Signage weirdness
Apr. 19th, 2009 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunsen_hOn Thursday evening, I put lawn signs on my front and side lawns:
Inelegant, but I thought that they would be a starting point, at least. The sign on the front lawn was partially messed up in the strong gusty wind we had on Friday (or so I assume); I fixed it up when I got home from work.
On Saturday, I noticed that the sign on the side lawn was partially pulled out. I'm pretty sure that couldn't have been done by the wind. I put it back.
This afternoon, while I was doing lawn cleanup, I had a couple of people stop by to chat about the signs (they'd previously hired Weed Man but had been unsatisfied with the work, and had had trouble cancelling the contract). Others paused in passing and read the signs, then continued on their way.
This evening, returning home from an outing, I noticed that the sun shining at an oblique angle across the sign on the front lawn was making some very odd shadows. On investigation, I found three loops of transparent adhesive tape stuck to the sign. It appears that sometime between late Friday afternoon and now, somebody went to the time and trouble to stick a message or something on top of my sign, on my front lawn. And then somebody removed the addition(s), leaving some pieces of tape.
This is rather weird, and more than a bit disturbing.
NO
HERBICIDE
NO
PESTICIDE
WEED MAN,
THIS MEANS YOU
SPRINGMASTERS,
KEEP OUT
HERBICIDE
NO
PESTICIDE
WEED MAN,
THIS MEANS YOU
SPRINGMASTERS,
KEEP OUT
Inelegant, but I thought that they would be a starting point, at least. The sign on the front lawn was partially messed up in the strong gusty wind we had on Friday (or so I assume); I fixed it up when I got home from work.
On Saturday, I noticed that the sign on the side lawn was partially pulled out. I'm pretty sure that couldn't have been done by the wind. I put it back.
This afternoon, while I was doing lawn cleanup, I had a couple of people stop by to chat about the signs (they'd previously hired Weed Man but had been unsatisfied with the work, and had had trouble cancelling the contract). Others paused in passing and read the signs, then continued on their way.
This evening, returning home from an outing, I noticed that the sun shining at an oblique angle across the sign on the front lawn was making some very odd shadows. On investigation, I found three loops of transparent adhesive tape stuck to the sign. It appears that sometime between late Friday afternoon and now, somebody went to the time and trouble to stick a message or something on top of my sign, on my front lawn. And then somebody removed the addition(s), leaving some pieces of tape.
This is rather weird, and more than a bit disturbing.
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Date: 2009-04-19 11:59 pm (UTC)I might also be tempted to put up a sign saying "No pesticides, no herbicides. Lawn care companies will be charged with trespass. Smile...you're on candid camera."
It might work.
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Date: 2009-04-20 01:18 am (UTC)I'm not sure if adding a warning would be helpful. There'd be some deterrent to abuse, I suppose, but it might also push any trespassers towards coming by at night. And since it's my private property, I don't think there's any need to advise people that I'm monitoring it.