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We haven’t blogged in over a week, and it’s not for lack of desire, just lack of energy. Amanda’s doing just o.k.: not great, and not terrible. She does good to watch Ace while I work and keep her food from making an encore appearance. I get to pick up the slack. It’s been a challenging week, but we’re both doing what we’re designed for - making a baby and slack pickuping.
So, this afternoon I am sitting in my office which overlooks our front lawn. I notice the truck/trailer of the company that does my neighbor’s lawn comes by and about a half hour later hear the sound of a blower. about five inches right of my monitor I have the vantage of my driveway, and I see the lawn guy blowing the clippings he’s just created onto and over my driveway. The clippings ended up in my lawn and at the base of my garage door.
I proceeded to go downstairs and ask Amanda if this was confrontation worthy. I explained to her that it was an ongoing thing where byproducts of lawn care seem to find their way into my lawn directly after a visitation by said company. She, having bigger things on her mind, gave me the old “do what you want.”
I went outside and interrupted the lawn engineer’s blower session and after he removed his ear buds I asked him in a stern tone not to intentionally blow clippings into my yard. He responded with a sigh, a wave of his hand that translated to “whatever” and walked away.
Now, I understand I may not do the most pristine job of lawn mowing and on occasion some clippings go into my neighbors yard, but I intentionally do not blow clippings outside my yard because I consider it Rude.
Please let me know - Did I overreact by confronting the guy?
August 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
No not at all. That is disrespectful and you should talk to your neighbor about the people he has hired. If it keeps happening I would call the company. Good luck.
August 1st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
That same thing used to happen to us when we lived on Forest Ridge. Dad confronted the guy as well and they stopped but once in a while we would come home and find the clippings on our side of the sidewalk again. Calling the company maybe a good idea but unfortunately he may be the owner.
August 1st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
No, you weren’t overreacting. And if he is the owner of the company, like commenter #2 offered as a possibility, then he absolutely SHOULD hear you out - you have word-of-mouth power as a potential customer.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I am surprised you had to ask. Soemone dumping trash in your yard. Not cool…
August 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
At least your neighbor mows their lawn. My leftside neighbor is awesome and has a beautiful lawn. My rightside neightbor doesn’t do anything…seriously, she doesn’t do anything, except hire a guy to come once every year or 3 to clear out her jungle.
Anyway, I probably wouldn’t talk to the neighbor, but I would send a phone call over to the company HQ and give them some negative feedback. If it continue’s I’d give feedback to the BBB and Angie’s List.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Call the troubleshooters. Bryan Collister loves that kind of stuff. Then you can be one of those guys on the news that is the “target of a special investigation.” You would be known far and wide as the one who brings justice. You’d be just like Jesus in that way.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
sounds like a job for Tony Soprano and his boys, ha ha just kidding, …..U did the right thing.