“When a Local HOA Karen Shouted at My Wife for Grilling Too Close to the Fence, She Threatened to ‘Report Her to the Fire Department.’ She Didn’t Realize My Wife Was the Fire Department — and the Call She Made Came Back to Burn Her Instead.”
1. The Weekend
It was a warm Saturday afternoon — the kind that just begged for barbecue.
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My wife, Captain Laura Bennett, was home for the first time in weeks. She worked for the city’s fire department — not just as a firefighter, but as the Fire Marshal for the entire county.
You’d think that would make our house the safest one in the neighborhood.
Apparently, our HOA president, Karen, didn’t agree.
2. The Setup
We’d lived in Pinebrook Estates for three years — a tidy, suburban neighborhood with an HOA that cared more about “aesthetic harmony” than common sense.
They fined people for leaving garbage bins out for an extra hour, or for painting doors slightly off the approved shade of beige….The full story is in the comments!