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Neighbour annoyed at me over her bins

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happyhippo1 · 18/06/2024 09:15

I happened to speak to my neighbour a couple of weeks ago and she mentioned that she was going on holiday and her daughter was staying at home (she looks to be late 20s).

She said to me that her daughter can be a bit lazy and not put the bin out and would I mind doing it for her. I explained that I’d add it to my list but my husband was working away, I was working in the office on the day the bins were put out so I’d be doing mine quickly and I’d have a quick check of hers while the kids were getting into the car in the morning.

anyway, I see the bin sitting outside her house on the morning of bin day so I jumped in the car and went to work.

when she came back from holiday she turned up on my door step furious that her bin hadn’t been put out. Turned out it was the neighbour’s binned positioned in front of her house.

I’d dialled off a work call to answer the door to her and I saw red tbh. I asked why her jobless daughter had a problem putting the bins out when she was sitting in the house.

she stormed off and I haven’t seen her since.

tbh I do feel a bit bad but there was a bin outside the house, unmarked with no house number. Was I to rifle through the bins for signs it was hers? Go to the door at 7am to ask the daughter if it was her bin? Enter her property to check on her bins?

why can’t people just do simple tasks?

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LouDeLou · 30/06/2024 17:18

The earful she would have gotten from me, Lawd!

Ilovecleaning · 29/06/2024 15:55

FanSaBhaile · 29/06/2024 14:50

Oh of course now that you've said that I'll stop commenting 🙄

🤣

FanSaBhaile · 29/06/2024 14:50

Nextdoor55 · 29/06/2024 14:40

Stop commenting then & it won't be active will it

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Oh of course now that you've said that I'll stop commenting 🙄

Nextdoor55 · 29/06/2024 14:40

FanSaBhaile · 29/06/2024 11:54

But the mother didn't say her daughter had some sort of "issue", she said she was lazy!

I can't believe this thread is still going, it's completely batshit 🦇💩 with people tying themselves up like a pretzel 🥨 trying to make out the OP is in the wrong.

Stop commenting then & it won't be active will it

Ilovecleaning · 29/06/2024 13:44

FanSaBhaile · 29/06/2024 11:54

But the mother didn't say her daughter had some sort of "issue", she said she was lazy!

I can't believe this thread is still going, it's completely batshit 🦇💩 with people tying themselves up like a pretzel 🥨 trying to make out the OP is in the wrong.

I know! 🤣. See my previous post. Bonkers.

FanSaBhaile · 29/06/2024 11:54

Nextdoor55 · 28/06/2024 21:03

And I've said that there's loads of people with issues such as phobias & physical issues that might prevent handling rubbish or lifting etc.

Personally if I'd have agreed to do something like put bins out for a neighbour I would have done regardless

You need to accept that there will be another side of the story, you only have one side there will be at least one other version.

But the mother didn't say her daughter had some sort of "issue", she said she was lazy!

I can't believe this thread is still going, it's completely batshit 🦇💩 with people tying themselves up like a pretzel 🥨 trying to make out the OP is in the wrong.

Ilovecleaning · 29/06/2024 11:29

If I want to have a laugh I read through threads like this.

This thread has gone from the ridiculous behaviour of a neighbour with a lazy cow of an adult daughter to suggestions of dirt phobias, disabilities both visible and invisible, arthritis, mental illness, sight problems and a vague reference to ‘disorders’ 😀

As one poster put it: ‘Who are the lunatic 3% who think she is being unreasonable?’

Maybe a handful of posters like to wind things up then sit back to see the results.
Unfortunately, some are just NUTS!

MinnieGirl · 29/06/2024 08:57

I can’t believe this has gone to 9 pages!

Lets just sum it up here….

Neighbour asked OP to put her bins out as a favour while she was away. Her daughter was staying there but neighbour admitted she was lazy… OP agreed to do so. OP saw a bin outside neighbours house and assumed the daughter had put the bin out. Neighbour comes home and it transpires it wasn’t her bin (despite being outside her house) and is annoyed with OP…

It’s a missed bin collection! A bit annoying but not the end of the world! And she should be having very serious words with her lazy daughter not moaning at OP… and I would be telling her so if I was OP. I would also point out that I agreed to do a favour despite lazy bones being quite capable but next time she can sort her own bins out.

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 29/06/2024 08:43

Personally if I'd have agreed to do something like put bins out for a neighbour I would have done regardless

And if on your way to put out the bin you saw a bin already in position at the gate? What would you do then?

Glittertwins · 29/06/2024 07:55

There was a bin outside!! Are you honestly saying you expect OP to go looking through it to ensure it's the right bin???

Nextdoor55 · 28/06/2024 21:03

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 28/06/2024 20:53

But I'm wondering what type of hidden/inactive disability is there that allows an adult to be left in a house alone to fend for themselves while their mother/carer goes away on holidays, but means they physically are not able to wheel a bin to the gate?

And why rather than tell the OP of the struggles and possibly arrange a carer to come and help the disabled adult daughter would the mother simply say the daughter was lazy and not reliable to put the bin out?

And I've said that there's loads of people with issues such as phobias & physical issues that might prevent handling rubbish or lifting etc.

Personally if I'd have agreed to do something like put bins out for a neighbour I would have done regardless

You need to accept that there will be another side of the story, you only have one side there will be at least one other version.

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 28/06/2024 20:53

Nextdoor55 · 28/06/2024 18:32

I've said that not all disabilities or additional needs are visible, & not active all of the time,

But I'm wondering what type of hidden/inactive disability is there that allows an adult to be left in a house alone to fend for themselves while their mother/carer goes away on holidays, but means they physically are not able to wheel a bin to the gate?

And why rather than tell the OP of the struggles and possibly arrange a carer to come and help the disabled adult daughter would the mother simply say the daughter was lazy and not reliable to put the bin out?

Nextdoor55 · 28/06/2024 18:32

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 28/06/2024 07:51

If you're so sure there's another side then you must have some theory.

I'd be interested to hear it.

Whether or not the adult daughter has a (hidden?) disability, if she is capable of staying home alone for a week, and capable of getting dressed up to go out at the weekend, and capable of getting into a taxi unaided, what do you think might be another side of this that makes it impossible/difficult for her to wheel a bin to her front gate?

I've said that not all disabilities or additional needs are visible, & not active all of the time,

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 28/06/2024 07:51

Nextdoor55 · 27/06/2024 22:24

Eh? Well no. I'm just saying that there's another side. Of course I can't give it that's the exact point I'm making. Don't be silly

If you're so sure there's another side then you must have some theory.

I'd be interested to hear it.

Whether or not the adult daughter has a (hidden?) disability, if she is capable of staying home alone for a week, and capable of getting dressed up to go out at the weekend, and capable of getting into a taxi unaided, what do you think might be another side of this that makes it impossible/difficult for her to wheel a bin to her front gate?

Nextdoor55 · 27/06/2024 22:24

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 26/06/2024 07:27

What are you talking about? 🤣
Are you the neighbour?!
Would you like to give us the "other side" so we can better understand why your "lazy" daughter didn't put your bin out and why you think that's OP problem?

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Eh? Well no. I'm just saying that there's another side. Of course I can't give it that's the exact point I'm making. Don't be silly

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 26/06/2024 07:27

Nextdoor55 · 25/06/2024 22:17

Oh right. Yes because people who have disabilities always just sit in corners or wheelchairs right? They never go out or do anything else but be disabled right?
You've quoted what the OP says, you realise that there's another side to this don't you?

What are you talking about? 🤣
Are you the neighbour?!
Would you like to give us the "other side" so we can better understand why your "lazy" daughter didn't put your bin out and why you think that's OP problem?

1HappyTraveller · 26/06/2024 07:24

Nextdoor55 · 25/06/2024 22:17

Oh right. Yes because people who have disabilities always just sit in corners or wheelchairs right? They never go out or do anything else but be disabled right?
You've quoted what the OP says, you realise that there's another side to this don't you?

Oh give over. The girls mum said she was lazy.

Please stop making this info something it isn’t.

And just to add even if the girl did have a disability (which she doesn’t!) then it is still NOT APPROPRIATE for the neighbour to come round having a go at OP about a bin.

Nextdoor55 · 25/06/2024 22:17

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 25/06/2024 18:48

"She said to me that her daughter can be a bit lazy and not put the bin out "

No mention of arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problems. Just laziness.

Also I don't know what kind of conditions such as arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problems allows a person to socialise on a Friday night but be unable to wheel a bin to the gate.

Oh right. Yes because people who have disabilities always just sit in corners or wheelchairs right? They never go out or do anything else but be disabled right?
You've quoted what the OP says, you realise that there's another side to this don't you?

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 25/06/2024 18:48

Nextdoor55 · 25/06/2024 18:37

Really? Of course there are many conditions such as arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problem...
You don't know anyone more than I do.
And what a vile judgement comment. You must be a perfect parent to make such a comment.

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"She said to me that her daughter can be a bit lazy and not put the bin out "

No mention of arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problems. Just laziness.

Also I don't know what kind of conditions such as arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problems allows a person to socialise on a Friday night but be unable to wheel a bin to the gate.

Nextdoor55 · 25/06/2024 18:37

Naunet · 25/06/2024 13:53

Oh please! Do tell us what kind of issue the daughter could have that means she can’t put a bin out, but can live on her own for a week? She’s just lazy, and that’s her mums fault. The bin not being put out is a direct consequence of her shit parenting.

Really? Of course there are many conditions such as arthritis, mental illness, phobias, sight problem...
You don't know anyone more than I do.
And what a vile judgement comment. You must be a perfect parent to make such a comment.

JWhipple · 25/06/2024 16:14

Growlybear83 · 18/06/2024 09:50

Good grief - would it really have been such a hardship to have helped a neighbour out under these circumstances? Most bins where I live only get emptied fortnightly now, and if a collection is missed in the summer, there's a good chance the bin would be revolting and maggoty after a month. If you said you would check your neighbour's bin on collection day, then I can understand why she was pissed off. Unless you've got an extraordinarily long driveway it only takes a couple of minutes to put a bin out.

She looked. There was a bin outside the property.
Should she have had a good look round everybody's houses and made sure everyone had their bins out?

Ilovecleaning · 25/06/2024 15:36

YellowDots · 25/06/2024 11:36

Perhaps but someone has brought up this generation of adults who can't feed a cat without their parents telling them to.

Well, I agree with you there 😀

ButtonsB · 25/06/2024 14:08

RoastLambs · 25/06/2024 07:17

You’re a f*king useless parent too, if you still need to remind your twenty-two year old daughter to do rudimentary crap like put a bin out, feed a your apparently precious cats (if you love them so much why leave them with someone who cares so little that they need to be reminded to feed an animal that when hungry tends to meow loudly and follow humans until food is put out 🤷‍♀️) and bring washing in.

She’s a student with a job and a social life. Oh the demands 🥴 How the hell is she gonna cope when she’s got her own house to run, bills to pay, kids to raise. Will you be calling her to remind her to feed them 🙄*

Well said. It's absolutely insane to even think that a grown adult, who hasn't even gone away to university so isn't even having to look after themselves, needs to be reminded to feed a cat or do basic household tasks because they have some other completely ordinary things to do.

Agreed.
I'd root my children out of it if they were old enough to stay alone but couldn't be trusted to put a bin out or feed a cat.

My friend whose child was a lazy arse was sent to stay with her grandmother for a year every single time her parents went away. She protested but her mother was having none of it.
When after a year she gave her a chance she came back to a spotless house with all jobs done.
We leave ours at home regularly and they get a 12 hour ETA and they know better than to piss me off with coming home to their mess.

W0tnow · 25/06/2024 13:59

Damn. Mumsnet is a total trip. 😂

You should have put the bins out. And you should have checked to see if neighbour’s daughter needed her bottom wiped while you were there.

Shame on you.

Naunet · 25/06/2024 13:53

Nextdoor55 · 20/06/2024 23:29

You are judgemental though you don't know anything about the DD except that you've "seen her go out ".
Just because she goes out doesn't mean she doesn't I don't know, have some other issues that you wouldn't know about.
At the end of the day you said you'd put bins out & didn't. Then she got upset with you because you failed to do what you said you'd do regardless of the DD. You knew DD was staying there so if you were going to use this as a reason not to do neighbour this favour then you should never have agreed in the first place.
Don't not do what you agreed then blame other people it's not a good look

Oh please! Do tell us what kind of issue the daughter could have that means she can’t put a bin out, but can live on her own for a week? She’s just lazy, and that’s her mums fault. The bin not being put out is a direct consequence of her shit parenting.

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