04-25-2021, 07:43 PM
HOA Hero
After last weekend, the neighbors held a meeting to try to find out
who’d been trashing the playground down off of the trail with broken
liquor bottles. Ralph spoke up that he’d seen kids down there about
noon, raising hell, and they were drinking right out in the open.
The next weekend after no bottles were found, everyone agreed
that Ralph had done well, and they sent him a great thank-you card
for keeping a good eye on the neighborhood. “That’s what we need
around here,” they all said. He replied that it wasn’t so hard.
“I guess those punks got a good talking to,” Ralph thought. “I think
they’ll stay gone, and I can get some peace. A guy needs some peace
and a place to be by himself. Somewhere to be alone and drink.”
He kept extra quiet, and was careful to throw his bottle into the trees.
After last weekend, the neighbors held a meeting to try to find out
who’d been trashing the playground down off of the trail with broken
liquor bottles. Ralph spoke up that he’d seen kids down there about
noon, raising hell, and they were drinking right out in the open.
The next weekend after no bottles were found, everyone agreed
that Ralph had done well, and they sent him a great thank-you card
for keeping a good eye on the neighborhood. “That’s what we need
around here,” they all said. He replied that it wasn’t so hard.
“I guess those punks got a good talking to,” Ralph thought. “I think
they’ll stay gone, and I can get some peace. A guy needs some peace
and a place to be by himself. Somewhere to be alone and drink.”
He kept extra quiet, and was careful to throw his bottle into the trees.