{"id":2339,"date":"2015-01-12T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T21:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2015-01-12T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T21:52:38","slug":"after-grumpy-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"After grumpy comes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;pissed off.<\/p>\n<p>I live in a nice neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part people take care of their homes and yards.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a couple of slobs, but those of us that care about out investments ignore them.<\/p>\n<p>On the main street to my neighborhood there&#8217;s a condo\/apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p>They take good care of the place.<br \/>\nIf they didn&#8217;t, no one would rent or buy.<\/p>\n<p>Then they allow this to happen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junk-2-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2342\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junk-2-sized-500x250.jpg\" alt=\"Junk-2-sized\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junk-2-sized-500x250.jpg 500w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junk-2-sized-250x125.jpg 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junk-2-sized.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nice, huh?<br \/>\nLooks like a flea market.<\/p>\n<p>Bulky item pickup is the second Wednesday of the month.<\/p>\n<p>That works out to January 14th.<br \/>\nStuff isn&#8217;t supposed to be put curbside until the night before.<\/p>\n<p>This crap pile has been building for two weeks.<br \/>\nEach day it spreads out a bit further and gets a bit higher.<\/p>\n<p>Want to come visit me?<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll have to pass this on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of military live in this complex.<br \/>\nThey are good people and no different from you and me.<\/p>\n<p>But they live under rules where they sometimes have to move by a certain date.<br \/>\nThey have to throw stuff out.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s really no option unless they go to the dump.<\/p>\n<p>The property management apparently shrugs and wanders off.<br \/>\nMy neighborhood starts to look like hell.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-1-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2341\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-1-sized-500x261.jpg\" alt=\"junk-1-sized\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-1-sized-500x261.jpg 500w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-1-sized-250x131.jpg 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-1-sized.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happens every month.<br \/>\nWhat you see is about usual.<\/p>\n<p>Good grief &#8211; how about setting a space aside on the property where this stuff can go until it&#8217;s time for pickup?<br \/>\nIs that too advanced an idea to grasp?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently so.<\/p>\n<p>I have no interest in being a little old geezer that becomes a pain-in-the-butt by sending pictures to the city every month demanding action.<\/p>\n<p>I do have interest in not making my neighborhood look like a third world country.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned as the Night Raider plots his revenge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2339\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2339&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2339\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2339&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2339&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;pissed off. 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