Surveyed a lot today. Pretty straightforward, nothing special. Surveying the parcel so the client can tear down the existing house and build new.
The client and his father were on site. The client changed out of medical scrubs, and judging by the way the father holds himself, and a few clues on site, I am guessing he is a Vietnam vet. They are Filipino. Nice guys, educated, and had lots of questions about surveying.
As I was wrapping up the last point, the 80 year old neighbor lady came out in her nightgown, and proceeded to shout terrible hateful racist garbage.
Calling them filthy people, telling them to back where they came from, saying she can't understand a word they say (I could barely detect any accent at all), and on and on and on.
The client was calm and composed throughout the whole ordeal, and thanked me for my services, in the midst of the whole verbal onslaught.
I had a mind to unleash on this (female canine), but in my mind, kept saying be professional,.. Be professional,... Be professional.
I have been threatened, swore at, had dogs unleashed on me, and have had people swerve in the road to deliberately come close to hitting me, and have never lost it enough to lose my composure, but for some reason this hit me hard.
Would you kind folks feel it was crossing a line of I contacted the client and let them know I would be willing to stand as witness to the exchange in the event anything was needed in the future? Or should I let this lie, and just walk away, as I really have no involvement in the relationship between neighbors?
Incidentely, my neighbors beer fridge is always open to me, and my back deck, with hammocks are always open to her. Yay for good neighbors.
It is very possible that the client is aware of the fact his neighbor has a mental condition. With certain forms of mental illness, that type of ranting is common.
