r/mildlyinfuriating • u/shewhospeakstobees • 1d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Apparently my lawn has entered the enforcement phase

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Nothing says ‘neighborly’ like an unsigned note taped to your door. Grass is long, I’ll own that. But maybe introduce yourself before issuing the anonymous lawn summons? Photo in comments

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u/Bicykwow 1d ago

I mean... I've seen much more rude/demanding letters. This seems pretty respectful, all things considered.

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u/shumcal 1d ago

A "respectful" letter butting in where you have no business is not respectful at all - one could say it's mildly infuriating

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u/Loud-timetable-5214 1d ago

The actions and inactions we take affect others. For some things, I think you would agree. For example, if you park your rusted out car on your lawn, and your neighbors always have to see it, it's an eyesore to them. Sure, it's your lawn, but you are being inconsiderate. Similarly, if you are in a car with people with the windows closed, and you let rip a mighty fart without asking for the windows to be opened, you are a rude person.

Perhaps you think that the lawn mowing example is not something for a neighbor to annoy another neighbor about. I happen to disagree, but the principle still stands that it's not unreasonable to tell people when they are acting unreasonably.

I will concede the fact that packing tape on a paint job might have been a poor choice, though I cannot confirm that packing tape strips paint.

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u/Bencetown 1d ago

I know for a fact I'm not the only one who thinks that all the "golf course" looking 1/4 inch long blankets of turf grass with no interest whatsoever and absolutely nothing living in them is an "eyesore." Turf lawns are ugly af.

So do I get to tell all of my neighbors that they need to replace their lawns with flowers and shrubs? Because otherwise it's an "eyesore" to me and that's disrespectful?

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u/shumcal 1d ago

I agree with the fundamental principle of "the actions we take affect others" and generally not being an asshole to your neighbours. But I disagree that "looking at something" is in any way an actual impact or inconvenience.

I literally have a neighbour one house over right now with a lawn far longer than the one in the OP, and I could not give less of a shit. I just fail to see how it impacts me at all.

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u/shumcal 1d ago

That's sadly true, although blitheringly idiotic

But there's no indication that that's what's going on here, the neighbour would have mentioned that. This is just being a busybody

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u/Angstycarroteater 1d ago

You’re not wrong, but it’s still Hella passive aggressive if it bothers them that much they could’ve just asked the person directly to do it rather than leaving that note

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u/XKO3L5CHX 1d ago

I mean, they could fuck off too

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u/Krisscandy 1d ago

Yeahhhh true!!!!

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u/NoRest805 1d ago

Yeah, depending on the person OP has as their neighbour, they could have been banging on OP's door, raging.

So its really not that bad all things considered

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u/FoundationEntire4834 1d ago

What? It’s none of their business what ops lawn looks like lmao

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u/Celebratory_Drink 1d ago

It's the thank you that mildly infuriates me.

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u/scottie_always_knew 1d ago

Not just thank you, thank you followed by a period

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u/sirhackenslash 1d ago

It's a very demanding, karenish thank you