This post is harmless but I had to get it off my chest. They are bigger problems in the world but damn I never stop being amazed by how selfish and greedy my neighbors are.

The apartment had a Christmas potluck and a white elephant exchange. The potluck was light finger food and desserts. I brought two party sized packs of cookies (chocolate chip and snickerdoodle).

I stayed to the end and help clean up, as well did other people. One of the guys saw that the cookies I had brought were hardly eaten and there were many still left. He said “let’s leave them by the coffee machine so people can enjoy them tomorrow morning with their coffee”. I was considering taking them back with me, but contributing to greater good did sound like a good thing to do during the holiday season. After he suggested leaving them I told him I had bought them and he said well I think leaving them would be a good for others to enjoy. I agreed with him and that was the end of it.

We left the cookies by the coffee machine.

I will mention that our Christmas party and white elephant was interrupted by a couple who had claimed to have reserved the clubhouse. The officer manager who was running the party went to check on their reservation. When she came back she had found that no reservation had been made and that this claim the couple was making was bogus. The office manager said that she would be charging the party even though they didn’t have a reservation for interrupting the community Christmas party.

After leaving the cookies by the coffee machine, I return to my apartment.

About an hour later I think to myself, hmmm some of those cookies sound tasty let me go downstairs and grab some of the cookies we left out for tomorrow. It’s two large party sized packs of cookies I’m sure no one will notice a few missing. Besides that’s what they’re for!

I go to the club house an hour and 20 minutes after the party is over to get a cookie and they’re gone. All of them. They didn’t take one, or a few, they grabbed both entire containers and walked off. Sad face. I try to participate in my community and when I turn around they are the worst. Super lame.

Update: So, what I what I meant about the other party. The club house is big so the community Christmas party was one side and on the other side a couple was having their family party with lots of guests. The community Christmas party had all of the chairs so the couple came over to ask for them since they claimed to have a reservation.

Also my community is rather affluent. Lots of seniors on fixed income, but everyone appears that do well considering the rent is more than ave for our area.