Just the fast that this joke must resonate with a good portion of this site's audience suggests to me that <i>this actually happens</i>. What kind of a person would actually do this? What kind of society would actually allow this? <img src="{att_link}screen_shot_2022-02-22_at_08.06.43.jpg" href="{att_link}screen_shot_2022-02-22_at_08.06.43.jpg" align="none" caption="Babylon Bee on Leafblowers" scale="50%"> For reference, the building where I live here in Switzerland has had a grounds crew for the last couple of years. They do use leafblowers, unfortunately. They never start before 09:00 or 10:00 or so.