Watering the wet ground

What's up with people with automatic sprinkler systems in their yards who don't actually monitor what their systems are doing? If anybody has seen the weather or news, you'll know what we've gotten our fair share of rain down here in Houston. There was one 2 week period that it rained at least once every day at my house. Still, I'm leaving for work at 6:30am and what do I see? I see at least 2 neighbors sprinkler system squirting water on the grass. And one day it was freaking raining AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Is it ignorance? Have they forgotten that they even have their systems on a schedule? Do they just not give a damn that they're being wasteful? Are these the same people who get a pet and then forget to feed it?

Whatever it is people, come on! Let's use a little common sense. Normally this time of the year we're already seeing notices from the water company about drought conditions. It's not going to stay wet like this forever and the more water we leave in the ground now, the less the change of a shortage later.