With the unwanted help of a little girl in his building, a reclusive retired man with OCD tries to figure out which one of his neighbors keeps dropping cigarette butts onto the patio of his New York city apartment.

This is great!

I like it too... I like also what thorwitfar did with the edits.

Cutting, try something along these lines...

With unwanted help from a neighbor girl, a reclusive man with OCD struggles to discover which of his neighbors keeps dropping cigarette butts onto the patio of his New York city apartment.

I got it to 32, Great concept man!