'My neighbour locked me out of our building because I use a wheelchair'
Living in a block of apartments means you could start to become friendly with your neighbours - after all, you may live in close proximity to those around you, so it's important to make sure you have a good relationship as things could get pretty awkward.
One resident has been left furious after their neighbour admitted to purposely locking them out of their building - and as a wheelchair user, they were unable to get inside until someone let them in. Now wondering if they would be in the wrong to let the other residents know what happened, they're worried they may look 'petty' for outing the neighbour.
Organising a meeting with some of the tenants in their building, the disabled resident teamed up with their neighbour, and the pair were set to hold the meeting about a help exchange roster for the disabled residents of the building. As the meeting was set to commence, the neighbour didn't let the disabled resident into the meeting room - ultimately locking them out.
Taking to Reddit to vent their frustrations, they wrote: "I live in a co-op that has both disabled and non-disabled residents. I came up with the idea for a peer-support/help exchange roster, where people could help each other out if interested. Another resident and I set up a meeting to share the idea, get feedback, and potentially some money out of our "social fund" that people pitch into at the beginning of every year to finance group activities.
"The day of the meeting my wheelchair battery almost completely stopped working, and even though my co-presenter and I had agreed to arrive 15 min early, the meeting was almost about to start by the time we arrived, due to my wheelchair moving so slowly. I was right behind her, attempting to enter the room when she let the door close in my face.
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"I gestured for her to hit the auto-door opener because there was only one on her side of the door. She neither let me in nor told anyone that I was outside waiting for the door to be opened. Instead, she told them I couldn't make it because of wheelchair problems so people we pretty surprised when I finally found someone to push the door open for me."
Furious they had been left out of the meeting - and unable to get in themselves, the resident then found out their neighbour had done it on purpose, and had said: "Why would I tell them, you already made us late I wasn't going to allow you to disrupt the meeting any more."
Further saying that their wheelchair problem had "frustrated and annoyed her" and she said she wanted to replace them with someone else, the angry resident further added: "This project is titled Advancing Accessibility and Good Neighbourliness, and the ideas are all mine. I asked her not to use the language and materials I'd produced and she said "I'll use whatever language I please" and said I was "deluded" for thinking people wouldn't understand why she couldn't 'let' me attend that meeting. Anyone not using a wheelchair could just stroll in, I was the only one she could've kept out like that."
Admitting it felt "unfair and underhanded" they want to inform the other neighbours of what she did but is worried it's petty as it happened a few months ago - despite the neighbour "only just admitting what happened".
"Am I the a**hole for wanting to expose her bad behaviour, thus potentially torpedoing a project that could help other people with disabilities? Should I swallow my pride and try to work things out with her to try to salvage some hope of progressing a cause I believe in?" They asked others.
Many Redditors were quick to share their thoughts, as one person wrote: "You need to tell people. It's completely fine to be petty if you were disrespected to that degree. We need to call out bad behaviour and put a stop to them before it gets worse. Everybody wants to avoid conflict, which will enable that person's behaviour even more.," and another user wrote: "If she did this in a work environment, they would fire her. This is so horrible that I can't write my actual thoughts because they are inappropriate."
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