will break his bones, but if
I -- listen to me carefully!
If I lived in the house across
the street from you,
and I had children in the house,
young children, and you were
screaming, with a bullhorn,
profanities, I would call the
police and say, "There's a
lunatic in the front of the
house who is disturbing the
peace, and I have young children
in the house," and the police
would come and arrest you.
That conduct is outrageous.
What is wrong with you?
>> He pushed me to it.
I couldn't get the --
I talked to the mayor,
I talked to the police
commissioner, and I talked to
the city attorney.
I tried to call the newspapers.
And he will not leave me alone.
He's been harassing me for two
and a half years, and every time
a twig falls in his yard,
he calls the cops on me.
And I felt that this was my only
last resort.
I was pushed against a wall.
I had nothing else to do.
>> Judge Judy: That's
outrageous conduct.
It's outrageous conduct.
And it's not gonna stop him.
It just makes him madder.
I mean, you know, as far as I'm
concerned, his complaints are
much ado about nothing.
In a world where people have no
electricity, water, or food in
an entire island, 3.5 million
people, you're worried about a
twig falling in your backyard?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Do you work?
>> No, ma'am, I --
>> Judge Judy: My question is,
do you work?
>> No, ma'am. I'm retired.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
How old are you?
>> 67.
>> Judge Judy: You have too much
time on your hands.
>> Ma'am --
>> Judge Judy: Get a job as a
greeter at Walmart.
[ Laughter ]
>> Ma'am -- Ma'am --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
You make a big deal about
nothing, because the way --
I'm telling you, her conduct was
outrageous in that video.
But if you were my neighbor for
six years, and my neighbor was
trimming, and I said, "You know
what, this stuff is in my yard,"
I might say, "You know what,
when I finish my coffee, maybe
I'll go over and have a
conversation with my neighbor,
and say, 'If you're gonna trim,
I think it's a nice thing to do
to pick up after yourself.'"
That's not what you said.
>> That's what I tried to do --
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no.
That's not what you said to her.
I know -- you told me exactly
what -- you put down your
coffee.
You were annoyed.
You went outside and you
confronted her.
>> In a polite manner.
>> Judge Judy: There's a
polite-aggressive and there's a
polite-neighborly.
I met you for a moment.
I know who she is.
I also know who you are.
You got too much time
on your hands.
And I'm not getting involved
with it.
I'm not supporting either
one of you.
You want to drive each other
crazy in your old age?
Continue to do so.
Otherwise, somebody
should sell their house.
Somebody should sell their
house.
You want to continue to drive
each other crazy, call the
police, keep them coming to your
house unnecessarily, annoying
your neighbors with a bullhorn,
you continue to do it.
They're gonna call you the
crazy old lady.
If I lived across the street
from you, that's what I would
tell my children.
>> I felt I had --
>> Judge Judy: That's what I
would tell my children.
They'd say, "Who is that lady?"
I'd say, "That's a crazy old
lady who lives across the
street.
Don't go near her."
[ Laughter ]
Do you understand?
>> I had no alternative.
>> Judge Judy: How old are you?
>> 66.
>> Judge Judy: By 66 years of
age you should know that there
are alternatives to acting
like a fool.
>> I tried --
>> Judge Judy: We're done.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> This guy has drove me
to be insane.
>> My main concern was not
letting a precedent be set.
>> He's harassed me for two and
a half years, and he won't
leave me alone.
>> They weren't twigs.
They were branches.
I don't care about twigs.
>> I stay in my house.
I don't go out and throw any
trash in his yard.
>> But you start dumping your
lawn trimmings...
>> I don't have time for that.
I don't have time for these
stupid games.
>> ...in somebody else's yard
and say nothing about it,
you know what's
gonna happen next.
>> I hope he leaves me alone.
That's all I've ever
wanted him to do.
I don't want to talk to him.
I don't want to see him.
Just leave me alone.