Rights? You bloody well Right!
I live next door to a large university. I'm not kidding you; with the property purchases Weber State has made over the years, it's left us literally back fence neighbors. My house is still 5 doors away from the campus, but my back property abuts property they own.
And they have been great neighbors, with one exception: They pick up the garbage early and make a bit of noise doing it. I've learned to live with it. If they wake me up, I just go pee and go back to sleep. I'm old. A trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night is part of what my normal is these days.
But apparently, I live close to someone who needs to be "that guy" in relation to starting stuff with the University over their noisy trash collection procedures. I guess he/she forgot to factor in that traffic in the morning on campus is a nightmare and parking is a huge issue that might also impact the school's need for early morning trash collection.
Here's what I woke up to this morning in the mailbox:
It made me laugh at first, but as I re-read it, I noticed a few things: first my brave neighbor forgot to include his/her name. Second, I like the part about my "rights". I have a right to peace and quiet?! I live next door to a university! Third, I noted a bit of elitist/snobbishness in the letter.
I like how the author of this points out that we pay a higher price for our real estate. He must be new to the neighborhood. I got a screaming deal on my joint. And while it's true property taxes are higher in Ogden than where I've lived before, I don't think there's some sort of special levy for peace and quiet privileges.
But it's our "right", right? We have rights! I want my rights!
Pffftttt.......
Seriously, though, it's a thing. The garbage trucks are loud. But so are the city trucks, and when I work nights, they sometimes wake me up. They pick up the trash at six. By 0615, both my trash and recycling are on their way to the transfer station, but the city doesn't have to contend with parked cars blocking dumpsters or overcrowded parking lots making navigation difficult or impossible for the refuse truck drivers.
Where my neighbor lost me is with the elitist thing and pointing out we have rights. I wonder if he's next going to complain to the base about the noisy airplanes, which can also be heard clearly from my home.
Sheesh. Take a pill. In this case, a sleeping pill.
And for the record, WSU has been, and is, a great neighbor!
And they have been great neighbors, with one exception: They pick up the garbage early and make a bit of noise doing it. I've learned to live with it. If they wake me up, I just go pee and go back to sleep. I'm old. A trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night is part of what my normal is these days.
But apparently, I live close to someone who needs to be "that guy" in relation to starting stuff with the University over their noisy trash collection procedures. I guess he/she forgot to factor in that traffic in the morning on campus is a nightmare and parking is a huge issue that might also impact the school's need for early morning trash collection.
Here's what I woke up to this morning in the mailbox:
I like how the author of this points out that we pay a higher price for our real estate. He must be new to the neighborhood. I got a screaming deal on my joint. And while it's true property taxes are higher in Ogden than where I've lived before, I don't think there's some sort of special levy for peace and quiet privileges.
But it's our "right", right? We have rights! I want my rights!
Pffftttt.......
Seriously, though, it's a thing. The garbage trucks are loud. But so are the city trucks, and when I work nights, they sometimes wake me up. They pick up the trash at six. By 0615, both my trash and recycling are on their way to the transfer station, but the city doesn't have to contend with parked cars blocking dumpsters or overcrowded parking lots making navigation difficult or impossible for the refuse truck drivers.
Where my neighbor lost me is with the elitist thing and pointing out we have rights. I wonder if he's next going to complain to the base about the noisy airplanes, which can also be heard clearly from my home.
Sheesh. Take a pill. In this case, a sleeping pill.
And for the record, WSU has been, and is, a great neighbor!
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