Who the hell mows their grass at 8:00 am??

[samplegirl]

I’m not trying to be the cranky old neighbor bu Jesus I would never start a lawn mower up at 8:00 am!
Dumbass republicans!

[beachbumbob]

1. during the week its just fine

its another thing on Saturday or Sunday morning

[TidalWave46]

2. Mine gets done at about 7 am on Tuesday morning.

College educated progressive here.

[spooky3]

3. Apparently too many people. Our county has a rule

Forbidding it before 9 on weekends. But they allow noisy stuff to begin at 7 during the week.

[CommonSenseMom]

4. That's normal in S. Florida

Yard crews routinely arrive anytime from 7 AM in South Florida. It's annoying, really loud, & commonplace.

[OriginalGeek]

42. central FL too

Start much later and I could die. Even at 8am it's already so hot and humid it makes me re-think buying a lawn mower instead of hiring a lawn service.

I don;t ever feel bad about it though because I'm never the first one going in the morning.

[Awsi Dooger]

60. No kidding...seemingly every neighbor I've ever had in Miami

It used to drive me nuts because I am still on Las Vegas time and don't go to sleep until 5 or 6 AM.

But I solved this by purchasing a dehumidifier and also an air purifier to go along with the bedside fan. Now I can't hear a darn thing so they can chop away.

I mow the grass at 7 or 7:30 PM and finish at about 9. I love that schedule but I have to remember the mosquito spray. They are gone by 9 but eager to prowl my ankles at 7.

[melm00se]

5. My HOA rules say

its ok to mow the law at/after 8am during the week and 9am on the weekends.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Mine might not be out there at the crack of dawn

But it seems like one or another is always out there with their loud riding mowers - and they're wearing ear protectors!

[BarbaRosa]

7. My neighbor used to start his riding mower

at 6:30 am.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. 9 am where I am

There are laws in my city about construction work and other noisy work not starting until 9 am. You'll see roofers standing there waiting until the clock strikes 9 to start hammering.

[jcgoldie]

9. I mean most of the world is at work at 8 AM?

I don't know why it would be a neighbor issue during normal work hours. From the standpoint of the grass on the other hand, its probably a bad idea because the sun has hardly hit it and so its covered in dew and it will mow unevenly clump, etc. This is even worse in late September with the heavy dew and cooler nighttime temps.

[samplegirl]

46. They are retired and can mow anytime!!

I suspect they were just being assholes!
He loves to throw Clinton up to me!

[Codeine]

78. He probably spent a lifetime

getting up early for work, and so he still does now. Why should he wait to mow his lawn for hours and hours as the day heats up? Nobody needs to be in bed that late anyway.

[Ms. Toad]

59. My normal work hours are from 11:30 AM - 2 AM.

8 AM is in the middle of what little night I have.

[Pacifist Patriot]

87. That's an 8-5 M-F workday bias.

Health Care
Fire, Police, EMT
Retail/Restaurant
Entertainment
Shift Work
etc

There are a lot of hard working folks not at work at 8 a.m. trying to grab some shut eye.

That being said, I'm in Florida. I totally get needing to have yard work done early. I wear ear plugs to bed.

[Quackers]

10. Southern Ohio here. The landscaping people arrive at 7am every Wednesday.

Unfortunately, my yard isn’t included with the rest of the property, so I mow the evening before.

[Sherman A1]

11. The trash truck comes about 6:30am

and I would love to get my grass cut early before the day warms up, but it is generally too wet until about 10am or laters. I will try to get the trimming done as early as possible during the week.

[hlthe2b]

12. May as well get used to it. With further "warming," they may well have to get up at sunrise

in the future (assuming grass can survive at all). I know it has been so hot this summer that I have to do a lot of things between about 5 am and 7 or 8, including exercising/long walks with the dog. No, I don't mow that early, but it has become nearly unbearable to do so by 10.

[cwydro]

13. It's in the 90s everyday where I live.

I frequently mow at around that time.

Oh, and I’m a lifelong Democrat.

Mowing lawns really has nothing to do with politics.

[bdamomma]

25. I like your response

"Mowing lawns really has nothing to do with politics".

[enough]

14. 7:00 AM is the start time for any kind of loud machinery in our area.

People usually honor that.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. These are businesses and they have X nr of properties

to be have their grass mowed in a day.

Those big commericial mowers aren't bothered by wet grass.

[BlueJac]

16. In Florida I cut my yard early.

Democrat my. Entire life

[USALiberal]

20. Classy! Nt

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Some cities have noise ordinances against mowers and weed eaters

before 9 or 10AM.

[SoCalNative]

57. I wish CA would outlaw

leaf blowers.

[Ohiogal]

18. And just wait

The annoying hum of leaf blowers is right around the corner.....

[Arkansas Granny]

19. I've done it, but I don't have any neighbors close enough for the noise to bother.

When summertime overnight lows are in the 80's, you want to get your yard work over with before it really heats up.

[durablend]

21. This.

Sorry, not waiting until noon for rip van winkle people to awaken from their comas.

[True Dough]

27. Or, you know, shift workers

who are trying to sleep during the mornings. I realize the world doesn't come to a halt for those folks but they're not all lazy bums lounging in bed until noon.

[samplegirl]

70. 9 or 10 o'clock would of been good!!!

It was my day off!

[Codeine]

79. Exactly.

I little patience for layabeds.

[LexVegas]

22. Inconsiderate fuckwads who think the world revolves around them. nt

[former9thward]

24. Those would be the people that want the world to stop until they finally get up.

The world is not going to revolve around them no matter what they think.

[Codeine]

80. Jesus, 8am is not early.

It’s a perfectly reasonable time to engage in normal activities.

[Uben]

23. In Texas, 8:00 AM start is city ordinance in many cities.

I start at 8 am, just like the commercial companies. I wait till 9 on weekends. By 10 it is often 95 degrees in the summer months, so folks like to be done by then. Sorry, but you are the cranky old lady if you disagree. Earplugs are cheap if it bothers you, but lawn mowing companies have to start early to avoid having to work in 100+ degrees. I used to work 3rd shift, so I can empathize with you, but reality is, the work force begins at 8.

[bluedigger]

26. I do, to beat the heat with my push mower.

My nearest neighbors are about a quarter mile away. 👍

[avebury]

28. In the summer I might now that early.

In Oklahoma, that would be the coolest time of the day and mowing tends to mess with my blood pressure if I now when it is really hot.

[tblue37]

29. Someone trying to avoid the worst heat, or maybe someone trying to fit a necessary

chore into an overloaded schedule.

[Backseat Driver]

30. Mow grass? Heck, there will be a foul odor in the land today

and a whole lot of noise. Chemcoat is doing our section of the complex today, and my doggies are going to go nuts inside all day; they got authorization to tow vehicles parked in the areas to be coated beginning at 8AM-9AM. The coating trucks and coaters will be rolling soon afterward. There are not enough extra spaces in the whole complex to accommodate; I'm opting to get stuck in my garage for the next three days. Retired and stocked up on the popcorn so no problem!

[Beaverhausen]

31. I leave for work at 6:30 AM

Must be nice to still be asleep at 8.

And I’m a democrat.

[redstatebluegirl]

32. When it is over a 100 degrees here we have done it pretty early.

Normally our neighbors are out as well trying to beat the heat. If it isn't hot, there is no excuse for it.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. People trying to avoid heatstroke ?

An unpleasant fact, but there it is.

[Falcata]

34. Umm people that don't want

to risk heat stroke by mowing in 90+ degree heat? I'm sure that includes Dems, Repubs, Independents and Greens. I mow early to avoid the midday heat.

[bmbmd]

35. Everybody

in Texas.

[Coventina]

36. Here in AZ, the statute is sunrise.

You have to do yardwork early, or die.

Quite literally, when it comes to summer.

[ChazII]

39. Exactly.

Living in Phoenix, in a neighborhood where most of the neighbors are in their 70's to late 80's, we mow our lawns in the morning hours. I am preaching to the choir as you also live in Arizona but in the valley our lows are in the 90's. It is a survival skill we learn early to get work done before noon.

[hunter]

37. Who the hell has lawns to mow? It's an abomination.

What’s Wrong with Lawns?

You may have guessed that given how many resources people pour into their lawns to keep them green, they aren’t actually that green in practice. In order to keep lawns green, lots of water is used. Many lawn owners also use harmful pesticides and herbicides on their grass. These toxins can end up in our waterways and in our food. And lawn maintenance releases greenhouse gases, such as with the fuel needed for lawnmowers.

--more--

http://www.gogreen.org/blog/the-environmental-impact-of-lawns

Does that make you feel better?

[Joe941]

58. +1

[GulfCoast66]

38. My entire neighborhood. On Saturdays and Sundays.

By 10:00am it’s already pushing 90 degrees.

[highplainsdem]

40. Some of my neighbors.

[Lars39]

41. I used to have a neighbor who would get out the leaf blower

every Saturday morning at 7am to get the leaves off of his roof. We lived in the woods.

[RT Atlanta]

43. You havent been to Atlanta...

The professional residential mowers starter earlier during the work week and this is always followed by the noise polluting leaf blowers...


Sorry this affected your start of the day, but chin up - today is going to be a good day. Sending positive vibes your way!

[MurrayDelph]

44. In Los Angeles, you have to finish watering your lawn by 9am

Who wants to water the stuff they're going to cut?

[SoCalNative]

56. I guess LADWP didn't get the memo

that the drought is over. They need to roll back some of those restrictions for now.

[dalton99a]

45. FWIW Roofers start at 7 in the summer

[leftyladyfrommo]

47. I have listened to lawnmowers all day today .

It gets on my nerves after while.

[Skittles]

49. try it when you work 12 hour night shifts

[leftyladyfrommo]

50. Can you use a sound machine?

Usually it's not this bad but it is really nice today and storms are coming tomorrow.

[Skittles]

68. sound machine, earplugs and fan do not drown out a weedeater right outside my window

especially when it goes on for some period of time

I very often go to work on 3 hours sleep

[Skittles]

48. as a night shift worker I can tell you

TOO MANY

[saidsimplesimon]

51. OK, sorry, I'm an early riser.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

52. Lucky me, I live where no one has lawns.

Santa Fe, NM, thank you for asking.

Actually a few people have lawns, but hardly any. None in my immediate vicinity.

[TEB]

53. A meth head

A tweeker

[Codeine]

81. 3am means you're a tweaker.

8am means you’re a normal person who doesn’t lay around on his or her ass all day.

[TEB]

82. I was joking

[tulipsandroses]

54. LOL, my dad does! And sometimes he'd come over to my house and mow my lawn that early

It used to drive me up the wall. If I worked a late shift the night before and was trying to sleep in, only to have my sleep broken by a lawn mower. I'd be annoyed for a while then smile, hey this is my daddy showing his love for his daughter. Or just a bored retiree. LOL. Love my dad.

[Ahpook]

55. I moved to battery powered everything for yard work :)

Quiet as a mouse, no exhaust and no gas to buy.

It is a bit expensive to move over, but it pays off in the long run.

[House of Roberts]

62. Do those mowers work well with a leaf catcher?

I might go for one when my Troy-Bilt dies.

[Ahpook]

64. I never used those

They fill up so fast which gets annoying. My neighbor used them and complained.

I just mulch up the leaves in the fall and let mother nature take care of them over the winter

[cwydro]

84. I've got battery powered equipment too.

I love it.

[handmade34]

61. not a republican

and I mow early

[Progressive Jones]

67. I mow early in the A.M.

It helps to kick start the hangovers of my drunken Trumpflake neighbors.

[doc03]

63. On the very rare occasion when there is no

dew and the grass is dry I have. I hear in Alaska people will mow at 2 Or 3am.

[GulfCoast66]

71. You must not live in Central Florida.

Because in the summer countless people, Weekend or weekday, are mowing at 8:00am. By 10:00am it up to around 90 with humidity that covers you in sweat in 5 minutes.

Don’t get me wrong. I like the heat. But you are crazy to be mowing at noon here.

We then nap in the middle of the day!

[KentuckyWoman]

66. Never say never.

I lived in Atlanta more nights than not while my sister was sick. I lost count of how many times I'm running round her yard with the mower at barely light (early or late) trying to get the yard cut before it was too high to do with that mower.

When life gets that sort of stressful you gotta do what you gotta do. At some point one of the neighbors realized what was happening and came by and offered to cut it with his rider when he cut his. We paid him a few dollars and kept him in gas money too.

But never say never

[Doreen]

69. I have a friend who is blind and after

her husband died she was trying to take care of her three kids, the house, the animals, and her property. Well, she was never the one to mow the lawn before and the people who make sure the rules are followed ( neighborhood Nazi's ) complained that the lawn was getting long. Not having money at the time, trying to deal with three children who just lost their father, and none of her friends were able to get there so she took the lawn mower out at 4am and mowed her damn lawn. Oddly enough a neighbor started to mow her lawn for her until she was able to financially take care of it herself.

[JimGinPA]

72. You Shouldn't Mow Grass Until The Dew Evaporates Anyway

Tell your neighbor wet grass tends to cut less cleanly, resulting in larger clippings. These wet clippings clump together and block up the mower's deck. You should wait until the grass is dry enough so that you can walk through the lawn and not have wet shoes.

[ecstatic]

73. Every Monday at 8am our community landscapers fire up

their EXTREMELY loud lawnmowers and leaf blowers. Sometimes if I crank up the white noise really loud it masks the noise.

And please don't judge me for waking up after 8am some mornings. lol. My work day begins between 9:30 and 11am.

[Generic Other]

74. A college is building a welcome center across from me

Beeping noises commence at 7:30 am on the dot and quit for lunch and at quitting time. Since freaking April. I would trade you in a loony second.

The college is full of dumbass Repubs too. The mock-up drawing of their building on the fence is nowhere near as mammoth as the actual building turned out with balconies staring right in my neighbor's bedroom window. I swear I will use that welcome center, to wear out my welcome when it opens.

[Codeine]

76. What on Earth is wrong with that?

Seriously, it’s daylight and by 8 everyone can reasonably be expected to be awake, so what’s the issue? Obviously it’s sucks if you’re a shift worker, but it’s gonna suck just as bad at 9 or 10 in that case, so. . .

[empedocles]

77. Staying at a house in Geneva, Switzerland, I was going to cut grass on Sunday,

and was politely informed - not on Sunday.

[Captain Stern]

83. So far, it looks like pretty much everybody....except you.

I'm in NC. The heat's brutal. I want to do my yardwork when it's cooler.

I get what you're saying in that those of us that are mowing when you want to sleep in aren't being considerate....but, do you get that wanting us to wait till you are awake is inconsiderate too?

It's not like I mow my lawn every day.

[pwb]

85. 7 A M you can mow in my town. But the grass is too wet then.

.

[underpants]

86. I've always gone by and expected the "10 AM Rule"

Funny on a weekend right at 10 you hear mowers and blowers and other equipment firing up.

[BumRushDaShow]

88. LOL

AND I also do the "after 12 noon on Sundays" (to account for the Sunday late late-sleepers).

[underpants]

91. 10 am Sundays

BBBBBRRRRRRigggEeeeeeeeEEEEE SSSHHUP BBBRRRRR

etc.

[BumRushDaShow]

94. .....

[Pacifist Patriot]

89. I'm a little surprised by the responses in this thread.

I'm neutral on whether 8:00 a.m. is suitable for noisy yard work. My neighborhood bans it before 7:00 a.m. Monday-Friday and before 8:00 a.m. on the weekend. Everyone seems to abide by that. I live in Florida. In some parts of the year it can be flat out dangerous to work outside in the middle of the day if you aren't acclimatized to it and take the proper precautions.

What surprises me is the seeming lack of awareness or sympathy for who might be trying to sleep at 8:00 a.m. on any given day.

Health Care
Fire and Police
Retail and Restaurant
Entertainment
Shift Work in many industries
The sick and injured
Parents of a newborn or sick child who was up all night

There are a huge number of people whose legitimate need for sleep could be impacted by a rule that favors the Monday to Friday 8:00-5:00 weekday "norm." Which means there is no good time for noisy yard work that wouldn't impact someone, so no easy answer to this.

I'm inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt. There are legitimate reasons to get yard work done in the early morning hours and there are legitimate reasons to be trying to sleep late into the day. Sometimes we just have to deal with life's annoyances and move on. We can't make everyone happy or nothing will get done. We practice as much compassion and consideration as possible, and that's about all we can do sometimes. We're still going to inconvenience and bother someone no matter what decision we make.

[Marthe48]

90. Mowing is a chore to fit in

when there's time and good weather. But I'd love to see neighborhood accords where we all picked the same day to get the mowing done, so we could have several quiet days in a row.

[Roland99]

92. I would love to!

Esp in the worst 6 months of FL heat and humidity

But I spare my neighbors til 10am on weekends usually

[Owl]

93. Battery electric mowers are great now and quiet.

[MineralMan]

95. I'd be happy if my neighbor mowed her lawn at all.

Or did anything to keep up her yard and our shared double-wide driveway. But, she doesn't. My neighbor on the other side sometimes mows early in the morning or in the evening, sometimes after 8 PM. He works, and those are the times he has available to do that stuff. I don't complain about it. I can sleep through a lawnmower sound if need be.

What I don't like is the neighbor two doors down, who owns a drag racing car. His favorite time to tune it up is at about 9:30 PM. That always seems to involve running the engine at high RPMs multiple times. At least there's another house between him and me, but it's still outrageously loud.

Neighbors do weird stuff. They don't do it all the time, though, so I leave them to their idiosyncrasies.

[Sneederbunk]

96. Sounds like a retired farmer.