‘I can't lift heavy snow. But you don't care about me’: Neighborhood resident demands man use his snow blower to clean his area of the sidewalk, then berates him for a few minutes in front of his toddler-aged son before finally offering to pay him

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Oct 11, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Winter weather incites and invites winter madness. We're all cooped up inside, with nothing to do, but would rather be six feet under than go outside in sub-10-degree weather with a shovel and gloves that don't actually keep our hands warm. Even still, our feelings do not control the law (at least in a cul-de-sac neighborhood), so it's essential to set aside our pride and laziness and clear the snow so nobody gets hurt. If you don't, you're lazy, and you're facing a lawsuit. What could be worse? Shoveling snow, probably.

The man who shares this next story was walking down the street in his neighborhood with his toddler-aged son when a vaguely familiar man approached them and demanded an answer for why the man had never cleared the snow from his sidewalk. That's one way to open a conversation. Doesn't this resident know that money talks?

This resident proceeds to talk smack to the man's face, all the while his toddler son remains wide-eyed and confused at why Dada is getting the third degree. At the end of it all, when the man finally refuses sternly, the resident tries to make an offer he can't refuse. Key word: Tries. Scroll below.

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  • "Tell me why you don't clean the snow off my sidewalk.""
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  • There are plenty of better, less-analog gadgets folks use for getting rid of snow. Heck, sprinkle some salt over your property before the snow arrives with a vengeance, and you're golden. Or, consider having multiple children so you can send them off and make them do it for you… I know my mother did…

  • "Not-a-Neighbor Demanded Free Snow Removal"

    My pre-school aged son and I were walking home from a playground park one fine summer day. As
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  • we turned onto our street, a large man (Picture about 1/3 Jabba The Hutt's size.) in his early
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  • 50s beckoned us to cross the street. He was seated on a covered patio, about 5 feet above street level.
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  • We crossed over. This was on my street, a block away (about ten doors down) and on the opposite side from mine.
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  • The moment we stepped onto the sidewalk, without introducing himself, and without so much as a "Hello" he said the following, word for word:
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  • "Tell me why you don't clean the snow off my sidewalk."
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  • His demeanor screamed "stern boss calling out a slacker" vibes. Did he mistake me for some "no show"
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  • he'd hired last winter? Had my wife volunteered me to help this guy but forgot to tell me?
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  • a little boy playing in the snow with a shovel while his father is watching him
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  • The rest of the conversation went approximately something like this:
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  • Me: Ummm, wha-- Huh? Jabba: I seen you clearing snow with a snowblower. [It was almost an accusation]
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  • Me: Um, well, yes. Jabba: and every time you waste hours clearing part of the street!
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  • Me: So we can park our c--
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  • Jabba: You have a snowblower. This is easy. You spend all that time on your corner. You clear the
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  • *%#in' street. You should snowblow your way to my place and get my short little walk in no time.
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  • Me: It's more work than you think. By the time I finish my property, I'm tired.
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  • Jabba: Liar. I seen you. You clean off the walk next to you. That's longer than mine.
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  • Me: There're a dis ed couple in their 80s. Thru can't move heavy snow. They live next door. It's twenty feet. I do it to be nice.
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  • Jabba: Then be nice to me. I can't lift heavy snow. But you don't care about me.
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  • If I want to go out I have to wait until my sons get here to shovel me out and clean off my car.
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  • Me: Your sons . . . Sorry sir. I'm not going to clear your snow. Have a good day. ?
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  • As we start walking away he plays what he thinks is his last resort. And this is EXACTLY what he said.
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  • Jabba: "I could pay you!"
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  • Piddy3825 Pay me? You should have led with that Jabba the third of a hutt
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  • mochajava23 Most Exalted Highness, you have been foolishly trying my patience... You now speak of profit. I would have listened if you initially stated that
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  • Excellent_Ad1132 Reply "You could have also been less of an a h le, but here we are."
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  • Satsuki7104 Exactly, he cursed him out while walking his preschool aged child home. Maybe if he had been nicer and asked politely, I would've considered it but the moment you curse in front of a child I personally lose all respect for that person and I ignore them.
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  • CyberRedhead27 "Exactly, I don't care about you, and this interaction has made me care even less. Goodbye"
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  • Breaker3k I can't comprehend people like this. it literally does not compute in my head, that any human being would operate in such a manner as the fat old f
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  • Funny-fake-name Beats me. It's clear he got the notion the previous winter and was stewing over it for months. When he recognized me and saw me within talking distance it all came out. Writing this I just realized how creepy it is that he recognized me. He lived a block away. Whenever I used the snowblower I was bundled up. We were on our way home. Had he been watching me come and go from my home? I've always imagined he was just a harmless weirdly self-absorbed guy. He might have been dangerous
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