The city cannot claim a monopoly on eccentric, grumpy people. This is the second year in a row that one of my neighbors across the greenway has caution-taped his or her lawn off for the big soccer tournament this weekend.
I mean, this is kind of ridiculous. And hilarious. And somewhat impressive.
I mean, this took some real effort. And unfortunately, seems to say, “I hate kids!”
Of course, there are going to be hundreds of kids and parents in the park this weekend. It’s a giant tournament, complete with vendors, food, and porta potties. This was what it looked like, already, before 7am this morning: (in the background, the incoming tide of kids and parents is increasing exponentially over the ten minutes I’m taking pictures)
6:45 am and these girls were already practicing. Pretty awesome.
So, if your house borders the soccer fields, the threat of mayhem is real. And if you struggle with other hard stuff in your life, soccer kids’ noise and chaos might be something you just can’t handle. I want to be compassionate, here. And I do think a local curmudgeon is a good thing to have. If everyone was polite and nice all the time, life could get dull.
Lots to consider here. (Pun) What kind of person buys a lot adjoinging a public space and tolerates no tresspassing? Then again, with Halloween so close, what kind of person identifies their own lawn as “Pour Roundup here”? So the principle of property rights rubs up against a community’s pursuit of happiness. This calls for some slickness. Better idea would be a few signs saying, “Caution: Fire Ants.”
We have some neighbors next door who yell at our kids when a ball rolls into their yard. they have a white german shepherd that gets in our yard and uses it as a bathroom. It is actually heartbreaking to me. There’s no accounting for crazy, but….