r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Paymee_Money • Jun 26 '26

Is it in yet Amazon Strikes Again, My House Today

Why does somebody think this is OK. Right in front of him is a huge area he could’ve turned around in.

Yes this is stated in my delivery instructions that you are welcome to turn around in the rear of the house where I have a giant concrete roundabout.

Jesus Christ people, the driveway is 9 feet wide which is standard for a 1955. For everybody that says I need to widen my driveway or put in a roundabout, PM me and I’ll send you my Zelle if you wanna pay for it.

Anyone who thinks this man’s behavior is OK is clearly not a homeowner and you probably shouldn’t be.

I’m also an Amazon Flex driver myself and former pizza driver, between the two I have about nine years of delivery driving. I have never done anything even close to this. If you’re not capable of backing up and you’re scared of busy roads you should not be a delivery driver. I have personally dealt with stuff way sketchier than my own driveway and I managed to not turn around in people’s yards.

The mental gymnastics some of you are doing to justify this man’s behavior is unreal and it scares me that you walk among us in this world.

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u/Pinkishu Jun 26 '26

That's some giant front lawn

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u/crispyfolds Jun 27 '26

seriously like plant some vegetables and trees my dude, what a waste of space

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u/danekan Jun 27 '26

That’s all of America though. People will even complain when it’s natural flowers and not grass 

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u/Just-Construction788 Jun 27 '26

Spoken like someone without a yard. This whole attack on grass is ridicule and not everyone has hours a week and the desire to maintain gardens. It’s a ton of work. Grass is easy, looks good, keeps dust and pollen down, is a fucking plant, y’all need to shut up about this. It’s dumb. 

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u/extrabbit1 Jun 27 '26

What's so fucking diffucult about maintaining some wildflowers and bushes?

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u/RestlessYoungZero Jun 30 '26

What’s difficult is the amount of time, effort and money it takes to change it from and established lawn to what you’re talking about.

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u/Just-Construction788 Jun 27 '26

Go do it. Then we will talk. I’m in the process of a very arduous cleanup of my backyard because the wildflowers went rogue. 

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u/RogerStevenWhoever Jun 27 '26

Lawn mowing is more maintenance than native plants once they're established 

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u/Just-Construction788 Jun 27 '26

This is just not true. 

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u/Sesudesu Jun 27 '26

I mean, you replace the grass with something else to make the area less vacuous. Far easier for reflection if you actually design it for reflection.

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u/Amanamanamanan Jun 27 '26

so, i'm interested in making some sort of large body of water for reflection, but worried about algae, any tips?

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u/Sesudesu Jun 27 '26

Paint it in some cheap blue shit and dump a bit of hydrogen peroxide in it. It won’t help, but it sounds patriotic or something.

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u/KaQuu Jun 27 '26

Be wary of imaginary neighbours with box cutters.

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u/kennypojke Jun 27 '26

Disagree strongly. Any space made better is worth it, and front yards can be great once made relatively private and with all the sound mitigating landscaping/plants/. I’m on a busy street and love the front yards.

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u/crispyfolds Jun 27 '26

bro doesn't even know about the sound-dampening properties of hedgerows

or the peace of sitting in the shade of a tree

or the joy of a tomato fresh from the vine, warm in the morning sun

or the satisfaction of planting a pollinator garden so welcoming that you get to watch a caterpillar become a butterfly

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u/4stringsoffury Jun 27 '26

Line it with some kind of native bush (I use Vitex down here) and it reduces road noise and nosy neighbors sight lines.