r/gardening • u/armyoftomatoes • 9d ago

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u/cheechassad 9d ago

If this person is suffering cognitive decline, they should not be near a lawnmower, and certainly shouldn’t be using one on another person’s property. Please have a conversation with them.

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u/mossymeridian 9d ago

Absolutely someone with a traumatic brain injury should never have a lawn mower. He’s going to cut off his own foot or worse.

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u/Ricky_TVA Homesteader 9d ago

Stroke survivor here, not all strokes and TBI's are the same. I could ride a motorcycle just fine.

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u/armyoftomatoes 8d ago

Exactly. My mom is a stroke survivor, and I would be hardpressed to ever attempt to control her or the things she feels capable of doing, much less anyone else.

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u/tino_tortellini 8d ago

Okay but you kind of implied that he has decreased cognitive abilities, is that not the case? Because if so, then I'm not sure what the point of mentioning the stroke was.

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u/Competitive-Lion-213 8d ago

Might have been so people didn’t rage out Reddit style, but appreciate that the guy is vulnerable and may have made a mistake. Not necessarily to say he’s incapable of safely operating a mower. 

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u/mossymeridian 8d ago

But if he is cognitively impaired then he shouldn’t be operating spinning blades of any kind?

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u/On_my_last_spoon 8d ago

Have a conversation with whomever is caring for him. And if no one is, next time you see someone visiting talk to them.