lazy americans

[cubsgirl21]

So here's my lazy americans vent. My neighbor fits the description perfectly. He's in his late 30s, doesn't work, and doesn't mow his lawn. He is completly able to work and mow his lawn, he just chooses not to. Instead he gets high...all day every day. I live in a nice suburb and everyone else in the neighborhood takes care of their homes and lawns. Some of these other homeowners are 70 year old men. They're out there every week cutting the grass while my jackass neighbor is using and selling drugs. Every other house in the subdivision has nicely landscaped yards, and this jackass has grass up to my knees.

Any suggestions for how to deal with this guy? He's just such a loser. He contributes nothing to society. My wonderful neighbors on the other side of me call the guy a waste of sperm. And that's truly what he is.

Anyone else have neighbors like this?

[lisahiser]

I would call the police and tell them what you see going on so that they are informed as to his behavior. Second I would call the code enforcement person in your city or just call city hall and complain that a neighbor in your area has grass that is knee high. Our code enforment lady was a HUGE pain in my rear.
I would put a pile of sticks that just fell that day by the edge of the road for the city crews to get and she would have a letter stuck in my door with in minutes....... I swear by it! We had leaves left on the ground after the snow melted so I raked them to the curb like everyone else was supposed to and she put a note on the door saying I needed to clean up the mess or get a fine! Hello the snow just melted! But at least we knew that she was around- lol
But we had to call her once because this house down the block from us had 2 couches, 3 mattresses and a TON of motorcycles all over the yard for like two weeks strait and it was just nasty and the people were hanging out all over them too........
She got them to clean it up. I guess she was too busy watching to see if I didnt rake up the 5 leaves that fell on the lawn that day- lol
Thank God I don't live in the city now, so I can have a pile of leaves and stick in the back yard if I want to and I can burn them when I feel like it!- lol
Good luck with your crappy neighbor.

[jedmatters]

Call the city, report seeing a possible rodent or snake in the yard. Mention an odd odor,as well.
They will be out in no time, and fine the home owner for the yard, plus tell them to clean it up within a certain amount of time.
If not, the city will clean it, and charge the home owner.

[PrincessArky]

I would def turn him in for his trashy yard, I have terrible neighbors like that as well but living in the middle of nowhere there is little we can do but they do know that NOBODY on this road can stand them.....of course they doesn't motivate them to do any yard work

[eerie777]

Man, I had a neighbor like that at my old place. I'd be mowin' my lawn while he'd be sittin on his porch all day drinkin' and smokin' his life away. He would brag to my ex boyfriend about foodstamps and being on welfare and not having to work. On top of that, he constantly tried to hit on me! What a loser!:rofl:

[MsLynn]

well how in the world does he manage to pay his bills???

I have 25 year old cousin who's been on disability from the day he turned 18, his mom worked the system for years. since her 1st husband died and she found out she could get a SS check on the kids, then she end up on disability. My cousin though is completely able to work, it just makes me so mad to see him draw his check and do nothing, and i work my butt off and barely scrape by.

[PrincessArky]

[QUOTE=MsLynn;95590059e My cousin though is completely able to work, it just makes me so mad to see him draw his check and do nothing, and i work my butt off and barely scrape by.[/QUOTE]

and there are so many ppl that really should be able to get on disability and cant seem to get through the red tape :(

[pepperpot]

Sad to say I'm related to some of those lazy Americans and it ticks me off! But I value everything we have because we worked hard for it and everyone knows it. When the entire family is together, they get the pity party and we get the applause. I guess we'll just have to be satisfied with our hard earned self-respect because they are not getting off their bums anytime soon to earn some of that for themselves..:rolleyes:

When you earn what you have, isn't it insulting and annoying when a member of the pity party says 'you guys are so lucky'! Like this just 'fell into our laps'!.....idiots!:stupid:

There, I vented.;)

[DBackFan]

I guess I am puzzled as to why he is labeled a "lazy American". He is just your lazy neighbor. Do you even know for a fact he is American? Of course if your intention was to make people look (ie immigration threads), it worked.

As for his yard.....it has to make yours look all that much nicer. :)

[cubsgirl21]

I guess I am puzzled as to why he is labeled a "lazy American". He is just your lazy neighbor. Do you even know for a fact he is American? Of course if your intention was to make people look (ie immigration threads), it worked.

As for his yard.....it has to make yours look all that much nicer. :)

This has nothing to do with immigration. It's just a vent about a person who contributes nothing to society, and is just a general waste of space. He is american, and he is completely lazy. He does not work, doesn't do a whole lot of anything except get high. He is completely capable of working too, he just chooses not to. Since he has all this free time on his hands, surely he could spend an hour cutting the grass. If the rest of us in the neighborhood all work and maintain our homes and lawns, he has no excuse. That's why I called him a lazy american.

My sweet neighbors on the other side got so fed up with him, that they went over and offered to cut the grass. He refused, and a shouting match broke out. Cops were called and hauled the guy away. Charged him with possession. Code enforcement came over too and took pics of his house and yard. They wrote him a couple hundred dollar citation for the yard. Woohoo!

[pepperpot]

My sweet neighbors on the other side got so fed up with him, that they went over and offered to cut the grass. He refused, and a shouting match broke out. Cops were called and hauled the guy away. Charged him with possession. Code enforcement came over too and took pics of his house and yard. They wrote him a couple hundred dollar citation for the yard. Woohoo!

:star: :elefant: :dancing: :burnout: :star:

[cubsgirl21]

:star: :elefant: :dancing: :burnout: :star:

My thoughts exactly! I just wish I could have been there to see all the commotion. From the scoop I got from my nice neighbors, there was a round of applause from those who were watching after the cops and code enforcement left.

[suprtruckr]

this fits the title to this thread

Vegas Tourists Turn to Scooters
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer


LAS VEGAS - There's lazy, and then there's Las Vegas lazy.

In increasing numbers, Las Vegas tourists exhausted by the four miles of gluttony laid out before them are getting around on electric "mobility scooters."

Don't think trendy Vespa motorbikes. Think updated wheelchair.

Forking over about $40 a day and their pride, perfectly healthy tourists are cruising around Las Vegas casinos in transportation intended for the infirm.

You don't have to take a step. You don't even have to put your drink down.

"It was all the walking," 27-year-old Simon Lezama said on his red Merits Pioneer 3. Lezama, a trim and fit-looking restaurant manager from Odessa, Texas, rented it on day three of his five-day vacation, "and now I can drink and drive, be responsible and save my feet."

The Las Vegas Strip is long past its easily walkable days. Casinos alone are nearly the size of two football fields. That doesn't count the hotel rooms, shopping malls, spas, convention centers, bars and restaurants.

And that's just inside. For tourists who plan to stroll from one big casino to another, there are crowds, construction sites and long stretches of sun-baked sidewalks between.

A tourist could accidentally get some exercise.

"We're seeing more and more young people just for the fact that the Strip has gotten so big, the hotels are so large," said Marcel Maritz, owner of Active Mobility, a scooter rental company whose inventory also includes wheelchairs, crutches and walkers.

Most of those using the scooters are obese, elderly or disabled. But many are young and seemingly fit.

The number of able-bodied renters has grown in the past few years to represent as much as 5 percent of Maritz's business, he said. The company, which contracts with some casinos, has a fleet of about 300 scooters.

"It makes it a lot easier for people to see everything," he said.

At full throttle the scooters open up to about 5 mph, though crowded sidewalks allow little opportunity for such speeds. They can go anywhere wheelchairs can _ elevators, bars, craps tables _ but are banned from streets. They come with a quick operating lesson, an instruction booklet, a horn and a basket.

"At first, I figured it was for handicapped people, but then I saw everybody was getting them. I figured I might as well, too," Lezama said.

Las Vegas has other transportation options, although each has its problems. The Strip is regularly clogged with cabs and drive-in tourists. A double-decker bus system, dubbed the Deuce, often gets stuck in the mess. A $650 million monorail with stops at eight casinos has been plagued by poor ridership, perhaps because it runs behind the resorts, well off the Strip and out of sight.

Police and casino workers often use bicycles.

Some find the notion of using a device intended for disabled people unethical.

"It's the same principle as parking in a handicap spot," Mike Petillo, 64, a disabled tax accountant who recently visited from New York City.

Several hotel bell desk workers _ who handle most of the rental requests from tourists _ said they try to discourage people who do not appear to need the scooters from renting. But refusing the self-indulgent is not really an option.

"You can't really discriminate against anybody," said Tom Flynn, owner of Universal Mobility. "We don't require a prescription or an explanation of why they need it."

Michelle Bailey, a slender, apparently healthy 22-year-old, used a scooter to get around a recent pool tournament at the Riviera hotel-casino. "Four-inch heels," she explained with a laugh, pointing to her lipstick-red pumps.

But Troy Burgess, a 21-year-old optician visiting from Detroit, said he considers it "immoral" for an able-bodied person to rent wheels. And not only that, but "you probably wouldn't pick up too many chicks on that scooter."

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[whatever]

and there are so many ppl that really should be able to get on disability and cant seem to get through the red tape :(

I agree, around here there are so many on disablity. And then they work under the table:thumpdown:
It really pee's me off! and then there are the ones who really need it can't get it!

[cubsgirl21]

My neighbor isn't even scamming disability or unemployment. He sells drugs to get whatever spending money he wants. He also moved some girlfriend of his in, and she pays the mortgage which is his parents' names. His gf is not the brightest bulb either. Instead of adding their half a brain together, it's like multiplying instead. Multiply a half by a half, and you get a quarter. So between the 2 of them there's a quarter of a brain, and that's being generous.

The scooters in Vegas are just too much. Haven't been to Vegas in a few years, but it doesn't surprise me. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George was riding around in the Rascal scooter.

[silvermist]

I can see your complains about him being lazy, etc. but why are you concentrating so much effort about his grass and him being american as if they are the two up most important facts. I can understand if he's violent, etc. you want to complain about that or he has trash all over his yard which would effect you but I believe grass is grass lol Who cares about other peoples yards. It's not hurting anyone unless you see foot long snakes roaming around there and legions of field mice which it doesn't sound like is happening from your post. Just plain vanity of cut grass. There are more important things in the world than manicured grass. If you don't like it look at your own yard. Can't people own property without their grass being subject to such hate lol My bf actually works as a landscaper and I can't understand people who pay to have their grass constantly up kept every other day and big money at that. Honestly I like pretty grass but thats just me :-D If I were him I'd plant expensive ornamental grass all over and then see the town try to make him cut down his garden of ornamental grass lol

[cubsgirl21]

I can see your complains about him being lazy, etc. but why are you concentrating so much effort about his grass and him being american as if they are the two up most important facts. I can understand if he's violent, etc. you want to complain about that or he has trash all over his yard which would effect you but I believe grass is grass lol Who cares about other peoples yards. It's not hurting anyone unless you see foot long snakes roaming around there and legions of field mice which it doesn't sound like is happening from your post. Just plain vanity of cut grass. There are more important things in the world than manicured grass. If you don't like it look at your own yard. Can't people own property without their grass being subject to such hate lol My bf actually works as a landscaper and I can't understand people who pay to have their grass constantly up kept every other day and big money at that. Honestly I like pretty grass but thats just me :-D If I were him I'd plant expensive ornamental grass all over and then see the town try to make him cut down his garden of ornamental grass lol

It actually causes a big bug problem here. Because the grass is so long, all the rainwater doesn't drain properly. That becomes a breeding ground for mosquitos. Our subdividision as well as our town has rules about keeping up your property. And it's not just me and the rest of the neighborhood that has a problem with it. The utlility companies do not come and read meters when the grass is that long. The electric company just cited him because the yard was cutting off their access to a transformer box, plastered a note on every door to the house. We live in a really nice area, and he is the only house among 300 in the subdivision who doesn't care to maintain his yard. If he wants to not take care of a yard, move somewhere that doesn't have rules about it. Move somewhere where there's no code enforcement. He's spending at least the holiday weekend in jail on drug charges. The cops are watching his house, busted a few of his buddies too.

[PrincessArky]

It actually causes a big bug problem here. Because the grass is so long, all the rainwater doesn't drain properly. That becomes a breeding ground for mosquitos. Our subdividision as well as our town has rules about keeping up your property. And it's not just me and the rest of the neighborhood that has a problem with it. The utlility companies do not come and read meters when the grass is that long. The electric company just cited him because the yard was cutting off their access to a transformer box, plastered a note on every door to the house. We live in a really nice area, and he is the only house among 300 in the subdivision who doesn't care to maintain his yard. If he wants to not take care of a yard, move somewhere that doesn't have rules about it. Move somewhere where there's no code enforcement. He's spending at least the holiday weekend in jail on drug charges. The cops are watching his house, busted a few of his buddies too.

And normally the next door neighbors will have problems selling them home if they decide to because most ppl do NOT wanna live near that

[Njean31]

My neighbor isn't even scamming disability or unemployment. He sells drugs to get whatever spending money he wants. He also moved some girlfriend of his in, and she pays the mortgage which is his parents' names. His gf is not the brightest bulb either. Instead of adding their half a brain together, it's like multiplying instead. Multiply a half by a half, and you get a quarter. So between the 2 of them there's a quarter of a brain, and that's being generous.

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uh-oh......i know him. do you live in sc?

[cubsgirl21]

uh-oh......i know him. do you live in sc?

Nope, I'm in IL. Maybe it's a recessive gene. LOL

[Barcode]

LMAO, sounds like he's growing the wrong kind of grass.

[Shann]

I missed this the first time around. has your neighbor been keeping up his property any better after all the citations? Man that is awesome the cops got hi m for possession ;)

LOL! I freaking live in Vegas and didn't hear the story about anyone renting the scooters. Sounds like they go faster than the cars on the strip especially on the weekends, it's a parking lot ;) I don't really have a problem w/ this, don't know that I would be renting a scooter, but you won't find me walking up and down the strip either. I'll park at one casino, do a little walking, go back get the car and go further up or down depending if I'm going to be seeing the whole strip. It's a lot of walking especially when it's so hot out.

[suprtruckr]

those are mobility scooters, you know like a hoveround or scooter type in that article not a "vespa" type scooter

[gmyers]

I guess I'm more laid back. Life has enough stress in it without stressing out over someone elses yard. And you never know how sick someone is. I have a brother in law that looks healthy but he has asbestos in his lungs and other parts of his body and theres nothing the doctors can do to help him. So you never know why someone might not be mowing their yard as often as you'd like them too. For a while me and my husband couldn't mow as much as we should have because our health was pretty bad. It wasn't because we didn't want too it was because we couldn't.

[Shann]

those are mobility scooters, you know like a hoveround or scooter type in that article not a "vespa" type scooter

yep that's what i pictured.. at 5 mph, they prob still go faster than the cars on the strip ;) :rofl: :razz

[hblueeyes]

Here if your grass gets too long, I think it is over 4 inches, they will fine you. The is $250 for the first offense. That gets people out to mow their lawn. Plus after all this rain West Nile is a real concern. A 47 year old man nearby recently died from it.

Me:rules

[MistyWolf]

One of my pet peeve is people that don't mow their lawn. I hear you Cubsgirl .. you spend your time taking care of your yard and than have a neighbor who's yard is an eyesore. No it's not my lawn, but I don't want to look at it! Thankfully my neighbors take care of their yards .. now if you venture onto the next street, that is a different story .. lmao.

And my main concern in life isn't how pretty my yard looks or how nice my lawn is, but I do think if your capable, you should take of your yard.