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bif

(24,386 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:07 AM Saturday

A snowblower at 12:30 in the morning?!?!

Here in Detroit we got a whopping 2 inches of snow yesterday. So our asshole neighbor decided he needed to fire up the snowblower and clean his driveway. WTAF!

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A snowblower at 12:30 in the morning?!?! (Original Post) bif Saturday OP
Living in a world of idiots Marthe48 Saturday #1
Gotta be some regulation about power equipment overnight. 8 or 9pm to 6 or 7am. ./nt bucolic_frolic Saturday #2
There is. No loud equipment from 8 pm to 7 am bif Saturday #10
Call the cops Wifes husband Saturday #11
We are increasingly living in a world with choie Saturday #3
Does he work the night shift? mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #4
This - or he has to leave for work and needs the driveway and sidewalk clear.... getagrip_already Saturday #5
That could be true debm55 Saturday #6
Right. mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #8
This guy doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself. bif Saturday #7
Do what Samuel L Jackson did in 'Lakeview Terrace'. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #12
He's an appraiser bif Saturday #9

bif

(24,386 posts)
10. There is. No loud equipment from 8 pm to 7 am
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:22 PM
Saturday

But if I called the cops, it would start a feud. I don't need that aggravation.

Wifes husband

(144 posts)
11. Call the cops
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:33 PM
Saturday

These jerks get away with crap Like this because nobody wants to get a feud started. And that is understandable.

However, jerks don't get better. Screw him. Call the cops

choie

(4,806 posts)
3. We are increasingly living in a world with
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:15 AM
Saturday

people who don't give a shit about how their actions affect others.

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,087 posts)
4. Does he work the night shift?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:17 AM
Saturday

Last edited Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Maybe this is the time that makes sense for him.

getagrip_already

(17,613 posts)
5. This - or he has to leave for work and needs the driveway and sidewalk clear....
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:29 AM
Saturday

Not everyone is on a 9-5 life schedule.

Maybe just ask nicely why the next time you see them?

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,087 posts)
8. Right.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:48 AM
Saturday

People don’t clear their driveways at 12:30 in the morning unless they have a really good reason.

bif

(24,386 posts)
7. This guy doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:44 AM
Saturday

He bought the house next door and spent three years redoing everything about it. It was like living next to a construction site. We had to keep all our windows closed in the sweltering heat of summer. And we don't have AC, so it was miserable. After he moved in, he made it petty clear he wanted almost nothing to do with the neighbors. We have a monthly pot luck dinner and he's attended exactly two of them.
Last winter we had a power outage. So he fired up his industrial strength generator and put it on his driveway right next to our house. When I asked him if he could put it behind his garage he just said, "No." Total fuckhead.

OldBaldy1701E

(6,846 posts)
12. Do what Samuel L Jackson did in 'Lakeview Terrace'.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:20 PM
Saturday

Aim some bright-ass security lights towards their house. Make sure to say the same thing when he complains and asks you to move them.

bif

(24,386 posts)
9. He's an appraiser
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:54 AM
Saturday

And doesn't work a night shift. He's just an asshole. He's a fanatic about keeping his driveway and lawn perfect. He had his lawn cut and leaf blown the week before Christmas. We're talking 35 degree weather.

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