New neighbors insisted on using my snowblower

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think your neighbor's were rude and entitled to ask if they don't even really know you.

FWIW, DH has helped our neighbor a lot after they moved in, even helping chop down a tree, lending them tools, etc.. But we became friendly with them after they moved, and DH offered. They would not have asked if DH hadn't offered.

In these types of storms you give neighbors a hand. You don’t ask a neighbor to use their tool on your yard. You first ask to borrow the tool.

Some people plan ahead. This is no different than saving for college or for retirement or buying insurance for the catastrophic just-in-case scenario.

It is a proven fact that DMV gets some pretty intense snow storms. The history is irrefutable. It may go 4-5 years without the need for a snowblower…but eventually one comes in handy for most people. Some people decide to take chances and don’t buy one and then act all smug and mighty for those 4-5 years, patting themselves on the backs for saving $1K+ buy not buying an occasionally-used luxury machine. But then when a superstorm hits, they’re the first to beg for help. Elderly or not, snowblowers are available to everyone. People who make financial sacrifices to own one shouldn’t get punished during snowstorms by being expected to bail everyone else out.

Pretty sure our surgeon’s wife OP did not make any financial sacrifice to buy a snow blower.

Pretty sure the neighbors could afford a snowblower, too, given they live in the same neighborhood as OP.

Sure, but that wasn’t what you wrote.

[Anonymous]

dragant wrote:This is why I hate Boomers and older generation. They don't help. They have only taken and show no consideration for folks. May they all rot in hell!

How do you know OP is a boomer?

[Anonymous]

My parents have a really sketchy neighbor (not going to get into all of it here). My dad was out snowblowing and the neighbor approached him nearly in tears because he hadn’t prepared for the storm and had next to no food in the house and not even a shovel to clear his driveway. My dad showed him how to work the snowblower and gave him some cereal, potatoes, and yogurts. So yes, I’d say you were in the wrong … you could have showed them how to use the snowblower and left them to it under light supervision.

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You're selfish for not having shared your equipment and taught them how to use it. My snowblowing neighbor does both sides of the whole street.

You're also nasty and stupid for generalizing one incident to an entire generation.

np.. but imagine if the whole neighborhood asked OP to use their snowblower.

So what if they do? Why are you people so stingy?

Seriously. I know one neighbor with an extra long ladder and everybody borrows it the 1x every 10 years they need it.

FFS. It's wild. This is something they might ask to use once every 10 years.

The reality is that is what neighbors do, they help each other.

That ladder is so old at this point, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

[Anonymous]

YTA we have a snowblower. My husband snow blows the sidewalk up and down the street and neighbors borrowed the snowblower to do their driveway and walkway. Today two neighbors borrowed our snowblower and one of them used it to dig out a third neighbor who is a single elderly woman.
We were happy to lend them our snowblower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YTA we have a snowblower. My husband snow blows the sidewalk up and down the street and neighbors borrowed the snowblower to do their driveway and walkway. Today two neighbors borrowed our snowblower and one of them used it to dig out a third neighbor who is a single elderly woman.
We were happy to lend them our snowblower.

When it breaks who is paying for the repairs?

[Anonymous]

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dragant wrote:This is why I hate Boomers and older generation. They don't help. They have only taken and show no consideration for folks. May they all rot in hell!

How do you know OP is a boomer?

Don't take the troll bait, people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
You're selfish for not having shared your equipment and taught them how to use it. My snowblowing neighbor does both sides of the whole street.

You're also nasty and stupid for generalizing one incident to an entire generation.

np.. but imagine if the whole neighborhood asked OP to use their snowblower.

So what if they do? Why are you people so stingy?

Seriously. I know one neighbor with an extra long ladder and everybody borrows it the 1x every 10 years they need it.

FFS. It's wild. This is something they might ask to use once every 10 years.

The reality is that is what neighbors do, they help each other.

That ladder is so old at this point, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

You could say that about just about anything happening on your property.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YTA we have a snowblower. My husband snow blows the sidewalk up and down the street and neighbors borrowed the snowblower to do their driveway and walkway. Today two neighbors borrowed our snowblower and one of them used it to dig out a third neighbor who is a single elderly woman.
We were happy to lend them our snowblower.

When it breaks who is paying for the repairs?

Are people this ridiculous and anxious in real life? Or, is pp just a troll? How do you function in life? Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents have a really sketchy neighbor (not going to get into all of it here). My dad was out snowblowing and the neighbor approached him nearly in tears because he hadn’t prepared for the storm and had next to no food in the house and not even a shovel to clear his driveway. My dad showed him how to work the snowblower and gave him some cereal, potatoes, and yogurts. So yes, I’d say you were in the wrong … you could have showed them how to use the snowblower and left them to it under light supervision.

Your parents are very kind. That warmed my heart.

[Anonymous]

Its ok they ask, and its ok you say no.

[Anonymous]

dragant wrote:This is why I hate Boomers and older generation. They don't help. They have only taken and show no consideration for folks. May they all rot in hell!

Why all the hate?
My husband and I are boomers and we were the family that allowed several neighbors to use our snowblower. And we cleared the sidewalk in front of all of the houses on our block. SMH you should be ashamed of yourself for generalizing. Everybody's different. Regardless of the generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YTA we have a snowblower. My husband snow blows the sidewalk up and down the street and neighbors borrowed the snowblower to do their driveway and walkway. Today two neighbors borrowed our snowblower and one of them used it to dig out a third neighbor who is a single elderly woman.
We were happy to lend them our snowblower.

When it breaks who is paying for the repairs?

We will. It's our snowblower. But why would I think my neighbors would break my snowblower? I have good neighbors.

[Anonymous]

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You're selfish for not having shared your equipment and taught them how to use it. My snowblowing neighbor does both sides of the whole street.

You're also nasty and stupid for generalizing one incident to an entire generation.

np.. but imagine if the whole neighborhood asked OP to use their snowblower.

So what if they do? Why are you people so stingy?

Seriously. I know one neighbor with an extra long ladder and everybody borrows it the 1x every 10 years they need it.

FFS. It's wild. This is something they might ask to use once every 10 years.

The reality is that is what neighbors do, they help each other.

lol I’m probably that neighbor. People walk my ladder down and across the street when they borrow it

[Anonymous]

I was visting my BIL in Montana during a snowstorm. My BIL had terminal glioblatoma (brain cancer.)

He went out and used the snowblower on his walk and driveway and then went to snowblow
the walks of two elderly neighbors.

I have a video of him snowblowing.

He was happy to be outside, alive, and of use and helping people. If others on his street had needed help he would have blown their walks.

Life is cold and mean spirited when you have no generosity to your neigbors and fellow mankind.