r/Seattle • u/forjesus420 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 • 18h ago
Rant Why are we leaf blowing at 7am????
It's 7am. What property managers are instructing their landscapers to leaf blow for an hour starting at 7am? Just wanna talk.
Edit: I mean, it's 8am but they started at 7 😭 How many leaves can there even be?
Edit edit: omg guys. I didnt realize it was life or death. Thank you for enlightening me.
I also have learned the internet is NOT a space to ever speak negatively and that doing so must inherently make me an absolutely selfish unempathrtic person. I've learned a lot and I'm very grateful. 🙏
Edit two electric boogalo: I'm also anti-homeless and ungrateful for a place to live!! Im learning and growing, guys! Thank you. 🤍
🏰The Last Edit 🦄: I work in property management and understand the nature of being working class, and having a job to do. I understand the citys noise ordinance quiet hours end at 7 am. I understand no matter when you do it, someones mad. Apparently (editception: CITY OWNED) gas leaf blowers will be banned in 2027 (and there will be a study done to consider a full ban). I understand theyre expensive and less powerful. I think landscapers should charge the extra cost back to property management/owners, because, despite the worsening inflation, they took on the risk (and no, rents shouldn't increase because of it.) I understand some people think if the electric blower is not powerful enough, the pile is too big. I think the act of moving leaves around over and over and never actually removing them seems like a waste of time.
I apologize for my sins, and have asked Jesus to forgive me. I appreciate everyones humor and insight. Go hawks, or whatever!
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u/quit_fucking_about 🚆build more trains🚆 18h ago
Hi, I've been a maintenance supervisor for about a decade, got a little insight here. Noise restrictions end at 7am, and they have to pack their schedules tightly.
Every single thing that any property does that affects more than one person at a time is met with constant complaints. If you start at 7, someone is angry that you started too early. If you start at 9, someone else is angry that you kicked up pollen while they're walking to work. If you don't do it, someone else is angry that the walkway is covered in leaves. If you start at noon, it's, "why are you interrupting my lunch hour". If you do it in the late afternoon, it's, "I work night shift and you people are monsters".
Here's the unvarnished truth. We don't listen to your complaints because the second we change our plans we get a new set of complaints. After ten years I've realized that the accomodations you make for one person so consistently piss off another that it's more efficient to just be sincere in your apology for how it affects people and then do what you need to do. So that's why they do it. Because they're legally allowed to, and because there is no functional difference between your complaints and next person's complaints, so we don't court the opportunity for a second set of them.