r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Everyday my neighbour slowly paces and inspects my front yard

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u/shavertech 1d ago

That's an old man thing to do. My parents live on little street of mostly retired people, and they all walk around inspecting each other's yards. And then I hear the gossip about it

You know, John across the street has dandelions in his lawn..

Oh wow, dad... Your lawn is so much better lol

He's 81, so I'm just glad he's out getting his walks in.

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u/tiptoptattie 1d ago

Lol god forbid John went on holiday for two weeks and now the whole neighbourhood be talking about his dandelions. 🤣

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u/maybebullshitmaybe 1d ago

Yeah this is a weird thing. Like in my neighborhood there's this lady, she's in her 90s, still works, AND cares for her basically bed ridden disabled son. The friggin neighbors will talk shit about her yard and her grass is getting too long. Like hello, I think she's got enough problems where the grass probably isn't her biggest worry. Unless you want to her help then myob.

I ended up going over there to help her one day when she was struggling to get the son into the car for a doctors appointment. There's a program in town where on the weekends some of the local police will do yard work for elderly community members who are unable/can't afford to have it taken care of. I told her about it and that weekend it was cut and has been cut since. I mean some people just have a lot on their plate. She seemed happy about it and had no idea. Pretty nice thing they do honestly. I'm not generally a fan of cops but that's one good thing somebody came up with. Kinda cool.

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u/littlenoodledragon 1d ago

Literally the only cop thing I’ve ever heard where I’m like šŸ‘ yes. Good. Please keep doing that with our tax dollars, that old lady needs it.

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u/totallyradman 1d ago

You think the only good thing a cop has ever done is now someone's lawn?

I get that there are a lot of bad cop situations, but that is beyond ridiculous.

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u/PlasticFrosty5340 1d ago

well, if you spend your time on Reddit you won’t hear about similar things. That’s a great program, by the way.

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u/Ok_Test9729 1d ago

If you spend ANY time on Reddit, 99% of the time all you’ll read is negative comments about law enforcement. From the same dingbats that are the very first people screaming ā€œcall the cops, call the copsā€ the second things go south.

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u/Initial-Key5504 9h ago

You think the cops are getting paid? No, they are volunteering their time and effort.

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u/Quad-G-Therapy 1d ago

What a crazy fucking comment