Resident gets even with noisy neighbor for using his leaf-blower during quiet hours by parking their truck in front of his home: 'He's been doing this for 15 years'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Nov 27, 2025 2:00 PM EST

This resident and her husband were tired of the constant leaf-blowing, and we honestly don't blame them.

That being said, what they did to retaliate wasn't exactly neighborly behavior either, and folks in the comments section were quick to point that out,

Still, this story had a lot of us feeling like Cate Blanchett, who has become known on the internet not just for her acting but also for her passionate views on the pointlessness of leaf-blowing. Think about it. You're moving a pile of leaves from one side of your lawn to another, only for the wind to inevitably bring those leaves back to where they once were. 

Plus, you're making an insane amount of noise that drives your neighbors crazy. You're probably making a new enemy in the neighborhood every time you use your leaf-blower. Then, there is the fact that leaf-blowers aren't even environmentally friendly. As the Oscar winner has noted, the pointless use of leaf-blowers is an apt metaphor for our inadequacy as a human species.

Keep scrolling below for this neighbor's petty revenge, which may or may not have been warranted.

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  • "[My] husband parked his truck in front of our neighbor’s house"

    We live in a neighborhood that has a lovely and thick tree canopy. Homeowners place the fallen leaves on the tree lawn for weekly leaf pickup by the City.
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  • The neighbor across the street is very particular and meticulous about his yard - so much so that he uses his blower three times a day to clear the debris from his driveway - every day of the year.
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  • Every. Damn. Day. Other neighbors have asked that he only perform the work during non-quiet hours established by the City. He doesn't care - he blows until his heart's content.
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  • He does other mildly infuriating things to his next-door neighbors, such as trespassing on their property to trim branches without permission, or
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  • handing out 10% off coupons for his business instead of Halloween candy. He's been doing this for 15 years. In the few times we've interacted, he has been so arrogant and off-putting that I've ended each conversation politely, but quickly.
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  • This past weekend had great weather for working outdoors, and by this morning, everyone had huge piles of leaves on the tree lawn, waiting for the weekly leaf pickup. My husband was on a job site this weekend, and
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  • randomly brought home an almost-new washer and dryer in his truck that the homeowner at the job was getting rid of.
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  • Husband didn't have time to take the appliances off the truck this morning, so he took another car to work. Before he left, he parked his truck in front of the persnickety neighbor's house with the appliances in the truck
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  • bed, blocking access to the leaves on tree lawn for when the city comes for pickup. I have keys to the truck and can easily move it back into our driveway, but I'm in "meetings all day" and may not have time to move the truck in time.
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  • He will have to wait a whole week for the City to come back and pick up the leaves, by which time the wind will blow them back onto his lawn.
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  • A man uses a leaf blower in a yard.
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  • RainbowOwlet • 24m ago Doesn't this just cause more leaf blowing?
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  • Accurate-Case8... . 14m ago Sounds like a neighborhood I would love not to live in
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  • . poniesonthehop · 23m ago Sounds like you're just being an asshole to me.
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  • aldone123 25m ago . Definitely petty, not sure about revenge if they haven't bothered you. Hope you didn't just open a can of worms.
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  • Arokthis ⚫ 10m ago • Part of me wants to suggest breaking in to disable his leafblower. The evil side of me wants you to get some mint or japanese knotweed to throw in the middle of his lawn.
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  • Due-Sheepherde... · 11m ago Our insects don't stand a chance... Leaf blowers, refusing to let leaves just lie. where they fall, it's killing everything. We're in the middle of a great insect extinction and we won't care until people start starving.
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