Is it helping or bothering 01/29/2020

 

            Wow, how do I come up with these wonderful title lines? This title line should get the attention of those who work, and those who are neighbors.

            Now, this soon to be well written article could be about two neighbors who are living on Oklahoma Ave. or it could be about someone else.

            One neighbor may have been working on a lawn sprinkler that had been leaking last summer. Possibly the other neighbor had pointed the leak out to the neighbor. Now the leak went on through the summer, but now that winter is here, it is a good time to repair the sprinkler. 

            Let’s say that one neighbor was sweeping the street, attempting to remove a bunch of leaves from the front of his driveway and along the curb of neighbor three’s yard. Let’s assume that the neighbor across the street was digging the dirt out from around a sprinkler head.

            (As a senior person, I personally understand, when a person has a project they are working on, they do not usually want anyone to come and visit while they are working.)

            The correct thing for neighbor one to do, he should go into his Homestead and leave neighbor two alone. Neighbor one went directly to where neighbor two was working. Let’s say neighbor two is in his 70s, and whether you know it or not, senior persons are more comfortable sitting or lying on the ground, when they are working in holes in the ground.

            Neighbor one may have walked over and asked neighbor two, who was lying on the ground working, “What time do you want to be woken up”. Now neighbor one knows he should get away and let neighbor two fix the sprinkler head, but he didn’t. This neighbor one hung around at least a half an hour annoying neighbor two.

            Now in truth, this annoying neighbor one, did help by turning the sprinkler system on and off a couple times, allowing neighbor two to determine the problem.

            Finally neighbor one had to leave the work area to go pick up his granddaughter from school. When neighbor one returned he noticed that neighbor two had his wife turning the water on and off for him. Neighbor two did get the sprinkler repaired.

New subject;  In the business world, many people are similar to a senior working on his or her project, they know what they are doing, as they have always done it that way, and they do not want to accept advice that would cause them to change. When someone offers advice, it means they have seen something that could be improved. One should listen and consider all suggestions, as change could improve a process, make it safer, save time, and improve profits! 

Help your neighbor or co-worker when you can!

Senior neighbor irritator number one, Don Ford