My neighbor is a nice enough guy, but a few years ago I began to notice a peculiar pattern of behavior. It seemed that whenever I would mow my lawn, he would mow his the next day. At first I thought I was imagining it, so I would change around my mowing schedule and, sure enough, he would continue to mow his lawn the day after I did mine. My wife said I was nuts (and added that she didn't think this was really happening), so I sought to prove it. I had her pick the days when I would mow and, yep, he would still mow the following day. We've done this long enough to be completely convinced that this is not a statistical aberration but a very real fact. The only reason I can offer is that perhaps he wants to have his lawn looking better than mine (no hard feat there) and is compelled to do his whenever I do mine. I'm not even sure if he's aware he's doing this.
So as a good neighbor, I thought the only proper course of action was to torture him. I started by only doing the lawn the day after he did. Amazingly, he would still mow the day after me, even though it only had two day's growth. My wife would call me at work saying, "Ray's doing his lawn", and I'd come home and mow at night. He'd wind up doing it two days in a row. Naturally, I had to up the ante. I now try to mow immediately before a thunderstorm, preferably one scheduled to last for days. Sure enough, he's out there in the rain, playing catch up.
Poor guy. What can I do to make things worse for him?
So as a good neighbor, I thought the only proper course of action was to torture him. I started by only doing the lawn the day after he did. Amazingly, he would still mow the day after me, even though it only had two day's growth. My wife would call me at work saying, "Ray's doing his lawn", and I'd come home and mow at night. He'd wind up doing it two days in a row. Naturally, I had to up the ante. I now try to mow immediately before a thunderstorm, preferably one scheduled to last for days. Sure enough, he's out there in the rain, playing catch up.
Poor guy. What can I do to make things worse for him?
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After your lawn gets a kick and you've contaminated the ground water just right, LOL. He will begin to realize just mowing isn't going to make his lawn look any better. (Although I don't know how nice his lawn is?) Good luck, If you have any ? PM me!! PS when my lawn gets a good kick and my neighbor asks me what I put on it, I tell him, Sodium!
