Aibu to have reported the dustbin lorry to the council?

Even if you knew the bin men were in the house next door?

I'd just knock and ask them to move, it would resolve the issue far more quickly than reporting it to the council.

Wow, so you've managed to piss off the bin men and both sets of neighbours with one phone call, OP! That's olympic level shit-stirring.

I hope they're both more tolerant and mature than you and don't retaliate.

This. It’s just spiteful and nasty.

Sorry OP Team neighbours here. They’ve lived there 3 decades then newbies first get chickens in a residential area and then effectively spitefully grass up the husband’s work colleagues for calling in. Well done 👏. You’ve likely cost the bin men their jobs. Of course they shouldn’t of been skiving (none of your business in any case, live and let live) but if it really was an issue with the lorry you could’ve asked them to move it. Not right to grass up workies, just because your neighbours rub you up the wrong way.

And purely because the OP is pissed off with the neighbour who was kind enough to make them a drink on a scorching day...

Isn't it far more likely that they forgot to turn their disco lights off? Us oldies do tend to get forgetful.

Assuming that they did it on purpose makes me wonder if you are overthinking things somewhat. Not everyone is as petty as you.

There’s a big difference between parking for a few minutes to complete a delivery and going inside a house to have a cup of tea. What they did was outstandingly rude.

Maybe I should do this every time a supermarket delivery van blocks my drive while delivering to the houses across the road.

But I won't, because I'd prefer them to block my drive than the whole street for the few minutes it takes and, more importantly, because I'm not a petty cunt.

I had no idea we old gimmers weren't supposed to play music.

I've been transgressing this bit of etiquette for nearly 11 years.

But your pettiness won't affect your neighbours at all, just the poor buggers who empty stinking bins week in, week out in all weathers!

Our bin men also grit the roads and pavements in icy or snowy weather (or did, last time we had any, which was probably 10 years ago).

If your council has the same arrangement, I hope they leave your section of pavement icy!

Or make sure a lot of rubbish gets spilled on your drive!

I think YABVU to complain about them blocking your drive when you didn't even need to move your car. And I'm sure they're entitled to breaks, like any other worker.

Well it's also obvious who the really inconsiderate Council employees are too.

True. But the council would have to be careful about identifying complainers too. So as said, unless they anre shown the photo, the men will be fairly sure but won’t know.

Unless OP told her neighbour they grassed on her dad.

As they said, it is unreasonable having the drive blocked if they needed to get out of the drive. I would have understood the call if they needed to use the drive. But they didn’t.

They’ve pretty much said their rage is at their neighbour and their actions stemmed from that.

That is why they were unreasonable.

But I’m also old - so what do I know?

They should not be parked there and it's not on you to track them down and ask them to move it.

@ EmeraldShamrock000

Nope sorry, the dustbin men made the decision that lead to this ending the way it did, when they chose not to park in front of one of the two houses they were visiting but to block a third parties drive instead which was wholly unreasonable.

Why should the OP just need to pop round to avoid issues, why didn't they park where they were going or at least not blocking a drive, there is no excuse for that. They got what they reserved and you reap what you sow.

If the council show the driver the photographs evidence, they’ll easily work out where the picture was taken from.
I mean in this situation it’s usually obvious who the nosey troublemaker neighbours are on the street, the type who buy chickens in a residential area.

How do they know you reported it? They might have an inkling, of course, but they won’t know.

You are being as silly as your neighbour. Why didn’t you ask them to move the truck? It’s all a bit pathetic.
Ignore the requests in the future and ignore their visitors too, if they park across your driveway ask them to move, like you would ask anyone else.
Unless you want to continue playing this game.
I wouldn’t be snapping photos and making calls to report on workers.

amazed you get through to the council, and they take action then and there. we have a portal and their office wouldn't be open when the bins come anyway. amazing

If I had a pound for everyone who self proclaimed I’m not ageist, sexist, racist etc…

They never are!

It would be interesting to see the response if something entirely different happened? Indeed but given you keep saying if this and if that…if you came back from shopping, which you didn’t.

It’s pretty obvious who the problem neighbours are from your posts.

There is a lot of judgmental ageism on this thread. So what if your neighbours are 60+? Would you have used other protected characteristics in such a derogatory manner (eg if they were disabled or by ethnicity)?

This - YANBU