Exhausted Admin Locks Comments Under Subdivision Easter Egg Hunt Post
That's three years in a row
Pleasant Brook Estates—Administrators gave up and turned off comments under the annual Easter egg hunt post in the Pleasant Brook Neighbors Facebook group before noon on Easter Sunday. This is the third consecutive year commenting was locked before dinner time.
Since the assembly of the Pleasant Brook Homeowners Association, the board has typically hired a high school or college age young adult from the neighborhood to hop around the common space at East Hill Road and Autumn Drive while children hunt for donated Easter eggs. The selection process had to be detailed in the Association Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions after one homeowner’s child was not selected under what he called “suspicious circumstances,” leading to a formal hearing.
The board posted a reminder about the egg hunt on Thursday morning. By Good Friday afternoon, all Hell had broken loose.
“Please have dogs on leashes,” a mom from 113 Meadow requested. “Especially families from Spring Drive.”
“We don’t ask that you leash your children. Don’t ask us to leash ours,” replied someone from Spring Drive.
“I notice none of the liberal families are complaining about the Easter bunny doing his job in a mask,” said the guy from near the entrance to the subdivision with all the flags that are too hard to read from the street.
“Please make sure your kiddos SHARE THE EGGS,” pleaded one household.
“Sorry this isn’t a communist neighborhood,” the flag guy responded.
On Friday evening, the board secretary edited the post with the board’s own concerns as well as a request to keep divisive rhetoric to a minimum.
“Edit: Please let’s stay focused on what’s important, which is the kiddos and family (and if you attend Meadow Baptist with us, the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ). As a reminder, no other Easter bunny costumes are allowed outdoors to minimize confusion for the younger kids and maintain the spirit of Easter magic. Fines will be assessed if necessary.”
Shortly after the VFW Fish Fry let out, one homeowner put out a poorly-spelled call for members of the board to resign. The next morning his wife threatened to call the police on any children she didn’t recognize from the neighborhood.
Two hours before the event, group admins admitted defeat.
“Edit: Closing replies. Thanks everyone. See you soon!”
At egg hunt time, The Chronicle observed three children from two families splitting 34 eggs full of bunny stickers. This year’s costumed bunny declined to give a quote.
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