Hundreds of people are debating whether it is “un-Australian” to mow the grass on your side of the median strip and not your neighbor’s.
A passerby shared a snapshot of his local strip on Reddit where half of the grass was freshly cut and a small section, the next-door neighbor’s part, was not.
He called the act “un-Australian” and while many agreed, others said it perfectly illustrated modern life in Australia.
Several argued that it was not the property owner’s responsibility to mow the grass in front of an adjacent property.
Others said it was the height of rudeness to just cut the grass and leave the rest.
Hundreds of people are debating whether it is “un-Australian” to mow the median strip’s side of the lawn and not the neighbour’s.
Many Redditors labeled it “the most Australian thing they’ve ever seen.”
“It’s a construction site, tradesmen can do it themselves,” one Redditor observed.
‘The guy already lives next to a construction site. Why would I want to cut it too? another wrote.
—I don’t know if they aren’t Australian. I have some colleagues with neighbors who complained when he cut a section like that,” another agreed.
“Dude, that’s the Aussie peak right there.”
One more added: ‘What’s not Australian? Not mowing the grass of the building next door? Screw it, I’m not going to do the construction company any favors.
“Mow your own damn grass,” said another.
Many said it was rude to just mow the grass and leave the rest
Others said they often mowed the entire section of grass.
‘There is no general rule. If your neighbor is half decent, do it,’ said one.
“I used to work with the people next door, I’d never spoken to them before and I thought it was the right thing to do,” said another.
‘If I’m mowing an area of grass, I’ll mow all the way to the driveways on either side. It feels passive-aggressive to cut a hard line wherever the property boundary is.’
‘I occasionally edge and cut the grass in the neighborhood council area as it grows too long and he works long hours. Usually he offers to clean it and I say, no, don’t worry. “If I was someone who was interested in grass, I would never do it,” added another.
Last month, Australian mother Brooke Bliss confessed that she fills her neighbors’ bins on garbage night when she doesn’t have enough space in her own.
Last month, a mother confessed that she fills her neighbor’s bins on garbage night when she doesn’t have enough space in her own.
Brooke Bliss said her red bins fill up quickly from the diapers and everyday waste her family of five accumulates.
When garbage night comes, he discreetly places his trash in his neighbors’ bins, which are placed outside for collection.
“I wait until dark and put some garbage bags in other neighbors’ containers,” he said in a video posted on social media.