Neighbors pissed me off.

[cfortune]

I'd actually prefer people don't try and take care of my driveway or sidewalk. Some folks were doing the whole sidewalk in a fashion similar to yours. The problem being that running a four wheeler through just pushes the snow to the sides. Now given Colorado weather, it usually warms up to above freezing temperatures during the day. So while I'm at work, the snow starts to melt, water starts to build up on the sidewalk, freezes, then I'm stuck clearing ice off of the sidewalk. I'd much rather shovel, throw the snow into my yard, and not create a death moat across the sidewalk. The last time it snowed a decent amount, this happened and I ended up with an inch of ice that I spent almost 5 hours on a Saturday breaking up with a pick and a hammer. Doesn't help that my house is downhill from a few others but flattens out. Think I'm going to be shoveling that guys sidewalk if he's out of town?

I guess what I'm trying to say is there is potential that you're not really doing anyone any favors. Kind of like the guy in his truck who plowed a lane in the middle of the road on Monday evening, creating a 3 foot wall of wet snow that froze overnight. I needed to get some food for my cat and got out the shovel. I have a blown disk in my back and it was agonizing making a path to get my car out of that. Would have been much better off driving through snow considering I have AWD and snow tires for a reason. I ended up just walking to the store because after creating a clearing, the path was so narrow that I couldn't even back into it.

[DireWolf]

If you're doing it without ever being asked to do it and then expecting some kind of repayment for your services, then that's actually pretty uncool...

This x1000....


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[davsel]

I don't believe the OP was expecting any kind of repayment from his neighbors - just hoping they were a bit more neighborly.

If the OP had left out all the information about how he has regularly cleared his neighbor's driveways, it would still be awful crappy for his neighbors to not help his wife when they see her shoveling her drive and know he is out of town a lot.

Keep doing the right thing - everything else will sort itself out.

[rondog]

I don't want or expect anything in return, a smile and a wave is fine. My 5hp/24" snowblower was a gift from a neighbor that moved away years ago, so I kinda feel obligated to share it with the others around me by clearing them off when I can. Since I work nights, I sometimes wake up to find that somebody has cleared MY walk and drive off! Comes around and goes around.

[gnihcraes]

I've done the same thing for nearly 20 years. Plowing my driveway and walks with the riding mower, then moving on to neighbors. Just to be neighborly.

Not expecting anything, but a thank you is nice to hear. Most do.

I usually check with them too and ask "I hope it didn't cause any issues by me plowing that for you?", this lets me know where to go with it next time. Plow again or ignore em.

Some neighbors have never even waved hi. One couple of girls, they never do squat. They won't even shovel their 20 feet of walk. Never!

One house across the street, has 4 adult men (drunk usually) in the house, they never shovel. The old lady is always out there doing it. I helped her few times, but figured if they have so much help, screw em.

I've just given up mostly on doing anyone's walks and driveways. Tired of paying for the gas and repairs on my equipment to be a nice guy.

I did open a couple of driveway entrances for 4 houses during this storm, two haven't said anything - fine, one said thank you it was great, another is trying to buy me beers, ammo and range time! I declined. Not trying to get anything out of it, just makes me feel good to be nice.

[Aloha_Shooter]

The only question I have is whether they knew you were gone and your wife could use help. They may have assumed you were all gone or had it handled and they didn't want to interfere.

[cmailliard]

People are assholes (see my post about Tanner assholes), plain and simple. I always shovel to my neighbors driveways. One (to our right) always shovels to mine, it's a race to see who gets out first in the morning, we are both usually out before 0600. When they were out of town I shoveled their driveway, I do it as a security thing, unshoveled driveway with no tire tracks being a good sign someone is out of town and we have had a lot of break-in's. Even though I am from Nebraska and they went to CU, we still get along (even after taking their CU flag down one day and putting my Nebraska one up).

The people who do not shovel are lazy POS's, especially their sidewalk. I could give a shit about their driveway, but when I fall on my ass walking the dog because someone is a lazy turd, that pisses me off. The corner lot people who only do part of their sidewalk but not all of it because it is two much to do, well, don't buy a corner lot.

[Dave_L]

The corner lot people who only do part of their sidewalk but not all of it because it is two much to do, well, don't buy a corner lot.

This drives me crazy. The neighbor next to me and the one next to that neighbor hardly ever shovel and if they do, it's usually just the one path for their car. One people walk on it, then its a nice icy pathy for a long time after the snow ends.

[Irving]

I always have to calm myself down when I slip on ice on an unshoveled sidewalk when running or walking the dog. I almost always shovel my walk, but not always right away.

I also get mad when people park their cars blocking the sidewalk when there is plenty of room in their driveways. So I realize I'm overreacting when I slip on ice and just need to get over it.

[clodhopper]

I always have to calm myself down when I slip on ice on an unshoveled sidewalk when running or walking the dog. I almost always shovel my walk, but not always right away.

I also get mad when people park their cars blocking the sidewalk when there is plenty of room in their driveways. So I realize I'm overreacting when I slip on ice and just need to get over it.

Are you suggesting humility and tolerance as a way of life? Really?