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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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CambsAlways · 29/06/2021 10:55

Oh my god cheeky fuker, I’d defo confront him

OchonAgusOchonOh · 29/06/2021 10:52

@SpeakingFranglais

wonderful update.

does no one get the hosepipe and bleach out every other Thursday like me then and clean their own?

I think most people do what I do and just ignore it.

I wouldn't eat out of it obviously but really, it doesn't need to be cleaned out. It's a bit dirty but it's kept outdoors and all that goes in to it is rubbish. The bin men have never complained about it so I assume it's not any way out of the ordinary.

theemmadilemma · 29/06/2021 10:43

@BrightYellowDaffodil

Question for the room: what kind of paint do I need to use on this bin? Will any paint do the job?

The number: just any paint.

The depiction of two fingers stuck up: glow in the dark.

Grin
BrightYellowDaffodil · 29/06/2021 10:39

Question for the room: what kind of paint do I need to use on this bin? Will any paint do the job?

The number: just any paint.

The depiction of two fingers stuck up: glow in the dark.

ajandjjmum · 29/06/2021 10:39

You need to paint on your bin -
House number - 'Not to be stolen by Tory councillors'.

FlowerArranger · 29/06/2021 10:38

Prefferred: Neon gloss. Pref luminous

But any paint is better than none

BrightYellowDaffodil · 29/06/2021 10:38

Well, this thread has been most satisfying.

We've had it all: CF neighbours, bin stealing, a top-notch show-down and even a topical Tory element. Bravo to Mr JackieWeaversAuthorityHere!

RogueMnerHidesUnderABigHat · 29/06/2021 10:34

Neon gloss. Pref luminous

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JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 29/06/2021 10:32

Question for the room: what kind of paint do I need to use on this bin? Will any paint do the job?

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JudgeJ · 29/06/2021 10:28

@Tulipomania

I haven't read the whole thread.

Am I the only one here who has never cleaned or had cleaned her wheelie bin?

Coming up 16 years now ...

Don't know if it happens here but when we lived in Germany a van came round after the bin lorry and would clean and hose out your bin for a small fee.
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JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 29/06/2021 10:27

@mustlovegin

This is the stuff of local newspapers

She should have proof before accusing someone, don't you think? Or should everyone go about cancelling Tory politicians for the sake of it?

I found the Tory Grin
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JudgeJ · 29/06/2021 10:26

@Si1ver

Also paint your number on the bin so he can't do it again.
Also turn it over and paint it on the bottom in case they manage to remove the painted number on the side.
Zzelda · 29/06/2021 10:25

@mustlovegin

OP saw him do it and he admitted it to her husband

How is it possible that a councillor ignores 'wheelie bin' operation and etiquette?

You really think it's impossible?

You might as well ask how it's possible that several members of a government lie blatantly, award lucrative government contracts to their mates, ignore their marriage vows, break the rules they themselves set. Yet they do.

S0upertrooper · 29/06/2021 10:21

I've just read your update and how well your DH dealt with the CF Tory bin snatcher.

My first thought was "he's getting it tonight!" Hope the sex was great OP, nothing as sexy as an appropriately assertive man!

mustlovegin · 29/06/2021 10:17

OP saw him do it and he admitted it to her husband

How is it possible that a councillor ignores 'wheelie bin' operation and etiquette?

CantChatNow · 29/06/2021 09:52

Ah OP, your DH is a legend! If I could I'd buy him a pint. For getting one over on a tory councillor as much as anything!

We also get our wheelie bin cleaned once a month, it costs a fiver and is possibly some of the best money I spend each month! Can't stand bin stench. Fortunately all our neighbours get the same guy (also a legend!) to do their bins though so no issues here!

whynotwhatknot · 29/06/2021 09:51

Tory voter alert

Watchingyou2sleezes · 29/06/2021 09:50

On the subject of bin cleaners

A lot of operators are scruffy dossers illegally polluting the rain water drainage system. If your bin cleaner just allows the run off (by tipping the bin up in the street) into the drains please stop using them. Only use cleaners that catch their run off into tanks.

Zzelda · 29/06/2021 09:43

@mustlovegin

This is the stuff of local newspapers

She should have proof before accusing someone, don't you think? Or should everyone go about cancelling Tory politicians for the sake of it?

OP saw him do it and he admitted it to her husband. How much more proof does she need?
Petronius16 · 29/06/2021 09:42

Such a fun thread! Thank you OP.

Time to let the front garden go wild in the interests of wild life. Hanging baskets by front door, leave untouched through the winter. An old mattress might be a step too far though!

lardylegs123 · 29/06/2021 09:36

That's so shit of him. You could have ended up sacking your cleaner over this!

TopBlogger · 29/06/2021 09:35

[quote Okcookie]@TopBlogger

Obviously I should have RTFT[/quote]
Yes, that would seen logical

Okcookie · 29/06/2021 09:35

@TopBlogger

Well aren't you a ray of sunshine

TeapotCollection · 29/06/2021 09:34

OP please tell us who he is? PLEASE 😁 it’ll be all round your town now anyway

Oh and go your DH 🍺

mustlovegin · 29/06/2021 09:34

This is the stuff of local newspapers

She should have proof before accusing someone, don't you think? Or should everyone go about cancelling Tory politicians for the sake of it?

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