Odd things your neighbours do?
Discussion
Last week, I got to take my one year old grandson on a buggy ride, about 4 pm. People had started putting out bins onto the pavement in an affluent town.
As I was walking down one road, I watched a woman park on the pavement, within 4 cms of the bin of the house she went into. . When I reached the blockage. I put the buggy in park and moved the bin in front of the car. On the road. (A cul de sac)
On the next road, there was a lovely wide pavement, but one house had a very overgrown hedge. Just wide enough for single file pedestrians. There was a full bin taking up that space. I moved it to the middle of thier drive.
The number of cars totally blocking pavements in my hour walk was probably only 7. The number leaving just enough room for a single pedestrian, probably 30.
Sorry if you have to adjust your mirror, but it's just one of those odd things that happens. Blame your neighbour.
As I was walking down one road, I watched a woman park on the pavement, within 4 cms of the bin of the house she went into. . When I reached the blockage. I put the buggy in park and moved the bin in front of the car. On the road. (A cul de sac)
On the next road, there was a lovely wide pavement, but one house had a very overgrown hedge. Just wide enough for single file pedestrians. There was a full bin taking up that space. I moved it to the middle of thier drive.
The number of cars totally blocking pavements in my hour walk was probably only 7. The number leaving just enough room for a single pedestrian, probably 30.
Sorry if you have to adjust your mirror, but it's just one of those odd things that happens. Blame your neighbour.
Downward said:
Our bin people come around 7am which is before I wake up !
I WFH so up and downstairs for 8am start !
And i get the bin then.
Anyway no bins were moved last night.
This for me too - it’s done before I’m up, and so I bring the bins in on the morning, but put them out the night before. I WFH so up and downstairs for 8am start !
And i get the bin then.
Anyway no bins were moved last night.
Having a job where you’ve got to get up and out of the house before the bin men come = council.
RicksAlfas said:
thetapeworm said:
On the subject of bins and neighbours - is it odd to have advance warning of very strong winds but take no steps whatever to stop your three bins from blowing around the neighbourhood?
Or just recovering them and putting them back exactly where they were only for it to happen again?
Or allowing the contents to blow around the area and not make any effort to pick any of it up?
I wedged mine in last night and put a heavy planter in front of them, everyone else on the street seems intent on letting theirs sail towards my driveway at speed when they could have popped them in their garages for the night or put them down the side of the house out of the way.
That said when I went out this morning the whole town seemed to be covered in rogue wheelie bins so it's not just my neighbours.
I am finding more and more people just live their lives by a set routine and aren't capable of any deviation, be it unusual weather, road closed, whatever. There's very little flexible thinking. If a giant hole opened up on a road, I'm sure many commuters would just drive into it on the basis that "I always come this way". Or just recovering them and putting them back exactly where they were only for it to happen again?
Or allowing the contents to blow around the area and not make any effort to pick any of it up?
I wedged mine in last night and put a heavy planter in front of them, everyone else on the street seems intent on letting theirs sail towards my driveway at speed when they could have popped them in their garages for the night or put them down the side of the house out of the way.
That said when I went out this morning the whole town seemed to be covered in rogue wheelie bins so it's not just my neighbours.
The usual numpties just Chuck it on the pavement, making young mums move them all out the way to get pushchair through
When it’s windy, they can’t anticipate that they might get knocked over by the wind, just leave them to fall onto the A road causing misery
If it’s windy me and the old boy next door cluster our bins in the hope they offer support/park them in the hedge row a little to reduce a fall direction
When then also have the gimp who puts his bin out around 1am, making no effort to pull it slowly like our other neighbours can manage without us hearing.
Zetec-S said:
thetapeworm said:
On the subject of bins and neighbours - is it odd to have advance warning of very strong winds but take no steps whatever to stop your three bins from blowing around the neighbourhood?
Or just recovering them and putting them back exactly where they were only for it to happen again?
Or allowing the contents to blow around the area and not make any effort to pick any of it up?
I wedged mine in last night and put a heavy planter in front of them, everyone else on the street seems intent on letting theirs sail towards my driveway at speed when they could have popped them in their garages for the night or put them down the side of the house out of the way.
That said when I went out this morning the whole town seemed to be covered in rogue wheelie bins so it's not just my neighbours.
Round here there's a competition to see who can leave their bin closest to the edge of the kerb when it's windy. And then another competition to see how long it can be ignored when the bin has been blown over.Or just recovering them and putting them back exactly where they were only for it to happen again?
Or allowing the contents to blow around the area and not make any effort to pick any of it up?
I wedged mine in last night and put a heavy planter in front of them, everyone else on the street seems intent on letting theirs sail towards my driveway at speed when they could have popped them in their garages for the night or put them down the side of the house out of the way.
That said when I went out this morning the whole town seemed to be covered in rogue wheelie bins so it's not just my neighbours.
I'll draw the line at picking up all the crap, but if I'm out on the morning dog walk I'll move/pick up any bins which are blocking the way, yet I've seen other people literally step over one rather than spend the 5 seconds picking it up.
Likewise a few times I've got out the car to move one in the middle of the road, yet most people mount the pavement to drive round. I've even seen one person turn their car around and go a different way....
You stop to bend over to pick stuff up, they will then put the ghost of a dead gypsy dog up your bum and steal your dog
Might even put a chalk mark on the ground
Stay safe hun
It's a common tactic for gated properties to leave for car jackers to leave the wheelie bin blocking so the driver has to get out of the car before the gates.
Looks like they use the tactic on the road as well which may account why drivers swerve them rather than get out the car and move them.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-tren...
Looks like they use the tactic on the road as well which may account why drivers swerve them rather than get out the car and move them.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-tren...
untakenname said:
It's a common tactic for gated properties to leave for car jackers to leave the wheelie bin blocking so the driver has to get out of the car before the gates.
Looks like they use the tactic on the road as well which may account why drivers swerve them rather than get out the car and move them.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-tren...
Maybe urban SUVs will soon be fitted with "bin bars" to ram the offending bin out of the way?Looks like they use the tactic on the road as well which may account why drivers swerve them rather than get out the car and move them.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-tren...
PlywoodPascal said:
No, becuase it makes zero sense.
i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Mine are collected before i leave for work, and the noise is pretty antisocial anyway.i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
JonnyVTEC said:
PlywoodPascal said:
No, becuase it makes zero sense.
i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Mine are collected before i leave for work, and the noise is pretty antisocial anyway.i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Downward said:
Bloody midnight creeper. In the early hours someone on bin nights moves my bin up my path which sets off the Ring doorbell. Motion detected at the front door.
Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
PARKLIFE!Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
WosMyName said:
House near me has a "No trespassing " sign on the gate , because burglars and miscreants always obey signs telling them not to do illegal stuff .
It's not open countryside with fields n stuff ,just a normal residential street .
But if the sign said "trespassing" instead of "no trespassing", effectively an invitation, then would anyone complying with the sign still be trespassing? Because when you're invited, you're no longer trespassing. So you're still not complying.It's not open countryside with fields n stuff ,just a normal residential street .
This sort of thing keeps me awake at night.
PlywoodPascal said:
richhead said:
Captain Smerc said:
Putting bins out the night before = council.
doesnt everybody?i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
My driveway is not powerfully-built so it takes seconds.
PlywoodPascal said:
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
The bin is full, so it's very rare for that to happen.PlywoodPascal said:
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Because it's collected before I leave the house.Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
dalzo said:
Neighbours old mum has parked on the opposite side of the road from my drive, it’s a small street so means I need to do near enough a 3 point turn to get the van and car out.
There is a parking lay-by less than 3 metres away from her car on the same side.
There is a small road in our village where a pothole has developed. It is a proper wheel-wrecking, suspension-smashing thing - to the extent that the locals have put a traffic cone in it to warn motorists. So far, so good.There is a parking lay-by less than 3 metres away from her car on the same side.
The person who lives opposite it parks their car directly outside their house, forcing people to pretty much drive though the pothole. They could move their car a few metres in either direction to make life easier for everyone else in the village (and have been asked to do so). But no.
borcy said:
JonnyVTEC said:
PlywoodPascal said:
No, becuase it makes zero sense.
i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Mine are collected before i leave for work, and the noise is pretty antisocial anyway.i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
PlywoodPascal said:
No, becuase it makes zero sense.
i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Because I don't leave the house (or get up) before 7.30am you tard i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
JonnyVTEC said:
PlywoodPascal said:
No, becuase it makes zero sense.
i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
Mine are collected before i leave for work, and the noise is pretty antisocial anyway.i) you have more rubbish to generate overnight/in morning
ii) wind etc. often blows the contents or the bin around
iii) im boring myself to death already
Why not just do it as you leave the house in the morning
hepy said:
Downward said:
Bloody midnight creeper. In the early hours someone on bin nights moves my bin up my path which sets off the Ring doorbell. Motion detected at the front door.
Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
PARKLIFE!Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
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