Comments on: Everyone Wants the Tomatoes But Nobody Will Take The Time To Water Them

By: Goddess

Goddess — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:50:12 +0000

Dude, you know your neighbors have been sucking the gub’ment teat too long when they’re too lazy to steal the entire plant…

By: Coco

Coco — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:31:19 +0000

Although I wish it was not this way, I never expect anyone to do something for me especially if I have not directly asked. No one does anything if it is not for themselves. You could have left a note by the plants reading, “please water the plants if you want to continue eating the fruits.” Even if you did that they probably wouldn’t have watered them, and you’d still be pissed when you got home. People suck!

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:09:06 +0000

Gotta agree with Frank, here. You need to open up a new can of neighbors, Mike. Even though we’re not overly friendly with ours neighbors either in town at our office, or at our house out in the “sticks”, most of us all share a common responsibility to each other. Lady H will call to me in my back office to inform me that the elderly widow, who lives across the street and uses a walking cane, is home from the grocery store. I drop what I’m doing and run across the street to take her groceries in. Which was somewhat comical last year when I, myself was using a cane due to a knee injury. On the other hand, the widow’s son, who happens to be the “cut-off guy” for the utilities company, once paid an overdue power bill for us while we were out of town to keep from cutting us off. Not sure who gets the better end of the trade, but we’re happy with it.

Yeah, you should move, Mike.

By: BlackAndBlueMedia

BlackAndBlueMedia — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:45:41 +0000

“I love humanity. It’s people I can’t stand.” – Linus vanPelt

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:50:16 +0000

I see and understand your point completely.
However, Terriredor is correct. Our neighbors have been great! When we’ve been out of town, they will pick up mail, newspapers, water plants, check on other things and have even shipped forgotten items to us. And we have done the same for them.
The problem is you’re expecting what should be an indubitable trade between neighbors. Which works fine when both parties have a higher degree of self respect and a belief in trade. They however are takers, without a thought of tomorrow or how the product actually came within their grasp.

By: terriredor

terriredor — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:20:10 +0000

Dude, you need to leave the South, or at least your neighborhood. My neighbors here in LA watch our pets, water our plants, get up early to scare off coyotes, and generally challenge me to be a better person. They’re responsible friends in good times and bad.

I think your problem is at least localized to your neighborhood. Or I live in Shangri La.

Terri

http://www.thefloatingworld.com

By: MikeSouth1226

MikeSouth1226 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:44:20 +0000

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