Odd things your neighbours do?
Discussion
Captain Smerc said:
Putting bins out the night before = council.
Is it?My council requests that the bin is put out by 06:30am on collection day. Why would I get out of bed before 06:30am (earlier than my usual waking time) to put a bin out when putting it out the night before causes zero issues?
XDA said:
Captain Smerc said:
Putting bins out the night before = council.
Is it?My council requests that the bin is put out by 06:30am on collection day. Why would I get out of bed before 06:30am (earlier than my usual waking time) to put a bin out when putting it out the night before causes zero issues?
They usually roll up about 11:30 around here, unless I forget to put them out the night before. Then they arrive 2 hours early.
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.
You mean they put the bins back by the house after you’ve put them out?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.
XDA said:
Is it?
My council requests that the bin is put out by 06:30am on collection day. Why would I get out of bed before 06:30am (earlier than my usual waking time) to put a bin out when putting it out the night before causes zero issues?
Really? It should be clear by now that we exist for the convenience of local authorities, not the other way about. My council requests that the bin is put out by 06:30am on collection day. Why would I get out of bed before 06:30am (earlier than my usual waking time) to put a bin out when putting it out the night before causes zero issues?
richhead said:
Captain Smerc said:
Putting bins out the night before = council.
doesnt everybody?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
Our council requests the bins are put out by 6.30a.m. Sometimes they have been collected by 7.00.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
We live down a narrow lane and all the residents have to take their bins to the end of it.
I don't think it would be very popular if everyone was moving bins before seven in the morning.
Much better that it's done the night before for us.
legless said:
I've kept meaning to write about a guy who lives a few streets from me that I see on my late evening dog walks.
For the last 4-5 years, every single evening without fail, he spends pretty much the entire evening from around 8pm up until around 11pm sitting in his car, with the engine idling while he watches TV on an iPad clipped to the top of the steering wheel.
He lives in a fairly decent sized house, so even if he has different TV tastes to his other half, I can't imagine that there wouldn't be another room in the house he could use. But no, rain or shine, heatwave or deep chill, he's out there in the driver's seat of his Peugeot 3007 creating a hydrocarbon stench for about a 30m radius of the house.
Other than being strange, that’s just unnecessarily bad for the environment, what a tool. For the last 4-5 years, every single evening without fail, he spends pretty much the entire evening from around 8pm up until around 11pm sitting in his car, with the engine idling while he watches TV on an iPad clipped to the top of the steering wheel.
He lives in a fairly decent sized house, so even if he has different TV tastes to his other half, I can't imagine that there wouldn't be another room in the house he could use. But no, rain or shine, heatwave or deep chill, he's out there in the driver's seat of his Peugeot 3007 creating a hydrocarbon stench for about a 30m radius of the house.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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