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There are two strangers sat in my garden eating their dinner

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Scrowy · 19/06/2021 11:57

I've told them it's private property and not part of the footpath that passes next to it. Apparently they will be on their way soon.

I've now chickened out of saying anything else but I'm passive aggressively watering the hanging baskets about 5m away from them and they are very deliberately not making eye contact with me.

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MaMelon · 19/06/2021 11:59

What?!! Tell them to move it now!

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Jumpingintosummer · 19/06/2021 11:59

You have to be joking!

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Luzina · 19/06/2021 11:59

Say you’re going to call the police if they don’t move on. Take a pic or video of them. Go inside and lock the door and call the police

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bonfireheart · 19/06/2021 11:59

What kinda dinner? Is it takeaway sat on a wall or a picnic on your grass?
This would annoy me so much!!

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Bionicname · 19/06/2021 11:59

„Accidentally“ water them a bit too? ( I probably wouldn’t, but it’s a very tempting thought!)

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bonfireheart · 19/06/2021 12:00

OK to bluff and tell them you're calling the police but please don't actually call the police.

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PanamaPattie · 19/06/2021 12:00

Get your hose out and start watering them.

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DinosaurDiana · 19/06/2021 12:00

Just tell them to fuck off before others think it’s ok too.

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THATbasicSNOWFLAKE · 19/06/2021 12:00

Oh god i would hate this

Make a brew and go and sit with them, join in their convo

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FakeColinCaterpillar · 19/06/2021 12:02

Where are they sat? I’d say ‘I’m watering the lawn now’. How very odd.

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TurtleBay28 · 19/06/2021 12:02

CF. Grab yourself a chair and sit with them take the hose with you.

Or if you have a dog just let them run free to go and eat their lunch Grin.

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SirVixofVixHall · 19/06/2021 12:02

What ?!
What is wrong with people ? Tell them to get orf your land !!

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Scrowy · 19/06/2021 12:02

They aren't eating anymore and are now sat reading maps/map books I think.

We have a popular footpath pass right next to the house and I think people assume our garden is some kind of public park due to the footpath. This is not the first time it's happened (I regularly joke about putting out some picnic benches and charging) but it's the first time they haven't moved when asked...

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Wombats12 · 19/06/2021 12:03

Ger'off my land.

Seriously.

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Bluntness100 · 19/06/2021 12:03

Are either of them an elderly Korean lady?

[edited by MNHQ to add a contextual link]

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accentdusoleil · 19/06/2021 12:03

Could you not get a fence or similar put ip? They usually help determine borders

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thefirstmrsrochester · 19/06/2021 12:04

That’s so bizarre, are they sitting on the grass? Surely there are other places further away from houses to sit down and eat?

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Jumpingintosummer · 19/06/2021 12:05

Don’t ask, tell. Get off my property, now!

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Ifailed · 19/06/2021 12:05

There's no point in calling the police as trespass is a civil matter. However, you can use 'reasonable force' to remove them if they don't leave.

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Fizzgigg · 19/06/2021 12:05

@Bluntness100

Are either of them an elderly Korean lady?

😂
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EShellstrop · 19/06/2021 12:05

There's a lot of threads about garden squatters lately, what gives?

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MiddleClassProblem · 19/06/2021 12:07

Does the footpath go through your garden or is it fenced off?

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viques · 19/06/2021 12:07

I think you ought to take out a garden chair, or a huge blanket and go and sit next to them, like really close, like this

OP,CF,CF,

Or if you can

CF,OP,CF

Take your phone, put it on loudspeaker , phone friends and CHAT

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sorryiasked · 19/06/2021 12:07

Go and give them an invoice for use of picnic spot. £100 should do it 🙂

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AfternoonToffee · 19/06/2021 12:08

Is there anything between the public path and the garden? Is it obvious that it is private property?

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