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Snow etiquette
Feb. 6th, 2014 03:16 pmYesterday I shoveled the steps and sidewalk a couple of times. The first was heaviest, 6-8 inches (I didn't measure; that's a guess), but it was satisfying to do, even though there was almost a half inch fallen on my cleared space by the time I finished.
The annoying moment was when I saw the babysitter shoveling snow back onto the stairs I'd cleared, to make a slope for kids to sled down. There's a whole backyard to play in, plus lots of nearby parks, and that was work I'd now done for naught. Still, kids playing, I get that. However, the babysitter didn't clean up after they finished, so hours later, I asked my neighbor if she was going to shovel it out again, or if I should. I felt a bit mean making a point about the shoveling, but it was late in the afternoon, and I didn't want the snow to freeze into a solid chunk (the snow had been compacted a lot by then). Maybe I should have just shoveled it? But I was too annoyed to face doing that with good grace. (However, I did shovel the whole area again a couple of hours later, once more snow had fallen.)
The annoying moment was when I saw the babysitter shoveling snow back onto the stairs I'd cleared, to make a slope for kids to sled down. There's a whole backyard to play in, plus lots of nearby parks, and that was work I'd now done for naught. Still, kids playing, I get that. However, the babysitter didn't clean up after they finished, so hours later, I asked my neighbor if she was going to shovel it out again, or if I should. I felt a bit mean making a point about the shoveling, but it was late in the afternoon, and I didn't want the snow to freeze into a solid chunk (the snow had been compacted a lot by then). Maybe I should have just shoveled it? But I was too annoyed to face doing that with good grace. (However, I did shovel the whole area again a couple of hours later, once more snow had fallen.)