Let Me Tell You About Southwesterners

For any "easterners" this is the most hilarious time of year.  Why?  Because we watch as people who lived in the comfort of the south, west, and southwest (I'm not redundant) struggle with the feet and feet of snow that we receive.  They can't grasp how we go on with our schools and businesses when we have 10 feet of snow on the ground.  Meanwhile, they have to shut down for 10 millimeters of snow and declare a national state of emergency.  We also watch as people new to this area physically handle the snow.  One such case is our new neighbor.

Our previous next-door neighbor moved out in the summer, and he and his wife moved to Vegas.  A new couple moved in.  They're an older couple, and they're both retired, I believe.  They moved here from Arizona.  The reasons behind that are beyond me, and I couldn't begin to fathom them.  Anyway, the wife is originally from Erie; the husband is not.  From what I understand, he's from Arizona.

Since we've been getting snow consistently the past week, he's been out there every morning and every night shoveling snow and brushing his car off.  One night we probably received a half an inch of snow, and ritualistically--as it's becoming--he was out shoveling his driveway, walkway, and brushing his car off.

Now, we all know that waiting is the best possible thing to do in this situation because we can and will get more snow.  You're just making more work for yourself.  As his wife is from Erie, I would think she would know enough to suggest waiting until there's more snow to shovel instead of watching him get up at the crack of dawn (waking us up), and going out late at night (keeping us up) shoveling snow.

He does get points for persistence.  Negative points for idiocy.