Cons Declares War On The Suburban Lawn-Guy Schedule

But here's where the suburban gods really started cackling. The unwritten law of the cul-de-sac is that you do NOT run heavy equipment during the sacred window of bath and bedtime. Toddlers are loading up for their nightly meltdown, parents are white-knuckling the routine, and the last thing anyone needs is a 2-stroke engine ripping outside the nursery window. Cons learned the hard way that one neighbor down the street did not get the memo.

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@CaptainCons

lol proving the universe has a sense of humor, my other neighbor has his lawn guy going right now as I do bath and bedtime for my son It’s 6:15!

That is the whole suburban dad experience in one tweet. You write the manifesto, you preach the gospel, and then your neighbor's lawn guy fires up the mower at the worst possible hour like it's a cosmic joke written specifically for you. Volume 4 writes itself: a deep dive into the etiquette of when, exactly, it's acceptable to send the landscapers in. Spoiler — it's not 6:15 on a weeknight.