Every Tuesday - thats EVERY FUCKING TUESDAY - at 8am, hey have their lawn mowed. 8 in the goddamn morning. Why the fuck can’t they do it at 10, or 2 in the afternoon? I’m a freaking insomniac, fuckwads! Wake me up, and that’s it - there is no possible way I can get back to sleep. And I have to work an 8 hour day today. I’ve had a total of (possibly) 8 hours sleep in the past 4 nights. I’m fucking exhausted, finally sleeping, and here you go and wake me up at 8am because you want your fucking lawn mowed. True, there are days when I do sleep well - but you STILL wake me up, and half the bloody neighbourhood, no doubt. We’re mostly students here - getting up early in the morning is a rare occurance!
But it’s not just the lawm mowing. It’s the fact that you have it “professionally” done, and it takes them 3 - count 'em 3!! - push mowers, a riding lawn mower, and a weed-whacker to mow your dinky little suburban lawn. Oh yeah, and don’t forget the leaf blower. In JULY!!!. If your property is so dead that you need to clear the leaves away - chances are the lawn isn’t needing to be mowed, asshole!!
It’s now been about 2 hours, and they’re still at it. Yes, THEY. Two guys. The guy at work can mow the 9th Hole in less time that that, and that thing is 440 yards from tee to green! I can see your lawn - its not bigger than the green, and the kid who does that can do it in 15 mins, with a perfect striped pattern too!
Get a fucking clue! Waking everone up so you can “professionally” mow your lawn is stupid. You’re so fucking obsessed with having the perfect yard - ever notice that you’ve over planted your flowerbeds? They look like some grandma’s old floral church dress! Despite the hundreds of dollars you’re shelling out, your lawn is as dead as everyone else’s. What, you haven’t noticed that it hasn’t rained in WEEKS?? You think your half hour of watering every two days is gonna get your grass growing so much you’re gonna need these jerks to come back next Tuesday to do it all again??
Fuck you.
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Yes, pity the poor students! They make noise until 4 am, keeping everyone and their kids up, but let’s not dare disturb their precious sleep during daylight hours!
Agreed. Earplugs work wonders for $1. Maybe put them in Monday before you go to bed? Thats what I do because those fucking birds start chirping at 5. I’m trying to get by-law enforcement to fine them.
Since it is after 6-7 they are more than likely not breaking any laws so its you with the problem. Live with it.
You make 8:00am seem like the dawn of civilization. It’s not and the world does not revolve around your sleeping habits or shortfalls. Stop drinking all that Starbucks coffee and get to bed earlier. Ya whiner!
…oh, and those guys cutting the lawn at 8:00am are out WORKING at that time of the day. They will very likely be cutting someone’s lawn at 10am, 2pm, and even 6pm that day just to earn a living. So keep down your griping and have a little respect for people trying to make a living while you lounge in bed half the morning.
50 hour work weeks, one day off a week, oh, and did I mention I’m an insomniac? 8am is early when you fall asleep at 6. Nothing to do with coffee - I don’t drink the stuff. I just hate the sound of lawn mowers - and when they use 4, and a weed whacker, and a leaf blower… I’ve tried earplugs, it doesn’t help that much and drive me nuts besides. I know they aren’t breaking any by-laws or anything, but I still hate having to listen to it every week. I’m pretty much guaranteed to be up early Mondays (garbage day) and Tuesdays cuz of these guys, I work early every weekend, and these are likely my days off.
Oh, and Qadgop: Parties are actually pretty rare on this street -I’ve only noticed about 2 actually, and one was on Canada Day.
Well then this is probably the best place to vent your feelings about the things you cannot change. But remember, change the things you can!
I’m noise sensitive too, and found that if I got the right earplugs, they did make a world of difference. I got the yellow spongy types, rather than the wax or putty types. It took getting used to, but was worth it.
I also soundproofed my bedroom as best as i could. A large fan makes constant “white noise” which drowns out a lot of other sounds.
30 to 40 minutes of aerobic exercise each day helps normalize my sleep patterns, and I have less trouble falling asleep, or getting woken up as easily. I’m much less of an insomniac than I used to be since following that regimen.
What I find is good is to go to a concert in a little tiny venue in Las Vegas, have it be the loudest concert you’ve ever experienced in that small of a space.
Your ears will ring so loudly that everything else will seem like a lullaby.
And just when the ringing starts to go away, go see that same concert in Merrilville, Indiana, only stand CLOSER to the stage.
If you’re lucky, you’ll also get gig neck, and you’ll be deaf, sweaty AND sore.
I know exactly what you’re going through. My neighbor (who is moving soon…thank goodness) is a bit whacky. He would sometimes howl at the top of his lungs at about 11 pm. I think because he was angry at the dogs in the neighborhood. That’s only one of the MANY incredibly ludicrous things he’d do.
One night I came home from my old job at about 1 am, and he was out there on his riding mower mowing his lawn. Those headlights they put on those things actually came in use.
I think I could sell tickets to my neighborhood. There are so many odd people.
