Objection!

I object to leaf blowers.

No, not that. This:

They’re not simply leaf blowers. They’re dust blowers. Okay, yes, at least the people using them are courteous enough to power down when I walk by, but that does nothing to dissipate the cloud of dust I have to walk through. I’m already allergic to plenty of things in the air without your help, thanks.

Also, they’re noisy and annoying at 9am when I’m trying to snooze.

Also, they have some kind of power source. I’m guessing they’re mostly gas powered. But even if they’re electric, they’re using up energy, and unnecessarily, I think.

I mean, why is it so important that your yard or driveway not have leaves in it? Seriously. It’s not as if the leaves cease to exist. They just go out into the road or, as in the case with the apartments next to mine, onto your neighbors’ property (i.e., my parking lot and “yard”).

I know, I know: dead leaves remind you of your own pending death.

Or is it that you were taught too severely as a child that clutter makes you a bad child. 

And if you really need to hide away those disturbing &/or shameful leaves—out of sight, out of mind?—there are other ways to go. What ever happened to a good ol’ fashioned broom or rake and a little elbow grease? That would be healthier for everyone, right?