I am worried about the new lawn care company here at the complex.

[OldBaldy1701E]

To be honest, I am not sure what to be more worried about... the fact that no one is running it or the name of it emblazoned on the front like a warning...

[pfitz59]

1. Drone mower?

What could go wrong? My lawn crew are all young Hispanic men.

[Ocelot II]

6. In these parts the young Hispanic men were rounded up by ICE and deported to god knows where.

So now we get scary robot lawn mowers instead.

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. The fear I still see in their eyes each day is just soul-crushing.

Not as much as the soul-crushing lack of response to this affront, but that is another story.

[hlthe2b]

2. The name alone might give me pause...Stay away!

[lastlib]

3. I'm surprised there isn't.....

...a bony guy in a black hooded robe running it......

[Scrivener7]

4. Ahhhhh!! ... But ... the lawn DOES look fab.

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Nah, the stupid thing missed patches and did not get near the buildings.

I fail to understand the use for it, since they had to just go over about 40% of it again.

Then, the weed eating and blowing... the guy crossed this yard more times yesterday than they do when they use a standard commercial mower.

But, as stated, they don't have the worker base that they used to.

[Ocelot II]

17. It seems to be kind of like a Roomba, which randomly bumps around a room

until it gets stuck on the edge of a rug or ingests a sock.

[Ocelot II]

5. "Scythe" is a pretty menacing name for a robot lawn mower.

I'd keep clear of it if I were you. The lawn looks nice, though.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

10. Could be worse, Ocelot II....

It could be called



THE GRIM REAPER.

[GreenWave]

7. Looks like they are putting their foot down?

[Ziggysmom]

8. That's a real thing and not photoshopped? I think lawns and all the needed upkeep are

ridiculous. There are other plants like clovers and sedums and more that may require only one trim per year and choke out weeds, too. The amount of herbicide and water used on golf courses is the worst.

[Niagara]

14. The robotic lawn mower is real

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. That is part of the programming.

The rich prefer their lawns like this, so they convinced the rest of us that this looks the best and only 'poor people' would allow anything else. And, since that label is worse than death for some of us (also part of the programming), we follow along.

There is also the matter of 'property values', which I have learned are more important than human beings or the environment. So, there is that.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Should certainly avoid sunbathing on groundskeeper day...

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. We on the 'garden level' also have to close the windows.

Because they swing out rather than lift and they literally stick out over the grass that needs to be maintained.

[Figarosmom]

11. That's funny

[malthaussen]

18. Terry Pratchett did it already.

Reaper Man was published in 1991.

-- Mal