Feeling stressed out. The issue of this homeless guy isn’t solved - the services won’t help or come when he’s there, he refuses help, police don’t care because it’s ’public property’ or if they do he just walks away from a welfare check…
He’s ranting and raving and throwing lit cigarettes in an area of dried vegetation and wooden fences near houses. Really mentally unwell with violent outbursts and has aggressively harassed me before. And is now regularly drinking on the bench right outside the window of the room where I sleep - sometimes sleeping there.
He ignored the huge piece of cardboard I left that would have allowed him to sleep elsewhere, isn’t moving to a nearby abandoned flat with a sheltered porch, and it isn’t safe to give him anything.
He doesn’t want help, has possibly already been kicked out of a nearby halfway house for verbally and possibly physically abusing others, and I’m afraid he’s going to start a fire or might attack me. It isn’t safe to approach him to help or direct him elsewhere.
It goes against my morals but if I can’t do anything positive about this situation I’m probably going to have to start thinking of ways to repel him :(
I’ve been through this before. Council is pretty useless and I often get judged as if I was just being a bitch to someone disadvantaged (rather than responding to a threat). I can try but that leaves a trail if something were to “happen” to the bench.
Ha… the po po dun care. They seriously don’t. They have let so so so much worse than this slide. I won’t go into it but the cops and the justice system are absolutely fucked.
It seems that to protect myself I must become what I hate… a Karen. :( And morally it is a big deal to me. Normally I’m on the side of the homeless and opposed to hostile architecture.
Ideas
I considered bleach, orange cleaner, liquid ass, and the cat poo is another good idea… but I don’t want to make him sick or ruin his clothes. I just want him to not do the damn things.
I tried to see if I could find one of those bolt on armrests that go in the middle of the bench but they don’t seem to be sold in Australia.
I’m looking at a solar powered floodlight that goes on with motion sensors but will have to work out how to attach it up high without it being a “fixture”. (Which could get me in trouble or evicted.)
I’ve got an actually evil neighbour who will take pictures and complain. She’s almost had me evicted for installing security cameras before, and I was denied permission for cat proofing because she’d complain, so yeah. Situation here is fucked.
I hoped these high conflict people would end up fighting each other but so far no luck.
If I had the financial security I’d be out of this godforsaken shithole years ago. It’s complicated
You don’t want to get into it. She starts physical confrontations and then plays victim, often successfully. I said Karen but that’s only now she’s come to some attention and dialed it back - I should have said Methany.
Bummer
Feeling stressed out. The issue of this homeless guy isn’t solved - the services won’t help or come when he’s there, he refuses help, police don’t care because it’s ’public property’ or if they do he just walks away from a welfare check…
He’s ranting and raving and throwing lit cigarettes in an area of dried vegetation and wooden fences near houses. Really mentally unwell with violent outbursts and has aggressively harassed me before. And is now regularly drinking on the bench right outside the window of the room where I sleep - sometimes sleeping there.
He ignored the huge piece of cardboard I left that would have allowed him to sleep elsewhere, isn’t moving to a nearby abandoned flat with a sheltered porch, and it isn’t safe to give him anything.
He doesn’t want help, has possibly already been kicked out of a nearby halfway house for verbally and possibly physically abusing others, and I’m afraid he’s going to start a fire or might attack me. It isn’t safe to approach him to help or direct him elsewhere.
It goes against my morals but if I can’t do anything positive about this situation I’m probably going to have to start thinking of ways to repel him :(
vomit spray https://www.liquidass.com.au/product/barfume/66
https://mikesmagicshop.com.au/products/itching-powder?variant=46585461059
Mmm yummy.
I hate that I have to think about this stuff. I really just want to live peacefully and be left alone
this guy is a psychopath and is creating nuisance on purpose , don’t feel guilty
i think the itching powder will be good
and it’s just a joke and perfectly legal and safe
unlike a lot of other things 👹
Have you made a complaint to the council? You need to get rid of that bench anyway you can.
I’ve been through this before. Council is pretty useless and I often get judged as if I was just being a bitch to someone disadvantaged (rather than responding to a threat). I can try but that leaves a trail if something were to “happen” to the bench.
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Ha… the po po dun care. They seriously don’t. They have let so so so much worse than this slide. I won’t go into it but the cops and the justice system are absolutely fucked.
It seems that to protect myself I must become what I hate… a Karen. :( And morally it is a big deal to me. Normally I’m on the side of the homeless and opposed to hostile architecture.
Ideas
I considered bleach, orange cleaner, liquid ass, and the cat poo is another good idea… but I don’t want to make him sick or ruin his clothes. I just want him to not do the damn things.
I tried to see if I could find one of those bolt on armrests that go in the middle of the bench but they don’t seem to be sold in Australia.
I’m looking at a solar powered floodlight that goes on with motion sensors but will have to work out how to attach it up high without it being a “fixture”. (Which could get me in trouble or evicted.)
How far are you willing to go? Because I’ve seen someone super glue bits of broken glass bottle to a fence to stop people from climbing over.
Trying not to get myself in legal trouble. Also it’s not set up so I can do that unfortunately.
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I’ve got an actually evil neighbour who will take pictures and complain. She’s almost had me evicted for installing security cameras before, and I was denied permission for cat proofing because she’d complain, so yeah. Situation here is fucked.
I hoped these high conflict people would end up fighting each other but so far no luck.
If I had the financial security I’d be out of this godforsaken shithole years ago. It’s complicated
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You don’t want to get into it. She starts physical confrontations and then plays victim, often successfully. I said Karen but that’s only now she’s come to some attention and dialed it back - I should have said Methany.