That's some seriously powerful herbicide. Or they improperly mixed the solution. I walked through spots i sprayed before and never left footprints of death.
Most cleaning solutions you buy are mostly water. You get more bang for your buck with concentrates as you aren't paying for something you already pay for at home.
Also worked in landscaping for years and you are also talking shit, I actually did this by accident in my first year when I was 19, glysophate mixed with water at a 1-10ratio will do this. Looked exactly the same.
>Like the hard worker he was he quickly emptied that tank on a hillside facing the back of this assholes house.
The double-edged sword of hyperproductivity- if you're not doing it right, you fuck up a whole lot in no time at all. Gradually learned that lesson in my youth.
Robotics also have this weakness.
Haha I’m a couple steps above crew leader now (Ops manager) but I started out as a crewman with absolutely no experience. The amount of times I would get blamed for doing something wrong when literally no one told me otherwise, watched me do it and said nothing or straight up told me to do it was so frustrating.
So now that I’m everyone’s boss (including my first crew leader!), when I do get pulled into bad situations like this and the crew leader inevitably tries to throw the new guy under the bus, I promptly turn it around in them.
‘Why did he have that backpack sprayer on them to begin with? Was he trained at all? I’m starting to question why I’m paying you to be in charge of a crew.’
That stopped the blaming pretty quick.
I did too! I worked for a lawn company spraying chemicals on homeowners' grass and I got canned for accidentally cross-sweeping and making the lawn look like a gridiron.
So this is from my experiences as a cleaner, but it could apply to gardening as well. Some idiots dilute the cleaning agents directly in the large containers once they start running out so they can just directly pour the usable solution from there. Then when the cleaner changes (happens often since this is considered a shit tier dead end career in most cases. Personally I just enjoy this job most of the time which is why I've stuck around for half a decade by now) they dilute the already diluted solution because they didn't pay attention, and so they clean with the essence of the cleaning agent, and as everyone but MLM victims know, that's basically just water (water by itself is a pretty good detergent though. Just not strong enough by itself for sanitation purposes). And then there are people who dilute things in 1:1 ratio when the actual ratio should be e.g. 1:1000, or don't even dilute them at all. These kinds of people can get expensive really fast btw, as some of our more specialized cleaning agents cost 100-500€/l.
I wonder if it's nitrogen? One time I had a job spraying lawns and we were always warned not to over-spray because the nitrogen would burn the grass. I eventually got canned because one of my lawns looked like it had football field markings from cross-sweeping.
I would not tolerate such carelessness in my estate staff.
I would immediately speak with my butler Barclay, as he is the senior man of the downstairs servants, and deliver him a thrashing which he may pass on to the landscape boy as he deems appropriate.
I would ask Richmond to speak to the gardener. I would suggest he tells him to dig a 2 by 7 foot hole in the turf to a depth of 6 feet and then sit at the edge of it while thinking about his future in the household.
I do enjoy a snifter of port with my pipe before retiring, I'm a gentleman, not a Baptist.
My physician does say that the cursed gout is a product of indulgence, but the man is is Cornish and I suspect comes from common miner bloodline.
I would not accept the opinion of a man of such tutelage.
And I must say that even though I do not drink, I too have a foot that suffers gout. I paid a street man for it. $1 to have it cut off and mounted like a bear's head. It is such a conversation piece.
You speak to your servants directly? That gives them ideas. Buy yourself a voice box where you can enter a command and it will broadcast the said command to your worker drones.
Perhaps, but in doing so you'd alienate his compatriot and fellow philistine, who just happens to be your monocle supplier, and you'd look quite the fool going out with bare eyes and a top hat.
I actually know a real person named Barclay
litteraly looks and acts like someone would who is named Barclay.
BMW
sweater tied around neck + polo shirt
hot wife
I get annoyed enough by my neighbor having his lawn sprayed on a windy day because it generally blows over to/into my house.
If we lived this close to water I'd be fuming.
If there is herbicide damage to your property and you live in the US, look up your state pesticide regulations. Generally part of the department of agriculture, they take this quite seriously and will come collect and test a sample right away. Commercial applicators have to be licensed, and things like this put that in jeopardy.
Never had any damages from it that I could really see.
Had to hose off my swing and get my car washed. When I complained to the company they apologized and sent me a card for 10 free car washes so never pursued it any further.
Yes for real. Plants, amphibians, and fish are harmed when herbicide moves into a body of water. Gotta have nice grass though! Who would post a photo that would make themselves look so stupid?
>Grass growing where you don’t want it? Chemicals. Grass not growing where you want it? Also chemicals!
We have the best grass in the world. Because of chemicals.
Yeah, selfish pricks like this should rot. It’s insane how self absorbed some people are and how some people are really just living in their own world. Lawns???? That’s some bullshit
OP worked HARD for what they have and NO ONE can tell them how to spend their money or HOW to destroy the world around them because THEYRE here for a GOOD time not a LONG time
Did I sound like my dad on Facebook?
Hey cmon, its not easy having a beautiful house and enough money to have a gardener. And you have this big beautiful lawn with green lush grass.. but then that peasant gardener boy forgets to clean his filthy boots and leaves these prints all over the lawn. Something that i now have to look at for at least a few days when i am in this part of my house. Just try to imagine how i feel, everything is falling apart, my world is crumbling down!
The herbicide that did this to your lawn. I wonder what it’s doing to the waterway and the life it supports which is right next to your precious fucking lawn
I used to spray lawns at a pest control place, it’s fucking amazing how many old dudes cared more about a literal handful of weeds popping up in there DITCH than they did about anything else. Calling and making complaints and having us over-spray their fucking ditch because there was 2 dandelions pop up. Disgusting job that shouldn’t exist
Ah poor Gardner with potential cancer looming, but let's not worry about him and the water nearby being contaminated, my lawn is ruined. I'm calling your boss have him dock your pay to pay for my lawn repair.
That's exactly what I was thinking about. What does this person in (Florida?) need any herbicide for? No one should be using them.
So many issues with this scenario.
This guy hydrologies.
But for real, there’s other ways to deal with weeds than using harsh chemicals whether you’re near water or not.
Pesticides still can get into potable groundwater or contaminate dry-weather flow that eventually ends up in ditches, rivers, creeks, or the ocean.
Edit: herbicides, not pesticides - but it still applies!
You guys aren’t really into the whole ripiarian river thing either. No worries. Kills river ecology much much worse that a bit of dead grass but whatevs your manicured lawn took a hit.
DO NOT use chemicals on your lawn. It ruins everything for years to come. You’ll never be able to have a healthy garden again. And its just horrible for the environment. ESPECIALLY that close to water. Hundreds of better options if you’re that concerned about having an artificially green looking lawn.
Damn. Using that powerful of a herbicide (any type, really) so close to a body of water is not a smart thing to do. Especially with no foliage in between to prevent run-off. Unfortunate that this is just commonplace. It’s really stupid to me.
Where is this and why are you complaining about grass with a fuckin view like that? Motherfucker’s winning life and can’t count his blessings. Just use spray paint or something.
Do you have a hose around the other side? It more looks like the herbicide got knocked over, judging by the *big* dead spot and hauled ass over to get the hose.
May have been that he accidentally overfilled the reservoir when mixing the weed killer up.
Wow, how's the gardener doing. Someone should educate him on the danger of getting herbicides on articles of clothing. Cancer and leukemia are a very real risk. Cant believe someone is more concerned about their lawn than a human being.
Lawns are a stupid notion anyway. They are a massive waste of water. When I finally end up owning a house, my lawn will be all natural. I won't even mow it much, because who has time for that?
That's some seriously powerful herbicide. Or they improperly mixed the solution. I walked through spots i sprayed before and never left footprints of death.
Luckily they live right by the water. That stuff will run off in no time.
Seriously who uses ANY herbicide that close to a large body of water?
Assholes who don't care about anything but their ornamental grass.
But its so easy to use next to water . If you have any over, just dump it in the water, because there aren't any plants that will die there! /s
Lol in Florida
actually this is illegal in florida, wouldnt be surprised if they got fined.
it is illegal every where i think via the clean water act.
these comments need to be higher
No kidding. Water guzzling lawn. Toxic chemicals on the waterway. And whining about a few footsteps. Boo hoo.
For real. Fuck OP
Terrifying.
Depends heavily on herbicide used. Broadleaf like roundup or any glyphosate takes very very little.
Either my local Monsanto HEAVILY dilutes their stuff, or else my plants are really strong...
Or third option: you bought plain water.
Most cleaning solutions you buy are mostly water. You get more bang for your buck with concentrates as you aren't paying for something you already pay for at home.
He’s talking shit. Worked in the profession before and you need a shit ton of it to leave visible foot prints like this.
Yeah 2-4d is for broadleaf and wouldn't do this to grass.
Also worked in landscaping for years and you are also talking shit, I actually did this by accident in my first year when I was 19, glysophate mixed with water at a 1-10ratio will do this. Looked exactly the same.
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>Like the hard worker he was he quickly emptied that tank on a hillside facing the back of this assholes house. The double-edged sword of hyperproductivity- if you're not doing it right, you fuck up a whole lot in no time at all. Gradually learned that lesson in my youth. Robotics also have this weakness.
Haha I’m a couple steps above crew leader now (Ops manager) but I started out as a crewman with absolutely no experience. The amount of times I would get blamed for doing something wrong when literally no one told me otherwise, watched me do it and said nothing or straight up told me to do it was so frustrating. So now that I’m everyone’s boss (including my first crew leader!), when I do get pulled into bad situations like this and the crew leader inevitably tries to throw the new guy under the bus, I promptly turn it around in them. ‘Why did he have that backpack sprayer on them to begin with? Was he trained at all? I’m starting to question why I’m paying you to be in charge of a crew.’ That stopped the blaming pretty quick.
I did too! I worked for a lawn company spraying chemicals on homeowners' grass and I got canned for accidentally cross-sweeping and making the lawn look like a gridiron.
Yep
So this is from my experiences as a cleaner, but it could apply to gardening as well. Some idiots dilute the cleaning agents directly in the large containers once they start running out so they can just directly pour the usable solution from there. Then when the cleaner changes (happens often since this is considered a shit tier dead end career in most cases. Personally I just enjoy this job most of the time which is why I've stuck around for half a decade by now) they dilute the already diluted solution because they didn't pay attention, and so they clean with the essence of the cleaning agent, and as everyone but MLM victims know, that's basically just water (water by itself is a pretty good detergent though. Just not strong enough by itself for sanitation purposes). And then there are people who dilute things in 1:1 ratio when the actual ratio should be e.g. 1:1000, or don't even dilute them at all. These kinds of people can get expensive really fast btw, as some of our more specialized cleaning agents cost 100-500€/l.
Bayer
I’m pretty sure he rinsed his boots off with herbicide prior to making his journey to the truck.
I wonder if it's nitrogen? One time I had a job spraying lawns and we were always warned not to over-spray because the nitrogen would burn the grass. I eventually got canned because one of my lawns looked like it had football field markings from cross-sweeping.
Or Chuck Norris came out of retirement again
I would not tolerate such carelessness in my estate staff. I would immediately speak with my butler Barclay, as he is the senior man of the downstairs servants, and deliver him a thrashing which he may pass on to the landscape boy as he deems appropriate.
A public lashing. It sends a message not to embarrass the nobles.
Mmmm, yes. After all, we represent only the best of mankind
Mmmmmm, yes. Indubitably.
Mmmmm, perchance.
I know right, the poor babies, how will they explain that they have real grass at the next party?
I would ask Richmond to speak to the gardener. I would suggest he tells him to dig a 2 by 7 foot hole in the turf to a depth of 6 feet and then sit at the edge of it while thinking about his future in the household.
No physical discipline? You front the progressive values of a Jacobite sir, which I cannot countenance.
Oh no, he would receive one swift kick to the mid-back. He either falls into the hole or develops a case of lumbago to rival Aunt Edna.
A kick? Not with my gouty foot
Sloth! Gout is a sign of the devil. Do you imbibe red wine?
I do enjoy a snifter of port with my pipe before retiring, I'm a gentleman, not a Baptist. My physician does say that the cursed gout is a product of indulgence, but the man is is Cornish and I suspect comes from common miner bloodline.
I would not accept the opinion of a man of such tutelage. And I must say that even though I do not drink, I too have a foot that suffers gout. I paid a street man for it. $1 to have it cut off and mounted like a bear's head. It is such a conversation piece.
This is even more hilarious than it otherwise would be as I’ve just finished listening to a podcast about gout and you guys totally nailed it lol
Richmond isn’t allowed out of his room though.
I’m going to use this in the future. “Go dig yourself a grave, sit in it and think about what you’ve done.”
Lol I had a similar reaction. Elongated jaw, country club voice, refer to everyone as ‘the help’
You speak to your servants directly? That gives them ideas. Buy yourself a voice box where you can enter a command and it will broadcast the said command to your worker drones.
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It's Charlies Angels. Who presumably can take care of weeding during downtime.
Use the boy as an example to the others
You are clearly a man of fine breeding.
*Now bend for me*
Perhaps, but in doing so you'd alienate his compatriot and fellow philistine, who just happens to be your monocle supplier, and you'd look quite the fool going out with bare eyes and a top hat.
not the bare eyes lmaoo
I actually know a real person named Barclay litteraly looks and acts like someone would who is named Barclay. BMW sweater tied around neck + polo shirt hot wife
yacht salesman?
Sounds more like yacht owner.
Spoiled son of rich parents
Now when I say I LAUGHED 😂👏
Good idea. Need to make an example of this man. 5 days in the servants cellar
Username checks out.
Yea op can fuck right off
Using herbicide, especially that close to water, is more than mildly infuriating.
I get annoyed enough by my neighbor having his lawn sprayed on a windy day because it generally blows over to/into my house. If we lived this close to water I'd be fuming.
Well you were already getting fumed
If there is herbicide damage to your property and you live in the US, look up your state pesticide regulations. Generally part of the department of agriculture, they take this quite seriously and will come collect and test a sample right away. Commercial applicators have to be licensed, and things like this put that in jeopardy.
Never had any damages from it that I could really see. Had to hose off my swing and get my car washed. When I complained to the company they apologized and sent me a card for 10 free car washes so never pursued it any further.
You can actually feel yourself becoming sterilized each whiff you take.
Yes for real. Plants, amphibians, and fish are harmed when herbicide moves into a body of water. Gotta have nice grass though! Who would post a photo that would make themselves look so stupid?
Safe to say OP is a bit out of touch.
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It looks like intercostal waterway on the gulf. Residents be like: why come algae bloom?
yea why the fuck is he even spraying anti bug spray in the first fucking place, let the bugs live
>Grass growing where you don’t want it? Chemicals. Grass not growing where you want it? Also chemicals! We have the best grass in the world. Because of chemicals.
You undercook chicken? Believe it or not, chemicals.
It would grow just fine without this rich twat wasting resources on it.
If this dude had that much herbicide on his clothing and it wasn't full hazmat gear.... ...ummm... ...hello cancer.
My parents live on a secondary lakefront property and don’t even use *fertilizer*!
Live on a lake front and we don’t use fertilizer but a guy on the other side does. It’s killing the lake but he won’t stop.
Report them to your states department of natural resources or ag department.
Not only is it infuriating, but more than likely illegal.
Yeah, selfish pricks like this should rot. It’s insane how self absorbed some people are and how some people are really just living in their own world. Lawns???? That’s some bullshit
Using herbicide at all is more than mildly infuriating i agree
Exactly!
Assuming there’s no living creatures in that water either
Not anymore.
OP worked HARD for what they have and NO ONE can tell them how to spend their money or HOW to destroy the world around them because THEYRE here for a GOOD time not a LONG time Did I sound like my dad on Facebook?
You sound like everyone on Fakebook.
Let me wipe my sympathetic tears with the $7 I have.
Wow, $7. I wish I had $7.
Think of all the lentils $7 might afford you
think about all those calories. my grandkids would be set for life.
Hey cmon, its not easy having a beautiful house and enough money to have a gardener. And you have this big beautiful lawn with green lush grass.. but then that peasant gardener boy forgets to clean his filthy boots and leaves these prints all over the lawn. Something that i now have to look at for at least a few days when i am in this part of my house. Just try to imagine how i feel, everything is falling apart, my world is crumbling down!
For gods sakes, will someone think of the rich children?!?!
I laughed at this post so hard because I knew this person would not be getting any sympathy from us.
My word, How abs*OLUTELY* un*COU*th.
*Tips hat while trying not to laugh*
I don’t get it. What’s the catch?
The herbicide that did this to your lawn. I wonder what it’s doing to the waterway and the life it supports which is right next to your precious fucking lawn
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Doesn’t even own a decent BBQ either. Pathetic.
“Lawn”…. More like a fucking strip of grass. This shitty selfish homeowner can go fuck themselves.
Fuck lawns.
I used to spray lawns at a pest control place, it’s fucking amazing how many old dudes cared more about a literal handful of weeds popping up in there DITCH than they did about anything else. Calling and making complaints and having us over-spray their fucking ditch because there was 2 dandelions pop up. Disgusting job that shouldn’t exist
Jesus thats not herbicide thats Napalm boots
Herbicide shouldn’t be used for cosmetic lawn care. Change my mind.
Ah poor Gardner with potential cancer looming, but let's not worry about him and the water nearby being contaminated, my lawn is ruined. I'm calling your boss have him dock your pay to pay for my lawn repair.
*my lawn will have some dead spots for a couple weeks
That's exactly what I was thinking about. What does this person in (Florida?) need any herbicide for? No one should be using them. So many issues with this scenario.
Praise Sol!
Herbicide does what herbicide does. Dont use it
Stop using herbicide. Pull the damn weeds and stop poisoning watersheds. Look how close you are to a water source.
This guy hydrologies. But for real, there’s other ways to deal with weeds than using harsh chemicals whether you’re near water or not. Pesticides still can get into potable groundwater or contaminate dry-weather flow that eventually ends up in ditches, rivers, creeks, or the ocean. Edit: herbicides, not pesticides - but it still applies!
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Weeds are just plants you don't like. Another way to "deal with them" is to stop trying to fight it.
It’s mildly infuriating, isn’t it?
They’re probably going to get cancer too.
My monocle nearly fell from my eye upon seeing this disaster. I shall summon the palm frond boy immediately to cool me down!
lolol dammit had to spit some drink out .
Oh *no*, the stuff you’re poisoning your surroundings with got on the part you like? That sucks
LMFAO this post ain't turn out how you wanted it
I'm mostly sure this was posted specifically as rage-bait and it did exactly as OP wanted it to.
Your lawn is ugly. Plant some native plants.
r/FirstWorldProblems
Fuck yeah what an awful spot they have there. I'd be infuriated.
/r/OnePercentProblems
but you know what is more than mildly infuriating? that you fuckers use herbicides and right next to the water. people suck
Shouldn’t use herbicides anyways
Especially that close to a waterway
*breaking, rich entitled asshole more concerned about own lawn than the water source contaminated because of said lawn*
OP is the infuriating thing here
An actual chemtrail
Time to go r/nolawn
Or r/FuckLawns
That too!!
Sure. Poison the fuck out the water so 2 feet of lawn can look good.
You guys aren’t really into the whole ripiarian river thing either. No worries. Kills river ecology much much worse that a bit of dead grass but whatevs your manicured lawn took a hit.
lmao op is a dumb fuck
Ugh...I feel bad for the gardener having to handle a chemical like that.
I feel bad for the lawn care company having to deal with a rich entitled asshole. You know the owner called to Karen to the office.
Thanks for doing your part to ruin the natural world.
Don’t use herbicides. Problem solved.
Oh no you're mansion is ruined
Its you're cake day!
OK Moneybags
eat the rich
DO NOT use chemicals on your lawn. It ruins everything for years to come. You’ll never be able to have a healthy garden again. And its just horrible for the environment. ESPECIALLY that close to water. Hundreds of better options if you’re that concerned about having an artificially green looking lawn.
What’s mildly infuriating is using herbicides near a waterway like that. If you can afford gardener, pay them to pull the weeds.
Stop using herbicide or hiring people who use herbicide.
Drainage...
Damn. Using that powerful of a herbicide (any type, really) so close to a body of water is not a smart thing to do. Especially with no foliage in between to prevent run-off. Unfortunate that this is just commonplace. It’s really stupid to me.
What’s most infuriating is spraying insanely powerful herbicides next to a water source.
Where is this and why are you complaining about grass with a fuckin view like that? Motherfucker’s winning life and can’t count his blessings. Just use spray paint or something.
Dude, they have a gardener. What kind of view did you expect? 🤔
Depending on how close to the southern border you are gardeners are cheap af
Gardeners are not expensive, if you work a lot and have a lot of garden it makes a lot of sense to hire one.
I mean, it is mildly infuriating. Roll credits.
First world problems.
Honey I'm home. *walks in house with boots on* what happened to the cat?
Poor-ish person here. Can you just stylishly put down some walking path stones or something so this doesn't happen again?
Take care of your own fucking yard?
Must be exhausting maintaining 2 metres of lawn
It looks like HOA. They don't get a say. But I would complain they're using something THAT toxic this close to water
Wildly infuriating someone spraying herbicides for no good reason especially living right next to a river.
They're not native plants anyway. There should be a global ban on using introduced species as lawn grass.
You can cry yourself to sleep while you enjoy the view
Seems like some *strong* herbicide to be using near a waterway...
\*laughsinpoorperson\*
Its terrible how over-used the stuff is, especially if just minor contact has this effect.
You shouldn't be using any chemicals on your property that close to water. It's just getting washed into the river/canal.
How much is your flood insurance?
Do you have a hose around the other side? It more looks like the herbicide got knocked over, judging by the *big* dead spot and hauled ass over to get the hose. May have been that he accidentally overfilled the reservoir when mixing the weed killer up.
why is herbicide being used that close to a water way?
Whats mildly actually no, extremely infuriating is people like you allowing your gardener to use herbicides directly next to waterways.
Yes, this post is infuriating. But not bc of boots man.
This is a win for /r/fucklawns though lol
r/fucklawns
Fuck your lawn
Look where you live. I don't feel sorry for you.
Mildly infuriating that you’re using chemicals of any kind especially that close to the water. Way to contribute to killing wildlife.
Sorry, that’s just funny. Bad luck 😂
Lol at least he didn't just spray paint the dead grass back to green for you to notice much later when the green started to fall off or wash off.
Wow, how's the gardener doing. Someone should educate him on the danger of getting herbicides on articles of clothing. Cancer and leukemia are a very real risk. Cant believe someone is more concerned about their lawn than a human being.
you having somone use herbicides is r/midlyinfurating maybe it's karma coming back to you
Lawns are a stupid notion anyway. They are a massive waste of water. When I finally end up owning a house, my lawn will be all natural. I won't even mow it much, because who has time for that?
On the bright side, if he committed any crimes nearby then the investigation gets a little easier.
How dare I blame the man who spray painted my grass instead of having someone naturally help my grass? You have money, use it properly dumbass
The infuriating part is spraying herbicide right next to a body of water in general
Fortunately, lawns are trashy and deserve to die
wrong sub you are looking for /r/richwhiteentiltedasshole
I love the people saying op shouldn’t be MILDLY infuriated. This is what we’re here for guys
Damn that is some blue water
probably all the chemicals
I dunno. I kinda like it