Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Letting the grass grow under the gardener's feet

Dear Building Maintenance Committee,
You are not imagining things. The grass over at the neighbors really is greener.
This may be because their gardener comes more than once a decade.
This may be because their grass does not grow to knee-high before it is mowed.
This may be because their grass does not go to seed before it is mowed.
This may be because their gardener rakes the clippings and carts them away instead of leaving them to rot on top of the grass beneath.
In any case, yes, the grass at the neighbors really is greener, so stop asking me in the elevator if I think the neighbors' grass looks better. It does.
Thank you,
Tenant Apartment 11

Now I feel better.
They won't read this, they won't pay the gardener to mow the lawn regularly and next time he comes back he will trigger more allergy attacks in this house, but I feel better.