cheeky or am I being precious?

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elephanys · 09/05/2023 15:15

Neighbour asked to borrow our mower… they have a reasonable size lawn and apparently theirs has broken and they are ‘in the process’ of sorting a new one.

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PoseyFlump · 11/05/2023 06:48

@BigglyBee 😂😂 I read @Ponderingwindow's post in exactly the same way!

whynotwhatknot · 12/05/2023 12:22

Ponderingwindow · 10/05/2023 13:31

Grass needs to be mowed on a schedule, during neighborly hours, and when you have a block of time to complete the task. It isn’t the most forgiving job and finding out your mower is broken might not lead to you being able to replace the mower and complete the task in your available window. Asking the neighbor for help is perfectly reasonable.

It’s not like you want to be next door to an unkempt garden, so you have an incentive to help out.

wtf scheduled mowing?

Elphame · 12/05/2023 12:34

Assuming this is a one off request and that they are not continually asking to borrow things I can't see anything wrong with it.

You are of course free to say no.

Ponderingwindow · 12/05/2023 13:29

Interesting cultural difference. I live in the US. The neighbors talk if your grass gets too long.

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