As Nelson would say..

"Haw Haw!"

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(can you believe The Simpsons have been on for 36 years?? Where'd the time go???)

A neighbor apparently had enough of someone / multiple people complaining about their refrigerator being on the curb for over a week, so they ended up taping a (somewhat rude) paper all over the outside of the (duct taped) appliance.

Note: I don't own that fridge, I don't know the owner, and I don't know what happened to instigate this.

I had walked to the gym on Wednesday and saw all the flyers attached to it, so I got closer to read the papers. 

I feel like the owner "obviously has nothing better to do" because they took the time to research, write, print / copy and then tape it to every side of the fridge. Again, I don't know what transpired to make them go full Karen on this, but I feel like the new refrigerator needs to be stocked with some chill pills. Something to tone down the argument. 

However, they got what they wanted on Friday (which was trash day), because they were tagged. 

I edited out the citation number, but left everything else in. So this means they've got 3 days to do something about it (according to their print out). But, the tag says someone needs to call Waste Management to schedule a pickup. 

Therefore, if the owner leaves this out and forgets it, by Tuesday it should disappear (I'm counting "business days" - Friday, Monday, Tuesday). If the person does what's right and makes a phone call, it can be any time because I don't know when the appointment would be made. 

It's like when someone else recently had their stove sitting out on the curb for 2 weeks. They got a tag but didn't do anything immediately. It did end up being picked up and no one was the wiser. Meaning, there was no "mind your business" sign on it, no squawking from neighbors on any of the social network apps. Nothing; all is quiet. All is fine.

But this Karen with the fridge... holy cow. Way to start the new year. 

My friend Erica said "Wow... we just continue to get dumber and nastier ☹". 

Which is true. There's no reason to post that paper six times on your trash (I didn't check the back, which is facing the house. I'm sure there was a few notes there too). If you're that upset over it, talk it out with the person who angered you. That person that said something did so in private, with no business to the rest of the neighborhood. Taping a nastygram now makes it a (public) fight. The owner should have done the right thing and kept it moving without being rude. 

It's also the times we're living in. People are getting angrier and angrier, nastier and nastier. You can't leave your house without someone starting something on your block, let alone in a store. What happened to being fair and kind? Now it's every person for themselves. No longer is it "love and war", it's just "war". It's sad.

I don't even know what else to say, without stepping into a political realm that I don't want to step in to on here. I wanted to point out what I see on my day to day business, and hopefully pass on some positivity. All it takes is changing one person at a time into something better. 

Be good to each other and do what's right. 

Cheers;