Am I My Neighbor's Keeper?

I hear ya! I have the same situation with my neighbor. Why is it that everybody on the block sees the value in cutting their grass except for that one neighbor who happens to live next door to me? I am out there weekly keeping mine cut, trimmed and watered, but my neighbor obviously can’t see it and feels no pressure to cut his.

I live in a black middle class community where people take care of their houses and lawns, kind like you see white poeple do on TV. We talk about the weather, our families, our lawns and my neighbor next door who for some apparent reason won’t cut his grass.

He will come outside to walk his dog, tell me how good my lawn looks and then goes into how busy he is and how he has got to cutting his grass. I guess he thinks I’ am going to get so fed up that I’ll cut his. It has crossed my mind, but then I set my self up to cut it whenever I cut mine. That shit ain’t happening!

People come by to visit my house and ask if anyone lives there? I’m usually like “Yeah, but I don’t see them often.” It’s gotten so bad that my neighbor from across the street asked him if he had thought about using a lawn service. When I asked my neighbor what he said, he said the guy told him that he was going to get to it this weekend. He lied. The weekend came and went. We have a couple of crews that come through and knock out lawns in like 15 min for $30-$40 bucks, so he’s got no excuse.

After last night’s rain, I'm going to have to say something and at this rate, it won't be long before little critters start moving in. And for the record, I hate little critters! I'll let you know how the conversation turns out.