Every morning, a few minutes before I need to actually leave the house, I take my bags to the car.
Depending on the day I have several backpacks, many lunch bags, water bottles, my coffee cup, snacks, etc. What I’ve noticed is that the time that I tend to do this coincides with my neighbors fist smoke break of the day. This neighbor is… interesting. The other neighbors seem to be a bit turned off by him, but my husband has made friends with him in the last 4 years. He is old. He is crass. He is often inappropriate. Today, like many, as I put bags into the car, he ventured down the driveway in his blue fluffy robe, tall socks, and work boots. In his hand, scraping the driveway, he held a snow shovel. Just in case you wondered, there is no snow here. Every morning… scrape, scrape, scrape… he moves the newspaper from the end of the driveway into his garage. I guess this is to avoid bending over to actually pick up the newspaper. In warmer weather, he can be found outside at any time of day- still in his robe and work boots. Over the summer I learned that he sometimes doesn’t wear anything under that blue fluffy robe. He’s certainly a character, but early in the fall when he didn’t get his paper for a few days, we noticed. And we worried. We debated going over and ringing the door bell. We debated calling the police for a wellness check. Later that day “Mr. Dave” as our kids call him, emerged, cigarette in hand, in all his blue fuzzy robe glory! And we’ve never been more thankful!
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EugeniaKouts
3/24/2023 11:16:28 pm
I love that he has you as neighbors to care about his well-being. I wonder what the story is about his wardrobe choice (the work boots with the robe are an interesting pairing)!
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Celia
3/25/2023 06:27:07 am
He sure sounds like an interesting neighbour. I wonder what else he does apart from smoke and move his newspaper to his house with a shovel?!
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