Annoyed every time you almost break your neck on your way to the train?
Just received this information in my inbox:
It’s easy to curse your neighbors when it takes you ten extra minutes to get to the C in the morning because you have to wade through snow or jump over slush. We’re making it easy for people to do something constructive and neighborly about keeping their block shoveled this winter. We’ll send you cards, and all you have to do is drop them in the mailbox of your neighbors who shovel. A little positive reinforcement goes a long way towards making a snow-free and friendlier block. This definitely won’t work for people living in larger buildings controlled by a management company, like in downtown Brooklyn, but in mid- and low-rise areas with more homeowners, like much of Clinton Hill, it’s a good solution to the eternal neighborhood problem of sidewalks blocked by snow.
What do you think? Would these cards work?
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I think anything will help – positive reinforcement for those that do, and repeated calls to 311 for those that don’t. I’m also sick of nearly dying on the way to the subway because some jerk is too lazy to clear their sidewalk. It also always seems to be the same offenders year after year, so repeated 311 calls (which should hopefully translate to fines) might be the best approach.
go to:
thankyouforshoveling.org
to get some of your own to pass on to a neighbor. And to learn more about the Neighbors Project.
I don’t think it will help at all–
The people who get these will be those who are already shoveling. Positive reinforcement is nice, but the problem is those who *are not* shoveling, and it isn’t like they are going to be so sad they didn’t get little cards that they feel shamed into shoveling.
Moreover, the main problem is not those who don’t shovel, but what happens at the crosswalks, where all the snow gets pushed up by the plows, leaving us with mountains of snow to clamber over (or fall into). And this won’t help with that.
I would be profoundly offended to receive this “positive reinforcement” and, if anything, this would make me less interested in doing right by my neighbors.
Waste of a tree, too.
Looks like a waste of paper and fossil fuels, when all you have to do is say something nice to the neighbor instead. DUMB!
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Maybe it’s me, but I find these cards to be kind of obnoxious – They aren’t shoveling the snow at 7:00 a.m. to be good neighbors, they are most likely doing it so they don’t get sued if someone falls in front of their home. Just saying.
Actually many of us shovel to be nice, and shovel our neighbor’s walk as well. Why possibly must you assume so little of others? A thanks tho is much more welcome than a card.
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I think these are inoffensive. The problem: Who has a mailbox, though? In the parts where I live, only a postal worker with a key could put these into a mailbox.
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I think you should get some waterproof shoes with good treads on the bottom and stop acting like royalty – afraid of walking through a little snow and ice…in the middle of winter? It happens. Deal with it.
I think they’re obviously passive aggressive. If you want to say thank you, just say thank you!
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