Why Do Some Folks Feel Entitled to Stuff? Read This:

[MineralMan]

22. Where I live, only about a third of the homeowners own

snowblowers. That third clears all of the city sidewalks on the block after each snowstorm. It's really no work at all to do it with the machine. You just walk along behind it and guide it. Shoveling manually is hard work, so those of us who have snowblowers just automatically clear the sidewalks. Really, you just keep going until you get to a place where someone else has already done it. Driveways are another matter. I used to clear another neighbor's driveway, because she was in her 80s and had a bad hip. But, she moved into an assisted living facility and sold her house to a nice young couple. That young man always has his driveway hand-shoveled before I get out the door, so there's no need.

Really, even with a 12" snowfall, clearing my double shared driveway takes only about 30-45 minutes, and the machine does all the work. It's self-propelled, so I just walk along behind it and adjust it to blow the snow where I want it to go. It's not really the work that's the issue for me. It's that sense of entitlement that puzzles me. That, I don't get.