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Couldn’t she put her bin back herself

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ZML · 03/11/2025 15:49

Today around 9am, it was bin day and after the bins were emptied, there was strong breezes.

I was driving out of my road. I had to stop to get a bin that blew onto the road. I just moved the bin to pavement in front of the house - number on bin.

As getting into my car to drive off the woman of the house opened her front door and yelled at me for touching her bin.

Why couldn’t she take the bin in herself? Bins were emptied 1-2 hours before.

What was I supposed to do? Drive over it to damage it and my car?

OP posts:
toomuchfaff · 03/11/2025 16:50

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

Cant decide if this is sarcasm

Id have gone back to the bin, looking her dead in the eye and chucked the bin back in the road (behind my car so I could drive off)

Endofyear · 03/11/2025 16:46

Didn't you just tell her that her bin was in the road?!

ComfortFoodCafe · 03/11/2025 16:35

I would of just chucked it back into the road.

Marylou2 · 03/11/2025 16:34

She'll be gossiping about you as a weirdy bin molester on the neighbourhood watch group chat. 😀. I'd pop round with flowers and a written apology.

ConstitutionHill · 03/11/2025 16:33

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

Are you the neighbour?

Istanbol · 03/11/2025 16:33

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

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honeylulu · 03/11/2025 16:31

What were you supposed to do since it was blocking the road? Reverse all the way back since you aren't allowed to touch it? I would have given her a withering look and told her it's a criminal offence to obstruct a public highway. Silly twat.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 03/11/2025 16:30

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

So what do you suggest she does with the bin in the middle of the road if she's not allowed to touch it?

defrazzled · 03/11/2025 16:28

I'd have starred her dead in the eye and chucked it back in the road. What a massive knobhead.

FunMustard · 03/11/2025 16:26

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

Don't be so ridiculous. It's a bin, and OP had just got out of a car.

Honestly.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 03/11/2025 16:26

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.

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didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/11/2025 16:25

You can't go around touching others people's bins. She probably thought you were trying to steal it.