To the asshole who killed my snapdragons

[storytimewithjoe]

What IS it with some people in this world?

The main reason that I don't like living in Santa Ana is because of the kind of people that are so prevalent. We all hear horror stories of 2 bedroom apartments that are sheltering 5 illegal Mexican families. I frequently see mothers walking down the streets with stolen shopping carts and tons of out-of-control kids in tow. Often, I have seen such kids blatantly destroying or disrespecting other people's property. Yadda-yadda-yadda.

I really liked those flowers. They had weathered a tough season last year, and had come back beautifully this year. I made a point to water them every day. We planted them right out by the street front in an attempt to actually make the front area by the street look just a little nicer. But no longer. I got home yesterday morning, and some asshole had ripped them right out of the ground, along with all the white climatis flowers that had just begun to bloom.

To whomever you are - you are a selfish, inconsiderate asshole.

Sure, I can plant more, but they won't be by the street front. I will plant more in my own back yard, strictly for our enjoyment, and for nobody elses. I will put no more effort into trying to make the neighborhood look better for anybody else but us. If the people of this city care so little, I will bide my time until good fortune strikes and we move away.

Comments

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

I don't understand people who do that. What sad little lives they must lead that they feel they have to destroy beauty that someone else created and nurtured.

That's just wrong

[marymont.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, I caught a handful (3 or 4) of boys snapping the heads off the agapanthus (http://www.bhg.com/bhg/plantfinder/plantDetails.jhtml;jsessionid=ZSRXT03L2ORRVQFIBQPSCZQ?plantId=/templatedata/bhg/plant/data/Agapanthus.xml&includePaging=true&plantNumber=11&searchType=advance&detailsUrl=/servlet/PlantFinderDetailPagingServlet.dyn&_requestid=60543) plants in front of our apartment. I scolded them, saying, "Don't do that! Those will turn into flowers if you leave them on the plants!" The boys looked positively stunned that anyone would chastise them, much less someone who wasn't one of their parents (who probably wouldn't, now that I think of it). I don't know if my efforts did anything other than teach them that I'm a crabby old lady, but I hope something connected on some level.

I would have really chewed out your culprits had I witnessed it. And then I would have tried to replant the poor little things.

My daughter is mortified whenever I say anything to anyone I don't know, and wants to sink into a hole in the ground whenever I chew out kids who are breaking the rules. But if I don't do it, I give silent consent to the bad behavior.

Go ahead and plant more in the front yard. You may need to plant, and replant, and plant again. But if you don't, you'll drive up to the house and see the blank spot every day, and it will make you hurt and angry every day. Yes, there is the risk that the wretches will violate your property again. But they might not.

Don't let them win.

Re: That's just wrong

[flaming-mo.livejournal.com]

Oh-mi-gawd! I LOVE your icon!

Re: That's just wrong

[marymont.livejournal.com]

I swipe borrow my icons from lots of sources, and even make a few of my own. Since my name is Mo, too, I offer it to you on the same terms I got it. Glad you like it.