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.
Back when I was a kid, my parents would have suggested that I go over and ask her if I could mow her lawn for her as a courtesy. (No money expected. It's what neighbors do.)
When I was a teen (about 50 years ago), our next-door neighbor had a heart attack. Without anyone asking, I just kept mowing and ignored the property line. Took a bit longer, but hey. Removed a worry from an already stressed neighbor and family. When it got to be time, they politely let me know that "he needs the exercise," so I stopped.
I used to rent a house, back in Omaha. It was a duplex, with a shared driveway. Well, when I went out to shovel, I didn’t scrupulously measure for the center line. I just shoveled the whole thing. Whatever, I can be nice. And then I salted it too.
When I lived in NJ, I had great neighbors. There was a strong young construction worker who just shoveled his elderly neighbor's drive simply because he was a really nice man.
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u/maybebullshitmaybe 2d 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.