Suffice it to say that I live in the country. I live in the country because I like the trees and nature around me. I live here cause that's what I want to live around. I don't live in the city. I don't want my place to look like I live in the city. I don't want a HOA (Home Owners Association) to tell me I have to mow my lawn, trim my trees, put my garage door down or any of the other asinine things that they think are important for the "neighborhood" to look respectable.
So for the past 15 years or so we have gotten a delivery of Propane from a certain Propane Company who shall remain nameless. And they only have to deliver about once every 6 months or so. But they have one particular driver who bitches every single time he comes about us not trimming our trees enough to suit him.
We've had words before about this but this time when he delivered....he left a note on the door followed up by a letter.
Now if there was a safety issue associated with this then we just might take another look at the situation but there has NEVER been an explosion of a Propane Truck because some limbs scratched the tank. It's a TRUCK....trucks are to be used!!!!!!
So because I had just trimmed the limbs that my husband and I had deemed fairly obstructive....when the letter arrived I just had had enough so I wrote the following to the company:
********** Propane Company
With the payment of this check we should not have anything else on our account. Please take us off your list of customers as we will no longer require your services.
We have been very happy with your service with the exception of the driver who delivered our last delivery. He has continually complained about our lack of trimming trees.
In Fact, we try to keep our driveway REASONABLY clear of tree limbs but what he is asking we consider to be excessive. We do not live in a subdivision and there is a reason for that. We don't want anyone to tell us how we can and cannot have the drive to our home look.
We DO understand how big a propane truck is and he can easily drive down the driveway and get to where he needs to go to make his delivery (he has been able to do it every single time that he has delivered) but what he is asking we consider too much. We've had all kinds of trucks down this driveway include Concrete and PEC (Pedernales Electric Cooperative) trucks. NO ONE else has complained or even suggested that we need to trim.
We live in the country and we want to keep it looking like that. Our driveway is not a city street and we don't want it to look that way.
So thank you again for the services rendered but you have lost a customer.
Sincerely,
Bob and Lyn Pool
So what do you think???? Am I just getting old and cranky or do I have a right to keep my drive looking like I want as long as it doesn't cause some sort of safety issue for the trucks that have to make a delivery.....
