'My neighbour says my WiFi is ruining her plants so she made outrageous demand'

Daily Record

3 days ago

A man has been left fuming after his neighbour knocked on his door and claimed that his WiFi signal was impacting the "vibrational energy" of her plants.
Being neighbourly is important, yet it shouldn't mean giving in to every request from those living next door. Most individuals would willingly lend a screwdriver or reduce their music volume when asked out of politeness and a desire for harmony.
However, one man has expressed his disbelief with his neighbour's increasingly unreasonable demands, branding them "outrageous". Taking to Reddit, he recounted how the woman next door had peculiar ideas in the past, claiming to hold a telepathic connection with crystals" and telling him that his "aura is too digital".
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These eccentric claims didn't intrude on his life, so he chose to disregard them, letting her carry on with her beliefs. This toleration ended abruptly, though, following a recent encounter concerning his WiFi router.
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Recounting the incident, the man revealed that his neighbour showed up at his house holding a potted plant alongside a "diagram of a WiFi signal", reports the Mirror.
Confronting the man on his doorstep, she ludicrously claimed that his WiFi was "disrupting the vibrational energy of her succulents"
In his post, he described the peculiar head-to-head, saying: "Last week she knocked on my door holding a small potted plant in one hand and a printout of what looked like a hand-drawn diagram of a WiFi signal in the other.
"She told me we needed to talk about my router. I was confused. She then explained that my WiFi was disrupting the vibrational energy of her succulents.
"She pointed to the drawing, which honestly looked like a sad jellyfish, and said the signal beamed directly through our shared wall and bombarded her plants non-stop.
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"According to her, the plants were spiritually wilting because they thought the WiFi was sunlight, but it wasn't. The best part? Her plants were in a dark hallway with no natural light."
She alleged that the plants had been thriving until the man upgraded his modem and then made a shocking demand - that he share his WiFi with her so she could reposition his router in her own home.
He continued: "She gave me two options - either turn off my WiFi every night between 10pm and 6am (apparently the plants' rest hours) or let her share my WiFi and move the router into her unit so she could regulate the signal properly.
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"I laughed because I thought she was joking. She wasn't. She stormed off as I was laughing at her. I'm still currently waiting to see what comes out of this."
It's worth noting that there is no scientific basis for the claim that WiFi signals can harm plant growth. WiFi signals are non-ionising and low-energy, meaning they don't have enough power to cause cellular damage to plants or humans.
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However, a plant placed too close to a router might suffer from scorched leaves or wilting due to the excessive heat generated by the device.
Commentators on the man's post quickly speculated that the woman might be using her plants as a ploy to gain access to his WiFi for her own use, whilst others offered tricks to appease her without actually powering down his router or sharing it.
One individual suggested: "Log into your router and change your SS ID to 'not displayed'. Your devices will still connect and tell her the WiFi is off. Much simpler."
Another voiced their suspicion: "So she doesn't want you to use WiFi unless she can ALSO use your WiFi. And maybe take possession of your router. It's not about the plants. She's a scammer."