Will you just shut up!
By Fleur
@Fleura (29127)
United Kingdom
November 30, 2021 8:15am CST
I’m sure I’ve complained about this before, but still, here I am again.
A nice quiet morning, mild and dry, I’m looking out of the window watching the birds while doing some work, and then….
Brrrrrrr…..Brrrrrrr……Brrrrrr
Vvvvvvv…..vvvvvvvvvv…..vvvvvvvvvvv…….vvvvvvvvvvv
My three immediate neighbours each employ a gardener (the same one) and they all have grass that needs mowing, hedges that need trimming and, right now, fallen leaves that need tidying away. And it seems he is unable to perform any of these tasks without the use of power tools.
What’s wrong with a good old-fashioned brush or rake?
I’m trying to enjoy my own garden and concentrate on my own work and I just want to go out and yell ‘Will you just SHUT UP!’
But of course he’s only doing his job.
And anyway he wouldn’t hear me because he always wears ear defenders.
All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2021.
All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2021.16 people like this
17 responses
@marguicha (215389)
• Chile
30 Nov 21
You should see what it was at my home when the neighbors bought the house next door and remodeled. The workers took ages and only used power tools. I don´t mind a nice hammer but those screeching sounds for so long a time almost drove me crazy.
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@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
30 Nov 21
@fleura This was one of the noise issues that just about pushed my wife over the edge and led to us moving house in the summer. Next door had a weekly team of gardeners who filled the air with the poisonous rasp of power tools. Their garden was immaculate and weeds never got the chance to grow. In autumn sinful leaves were the cause of extra visits from leaf blower warriors. Madness, and an irresponsible waste of money and an attack on the natural order of things.
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@betlynfrnds (4060)
• United States
30 Nov 21
Sometime I really miss old school. All of these newfangled noise makers drives me nuts too at times.
Today the city was trimming some of the hedges in the lot next door and it got me a little annoyed too.
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@betlynfrnds (4060)
• United States
1 Dec 21
@Fleura Oh that is so true. And then there are those times when the weather is so nice and taking a little longer to do the yard work can actually be therapeutic. Of course most people won't see it that way. 
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 21
@betlynfrnds A head-to-head comparison
Manpower vs fossil fuel powered machineStrimmus Maximus (alias Phil Bartlett) with a petrol Stihl brushcutter was outclassed by Simon Damant proving that in ...
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
1 Dec 21
@Fleura The other choice is to - 'what can't be cured has to be endured'
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 21
@allknowing That's what I have to do - but not with good grace
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 21
No kidding! When I was little I remember lying in bed listening to the comforting hum of my parents using the vacuum cleaner. Sometimes they even used to 'Hoover' under my bed while I was in it.
Now we have a modern vacuum cleaner and the operator and anyone in the vicinity has to use ear defenders or leave the house.
Apparently there is an ongoing increase in the incidence of deafness - do you think there might be any connection??
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@Fleura (29127)
• United Kingdom
2 Dec 21
@JudyEv I expect most don't, as you say, and I bet very few people use ear defenders when vacuuming either - although there is a clear warning label on the machine! They probably think it's uncool or too much hassle. But losing hearing has a massive impact on quality of life.
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@snowy22315 (169931)
• United States
1 Dec 21
This weekend will be warm..and I think I hear the power tools warming up now...I feel your pain
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
8 Dec 21
It really grated on your nerves ! Now many people can't bear hardships ,so they take the soft option .
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
30 Nov 21
Don't you have any power tools? Go out after the gardener has stopped making noise and tie the trigger of your power tools down so they run at full blast and just leave them lying on the ground while running. Put on good headphones so you can't hear them.
It's not going to help anything, but maybe you'll feel better at least.
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
•
30 Nov 21
I live in an apartment, so I wouldn't know. I'm sure gardens are cool.
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@samysotelo18 (7744)
• Mexico
30 Nov 21
I understand how you feel, they're just getting their job done but sometimes the noise is just too much ahahh
I have these feeling with my neighbor's parties :(
it would be ok if they partied on weekends but sometimes they do it on wendnesdays or SUNDAYS, just when we need more rest for the work week ugh, I keep thinking do they not have day jobs????
sighhhhhh
I hope you get to enjoy the rest of your day tho
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
30 Nov 21
Power tools.
I own a petrol lawnmower.
That's it.
Once.a month between May.and October for 10 minutes.
Got a neighbour though who has many and they do indeed make a bit of a noise for long periods.
Not good
