Being a Good Neighbor
Being a Good Neighbor
If you do not shovel a path in the snow then you aren’t a good neighbor. At least that’s what E. L. Foertsch believes. In a recent letter to the editor written on January 8, 2014 in the Chicago Tribune, Foertsch explained what he believed qualified as not being a good neighbor.
In my opinion, the main weakness in the letter is that it was written so it seemed like Foertsch thought that the only requirement for being a good neighbor is to shovel the snow. He did not weigh any other options for why the snow was not shoveled and believed that it just automatically made someone a bad neighbor. Although this may not be what he was trying to get across, Foertsch made me feel as though he believed that even if you were very friendly and always doing things to help others around the neighborhood, you were still not considered a good neighbor because you did not shovel the snow off your sidewalk.
One quotation that stood out to me in this letter to the editor is when Foertsch stated, “They couldn’t care less about you, me or anyone else.” In this statement, he was explaining how he believed that if businesses or neighbors did not shovel the snow then they obviously didn’t care about anyone or anything. I found it very strange that he would feel this way because there could be many reasons that these people did not shovel the snow off of the walk way. For example, they could have been out of town or even disabled in some way that prevented them from performing this task, and it is obvious that Foertsch did not consider these possible reasons.
Another line in this letter that really shocked me was when he was describing how if a business did not shovel the snow off of the sidewalk you should “Go somewhere else with your business needs.” I found it kind of strange, and a little over dramatic, that he felt so strongly about someone not shoveling the snow that he thought it was better to go somewhere else for what he needed than to give someone who
If you do not shovel a path in the snow then you aren’t a good neighbor. At least that’s what E. L. Foertsch believes. In a recent letter to the editor written on January 8, 2014 in the Chicago Tribune, Foertsch explained what he believed qualified as not being a good neighbor.
In my opinion, the main weakness in the letter is that it was written so it seemed like Foertsch thought that the only requirement for being a good neighbor is to shovel the snow. He did not weigh any other options for why the snow was not shoveled and believed that it just automatically made someone a bad neighbor. Although this may not be what he was trying to get across, Foertsch made me feel as though he believed that even if you were very friendly and always doing things to help others around the neighborhood, you were still not considered a good neighbor because you did not shovel the snow off your sidewalk.
One quotation that stood out to me in this letter to the editor is when Foertsch stated, “They couldn’t care less about you, me or anyone else.” In this statement, he was explaining how he believed that if businesses or neighbors did not shovel the snow then they obviously didn’t care about anyone or anything. I found it very strange that he would feel this way because there could be many reasons that these people did not shovel the snow off of the walk way. For example, they could have been out of town or even disabled in some way that prevented them from performing this task, and it is obvious that Foertsch did not consider these possible reasons.
Another line in this letter that really shocked me was when he was describing how if a business did not shovel the snow off of the sidewalk you should “Go somewhere else with your business needs.” I found it kind of strange, and a little over dramatic, that he felt so strongly about someone not shoveling the snow that he thought it was better to go somewhere else for what he needed than to give someone who