners.
ryouga   
11 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / What do you hate about England and English people? [142]

Well you get bad people in Scotland too but its in a different way, As a Scotsman with Polish grandparents I have had more hate for purely being Scottish in England than anything else I remember at university being in the halls and another student giving me nasty looks, yet he was friends with everyone he started shouting at me saying his taxes pay for Scottish students and Scotland steals money from England (he was 18, never worked a day in his life and from middle class family)

It was a similar story elsewhere, its the chicken or the egg scenario as during the World Cup the media reports how English people are the victims of racist abuse and attacks from Scottish people and its lies or twisted and never on how Scottish people are attacked in England, I had a friend attacked with bricks by a group of teenagers and scarred for life that barely made the local English paper which even said "he must of started it" had a friend threatened with a knife in a bar for being Scottish.

And some English people complaining during a world cup when they walked into a SCOTTISH bar wearing England football uniform and swearing about the "racist Scots" as they walked through the door despite the locals offering them free drinks and wanting to shake their hands and be friends with them and telling them its just done in fun and they like the English, but they refused the hospitality and then tried complaining more like "how dare they offer us a free drink"
ryouga   
11 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Ghetto in the UK is normally used as a insult to the people on benefits or the poor to imply a crime filled area, another word used is slums.

Yes the majority of tenants on this estate are Polish, it used to be a council/local government area but due to the reputation people moved away which is why the rent is so cheap, a ghetto stereotype is my flat used to have about 8 men in 2 bedrooms, and another flat across the road is the same and its a common theme which I have noticed.

There is so many Polish here a hairdressers opened up last month handing out leaflets in Polish(and English) where you get a free can of lager with every haircut(so follows the stereotype that Polish drink) I have seen teenagers wearing tracksuits shouting as well as drinking alcohol in the streets in Polish, I have seen teenagers use dirt bikes and quad bikes, and many of the houses and gardens around here look like slums like windows broken and/or covered up, gardens that have not been tidied so the grass is knee high, lager cans on the street

There is a few British people like myself on the estate but gradually moving away as they feel like they are the outcasts as their neighbours are Polish plus they also complain about the noise and drinking. There is 11 Romanian family on the estate and a single Hungarian male I know of that are violent

There is so many Polish people here that advertismenets for empty apartments are in English and Polish, and even jobs are now advertised in English and Polish in fact I have seen jobs ONLY advertise in Polish.

They even just opened a Polish restuarant near me that I want to visit..
ryouga   
10 Nov 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

I reported the noise and the fly tipping/rubbish to the authorities and since the then noise has gotten worse and its affecting other neighbours as they are being woken by the dog around 5am every morning, and he always slams the doors to wake everyone up.

And he is intentionally unlocking the door so local schoolkids and drunks walk in and harass the tenants, it was not even me that complained another neighbour said politely to lock the door when he comes round as drunks are coming round and waking people up, he either misunderstood due to language barrier and thought it was a attack on him or is just a nasty piece of work.

And the actual rubbish is getting worse, currently a bed next to bins, loads of smashed glass, a tv, a table etc all he dropped there for weeks.
ryouga   
25 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Well he does live in a seperate building that is part of the issue since he should not possess a key to my garden, and apart from those 2 or 3 (rarely 4) times a day where the dog is loud I have no issues with him personally except when he does come round he unlocks the door meaning schoolchildren enter and use it as their private area. But I do know he breaks the law

I keep the mindset if someone does not bother me then do what they want within reason, I have lived with people who for example smoked cannabis and they were polite clean flatmates and only smoked outdoors, I lived with alcoholics who were friendly and a little noise now and again is accetpable.

So if I move to a different home I may get a neighbour without a dog but then they could have loud music and multple noisy guests I dont want to risk it plus I like my home.
ryouga   
25 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

@Ironside Actually no, when I get tax letters delivered here as mentioned earlier which state he isnt paying taxes, when I get letters for his friend from new employers and police were looking for him and checked my house as thought he still lived here, oh and a few days ago I saw a local advert for a stolen motorbike that matched one that he had outside his house for 4 days before vanishing for 2 weeks which was the same time one of his friends was assaulted and a letter from the Police arrived stating he owed thousands for unpaid criminal charges.

When I see them illegally dumping waste

I have only ever reported him ONCE which was 8 months ago for noise and dog waste, and even though I dislike him I try and smile and talk to him whenever I see him but he ignores me that is a sign of me being a good neighbour of making an effort to be nice to him, I dont want to be his enemy if he was polite to me and apologised and said he didnt realise there was a problem I would of told him I dont mind him bringing the dog over and I was just annoyed at being woken up, id rather be someones friends rather than an enemy.

And bear in mind I have no issues with other neighbours.

Do you think its acceptable that someone wakes an entire building up around 5am every morning? And yes this dog barks very loudly that when I have been out of the home about 2 minutes walk away I have heard it, I have had guests visit that get woken up and say its loud its only worse because he does not stay in the building

I am acually UNDERsensitive, I put up with a lot, I have lived with alcoholics before and had no issues with them and above the bar where they had loud music I didn't mind and actually enjoyed, I lived in student accomodation which i didn't mind even though they did not clean up.

I dislike this as its intimidating behaviour from a bully

@Inpolska Well I did report the tax matter but worried if I report the noise and waste part he will know its me and get violent as he seems the type especially when in the past I have seen around 40 or more vodka bottles in his bin for a single weekend
ryouga   
24 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Another update, noise is still only a few times a day and for short time but is getting louder so I am woken around 5am every morning (and as mentioned before what angers me even more is he doesnt even live in my building)

He is dumping more rubbish at bins such as electricals which can be dangerous, every time I see him standing outside his home he looks at me angrily, or if theres 2 of them there they talk and both stare at me, he has even spit a few times.

I am fed up with this, and the noise gets louder and louder, I feel maybe another neighbour who moved out 2 months ago who had a baby who was woken up by the noise every morning may have complained to the authorities and he may be blaming me for this.

I feel now like I want to approach him and hit him with a weapon he is angering me so much.
ryouga   
8 Sep 2015
Love / Just started dating Polish guy - what is typical of a man from Poland? Cultural differences. [78]

Where are you from? I knew a Polish guy where I used to live that was divorced (ex wife still in Poland with his young son) he used to have multiple sex partners a day even when he settled with a Scottish woman and even had a child with her but shortly after the childs birth she found out he was having sex with multiple women a day so left him.
ryouga   
7 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Not at all, I would say the same no matter where someone was from it just happens percentage wise the bad problems I have had have been larger with Polish neighbours just like I have yet to meet a bad Polish female but multiple bad Polish males.

Just like I have had arguments with Polish people I know before who claim all British people are lazy and all Polish are hard workers, just as I have known multiple Polish men to do fraud, drink and be abusive, speed in cars or whatever, And I know multiple British people who are bad people who like to drink or harass people too and I have met people from multiple countries like that, Polish are just the main modern immigrant here so not been here long enough to integrate as well as they could, there may be more Asains but they are 2nd or 3rd generation.

That doesnt mean that most Polish people are bad it means the ones that live in certain fields of life are bad, that just so happen to be the one who live in areas I have lived (and the ones applying for certain types of jobs therefore too) Just like you get bad people of every culture.

Also to mention is that its like lets say 99 out of 100 people I like, you wont hear about the 99 people I like only the 1 I dislike, so if you only ever hear the bad you assume just the bad.
ryouga   
6 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Strange, did you read the entire opening post or just the final one since it states there I had problems in multiple areas unless you are just reading the recent post and since I am talking about current neighbour you just assume thats all I meant.

Hard to tell really.
ryouga   
5 Sep 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

I was a bit worried to outright complain so just contacted council about the waste.

Since then its got worse, I saw a razor blade next to the bins and a smashed mirrow, and the dog barking has gotten to stupid levels.

Right now its been barking for 15 minutes, and since the dog only takes 5 minutes or so normally to run around and do its business then the thug is doing this on purpose and the previous few days the dog barks far more, and as I say if the female brings out the dog or his male housemate the dog never barks, if he brings it out it barks constantly.

I was woken yesterday at 5.30am by the dog barking loudly too

The fool seems to always act as if he is the victim and if you complain he gets agressive so I cannot win,

I am still even angrier because he thinks he has a right o use other peoples property as his own, he harassed a neighbour last year when the locks were changed saying "this is how we do it in Poland, we share" yet all he has done for my building is cut a small patch of grass about once a month and outright says that gives him the right to use my garden,

If I walked into a strangers garden with a mower and cut a small area then said to the owner that I have a right to use the whole garden as my own now, I would not get away with it.

He did try and claim racism before when I complained to council about noise.
ryouga   
30 Aug 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

In the UK its a little unclear on what is allowed, they say opening letters is an offense, but they also mention things like if its for the purpose of forwarding letters and similar it seems to be ok.

We do have a system which makes the person use their signature of proof of delivery but it costs extra and so unless its for certain legal things its not used or when sending parcels.
ryouga   
30 Aug 2015
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

I seem to have a mixed face, my father had blonde hair and blue eyes, my mother black hair and brown eyes so I have brown hair and hazel eyes.

When I speak to Polish people I meet they are surprised I am not Polish, my grandfather was Polish though.

My mother has been assumed to be Greek or Italian multiple times due to her skin type and hair style and body frame.
ryouga   
30 Aug 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Yeah I opened some letters by accident, as I get letters from the jobcentre about my disability sometimes I am tired and dont look at the name on the letter just notice its from the jobcentre, and when I first moved here I opened a bank letter as they are with same bank, have had bank cards sent here too even recently.

The job one was because it was a handwritten envelope so couldnt see the name and only found out when I opened it as it was a printed letter, and the court/police one was because the name was covered on the envelope so couldnt tell without opening it.

I wasnt sure about reporting since if I do they will assume even correct it was me, I think other neighbours complained about noise and he just blamed me as he knew I made a complaint to council months ago.

Not sure about local Polish community place to check, there is a residents council but for everyone and I know he is one of the leaders of it which is why I think he gets away with things and why he had a few garden parties (in MY garden) last year whilst only inviting local Polish so hes friends with everyone, because of that I am sure thats why since I complained I get people park their vans outside me and shout swear words in Polish or chuck rubbish at me and many I recognise as his friends.

The other things he does are more annoying than bad, he uses all of the parking spaces for my flat for himself and his friends meaning people in my building are forced to park on the street, he has even intimidated people before for parking in "his" space
ryouga   
30 Aug 2015
UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

Actually I am classified as a vulnerable person, and the few times I tried speaking to him he claimed not to speak English, only when I complained to the council he then spoke to me in English and was very agressive leaning over me and shouting.

Each time since then I have tried speaking to him and he just gives me a bad look and speaks quietly and walks off in other direction.

They have the same landlord and back when I originally had problems when I moved in they just laughed and ignored the landlords comments, I am not sure about utilities but I think they are doing tax fraud, they previously lived in my apartment and there was 8 people in a 2 bedroom apartment, 16 months after moving in I still get letters from the taxman saying they owe money for at least the last 3 tax years, I get pension letters, bank statments, bank cards and last week got a letter saying the guy owed a £2000 fine from the criminal court and at same time a letter telling him he got a new job and where to go.

Since they havent informed the government or taxman or employers they have moved house its suspicious.

And also they are not paying business tax, they use the public bins for their work waste they work as house furniture removers where they get the old furniture for free, varnish and clean what they can sell on and dump what they cant in the bins or next to them outside their flat, this means I have seen beds, sofas, carpets, even tyres and about 6 weeks ago they dumped GLASS doors next to the bins that smashed and they havent cleaned up and they never recycle meaning that every Friday when bins are emptied by council that evening the public bins are full of their waste.

I have been out there before and seen him and friends put dozens of vodka bottles and beer cans in bin, I am talking about 40 or more vodka bottles over a weekend and over a hundred beer cans.

He did kick my door many times a few weeks ago when I locked it because each time he comes round he unlocks it but we live near a school so if we dont they use it or the homeless people come in.