Complaining about fence colour
October 11, 2011
Being British has its downsides. The awkwardness of certain situations unnerves us and we find ourselves shrinking away from confrontation.
Which option would you choose?
Our neighbour has just had a new fence installed. Before it was erected they came round and asked us if we minded. No we thought, We don’t mind at all. Especially as all attempts to try to see if any contribution was needed were turned down. However - the colour.
The colour of the fence panels is a horrific bright orange, not the nice muted grey/silver colour we were used to.
Do we:
1) Complain about the colour and hide in shame for weeks.
2) Say nothing and build up resentment.
3) Buy some fence paint and try to explain away why we painted it (while tryting not to drip the paint through the slats)
4) Smile and do nothing.
5) Ask if the neighbour chose that colour.
6) Ask if our neighbour is colour blind.
7) Get up in the dead of night and remove said panels before blaming their disappearance on the rabbit family from number 12.