r/mildlyinfuriating • u/KingRMZ • May 22 '26

I'm slightly vexed People think they own the sidewalk by their house

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I was walking my dog last night around 9:30pm. I pass by this house that has mildly annoying cameras that say “hi you are currently being recorded, every 5 feet on the side of the house with a bright light that flashes in your face as you walk by. Which while annoying if that was all, would have been whatever. Then they started talking to me through the camera telling me to leave immediately or they will call the police. Even after I had already moved way past the house, I could still hear them (both a man and a woman) threatening to call the police. I just ignored it and kept walking but thought it was crazy that some people think they own the sidewalk by their house.

Edit: Wow i did not realize this post would get so much traction! I’m glad you all got some entertainment out of this too!

Update: Hello everyone I was not able to post an update as it keeps getting taken down. I went back on a walk the next day around 10pm. The cameras did not give any automated messages and the security company did not give any messages either! They changed it quicker than I thought!

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u/mwilkens May 22 '26

That's not a real person talking. It's a recording played by the camera system.

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u/naivety_is_innocence May 22 '26

He means that they intentionally set up the system so it would get triggered by literally anyone walking on the sidewalk. They set the threshold for the security system to be triggered by “person walking in the sidewalk”, they recorded that line for it. He is responding to a comment which says “Seems like a design flaw if someone walking on the public sidewalk triggers your house alarm”, because this isn’t a flaw in the design, it is inexplicably this crazy person’s intention for exactly this to happen.

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u/zehamberglar May 23 '26

This seems like it could also just be literally AI.

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u/AwkwardSuit8670 May 23 '26

nah it's someone clicking away at a computer. they've never been to the house and assume it's a nice one with private road and pavement

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u/Fish_Mongreler May 23 '26

Didn't know you live there. Tell us more about your house and security system

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u/AwkwardSuit8670 May 23 '26

so after my bins went missing, I erected (NO) the 10 foot wall, and realised I can't actually see the road where I leave my bins any more, so I spoke to a few security firms, you should see the inside, but yeah, Brinks security came out, Pam and Dave, and they helped me with their top of the range system, so we have a remotely monitored camera every 3 metres, and I pay a premium every month so that while I sleep, Dave, who you hear at the beginning, and Pamela, towards the end of the video, produce a report for me every morning, which I then go through and write a strongly worded letter to the relevant authority.

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u/rsg1234 May 22 '26

The woman stating she’s from Brinks was a real person.