30 year old neighbor is not shoveling snow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait how old is he

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not shoveling the snow on my sidewalk right now because there is ice underneath. It's currently safer to walk on that snow. If it gets warm enough that the ice can start melting then I'll try to remove it.

Yes!! Why do people not understand this!

Most people do know but most people also do not wait until the ice forms underneath….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t shovel. I also don’t care. I’m fully capable of doing it. Shame away. IDGAF

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I don’t care. Not even a little bit! If you care, you shovel it. I’m perfectly happy to walk on the snow. Or walk elsewhere.

That patch of ice can sit there undisturbed until April thaw for all I care. Have a nice day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many people do not know it’s the law! Check laws in your jurisdiction then tell him.

It's not the law in that many places. MoCo added it about 10 years ago, and you have 24 hours after the end fo the snow to shovel. It was snowing last night at 7pm when I was out, so it's not even been 24 hours.

I also think this is an unfair law. There are many people who are unable to do such work, and while they can hire help, it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to hire help and get it resolved within 24 hours.

I'm fine with grass cutting laws since grass growing is not unexpected, and you can easily schedule help with that in advance. But for snow shoveling, if you are unable, then you need to be able to schedule help to come within 24 hours of last snowfall... at a time when the government is actually advising people NOT to be on the roads since.. it was a snowstorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t shovel. I also don’t care. I’m fully capable of doing it. Shame away. IDGAF

+1

I don’t care. Not even a little bit! If you care, you shovel it. I’m perfectly happy to walk on the snow. Or walk elsewhere.

That patch of ice can sit there undisturbed until April thaw for all I care. Have a nice day!

+2

I don’t see the point. If someone else wants to shovel it, great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 year old neighbor is not shoveling snow.

How do I tell my 30 year old neighbor to shovel his side of the street. He is 30 year old and he is very healthy but wont shovel what can we do?

Not all disabilities are visible

Not OP but there’s a house like this on our street—we see them out all summer doing yard work, other strenuous activities, playing with kids, but come winter they only shovel the strip to back their SUV out of the driveway.

Their elderly neighbors get out and shovel but these folks are just entitled.

Reported them last winter after I fell walking the dog (no sidewalk on the other side of the street) and code enforcement ticketed them.

Is this Maryland (Moco), DC, or VA?

None of the above—I’m in a part of the country where we regularly get snow, which makes this jerk’s failure to shovel even worse. Our city has an all where you can report potholes, code violations, etc. and it’s awesome.

[Anonymous]

Shoveling is a waste of time. We only shovel what is needed for cars and ignore sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 year old neighbor is not shoveling snow.

How do I tell my 30 year old neighbor to shovel his side of the street. He is 30 year old and he is very healthy but wont shovel what can we do?

Not all disabilities are visible

Not OP but there’s a house like this on our street—we see them out all summer doing yard work, other strenuous activities, playing with kids, but come winter they only shovel the strip to back their SUV out of the driveway.

Their elderly neighbors get out and shovel but these folks are just entitled.

Reported them last winter after I fell walking the dog (no sidewalk on the other side of the street) and code enforcement ticketed them.

[Anonymous]

Well if OPM made it a snow day yesterday, we would have shoveled. Instead we had to drive on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not shoveling the snow on my sidewalk right now because there is ice underneath. It's currently safer to walk on that snow. If it gets warm enough that the ice can start melting then I'll try to remove it.

Yes!! Why do people not understand this!

I mean, this is silly. It’s very obviously much, much easier to walk safely on sidewalks that were cleared than the ones that weren’t. For one thing they’re all uneven now from frozen footprints.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shoveling is a waste of time. We only shovel what is needed for cars and ignore sidewalks.

Some real sociopaths on this board. Clearly these are people that are borne without a sense of empathy. Or had terrible parenting. I'm sure these are the same people that never remove the snow from the roof of their car and wait until it turns into a sixty pound sheet of ice that eventually blows into the car behind it.

Calling code enforcement is the right thing to do. Maybe fines will change behavior. And then proceed with some pettiness. Always park cars in front of their house. Let the neighborhood dogs use their front yard. And don't bother picking up because that would be trespassing, right? It's just fertilizer anyway. It'll go away on its own. Why bother.

[Anonymous]

You could always MYOB.

[Anonymous]

I developed arthritis from the middle of my back down through my ankles when I was 18. I could not have shoveled if you offered me a million dollars. I could barely walk down a staircase at age 19. If you didn't know me, you couldn't have told from looking how hard I was working at walking "normally."

[Anonymous]

You should walk over there and visibly struggle to go up his walkway while in view of his doorbell camera. Accuse him him of not shoveling and various other things until you get a confession that he has, in fact, not shoveled. Then fall down..boom, slip and fall payday. Just make sure you have back and neck injuries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shoveling is a waste of time. We only shovel what is needed for cars and ignore sidewalks.

Some real sociopaths on this board. Clearly these are people that are borne without a sense of empathy. Or had terrible parenting. I'm sure these are the same people that never remove the snow from the roof of their car and wait until it turns into a sixty pound sheet of ice that eventually blows into the car behind it.

Calling code enforcement is the right thing to do. Maybe fines will change behavior. And then proceed with some pettiness. Always park cars in front of their house. Let the neighborhood dogs use their front yard. And don't bother picking up because that would be trespassing, right? It's just fertilizer anyway. It'll go away on its own. Why bother.

Calling other people sociopaths because you are too lazy to put on boots and walk in the snow is pathetic. We don’t owe you a shoveled sidewalk. Your entitlement is showing. Buy some boots.