a grumpy observation
Posted by Breeze on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 9:00 pmCategory: Breeze
I’m prone to these, so please be patient.
Lawn care people. Why do they want to talk to me? They ring my doorbell, inevitably just after Smiley has fallen asleep. The dog goes crazy, the baby wakes up, and I’m hopping mad. Here’s what I don’t get–my yard clearly looks like crap by their standards. It’s full of buttercups and clover with a nice sprinkling of dandelions. Why do they think that means I want to pay them to pour chemicals onto my property so it will look different? Why don’t they interpret my lawn’s appearance as a clear sign of my not caring what my lawn looks like? Shouldn’t they be trying to find clients who are deeply invested in the well-being of their lawns? People who don’t want their Bermuda grass slumming it with the weeds? What they should be doing is driving around giving the people with the competitors’ signs in their yards better prices. Those are people who are down with the chemicals and the expense. I’m interested in neither, which is why my yard is full of buttercups. I happen to like buttercups, and I’m not paying someone to kill them. We’ve had three nap-time visitors in the last month or so, and they have inspired me to consider a “No Soliciting” sign.
Tags: observation
May 5th, 2009 08:59
I have a no soliciting sign and love it! I also have a small peace and smiley sign near it to help offset any ill feelings a potential unwanted visitor may have. I doubt it eases their annoyance that they stopped at the wrong house, but it makes me feel better.
July 20th, 2009 21:48
Our yard has looks like Halloween all year long, but no one comes to offer to fix it up. Probably because we live in South Knoxville. I will get over my fear of poison ivy and do something about the weeds when I am done nursing Petra some day.