"You're not using it.."
Several times every summer, I get characters from one of the neighboring seasonal rental places that will attach their floats to my mooring ball, (I swear my mooring has a flashing neon "welcome" sign on it). As soon as I see it happening, I say in a polite but firm voice, "Please get off my mooring!"
Most folks comply right away; some argue with the, "you're not using it", line, to which I always reply, "you're not using your car, would you like me to go sit in it?" Luckily, that has always been the end of it, but I'm sure the day will come when some A.H. refuses to get off and I have to call MP or Meredith Police and in the ensuing hour or more till they arrive, the interloper is fat, dumb, and happy enjoying himself and there's really little I could do about it.
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