Neighbor “forgets” to return borrowed power tools, now wants man’s brand new pressure washer, leaving the owner stuck between politeness and protecting his stuff: ‘We share a driveway (duplex setup), so I see him literally every day and can’t avoid him’ – FAIL Blog

The real point I seem to be missing is why would someone try to stay polite through it? I know saying no is a skill a lot of people don’t seem to have, but at some point, you just gotta learn how to put your foot down. Because there’s no clean line between friendly and fed up when both sides are attached to the same patch of concrete. And seeing the guy every morning pretending he isn’t five tools deep into your inventory seems pretty tiring to me.

At some point, a person either becomes the local hardware supplier or learns that silence is cheaper than replacing another drill.