My neighbour yelled at my son because our lawn isn't cut short enough for him
By judyt00
@judyt00 (3497)
Canada
July 7, 2007 2:43pm CST
We have a very small lawn.20 by 20 in the front and even smaller in the back. We didn't buy a lawn mower, but just borrow my daughter's every few weeks. Unfortunately, she went on vacation this week and forgot to leave the mower with us. So, our lawn is the longest in the meighbourhood. We also have a patch of wild flowers for the birds in our front lawn that hasn't bloomed yet, sunflowers, flax, and other birdseed type flowers. So my son was burning some branches he'd cut that were overhanging the gutters, and this neighbour, who has just mud for a front yard stuck his head over the fence and yelled at him for burning branches when our lawn needs cutting. Some meighbour! Wouldn't you just ask if we wanted to borrow your mower instead of yelling at us?
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11 responses
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
He sounds like a bad neighbor. I get along with all of my neighbors. Last week the lady next door was having a cook-out and need some extra chairs and a table and I took it over to her.
My neighbor across the street has a snowblower and will do our sidewalks after he finishes his.
The neighborly thing to do would have been to loaned you his mower instead of yelling at you.
Try not to stoop to his level.
Lloyd
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@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
What a strange neighbour. Maybe he was upset about the burning branches, and not about the lawn? Who knows what goes through some people's minds.
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@quatelmon (955)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Some people just don't get it. I don't know why they wouldn't just NOT say anything at all. There's no reason for them to say anything at all about your house, especially to your son. It's your house. You could never cut the lawn if you wanted to (unless you have some sort of ordanince in your town)
Just ignor them, and hope that they leave you alone.
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@AmberNormandin (883)
• United States
8 Jul 07
wow. the nerve of some people. when i was growing up, we had a neighbor that lived behind us that griped my parents out for wanting to plant some small trees along the fence on our side for some kind of privacey. Then she yelled at me when i was about 10yrs old because my cat was killing the birds that were coming the feeder that she put really close to the fence. like i could control that cat! she should have moved the feeder. anyway, lol, i get going when i think of that old bag. What did your son say back the nosey neighbor? He should have said 'unless you are gonna mow it for us, keep your mouth shut'.
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@whimsystoryteller (1743)
• United States
8 Jul 07
Unless your neighbor owns your property and you rent from them, he has nothing to say about your lawn unless it's so out of control that it's a safety hazard or if it's a health hazard, which it doesn't sound like it is. Unless you live in one of those communities that has an agreement that says you have to keep your yard and property a certain way. Since your neighbor's yard is mud, I doubt that you are in that situation. I'd suggest that you just ignore him and tell your son not to pay any attention to him. My first instinct is to tell him to mind his own business or come mow it himself if he doesn't like it but I think that would cause more trouble and you don't want to do that.
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@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I would have told him if he didn't like your yard to stop looking at it. Maybe you don't like his yard of mud. I don't understand why people can't just mind their own business. It would be one thing if your neighborhood had regulations. But if it doesn't he needs to just get over it.
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@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Your neighbor sounds like a jerk and if he really cared about your lawn, he would offer to help you out which is what good neighbors do.
We often help our neighbors out when they need help.
We've shoveled snow for people when they needed it and we've helped move furniture.
There's no excuse for a social clod. Mow your lawn when you can and I hope you get lots of nice birds in your garden.
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
7 Jul 07
thats pretty stupid for a neigbor to start yelling at you for not cutting your lawn. It's not like its a rule for a lawn to be cut every week sure it looks nice and all but its not a rule and he or she has no busness in telling you how your lawn should be cut thats just not right.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
8 Jul 07
Some people have so much nerve. What difference does it make to him how tall your grass is. It sounds like he needed to be out planting some grass instead of complaining about yours. I do wish neighbors would mind their own business instead of trying to cause trouble.
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@canjo13317 (396)
• United States
7 Jul 07
that was nervy of him, for sure. you need to turn it around on him now and tell him you'd be happy to pay him to mow it for you or he could let you borrow his mower and you'd be happy to mow it yourself. if he says no to both, then tell him to quit his griping. but i do know what you mean about him and not minding his own business.
