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Greg Evans
Apr 20, 2019
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There are many minor and unnecessary things that people like to dunk on millennials for such as buying too many avocados and getting cheaper rail fares.
Yet, every now and again something does crop up that will make everyone collectively groan in anguish.
Earlier this week a thread went viral on Twitter after a young couple, who are due to have their first baby, asked their neighbours to make food for them. Yes, you read that correctly.
According to a Twitter user called JJ, the couple posted their request on the Nextdoor app, a social network that connects neighbours with each other.
The request from the couple was not for simple donations of baby food or canned goods but actual meals from recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
On top of this, even if a neighbour did make the food the couple couldn't guarantee that they would even answer the door if anyone delivered it so instead requested that they be left in their side yard.
As you can imagine the request was met with astonishment by JJ who decided to share exactly what they had said with the rest of the world.
The week I got a thing in my mailbox to join a social network @Nextdoor. People in my neighborhood can alert each o… https://t.co/w6FXMgdFKr— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555603032
"My wife and I are having a baby. I'm starting a meal train because it is our first and neither of us have a clue w… https://t.co/jRK2ESkBzR— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555603102
Turns out they are in fact asking total strangers to help them and with the most millennial phrasing I have ever se… https://t.co/ALjVHgOKOq— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555603338
Trying not to be negative, I figured maybe it's like "if you make a lasagna and make too much, we would accept it".… https://t.co/648Gfi1kO1— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555603623
THEN THEY LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DONT LIKE AND IF YOU CANT ACCOMMODATE, YOU CAN COME AND DO THEIR DISHES OR VACCUUM… https://t.co/qdyBH5EThG— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555603811
This guy then tops it all off be telling us we can sign up for a day to text, and if they decide they would rather… https://t.co/6YOgFPVUSR— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555604090
If I don't egg their house, I deserve an award— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555605204
Amazingly someone did offer a rather positive reply and as parents themselves recognised how demanding a first child can be.
There has only been one response and it's been positive. Now I have 2 houses to egg... https://t.co/ju63XVz7YG— Jack Jokinen (@Jack Jokinen) 1555681408
Fortunately for JJ some people did agree with his take on the situation and questioned whether the couple should actually be having a baby if they can't even cook their own meals.
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor If they spent less time writing up ridiculous requests and arrangements, they could have… https://t.co/oS0d1TiJiy— laur (@laur) 1555628582
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor We as a neighborhood did this for a young family for 6 months. The Mother died of the flu… https://t.co/oyHcTxSZJB— Tracy Cas (@Tracy Cas) 1555694633
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor This person maybe shouldn't be procreating if it's so beyond his ability to steam his own quinoa. 🤷🏻♀️— Janie Haddad Tompkins 🇱🇧 (@Janie Haddad Tompkins 🇱🇧) 1555691407
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor My favorite part is “Dark Chocolate (70%)”— Mr. Steve (@Mr. Steve) 1555664728
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor I literally want to drive to this dude's house and shake the living shit out of him until… https://t.co/ktNpmmvzuK— Danny Deraney (@Danny Deraney) 1555689900
Not everyone was up in arms about it though, with some feeling that is was just a thing that neighbours sometimes do for each other.
@JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor This is just something neighbors used to do for each other. We love to bitch about how so… https://t.co/gY49zpw4tl— Kristy D Alley (@Kristy D Alley) 1555688913
@KristyDAlley @JJFromTheBronx @Nextdoor Totally agree with you. What's the big deal? A neighborhood of folks who kn… https://t.co/QMlaLEMEPi— Angela Roberts🌊🏳️🌈📖 President Biden VP Harris (@Angela Roberts🌊🏳️🌈📖 President Biden VP Harris) 1555689887
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