Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : My cat went missing on January 6th and a few days later I told my 6 year old we could put up some missing posters around our neighborhood after school on our way home. I pick her up on my bicycle, and we took a different route home that day. The first place I thought would be ok was a telephone pole about a block away from the school.

I had a staple gun and as I was putting the poster up, I hear a man talking to me. I turn around and see a man in a truck staring at me. Our conversation went like this:

Him: do you have permission to put that there?
Me: umm...no, do I need permission?
Him: yes. You do.
Me: okay, from who?
Him: from me

At that point I thought he was just messing with me.

Me: oh ok. Can I have your permission then?
Him: No. Take it down right now 

He then drove towards the culdesac on the street, turned around, and parked in front of the house on the corner. I realized the telephone pole was in the corner if his yard, though it was closer to the street than his house. 

I was dumbfounded as to why he had to do that. My daughter was standing right there and she was confused, asking me "why is he telling you to take it down mommy?". Instead of just leaving I confronted him. I was really emotional because i fucking love that cat. I asked him why he felt he had the authority to keep me from putting it up? What could it possibly do to inconvenience him? What kind of a lesson is that for my daughter? I told her if we put up posters, more people would know he was missing and we would have a better chance at getting him back. She doesnt understand why the man didnt want us to find our cat. I called him an asshole and a pathetic excuse of a human being with absolutely no empathy for other people. That was probably over the line, but I was so upset. I had cried everyday because I just wanted my cat back, and that day I felt like not randomly bursting into tears was a good thing. I had to stop riding my bike a few times on the way home because I had started ugly crying again and couldn't stop.

I went home and emailed the city, asking if he really had the authority to make me take my sign down because it was in the corner of his yard. They eventually told me it was a violation of some city ordinance to put any signs along the road. I still put some up on people's fences along some busy roads nearby, but I made sure to get the homeowners permission to do so. Their fence is not on city property and as long as I have their permission, putting them on the fence is fine. 

Still though, I feel like he was just being mean because he felt he could intimidate me. But then again, I could have handled it better and not let my emotions cloud my judgement.