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Antisocial new neighbour

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DaisyDonut53 · 26/12/2025 16:14

Our new neighbours who don't celebrate Christmas have decided it's ok to start jet washing the front of their house on Boxing Day! My family does celebrate Christmas and think this is really disrespectful.. does anyone agree?

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MargaretThursday · 26/12/2025 21:45

I love jet washing. I'd put on my boots and offer to help.

Eightdayz · 26/12/2025 21:39

Did you not know that the 26th of December is the day to celebrate the patron saint of Pressure Washing? (St Karcher)

RosePetals86 · 26/12/2025 21:34

i also think massively odd to jet wash the path on Boxing Day- must be bored of their family op!

JohnofWessex · 26/12/2025 21:30

Why do people jet wash their homes unless they live in a van?

Nearly50omg · 26/12/2025 21:27

DaisyDonut53 · 26/12/2025 16:18

It's a bank holiday, we gave family visiting and its really noisy!

And??🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ why is your family more important than any others?

SodOffbacktoaibu · 26/12/2025 21:14

What a bizarre pile on. Yanbu.

Boxing Day is an important family day in this country. Jet washing is fucking noisy. Cleaning a car doesn't take long but hours of it, doing the house is not very considerate.

But you know, it's every man for themselves and a massive fuck you if you have a problem with any noise these days. Standard MN response is "move to a mansion with no neighbours if you want any consideration, peace or quiet".

Evergreen21 · 26/12/2025 21:06

No I don't agree. They might also find your extra family annoying noise wise. So what?

blankcanvas3 · 26/12/2025 21:03

I can’t believe you’ve posted this, you should have called 999 immediately instead of wasting time!

Livpool · 26/12/2025 20:51

DaisyDonut53 · 26/12/2025 16:18

It's a bank holiday, we gave family visiting and its really noisy!

Well they could be celebrating and blasting music, which would also be noisy! I don’t see the issue

Fixydodah · 26/12/2025 18:52

You need to buy a private estate then you can have complete control of your environment.

Mantari · 26/12/2025 18:41

RedTagAlan · 26/12/2025 17:47

Go to the back !

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There's always one, isn't there?

RedTagAlan · 26/12/2025 17:47

Arlanymor · 26/12/2025 17:44

Shrill: NO!

ahem

Deep: No, no, no, no!

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Go to the back !

TheCooperettesShingaLing · 26/12/2025 17:45

Toottooot · 26/12/2025 17:23

REPORT REPORT REPORT! To whom I da ken.

To the Meenister hell ken fit to dae!

Brefugee · 26/12/2025 17:45

RedTagAlan · 26/12/2025 17:08

You know such a post is going to get a barrage of questions :-)

I will start.

Did you make sure the empty bottles went in the correct bin ?

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See? OP needs to live in Germany. You're not allowed to put glass bottles in the bottle bank on bank holidays. Or Sundays. Or before 7am. Or after 10pm

ETA: @ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey in Germany today is officially the 2nd Christmas day. And it is St Stephen's day. My church - 20m from my house - is St Stephens. Bells all day. Thst noise is allowed

Arlanymor · 26/12/2025 17:44

RedTagAlan · 26/12/2025 17:15

Are there any women here ?

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Shrill: NO!

ahem

Deep: No, no, no, no!

HashtagShitShop · 26/12/2025 17:42

So close your windows, out the telly on for background noise or put some Christmas music on play some games etc.

This doesn't bother me, I'd swap you for my neighbour whose youngest is 18. She has three in total between 18 and 25 and they scream (literal kidnapping sound screaming), boom music, shriek over the music to each other cos it's so loud, have parties going on in to the early hours what feels like daily (at least 3/4 times a week) and appear to be growing drugs given the strength of the cannabis smell that wafts through our upstairs and the house of the neighbour the other side. Neither the council or the police are interested in doing a thing about it despite complaints.

RedTagAlan · 26/12/2025 17:38

CautiousLurker2 · 26/12/2025 17:30

Or to paraphrase Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened with jetwashers, and I will give you rest and a mince pie.”

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I know this version of Matthew. The Janitors translation.

Mat 4:19-20 "And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you jetwashers of men. And they straightway left their mops, and followed him."

WhatMe123 · 26/12/2025 17:38

Maybe it's their only time off work to get a job done. It's bank holiday for everyone 😬

HelpMeGetThrough · 26/12/2025 17:37

RocketPanda · 26/12/2025 17:35

I bet Jesus would've loved a jet washer. The baptisms would have been great craic.

He’d have turned it into wine.

RocketPanda · 26/12/2025 17:35

I bet Jesus would've loved a jet washer. The baptisms would have been great craic.

Oioisavaloy27 · 26/12/2025 17:34

The world doesn't revolve around you, perhaps they are back in work tomorrow it's outside so not sure how it's affecting you.

WearyAuldWumman · 26/12/2025 17:32

I celebrate Christmas. This afternoon, I hammered in replacement metal posts for my back boundary - the originals have been knocked over by children and some adults taking short cuts.

HelpMeGetThrough · 26/12/2025 17:31

DaisyDonut53 · 26/12/2025 16:18

It's a bank holiday, we gave family visiting and its really noisy!

The bastards!! Send them to confession!!

Spirallingdownwards · 26/12/2025 17:31

How rude of your guests to turn up by car when they are jet washing their house. The fumes mean they will probably be out there longer now.

CautiousLurker2 · 26/12/2025 17:30

BackToLurk · 26/12/2025 17:25

That’s Old Testament though. I believe Jesus said “Blessed are the jet washers for they will be called children of God”

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Or to paraphrase Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened with jetwashers, and I will give you rest and a mince pie.”

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