I hear it all the time...I live in a condo and I'm surrounded by single, old hags. They're friggin' scitzo...nice one day and then flipping you the bird the next.
Prisoners in their own homes, feeding stray cats and squirrels...pigeons, raccoons, hawks that swoop in on the birds. It's like a psycho circus around here. They're all super liberal, to make things worse.
They used to ambush me in the parking lot when I came home from work...going on and on about their health problems or somebody they know health problems. My eyes would glaze over...I'm standing there with my lunch bucket in hand just wanting to go in, take a shower and relax. They TOTALLY miss body language cues.
Finally, I'd had enough and started to snarl. That did the trick. Sometimes you have no choice but to be an asshole.