To think it’s ok to use someone’s bin

So your husband was being confrontational about a bin that wasn’t even his? That to me seems the greater of the two evils.

In answer to your question, I guess if the bin was on the public street, fair game. Not if it were on private property.

Why couldn’t the cabbie take his rubbish home? I’m with your DH. But then all of our bins are full as it is

I wouldn't have a problem with it. A bin's a bin a far as I'm concerned.

Of course it's fine. DH sounds like a massive ick.

I'd much rather they put it in my bin than chuck it on the ground, and yes that includes dog poo (as long as it's in a bag obviously). I've got two in nappies so a bit more doesn't make any difference!

Your DH’s reaction was extreme.

I would be absolutely furious. There's not enough space in the bin for my rubbish I'm certainly not paying a fortune in council tax for some lazy arsehole to use it as well!

Pure laziness. The cabby should have taken his rubbish home.

I've learned a lot about bin collection services by reading these comments. I had no idea they could be so different! After reading them, I don't think the driver was right to use someone else's bin. He should have taken the rubbish home with him or used a public bin.

Why’s your husband being aggressive over bins ffs? Yes it’s normal to chuck innocuous rubbish in a bin if it’s out. If it’s dog poo or a lit cigarette then it’s wrong but a crisp packet isn’t worth a fight.

Your husband sounds like a dick who just likes to get in peoples faces.

I think it’s rude to use someone else’s bin. These days there are so many rules around what goes in bins you could be responsible for someone not having their rubbish collected. I often find people throw takeaway wrappers and drinks bottles in my garden cuttings bin and I have to put them in a bin inside my house or take a bottle to be recycled (my council doesn’t collect glass) because if the bin men see them they won’t take my garden rubbish away.

Yes your husband overreacted but it is a selfish thing for the taxi driver to do.

So long as it's put in the right bin, I'm not bothered. By that I mean don't put rubbish in my garden waste bin, for example (yes it's been done).

Family of 5 here with a child still in nappies. My bins are full too the brim by most collection days from my own rubbish, I wouldn't be happy if someone else decided to use it.

He could. But it might be something a passenger left and he just wanted it out of his cab asap. It still feels less offensive than the husband's reaction.

I don’t think voters used your
YABU YANBU

I think it depends on your binmen. Ours just lift out the bags, so any poo bags/ random detritus will just be left to get maggots and stink. So yes, I do go batshit fish wife at people using my bin, because their chosen solution to a small problem has left me with a bigger one.

I wouldn't mind if the binmen took everything away.

Theoretically, it's fine. But in reality, bin collection is often nowhere near frequent enough and someone else using your bin can mean the difference between you being able to wait until collection day vs you having to take some of your rubbish to the tip yourself.

So a small packet with a leftover sandwich wrapper or something, sure, no problem. But anything bigger is potentially an issue.

Also, ho wit's bagged is an issue - a lot of people don't bag it and then the bin gets much dirtier much quicker because there's bits of food etc on the inside. that's just rude.

Or the cabby could take his rubbish home and put it in his own bin.

Gosh your bins must be minging in the summer. How is that even allowed!

Depends how much rubbish it is! We have 2 in nappies so we really struggle with bin space. A chocolate wrapper or can would be alright but on bin collection day there would be absolutely no space for a pizza box or maccies so I’d be annoyed at that.

Whilst it isn't your DH job to police other people's bins, we only get a collection every 4 weeks and it all has to be bagged. If it isn't they don't empty it. I'd be tamping if someone dumped something in my bin and it wasn't collected. I struggle to fit 4 weeks waste in, 8 weeks would be undoable.

As long as it's in the right bin, wrapped up if it's messy, isn't too much and doesn't overfill the bin, then it's fine.

Agree
Don’t enter someone’s property to do it

Why is he getting his knickers in a twist about someone else’s bin tell him to wind his neck in and shut up

A crisp packet - fine, a bag of dog shit - not fine.

I'm genuinely struggling with whether to pick YABU or YANBU as I find the wording against each one a bit hard to understand (maybe it's just me....)@MyCheeryMouse

But basically, your DH sounds like a bit of a dickhead.

Does he think he's hard or something? I would curl into a call and die of embarrassment if my DH displayed behaviour like this. Is he normally such a cockwomble? He needs to grow up. He sounds about 12. The taxi driver did nothing wrong.

If someone popped something in my wheelie bin (in passing) on bin collection day, and I saw them, I'd think 'LOL, wot a cheek! '😆But I would say nothing. Coz, ya know, it doesn't matter!!!!!