Travis in Minnesota says this note was dropped in his mailbox by some anonymous neighbor who had apparently been fixated on watching him build his backyard deck.
“I was surprised that anyone noticed, let alone went through the trouble to write a full-page complaint,” Travis says. “However, he’s right in that, as one person working on the occasional free night and on weekends, it did take me a full year to complete the project.”
Adds Travis: “I think the strangest part of the note is the challenge to my masculinity. I’m glad that someone finally told me that it’s more manly to pay for someone to do a job for you than to do it yourself. Here I was, all this time, thinking it was just the opposite. Boy, is my face red!”
P.S. If you’re curious, here’s a photo of the deck. I think it’s quite nice.
related: (Don’t Fear) The Creeper
218 responses so far ↓
#1
CZAC
Dude… that’s a beautiful deck o.O
I can’t tell how these people thought it was funny/cool to write that, honestly… I don’t understand.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:11 pm rating: 90
#2
RRF
Hey douchebags…*they’re and *you’re
No wonder you had to hire someone to build your deck…you can’t fucking spell.
And yes. That’s a lovely deck. Invite me over for margaritas.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:15 pm rating: 90
#3
W.R.Printz
Ok, would I take a year to build a deck? No. On the other hand, I would not have a deck as nice as yours now…and, that person is an idiot if they think your deck is not nice. So, well done…and screw them.
PS. I googled a picture of an asshat who would bother to send that note…and I found a picture of a cry-baby.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:15 pm rating: 90
#4
aquapt
That *is* a beautiful deck!
May I suggest that your next project be a really nice home security system? With neighbors like that… just sayin’… O.o
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:16 pm rating: 90
#5
Red Delicious
… if it took him a year to build that, wouldn’t the weather have discolored some of the wood? Varnish only holds up to so much over a year…
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:16 pm rating: 90
#6
essijay
if you wanna kick out the complaining wife and move in someone who will appreciate your deck, your work ethics, and your performance, shoot me an email. just sayin’
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:17 pm rating: 90
#7
lagne
Damn. If I had a deck that nice, I’d eat dinner on it every single night.
Blaring loud music.
Possibly from a live band.
At 2 am.
With fireworks.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:18 pm rating: 90
#8
Megan
I think that deck is super nice looking! And those people are rude and obviously don’t know a good deck when they see it.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:19 pm rating: 90
#9
Jess
Yikes.
Beautiful deck, creepy neighbor.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:19 pm rating: 90
#10
lagne
I can’t be the only one whose brain autocorrects the word “deck” to something quite different in every comment I read.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:21 pm rating: 90
#11
meeee
Note writer was clearly drunk.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:22 pm rating: 90
#12
Conaco
Deck envy is the worst kind. Congratulations on a beautiful job.
P.S. Move.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:22 pm rating: 90
#13
Rachel
It’s a gorgeous deck!!!!! What assholes! Good for you for doing it yourself, no matter how long it took. It has to be more satisfying. I’d seriously be scared of the creeper neighbors and would share the note with the entire neighborhood just to let them know such and insane asshole is living amongst them….
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:23 pm rating: 90
#14
kellita
Man, this creepy fecking stupid neighbor of yours is just (very) jealous. The deck is gorgeous indeed!
Haters always gonna hate!
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:23 pm rating: 90
#15
Bec
That’s not a deck, it’s an architectural masterpiece, well done. Your neighbour is a creepy arsehole who clearly has an inferiority complex. I can’t imagine a person could write this without having some kind of psychological disorder.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:25 pm rating: 90
#16
deb katz
Hey adolescent neighbors,
Did it take you a year to NOT spellcheck that letter AND grow hair in your arm pits? Steal beers much? Did you puke in the bushes when you stumbled to deliver the letter? Ass weasels. Dudes, you have to look at this guy every day when you go to school and now you’re (contraction of “you” and “are”) probably praying that your parents move away so you don’t have to feel guilty when you mature and get to know this guy and how nice he and his family are. Losers. You know what, he’ll probably forgive you. Try to get a handle on the sexual fantasies involving his wife. Wow…you dudes are soooooo transparent…
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:25 pm rating: 90
#17
Lisa
Well, their opinion of you really shouldn’t matter all that much. The letter does, after all, make them look less like intellectually superior beings and more like superior douchebags.
I wonder how many gatherings/parties they have hosted on their expensive decks? Show them that you can have more fun. See what they think when you have your first party and 50 or so of your closest family and friends arrive to fest on your hand-crafted deck… and park on the edges of their luscious green lawns, pee in their bushes, and throw beer cans in their back yards. hehe
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:27 pm rating: 90
#18
Amber
Reading that the other deck is “glistening, shiny white” makes me think it’s from a plastic kit…and is hideous, either way. This one is gorgeous!
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:28 pm rating: 90
#19
scott hall
what the fuuuck… that is really creepy. Parts of the note were funny but the fact that it’s about their neighbor’s deck is both weird and… still funny LOL!
I’m betting this is some crazy inside joke to some kids with too much time on their hands.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:29 pm rating: 90
#20
phil
Your neighbor is totally jealous.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:30 pm rating: 90
#21
Becca
Wow I would hate to have neighbors like that. What a complete ass. He must have just been jealous of the outcome. Who gives a f*** how long it took your neighbor to complete a project? Those people are obviously very unhappy and have a lot of time on their hands.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:31 pm rating: 90
#22
ashums
White people…. Thats how they are. smile in your face then slap you in the back of the neck.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:33 pm rating: 90
#23
Kate
That deck is AWESOME. The neighbor is probably jealous because he started trying to build his own, but decided to call in a professional because he couldn’t manage it. I would definitely suspect the people with the “shiny white deck.” And maybe find some nice fresh dog crap to put on it.
You know, you just got confused about which deck was supposed to have it…
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:39 pm rating: 90
#24
Rinny
…can someone please explain to me the picture in the middle of that letter captioned “your deck aka. butt?” Because, to me, it looks like two men with double chins and squished noses kissing while sharing the same pair of glasses.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:43 pm rating: 90
#25
S.A.
Ok, so I was reading the letter and waiting to read something about how the noise of the construction of the deck may have disturbed them in some way, but nope..none of that. Just how bad they think the deck is?? Come the hell on. Sound like a bunch of ignorant kids that typed the letter to be honest.
P.s. The deck looks great!
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:45 pm rating: 90
#26
shesajem
I’d like to deck the note writer.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:55 pm rating: 90
#27
Frank
Suck my deck, inferior neighbors.
Sep 6, 2012 at 10:55 pm rating: 90
#28
Junebug
I like a man who takes his time.
Sep 6, 2012 at 11:15 pm rating: 90
#29
J
That’s a very nice deck.
It’s sad that people don’t seem to be able to mind their own business any more. It’s bad enough that people use the anonymity of the internet to be mean to other people. But now it seems to be spilling out into the real world. The author of the letter deserves a big, fat deck shoved up his or her rear end.
Hopefully this video I helped work on will bring everyone a smile. Like the author of the letter, it’s creepy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffTYNuke_nw
Sep 6, 2012 at 11:21 pm rating: 90
#30
Amber
That.
That was a seriously creepy note. And, of course, you know who the writer is, since he mentioned his own shiny white deck, so now you can avoid him like the plague!
Sep 6, 2012 at 11:24 pm rating: 90
#31
M.
That deck is beautiful and whoever wrote that letter is a piece of shit, and most likely 16 years old. I’m glad you’re stronger than me because if I had gotten a letter like that I would have cried. How can people be so mean?
Sep 6, 2012 at 11:24 pm rating: 90
#32
Daniel Stanton
Your Neighbors are really a bunch of muppets. They must have no life at all. It’s an amazing looking deck that most of us wouldn’t be able to do and good on you for doing it yourself. I bet the next door idiots pay to have everything done for them. That’s the saddest part.
Sep 6, 2012 at 11:26 pm rating: 90
#33
Laura
FABULOUS deck! I think it looks outstanding. Your neighbors can go suck a deck. Also? I think you might live in my neighborhood. We got an anonymous letter dropped in our mailbox November 1st a couple of years ago, which started off with, “Nice devil worshiping costumes!” (about my 2 sets of twins dressed like KISS – it was epic) and went on to say, “Clean up your yard and keep your retard off the street!” (Our then-6-year old son, who has autism, who was learning to ride a 2-wheel bike.) PEOPLE ARE LAME. And everyone has gigantic balls when they’re hiding behind an anonymous note!
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:04 am rating: 90
#34
Sandals
BEAUTIFUL dec k. As one who would take 10 years to build that, my hat is off to you. I’d join you any night for wine and snubbing the a-hole neighbors. What total asses they make of themselves by writing that.
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:29 am rating: 90
#35
Koolazzbiatch
That’s a great deck! Maybe it’s time for another project… perhaps a fence?? Just sayin’…
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:37 am rating: 90
#36
Lisa S.
I like how this person tries to make it out like the whole neighborhood got together to pen this lovely note, but slips into the first person singular for much of the middle of this lovely tome.
Most likely a man; woman aren’t prone to denouncements of masculinity.
Also it appears he may have googled “number of hours in a year” and took the answer from Yahoo Answers, which proves without a doubt he’s an idiot. That’s the first answer in the Google results for that query that goes to exactly that decimal place. But question… do you have a neighbor named Douglass? Perhaps he’s the one that wrote the question. O.O http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110424015129AAbP4hp
P.S Your deck sucks.
P.P.S I’m totally kidding, your deck is literally awesome.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:00 am rating: 90
#37
Ginny
“I wouldn’t wipe my butt with your deck.” hahahahahahaha…..what the hell? Dude, I’d TOTALLY wipe my butt on your deck. That is a sweet deck!
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:07 am rating: 90
#38
Jami
The deck is beautiful.
The neighbor is a nitwit and has probably never even spoken to your wife.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:11 am rating: 90
#39
ano
wow, the person who wrote this note is a huge asshole.
You should make an extension to your deck and draw it out for 2 years. Or perhaps a fence. bitches hate fences.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:17 am rating: 90
#40
Jenny
I’d like to vote most dickish douchebag notewriter
Team hard worker.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:19 am rating: 90
#41
Joshi
Here’s what happened, the letter writer is hoping that his letter will crush you spirits so much that you’ll throw the deck out, affording him the perfect opportunity to take it and put it in his garden.
It’d be genius if it wasn’t so stupid.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:42 am rating: 90
#42
nurgleth
This is both so creepy and idiotic I have no words.
Seriously. I tried writing a rebuttal but my brain just kept going “Damn, that’s one creepy asshole”.
Sep 7, 2012 at 2:52 am rating: 90
#43
Cute Dot
The funniest part is that they think their letter is clever.
Sep 7, 2012 at 3:10 am rating: 90
#44
Christense
Notice the note doesn’t say “my deck is better than yours” it says “your neighbor’s deck is better” clearly witten by someone without a deck. Anyway, I think it’s a gorgeous deck and I’d love to have one.
Sep 7, 2012 at 3:46 am rating: 90
#45
Rumtopf
Ask the people with the shiny new white deck who put it up and I’m guessing you’ll find the butthurt contractor who wrote the note.
Sep 7, 2012 at 4:02 am rating: 90
#46
Dr_Know
I think this is one of the worst notes I’ve ever seen on this site! Maybe it’s because you can tell from most of the others that it comes from a place of frustration.
But this is just crazy…someone built a deck on their property and this somehow upset you, notewriter?
By the way, that is a glorious deck!
Sep 7, 2012 at 4:41 am rating: 90
#47
Kaz
They are clearly jealous that you are talented enough to build one yourself and save a fortune in contract costs.
Maybe they are just too strapped for cash to pay for one to be built for them but also know they have none of your talent to build one themselves.
Sep 7, 2012 at 5:06 am rating: 90
#48
Tim G
How ridiculously petty can ANYONE be!! You built a beautiful deck & have a feeling of accomplishment for doing so, While on the other hand your neighbor has a “gleaming white” (YUUCH) either plastic coated or worse just plastic, deck that he probably overpaid for and is likely still paying for on his 27% interest credit card. All so he can have the accomplishment of having someone else do the work and sit on his FAT ASS for a year complaining about you.
Sep 7, 2012 at 5:40 am rating: 90
#49
Shan
I’d take the next year and build a big-ass fence.
Sep 7, 2012 at 5:48 am rating: 90
#50
Uninspired Required Name
Yeah, someone definitely showed their ass, and it wasn’t the deck. What jerks. Not everyone has all the free time in the world to throw a deck up in a week, some people work for a living.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:03 am rating: 90
#51
C
I’m glad this happened, because due to that letter, we all got to see your deck. Which just like the people who wrote the letter, makes me very jealous. I want it. No I don’t, it’s a crap deck… I want it. Make me a deck? I’d wait a year if that was the result. Really well done on the deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:16 am rating: 90
#52
madrugada
That is without a doubt the creepiest PAN I’ve seen. It manages to be moronic and scary as fuck at the same time. Plus, the grammar is atrocious, which makes me want to persuade the deck builder (great job, btw!) to take the next 6 to 12 months to build a dog poop “Hi Neighbor!” rocket launcher. Said launcher will be in a fixed mount, aimed at…you know whom.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:30 am rating: 90
#53
Christine
My guess is that some of the wives in the neighborhood were nagging their husbands, “how come you can’t build me a deck like that?” The guys got together, had a few brews, and vented some steam.
It looks like a really nice deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:48 am rating: 90
#54
ShellyB
I’m not normally a confrontational person but as the resident builder of various house projects in my spare time (and I do a great job of it), I would have immediately marched myself over to this guy’s house and been up in his grill demanding that he say these things to my face. Hopefully I’d then get to use some of my jiu-jitsu training on his wimpy metrosexual crybaby rear-end.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:54 am rating: 90
#55
Lark
See, this reads like 4chan in the flesh to me – I bet it has nothing to do with the deck. Somewhere in your vicinity are some youngish men (I mean, that doesn’t seem like the same kind of spite a woman would put to paper) who basically just want to troll you. Why you? No particular reason. They thought it would be fun to pick out someone in the neighborhood and see if they could fuck with him, possibly loosely based on noticing that it took you a while to build the deck. (They probably leave notes for women neighbors about their appearance….hey, you might want to ask around if anyone has been getting these little nonny mouses.) Nothing to do with you or the deck, really, just the random desire to hurt people. To me that’s creepy enough that I’d make sure I had plenty of outdoor lights around my house – your keyboard commando type doesn’t usually resort to physical stuff but you never know when there’s a group of them and they’ve had a few.
My dad built various stuff outside and around the house when I was small – and yes, those projects took a LONG time. Why? Because he was a father and a full time worker with other responsibilities. Also, he wanted to do a good job. Sure, he could have skipped out on chores and left them all for my mom or skimped on effort and gotten done quicker – but although it took a while, we had a very high-quality porch and a great basement that added value to the house and that everyone loved. Your deck is terrific – it’s not only nicely done, it’s unusual. Not only will you enjoy it, but if/when you go to sell the house, it will be a terrific selling point.
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:01 am rating: 90
#56
Ashley
I’ve never felt more opposed to a note than this one. What a jerk
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:03 am rating: 90
#57
Ashley
I’d say they’re creepy, bad spellers, have an odd obsession with your man parts, and that’s one beautiful deck!!! Absolutely gorgeous!
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:25 am rating: 90
#58
3azeez
Well done, your deck looks good. Don’t mind the jerks that wrote the note. They’re just jealous. And since they brought your wife to the subject… i bet its a jealous woman.
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:32 am rating: 90
#59
redheadwglasses
A year? That’s nothing? I work with a guy who’s been “building a deck” the whole time I’ve worked here. Six+ years.
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:45 am rating: 90
#60
Kimm
what an asshole. Seriously. What kind of grown man gets pleasure from making fun of other adults? Unless the note-writer is actually in junior high? The picture of a hiney with a face drawn on it does kind of lead in that direction.
Oh yeah, and the deck looks fine. I wish I had a deck. I don’t even have a yard. Poor me.
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:00 am rating: 90
#61
CallMeWhatYouWill
and this is why I hate people.
p.s. the deck looks awesome!
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:10 am rating: 90
#62
Fireseeker
The note-writer talks about Travis needing guts, but he needs some himself; I notice he didn’t have enough to sign his name to the note.
Btw, I highly suspect the note-writer is a bored high school student with no life.
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:19 am rating: 90
#63
bitchy the dwarf
did y’all notice that it looks like this deck is not on the ground? If you look in the left corner, it looks like there is another level beneath it, which makes this deck doubly awesome and well worth the time to do it right!
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:36 am rating: 90
#64
Ely North
If I were that guy, I would start setting fire to my neighbor’s decks, one at a time. I smell arson!
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:41 am rating: 90
#65
Kwyjor
Point of order: sure, this is a totally awesome picture of a deck, but what if it looks crappy from ground level, or has a lousy foundation? (But then, if we’re going to get all solipsistic we can’t even be sure whose deck this is exactly, so never mind.)
Anyway, I’m also amazed that politics haven’t been hauled into this thread yet. One possible interpretation of the note is that the only people who should have decks are rich people who can afford to pay carpenters they can fire if they don’t get the work done in a week.
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:56 am rating: 90
#66
becky
I am scared for you that you live so close to a mentally ill person who has set his sights on you. Your deck looks really nice. I think perhaps there (by the way, the writer does not know his there/their/they’re) is some deck envy going on here, as well as a host of other things!
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:23 am rating: 90
#67
Ashley
What a d*ck. That’s a beautiful deck. If I built something that looked that good, I’d show it off. Speaking of which, maybe that’s what Travis should do. Host a huge backyard BBQ and invite all the neighbors and give individual tours of the deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:25 am rating: 90
#68
jon29
I would be proud to wipe my butt with that deck, sir.
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:42 am rating: 90
#69
berge
There are a thousand things so wrong about this note, but I can’t help but point out that there are 8760 hours in a year. Not 8765.81277.
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:00 am rating: 90
#70
Chinchillazilla
Wow. My dad and I built a shed this summer, and it took about three months and was much smaller and less gorgeous than that. But I’m really proud of it. If I got a note like that, I’d be pretty sad.
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:07 am rating: 90
#71
Mags
I’d be tempted to copy the letter and my response and deliver it to all neighbours.
“Consider this your courtesy notice that the chicken coop build will begin shortly. Expected completion in early 2014.”
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:23 am rating: 90
#72
Dizzy
Wow, with almost all of the notes on this site you can see a point – however misguided, obscure or bizarre – on the part of the letter writer but this person is just a massive asshole. What’s passive about this apart from the anonymity? I’d invite the whole neighbourhood round for a drink on the new deck and then show everyone the note and let the snake who wrote it have to listen to the entirety of his/her neighbours run him down.
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:48 am rating: 90
#73
redheadwglasses
I think it was written by a man whose wife harassed him for the whole year about the neighbor guy who was building his wife and family a gorgeous deck all by himself.
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:48 am rating: 90
#74
Jenny
That deck is so beautiful!
We teased my mom relentlessly about her deck, which took her FOUR YEARS to build, even after paying my brother to help her with it. And though hers is very large (and her point of pride, uses no nails or screws), it isn’t as charming as yours.
Well done!
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:20 pm rating: 90
#75
Bluecanary
Teenagers. Stoned, bored teenagers. Or possibly stoned bored college kids. Either way, vaguely creepy. And, nice deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:53 pm rating: 90
#76
Carra
God – what the hell?! Idiots. That’s a gorgeous deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:57 pm rating: 90
#77
deprogrammed
Judging by the FANTABULOUS deck you built, the notewriter would need something that size to clean his obviously massive buttspace.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:14 pm rating: 90
#78
Jess
To the OP: I hope your smashing new deck makes up for having to live next to such douchebags. If it makes you feel any better your neighbors couldn’t write their way out of a wet paper bag.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm rating: 90
#79
Ho-Ju
Are crappy decks and poop decks basically the same thing?
P.S. That deck is obviously not crappy.
Sep 7, 2012 at 1:45 pm rating: 90
#80
QBall
Mike Holmes would be proud.. You’re neighbors a douche. Great job on the deck and you can post this on his front door
Sep 7, 2012 at 2:20 pm rating: 90
#81
RoxyRocketeer
Response: invite whole neighborhood for backyard barbecue. Get a hundred million compliments on your handiwork and manly craft (seriously, amazing deck, man, from one DYI weekend warrior to another). Present this letter to be roasted. Laugh. Reap the benefits of your labor with neighborhood admiration. Eat awesome meats. Enjoy life. You win.
Sep 7, 2012 at 3:24 pm rating: 90
#82
Mel
THIS MAN NEEDS TO CALL THE POLICE!! Am I alone in thinking this???? If I received this note, I would be terrified!!
P.S. What a LOSER, to take the time and let a neighbor know his b.s.-ass opinion. So you and your friends sit around and laugh at the hard-working guy across the road, laboring on a deck for his family. Friends? Yeah right.
P.P.S. That’s a BEAUTIFUL deck. Looks fantastic. Definitely year-worthy.
P.P.P.S. “Suck my deck” is an amazing comment.
Sep 7, 2012 at 3:54 pm rating: 90
#83
Rene
What’s your address? I’m going to come over with my large cousins from New York & start knocking on doors. That is a gorgeous deck.
Sep 7, 2012 at 4:24 pm rating: 90
#84
UHOH
The point here is that it is so incredibly rude to subject your neighbors to an ENTIRE YEAR of construction noise. How selfish and inconsiderate.
As someone whose neighbor is currently building a rooftop deck only on the weekends, I sympathize with what drove this neighbor to be such an insane asshole. Having every weekend ruined by incessant hammering, sawing, and nail gunning, I am losing my mind. If this goes on for even half a year, I will write a letter as nasty and crazy as this one.
Sep 7, 2012 at 5:03 pm rating: 90
#85
Nikki
I would totally wipe my butt with your deck.
And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Sep 7, 2012 at 5:43 pm rating: 90
#86
Kate
Can you build a deck for me, please? I’d much rather wait a year for something as nice as this deck than pay someone to whip out something that looks like everyone else’s. Great job Travis! You should have a big party on that new deck and make sure to not invite any of your stupid neighbors.
Sep 7, 2012 at 6:21 pm rating: 90
#87
Amy
Someone has a jealous asshole for a neighbor. I think that deck is quite nice!!
Sep 7, 2012 at 7:11 pm rating: 90
#88
cReader
Wow, that’s an amazing deck!
Sep 7, 2012 at 7:40 pm rating: 90
#89
Greg House
Beautiful deck!
I bet that weirdos “deck” is much smaller than your “deck”…that’s why he spent a whole year(!) watching you build it…you need to buy yourself a couple of shotguns/rifles and conveniently have to clean them on said deck. Or maybe suddenly get the urge to build a shed and take a year to build that as well…
Sep 7, 2012 at 8:39 pm rating: 90
#90
Inja.pahn
That is a Beautiful deck. Don’t let jerks tell you otherwise. Be proud of your self and your accomplishment ^_^. Eventually they will get theirs.
Sep 7, 2012 at 9:00 pm rating: 90
#91
bluebunny27
I would never read the whole letter … I would have stopped after the 2nd line since it was obviously stupid nonsense. Why read anonymous garbage like that any way ?? He could
P.S. Deck looks good but it shouldn’t have taken a year to build, I mean come on ! I thought I was slow on these projects but this makes me feel good, I’m actually very fast and efficient after all !
Marc
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:20 pm rating: 90
#92
Daw
This note’s just funny – completely harmless too. I can understand the motivations behind it, and that’s what makes it funny to me. If my father wanted anything done, he and all my brothers are there in a flash and whatever it is is banged out – literally – in a week or less. Taking forever on a project is the sort of thing they’d frown upon. “Sure, you’re building a deck, but what good is a deck half built that you can’t use? It’s worthless until you finish it.” They take forever to START projects, my family, but once they’ve decided to do it for real, it’s done. Watching some dude straggle along with a deck – the niceness of the finished product doesn’t matter – is just kind of disgusting to them. That’s the sort of mentality behind the note! And face it, almost everyone thinks random stupid shit about other people, this guy just happened to actually tell someone what he was thinking. And that’s it – just some dude sitting on his deck thinking – “AGAIN? God, just finish it already, christ…I don’t care how it looks, just get it done!” The noise is just a further irritant – possibly just enough to spark the note.
Not sayin’ the dude isn’t an ass, but he’s a harmless ass like the rest of us, thinking in our fit, “God, Mary hasn’t finished that report YET? What is she doing?!”. Laugh about it and get your butt in gear for next time if you don’t want to see someone roll their eyes at you verbally again haha
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:51 pm rating: 90
#93
zookeepertx
Technically, it’s a federal offense for anyone besides a postal employee to mess with your mailbox. Travis should report this to the cops!
BTW – AWESOME deck!
Sep 7, 2012 at 10:56 pm rating: 90
#94
Rainne
That’s a fantastic deck – and I speak as someone with extensive DIY experience (my dad was a big DIY-er and it was always us kids who had to help build everything).
Non-spelling neighbor is clearly totes jelleh.
Sep 7, 2012 at 11:13 pm rating: 90
#95
Chris
I would send it to the local paper, calling the note writer out by name. This note is absolutely disgusting.
Sep 8, 2012 at 12:12 pm rating: 90
#96
Lottie
Wow, this note is… what a fucking weirdo the note writer is. Who gives a fuck if it takes someone a solid decade to build a deck? Never understood why people care so much about things that have no absolutely nothing to do with them.
Sep 8, 2012 at 12:33 pm rating: 90
#97
Babyinthecorner
Does anyone else feel the creepiest thing about this ubercreepy note is that the writer claims to know what Travis’s family is really thinking? And speaks for the entire neighbourhood. I am seeing a lack of connection to what we might refer to as reality. To say nothing of what a party it sounds like in their house- they have spent a year secretly watching their neighbour go about a DIY project and making thousands of jokes about his rate of work. What larks!
Sep 8, 2012 at 2:25 pm rating: 90
#98
Donnica
I’ve had neighbors like this. Our neighborhood was a nice, normal, middle-middle-class suburb. When crime in the big city got really bad all the doctors and lawyers moved in and gentrified us. So part of the neighborhood is still regular guys who can fix and build stuff in their spare time, and part is yuppy lawyers and surgeons who can’t build a paper airplane and have to pay people to do everything for them (mow the lawns, put up the storm windows, raise the kids). They try to disparage the regular guys who do stuff themselves (serious power tool envy) but all the women know who to call when a pipe breaks. I’d bet the note-writer is some over-educated under-abled white-collar guy who hates being reminded of his own inadequacies.
Sep 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm rating: 90
#99
Jimbo
It took you a year because you didn’t work on it every weekend. That’s obvious by the look of your deck. This letter is seriously f**ked up and I would be watching my neighbours closely. Whoever wrote this is crazy. Really.
Sep 8, 2012 at 4:49 pm rating: 90
#100
Garrett
I’m a professional carpenter/handyman. I have seen some really shoddy work done by DIY-ers and have had to come in and repair such work. When I start my own business (one day), I want to stick with exterior carpentry — decks, porches, patios, siding, gazebos, etc. There is nothing wrong with that deck. At all. I think it came out great. Could I have done it in less than a year? Of course, but that’s my job. I wouldn’t be working on it in my spare time. That neighbor is a real dickhead. Good job on the deck, chief.
Sep 8, 2012 at 5:42 pm rating: 90
#101
Nola.
wow, truly sick people, I’d be apprehensive about spending time in my back yard after this.
Sep 8, 2012 at 6:23 pm rating: 90
#102
Ace of Space
Oh, I just love your big, thick, deck! But I don’t think it would fit in my tight back yard…
(said in my best breathy Marilyn Monroe voice)
Sep 8, 2012 at 8:40 pm rating: 90
#103
Kitty
I would just like to add my platitude to the collection: this deck is absolutely breathtaking! My jaw dropped when I scrolled down to the image. I love this deck so much I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
Sep 9, 2012 at 7:58 am rating: 90
#104
Jack
I think that is a beautiful deck and something to be proud of. The jerk that wrote that disgusting letter is most likely a left wing libtard occupier or something much worse I cannot say on here LOL.. Hang in there…good job!
Sep 9, 2012 at 11:45 am rating: 90
#105
Kelsey
A very beautiful deck, one that I’m jealous I do not have.
I do hope you are proud of your hard work! My dad takes a long time to finish projects too, but he works full time to support the family- so it’s all the more impressive when the project is completed. Very admirable that you executed such an awesome space AND worked through it too. Most people can’t and won’t do something that cool.
Sep 9, 2012 at 2:26 pm rating: 90
#106
Splash
Um, first of all, that is a gorgeous deck and marvelous work, especially considering this dude did it completely alone. Secondly, I love how the letter writer implies that the deck builder is stupid, and yet they cannot distinguish the difference between your/you’re and their/they’re and also apparently has no idea how to punctuate. Finally, who the hell has the sort of time to write out something so stupid and mean, especially when it has zero impact on them? Again, the deck looks great. These particular neighbors blow. I’m willing to bet the writer is the same person who owns the white deck mentioned. Asshats.
Sep 9, 2012 at 3:33 pm rating: 90
#107
steph
That deck is spectacular and I would pay you to make me a deck that pretty.
Sep 9, 2012 at 4:19 pm rating: 90
#108
Catethulhu
Seriously, that deck is gorgeous. Your neighbor must be jealous and has the maturity level of a 5 year old, with poor grammar skills. I wish I had the skill you have, Travis. It’s reasonable to take a long time, if you do a job well and you only have the occasional few hours to work on it.
Sep 9, 2012 at 4:36 pm rating: 90
#109
DS
The note writer is a psycho and an idiot. Now that they’re not watching you build anymore they’ll be watching you through your windows. CREEPY
Sep 9, 2012 at 5:27 pm rating: 90
#110
JC
That deck is gorgeous. The note writer(s) sound like idiots, and they most likely are jealous.
Sep 10, 2012 at 10:18 am rating: 90
#111
Andy
I think it’s a fine deck! And whoever wrote the note is a ftard.
Sep 10, 2012 at 10:52 am rating: 90
#112
xdrachel
Can we get a picture of the shiny white one – to compare?
Sep 10, 2012 at 1:11 pm rating: 90
#113
slartibartfast
notewriter is either the owner of the shiny white deck or you are not the only neighbor he stalks. why does he know how long it took everyone to build their decks?
and i would like to join the masses in congratulating you on your terrifically beautiful deck. i’d love to spend a minnesota afternoon there. it’s too hot to sit on a deck here in texas.
Sep 10, 2012 at 1:52 pm rating: 90
#114
warns
Oooooh Jealousy! That deck is nice and those neighbors need hobbies. the end.
Sep 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm rating: 90
#115
Beatus Mongous
“but I guess your special [what?]” I need to know what of his is special.
Sep 10, 2012 at 6:57 pm rating: 90
#116
Belaani
Travis – your deck is beautiful! Job well done, and I know what it’s like to do a job on “spare time”, sometimes very spare indeed. I assume your house is equally nice… too bad it’s situated in a neighborhood full of assholes. Although, it may be only one asshole… throw a deck party, and you’ll probably learn who it is.
Sep 11, 2012 at 3:06 pm rating: 90
#117
DexX
I’m amazed nobody’s posted this yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7Ue5emo6I
Sep 13, 2012 at 12:11 pm rating: 90
#118
mandy
Dude! This is pretty much the rudest thing I’ve ever read. That takes some nerve.
Sep 14, 2012 at 3:45 pm rating: 90
#119
Rachel
Aww, I like it. It’s beautiful. They’re just being rude jackasses lol
Sep 14, 2012 at 4:30 pm rating: 90
#120
notolaf
I think you should consider showing that note to the cops. If they’re not already interested in this person, they probably should be.
On the other hand, it could also be the work of a couple of bored thirteen-year-olds who think they’re simply hilarious.
Sep 15, 2012 at 4:38 pm rating: 90
#121
Jessie
It’s sad when your neighbors don’t have real world problems. His life must by idyllic. He must not work/have family/pay bills/deal with other people/have been breast fed by hint of lack of social skill/have other important things to care about.
Sep 22, 2012 at 11:37 pm rating: 90
#122
MacFodder
must be a contractor…as Ron says..”I don’t want to paint with a broad brush here, but every single contractor in the world is a miserable, incompetent thief”
Sep 23, 2012 at 7:58 pm rating: 90
#123
Charleton Heston
great deck. they’re just jealous fatheads who spank each other in the butt with broken planks.
Oct 3, 2012 at 6:25 pm rating: 90
#124
Rachel
And this is why I live in a rural area where neighbors are far and few in between.
Oct 3, 2012 at 11:53 pm rating: 90
#125
Storycollector
Are you serious?! I would pay YOU for building me such an amzingly beautifull deck! The guys writing the letter are clearly blind.
Oct 20, 2012 at 6:28 am rating: 90
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