One aspect that seems to crop up rather regularly is the topic of common courtesy. Why is it that people seem to show so little courtesy towards one another these days? I first started noticing this of the elementary school children back when I was in middle school in the mid-to-late 80s. It seems to have picked up momentum, and - like a disease - infects more and more of the population each and every year. Watch out: the lack of courtesy will get you. I can hear it working its way through town right now. It has already overtaken our neighbors (they never saw it coming).
To force myself into a moment of catharsis, I will share with you some of the annoyances I have with my neighbors. To be honest, I have not bothered them with my thoughts because I believe that it would probably only strain what little relationship we do have.
- Currently, we cannot park in our garage because a friend of their's is blocking the entrance.
- They have only plowed the yard & cleaned the sidewalks once this year (we get 200+ inches of snow each winter and the tenants must keep up the yard year round.
- The grass on the front lawn is dying because their dog repeatedly pees in the same spot (I do not blame the dog).
- They do not pickup after their dog: not in the front yard or the back yard.
- They often park their cars on the lawn in the summer time.
- The snow/ice on the sidewalk was yellowed & smelly from the urine.
