Mr. Jesus and I Disagree on How to Spread the Word

I have blogged in the past of my dislike of having things put on my property without my permission.  Last October I wrote about joining the “No Throw” list.  There was a follow up blog shortly thereafter about joining the “No Hang” list.  As a quick update (and I know you are dying to know) there has not been anything thrown or hung onto my property since that time.  That all changed though with Mr. Jesus when I found this on my driveway.

There is no shortage of businesses down here in Texas that offer landscaping services.  Several of my neighbors use them.  A truck pulls up pulling lots of lawn equipment. A few guys jump out of the truck and in a very short amount of time the lawn looks great.  My Indiana brain cannot wrap itself around why someone would pay good money for this service when the lawns are so small down here.  I recently mowed and weed whacked our lawn for the first time since we moved here (6+ months ago) and it took me no time at all.  Anyway, that is not the point of this blog.

I found the pictured advertisement rolled up with a plastic clothes pin holding it together.  It was tossed onto my driveway.  The flyer explains the 3 levels of service that Valley Lawnscape offers along with their prices.  Just above the phone number there is a sentence encouraging me to “Call Mr. Jesus”.  Other places on the flyer I am encouraged to “replase” my current lawn care service (“replase” appears misspelled 3 times on the flyer).  At the very top rof the page there is another sentence that says something to the effect that I should not throw away this note as I might need their service eventually.  At the very top right the text “John 3, 16” appears.

I could not help but chuckle at that.  I mean, come on!  Mr. Jesus and a John 3:16 reference?  Jeesh!  Anyway, I was considering how to voice my displeasure of their method of advertising.  There was no website or email address anywhere, only a phone number.  Given the corny biblical reference and the lack of grammar skills I thought it would not be productive to call them.  I found it ironic that their service is to make my property look BETTER when in fact they were littering on my property to do so.  The clothes pin had metal in it and if I had not seen it before pulling out of the garage I suppose it is feasible that tire damage could occur.  I was still thinking about how I could seek my revenge on Mr. Jesus early the next morning when walking Nina.  And then it hit me…

Here are all the Mr. Jesus flyers that I could find.  Most driveways that I passed still had these clothes pinned adverts in them.  Several appeared to have been run over as the clothes pins were broken.  I am not sure if this is stealing legally.  I suppose that I am taking something off of someone else’s property.  I do not think Mr. Jesus could sue me though.  It really irks me that anyone could think that they can just throw things on my property (or in some cases hang them on my door).  I did find a website devoted to this problem but it appears to be for New York.  I will have to continue to be a vigilante for this perceived injustice.

I would like to say a big “You’re Welcome” to all my neighbors.  And to Mr. Jesus I would like to say “Thank You” for the clothes pins.  I put your flyers in the recycle bin.

Jon