Am I Being Unreasonable?

[FoxLee2]

I was just wondering what others thought. Our neighbours' gardeners come every two weeks on a Friday morning and begin work at 8 a.m. We are retired so don't need to be up early and yet we're woken by the noise of the hedge trimmer, lawn mower, strimmer and leaf blower. It's a horrible way to start the day.

[ummmm]

very unreasonable. The bin men come sometimes before 8 on a Saturday.

[-Talbot-]

Tilly2
Just out of interest, what time do you normally surface, FoxLee?


She said in an earlier thread .......8:15 Tilly

[237SJ]

Probably a bit unreasonable but I'd still be a bit annoyed. The world seems to revolve around people who work nine to five. When my neighbours moved in, they would start drilling at 9am on a Sunday - just as I was going to bed after working all night. I've got their planned extension to look forward to now and I'm dreading it.

[Tilly2]

FoxLee, are you really quibbling over 15 minutes, every two weeks?

I do think that is unreasonable.

[Mamyalynne]

A good grumble does you the power of good - get it out your system.

[-Talbot-]

:0)

[rsvp]

Unfortunately the world doesn't revolve around one person - you live in close proximity to other people so occasionally they do things which annoy you - are you absolutely sure you are without blame.......ever?

[FoxLee2]

Oh, for goodness sake, it was a tongue in cheek question. Incidentally, reading through my responses, nowhere have I said I wake up at 8.15. It could be anytime between 8.30 and say, 9.15 but the point is the way you're woken up with a horrible whining noise that goes right through your head. Well, the hedge is trimmed pretty regularly, the mower seems particularly noisy plus strimming edges and a blower for leaves/rubbish.

Oh, our neighbours have tried to get a different time so there.

Anyway, I think this post has run its course. Thanks for all your responses.

[-Talbot-]

Ooooh...someone sounds tired!

[melv16]

Foxy. You've just been given a good kicking by the self righteous mob that inhabits this site ;-)

[FoxLee2]

That's okay - I canvassed opinions and that's what I got. I can still feel miffed if I want to!!

[sherrardk]

Anything that wakes me up before I'm ready is unreasonable - especially next door's dogs that bark, yelp, whine, snarl, etc pretty much all day from the minute my neighbours choose to get up (and that seems to about 6.30am).

[-Talbot-]

The bloody wife was unreasonable saturday morning...she woke me up rattling around getting ready for work at 6am.
What made it even more unreasonable was that I didn't get in from town untill 3am!

[rsvp]

Perhaps AB can instigate a little sign to go with 'tongue in cheek' post then. For the average punter it's very difficult to grasp this with written text -I certainly didn't get the impression it was.

[Pete65]

Yes, you are unreasonable.

[Svejk]

My ex woke me up on a Saturday morning, knocking down a wall with a sledge-hammer. Moody cow knew I liked a bit of a lie-in before a cup of tea and my Racing Post. (She had all week to do it when I was at work)

[rsvp]

:-) svejk - were you Andy Capp in another life?

[Brinjal]

I have learnt to filter out back ground noise. I don't let it intrude at all. One side effect is I do not hear half of what people say. Don't hear emergency vehicle sirens which can be a problem. Dogs chickens guinea fowl machinery I just do t hear it.

[Old_Geezer]

It is a bit inconsiderate, but that's one of the problems with being in a society and having neighbours. You need a detatched house in the country miles away from your nearest neighbour.