September 10 ,you can judge a book by its cover

Of course you can , it’s got a title on it for Christ sake .Its like a head , it can reveal a lot about a person .Its more the head that blends into the crowd that you’ve got to get to know before you make judgement .If you never knew Donald Trump and saw his image for the first time you’d instantly form a perception that would be  pretty accurate.Theyre out there , the heads that you can categorise with confidence .Theres different types ;arrogant , pompous , cheeky , authorative , negative , funny ,sleazy …… ect. You’ve then got those particular heads that I love , the sook . I’ve then gotta special name for one of those real pain in the arse sooks that thrives on enforcing their misery . The miserable *^*t. Yep , now you know what I’m talkn bout .Unfortunately we’ve managed to acquaint ourselves with one in our appartment block .Doug. No ,not Dougie as your Aussie Doug but more your Douglas type of Doug .You make first site on Doug and you know he’s sucks on the whole lemon , rind and all , all day everyday . He has high standards, he doesn’t suffer fools gladly , he’s the 1st to complain to the supermarket lady that there should be more counters open , he’s the type who sends his meal back at the restaurant cause the blue cheese sauce has too much blue cheese in it . He hates it when kids are playing within a 100 m of his property , why can’t they just grow up ,and where’s the supervision from theyre goddam parents ! Poor Doug really is a miserable ^*^t. I actually even feel sorry for him , more his beaten down wife .On our first meeting (or lack of it) in the spa , he wouldn’t make eye contact. It was Leroy and myself and Doug and his 20sh year old daughter sharing a small spa . Doug loved that a 7 year old child happened to be in the spa , the sulk and disdain for the situation was obvious . On retrospect I should’ve introduced ourselves cause that would’ve irritated him no end .I walked away then knowing that Doug might be a problem . Fate would take its course and deep down I knew I’d play a big part . Fuck it , why me? The complaints have trickled in ever since . The wetsuit hanging over the balcony , the apparent talking loudly and yelling at the kids from the balcony and of course the kids being loud and skylarking in the pool area .We get the complaints from central management but we know who has made the phone calls and complains.Doug you miserable ^*^t. After the latest phone call from property management we promised that we have addressed the complaints and they won’t happen again . The jumping off the fence into the pool is a fair reason to complain ( shit I wondered if I could pull that off myself)Also Tex’s friends have snuck into the pool when we havn’t been here , that did make me squirm , but also I did laugh to myself at the cheak of these little fuckers . Coming back from the beach Tex and his mate got back to the pool 5 minutes before myself , as I had the pool key .Tex tried to jump the gate only for Doug to catch him in the act from his balcony. That’s a no no Tex . Doug came down and told him off and begrudgingly that’s fair enough . For the last 2 weeks I’ve been very aware that Doug watches our every move around the pool area . It has given me great satisfaction in catching his eye as he hawks down at us from his balcony . His bald head has that permanent shake from side to side . He’s fuckn pissed and I love it . Doug is marshalling and waiting for his moment , relaying our every move to his beaten down wife Jenny.’D Day arrived yesterday. It always was going to come at some stage .Emma had just left for the airport and Tex and all his mates were in the pool awaiting there big night at their friends bar mitzvah.I had already laid down the guidelines to Tex and not to give happy Doug any reason to get happier .All was pretty quiet until I heard a big splash , quiet and then a raised voice . Oh oh ! …. Bang bang on the door and I knew it was my good mate Doug . Sure enough Tex’s little mate Griffin had well and truly thrown us under the bus . Griffin is that cheeky little kid who’s a bit of a class clown and will take on a challenge .He jumped off the 2nd story balcony into the pool and Doug was in perfect position to make his arrest . Griffin and secondly Tex you fucked it up this time . It was a stupid act and a breach of my trust in you guys ,and you beat me to it . I faced the music from Doug and all I could do was apologise with dough eyes and complete sincerity .It gets worse , Emma made me take the boys up to Dougs to apologise. At first the idea filled me with dread and it was like meeting the hanging judge for Tex , but deep down I knew it would get under Dougs skin even more .So we met our fate and I took the boys to uncle Doug to apologise. He was livid and the offering of my hand was eventually accepted under sufferance. No this isn’t over , I knew it in walking away . We all did . Doug will go all the way, he wants us out . The correspondence came through immediately from property management after our hand shake . There is a meeting to come . Doug will be lobbying hard for our removal . With a multi thousand dollar bond at stake I will not leave without it . Not a chance . My old mate Dale Verhagen would have that special dozen eggs put aside for old Douglas and I’m thinking I might borrow that idea for the day before I leave this country . Doug you’re a miserable ^*^t.