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To go round?

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JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 28/06/2021 19:55

We pay a company to clean our bins once a month on bin day. I’m not usually home when they come, but I’m off work today And happened to be in the kitchen. I watched my next door neighbour wait until the cleaner left, take the house number sticker off my bin and put it on his, then swap our bin for his so he had the cleaned bin and I had a non-cleaned one.

He was back in his house before I had time to contain the dog and go outside but now DH is home, WIBU to go round and ask for my bin back??

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KnightandDay · 05/07/2021 15:38

Woo hoo classics! Grin
Maybe one of these guys for your bin?

To go round?
Ddot · 05/07/2021 14:50

Bank holiday in his honour

Guavaf1sh · 05/07/2021 13:47

Well done! I now think even more strongly that a film version of this is desperately needed

stillcrazyafterall · 05/07/2021 11:47

You (and DH) take the award for the year. I am so tired of reading on here about people scared of their own shadow even when they're in the right. Well done and give your DH a high 5 from me! What a bloody hero.

viques · 05/07/2021 11:38

@HebeMumsnet

We're moving this over to Classics now and awarding the OP's DH an honourary Mumsnet Victory Over CFs medal.
An honorary medal! Tadaaaaa! Though really he deserves a proper award ceremony with massed bands and a procession of refuse collecting lorries and bin cleaning vans.

And remember how gold medal winners at the 2012 had post boxes painted gold in their honour? Just a thought, it would stop any future confusion for one thing Smile

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HebeMumsnet · 05/07/2021 11:28

We're moving this over to Classics now and awarding the OP's DH an honourary Mumsnet Victory Over CFs medal.

Barmychick · 01/07/2021 10:56

c.f. +++😂😂😂

londonscalling · 01/07/2021 05:53

Although you may not necessarily officially own the bin, ethically you do. Like many Conservatives at the moment, he appears to be lacking in ethics!

Owl55 · 30/06/2021 19:47

Use his bin for your rubbish

Blackcat333 · 30/06/2021 19:26

This is brilliant, what a great idea hahahaha haha

Ddot · 30/06/2021 16:03

OP have you pimped your bin yet 🤣

Mix56 · 30/06/2021 14:56

The bin may not be yours, but the clean surface on the inside is !!!!
You pay for it, they are stealing, they know full well, they will have been watching the bin cleaners come.
Sometimes you hope the rag tabloids would lift a thread. You could be famous.
Photo on front page in your pinny !

Ddot · 30/06/2021 14:37

So If the bin is not your property, why if its stolen do you have to pay £25 for another. Do you then have the right to just take soneone else's bin. What a complete arse

PopAyetheSailorMam · 30/06/2021 12:32

Agree with a Maggie T sticker for bin and daub in paint “this bin is not for turning” in a speech bubble. As well as your house number on the back of bin.

MrsMackesy · 30/06/2021 12:27

For all the pps suggesting OP should have filmed him or should if it happens again, he might still do it if he knew or suspected there was a camera. He might want to get caught or not care, thinking he is untouchable as a local bigwig. There might even be a frisson of excitement. Look at Matt Hancock, after all. He's not Matt Hancock, is he - with another secret woman?!

maidsmum · 30/06/2021 12:07

@JackieWeaversAuthorityHere

DH is home WITH THE BIN. Victory is ours!

Apparently he made a half hearted attempt to argue that ‘wheelie bins are council property not personal property’ but apparently DH asked whether that meant he was allowed to steal our cleaned bin and he said ‘its not stealing, it’s not your bin!’ Hmm

When they were standing outside, DH was asking them to remove their bag of rubbish from the bin so he could take it back. Binstealers wife said DH was being petty and to just leave the bins how they were. DH said he’d be happy to, but she needed to pay us the £9 for the bin cleaning or come over with her marigolds and get scrubbing Grin

I love that man I do. He’s extremely pleased with himself and I’ve not seen him this cock sure for years!

👏👏👏👏👏 Brilliant
OhRene · 30/06/2021 12:04

Thanks to this thread I have now found out why my mother in law shook her head and tutted at seeing my toaster out on the countertop. I also got a bit of a telling off for having it. Apparently I should use the grill. She's an Irish Protestant so I guess that's why. 

@JackieWeaversAuthorityHere do you think the idiot is CFer enough to do it again or do you think your DH has nipped this in the bud now? Personally I would get a discreet camera on it for next time, and if you're friends whit the people across the road, enlist their help too. Catch the CFer on camera. He is stealing a service other people are paying for. A politician through and through. Catch him in the act and let the press find out.

tallduckandhandsome · 30/06/2021 11:56

We have white gloss on our bins, still as bright many years later.

myleghurts · 30/06/2021 11:54

I pay £2 per bin worth every penny as its disinfected as well. I know I could do it myself but I wouldnt be bothered. It also gives employment to the two man team who do them.

myleghurts · 30/06/2021 11:44

I would wait until next bin cleaning day and definitely film what happens and then post on local Facebook page to shame him. CF
I would then paint my number on the bin and also under the lid.

SmellThat · 30/06/2021 11:23

I'm picturing a small man with a tach , am I close @JackieWeaversAuthorityHere ?

buckeejit · 30/06/2021 11:23

@OchonAgusOchonOh they're all Prod. It's very odd & couldn't believe I'd reached my 40s before knowing these people are around me!

I like my bin dirty but generally wouldn't pay someone to do something myself. Went to buy a palette of reclaimed bricks t'other day & guys were a bit arsey about me taking them in the car as they'd have to charge me more. Couldn't understand when they were saying it's more work so we'd have to charge more. When I said it's more work for me but no different for you as I'd be putting them in the car, they said 'oh alright then' 😒

frg124 · 30/06/2021 11:09

This thread just keeps giving. On a tangential note, not all of us Tory voters are light-fingered and selfish neighbours... I love my neighbours. Mind you, they're probably also Tories so maybe that doesn't count...Wink

Marriedatfirstyear · 30/06/2021 09:42

@xprincessxjanetx

Just had a thought I wonder if the bin he has now is his original bin and last week (or whenever) he switched them then so his original bin would get a 'free' clean and now he has switched them back
Hmm, could be he puts swaps his before cleaning day and takes it back. Too much time on his hands 🤣
ThumbWitchesAbroad · 30/06/2021 04:43

Only just got to this thread - brilliant

I hope you have now painted your house number on with gloss paint, with the glow in the dark 2 fingered salute as well!

Of COURSE he was a tory, of course he was.

Well done your DH!

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