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To think this is bad neighbour etiquette?

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cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 10:15

So when it’s bin day obviously the bins once emptied are just dumped wherever. Next doors (semi detached) has two bins and both were left blocking my driveway on the pavement.

This was yesterday morning and they still haven’t come and moved them.

They really are petty people.

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wwyd2021medicine · 01/10/2025 15:20

I just put my neighbours back on to their property if I'm out anyway bringing in my own.
It's more that it would be a nightmare for anyone here to replace lost bins and I wouldn't want that for my neighbours. They will return mine and put them out when I'm on holiday

Spirallingdownwards · 01/10/2025 15:14

I am home in bed ill. My bin went out Monday night to be collected yesterday am when I was feeling fine. It's out on the pavement in front of my neighbours but not blocking their drive. If I am your neighbour 👋 it may come in tomorrow if I am feeling better by then. Indeed it would be really nice if you could move it the 3 feet onto my driveway if you could. Thanks Anne.

TeenLifeMum · 01/10/2025 15:12

If neighbour’s bins are blocking my drive (often happens as we’re in the corner of the cul de sac and bin men aren’t the best at considering this) I just move them.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 01/10/2025 15:11

FairyBatman · 01/10/2025 14:41

They didn’t put the bins there.
You have no idea whether they even know that the bins are there.
They are inconvenient to you but you won’t move them because why should you.

its not the neighbours being petty.

Precisely. This has got to be fake. Petty to the extreme.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 01/10/2025 15:10

cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 10:57

It makes me feel sick touching bins tbh. I can do my own but no I’m not doing a task I loathe for someone who’s more than capable of doing it.

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If is the biggest stress you've got in your life, you really need to get out more.

You 'loath' moving a bin? FFS.

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cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 15:08

SirBasil · 01/10/2025 14:25

to me bad neighbour etiquette would be just leaving the bins any old way and not putting them back for someone who may not be home for some reason

They are home.

But yes I think it’s gross and lazy to not move your own bin when it was collected at 8am yesterday morning.

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FairyBatman · 01/10/2025 14:41

They didn’t put the bins there.
You have no idea whether they even know that the bins are there.
They are inconvenient to you but you won’t move them because why should you.

its not the neighbours being petty.

Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 01/10/2025 14:38

Surely your annoyance should be directed at the binmen who see fit to put bins blocking your drive after emptying them?

shhblackbag · 01/10/2025 14:37

Just move them. How do you deal with real problems?

ToadRage · 01/10/2025 14:35

Is this for real? If they are in your way you move them. My neighbour and i share a driveway and if their bin is still out when we bring our in we bring theirs in too, that's being a good neighbour. Maybe they're busy, maybe when they left the house that morning the bins hadn't been emptied yet and they haven't returned yet, maybe they haven't had a chance to leave the house yet. You are being petty and you are a bad neighbour.

SirBasil · 01/10/2025 14:25

to me bad neighbour etiquette would be just leaving the bins any old way and not putting them back for someone who may not be home for some reason

zingally · 01/10/2025 14:23

The bin men almost always leave my bin (and very often my neighbours as well) blocking my driveway.
I'm leaving for work before they arrive, and home long after they've gone. I just have to hop out the car and move my bin to its space, and I just move the neighbours bin out of the way. It's not really a big deal.

IglesiasPiggl · 01/10/2025 14:04

I am also in a semi. Binmen leave bins all over the place. Whoever is out first out of me and the neighbours (usually me as I get up early) moves the bins onto the correct driveways. It's really not a big deal.

Lurkingandlearning · 01/10/2025 14:00

cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 12:29

Because I don’t want to touch someone else’s bin?

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That’s puzzling. Do you think their bin is dirtier than your bin? Do you not have a box of disposable latex gloves in your household cleaning kit? I do. I use them to pick up cat, dog, fox and goose shit, but if I felt washing my hands after touching a bin was insufficient I would use them for bins too.

G5000 · 01/10/2025 13:42

maybe they are not home? People are allowed to leave their houses for a day or 2

Round3HereWeGo · 01/10/2025 13:39

This can't be real? Surely no one gets this worked up about something so daft?

You're being petty. Touch their bin to move it, then wash your hands. Or push it aside with your feet. Don't start a thread about a non issue and be that neighbour.

They may have forgotten or have something else going on?

havingoneofthosedays · 01/10/2025 13:38

I leave my out for days 😆

Libellousness · 01/10/2025 13:38

cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 12:29

Because I don’t want to touch someone else’s bin?

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Because you’re not willing to shift a bin 50cm to avoid it blocking your own path, and are choosing to be dramatic and inconvenience yourself instead.

CharlotteFlax · 01/10/2025 13:33

Be the better neighbour and tuck the bins into their driveway. You can feel smug and they can see that you're not being a knob. Win win.

Wingedharpy · 01/10/2025 13:20

Looneytune253 · 01/10/2025 12:38

Sorry but the simple answer is to just love them out of the way. You can just wash your hands after, no need to be all precious about it. Ideally take their bin into their garden. Obv you know the back story/their character etc but where I live EVERYONE takes bins in for each other. Just depends who's around first.
If I'm completely honest it just sounds like you're being a bit petty.

I've expressed undying love to 2 of my 3 bins today @Looneytune253 , but, it's no use. They just will not budge.
Is buying them flowers and chocolates the way to go maybe? 😉

NewGoldFox · 01/10/2025 13:09

It’s inconsiderate and rude of them.

AnOldCynic · 01/10/2025 13:04

YABU. You have a health anxiety/germ phobia which you need to address. And/or you seem to be annoyed because you don’t like this particular set of neighbours.

MellowPinkDeer · 01/10/2025 13:01

Oh @cherryexplos I just wish I had the time to care about this!! Seriously. Just move them to their side and move on with your life! This is such a nothing issue!

Calliopespa · 01/10/2025 12:58

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 01/10/2025 12:43

It's not them being petty.

its bothering you. You move them then wash your hands. It's a bin handle, you're not removing the contents of the bin 🙄

Some people work emptying bins op. All day.

Calliopespa · 01/10/2025 12:56

cherryexplos · 01/10/2025 12:29

Because I don’t want to touch someone else’s bin?

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Because you are posting on here saying they are petty because they have not noticed and done it themselves yet.

Not everyone sits round monitoring the bin situation all day: I'm sure they just haven't noticed.