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Cannot believe what DH has done!

85 replies

MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 02/05/2019 08:23

Only brought in the recycling bin BEFORE the bin men came! It was full to the brim and we have to wait another 2 weeks before it will be collected. Why is he so stupid? I am so angry.

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MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals1 · 02/05/2019 09:51

I think 95% of all the arguments I have with my DH are about the bins.
I have sympathy for you, OP.

ScatteredMama82 · 02/05/2019 09:59

I'm sure it was an accident, I feel a bit sorry for your DH being called stupid. On occasion we've forgotten to put the bins out. It's a pain but not worth getting worked up about. Like others have said, just fill a couple of bags or boxes and do a tip run one day. It's not the end of the world.

Fr3d · 02/05/2019 10:02

If it makes you feel better, dh will step over overflowing kitchen bins and bags of rubbish to put out the (half empty) outside bin.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 02/05/2019 10:06

This would have wound me up too but not as much as if it were the black bin tbh.The black bin wasn't collected yesterday (their mistake) and I was HmmHmm Theyve been today though so happy days lol.

JaneEyre07 · 02/05/2019 10:08

DH did the same once. I took great pleasure in dumping it all in the boot of his very naice car to take and put in his work bin as funnily enough he never forgets that one ..........

He's not done it again since Grin

RomanyQueen1 · 02/05/2019 10:11

Just get him to go to the tip.

Acis · 02/05/2019 10:12

Has he explained why he thought this was conceivably a useful thing to do?

happyhillock · 02/05/2019 10:16

Honestly i'd laugh it off, phone the council and say they missed your bin, or take it to the local recycling centre,

Calicot · 02/05/2019 10:25

Frustrating - but why angry?

AllInADay · 02/05/2019 10:25

The world topples on the brink....

GarthFunkel · 02/05/2019 10:26

It's like when I get all the kids uniform, water bottles, bags, kit bags, coats, shoes out the night before and then come down in the morning and SOME IDIOT has tidied it all away "to be helpful" Shock

Margot33 · 02/05/2019 10:28

I have actually done this before! Automatic pilot took over..But the wrong bin!!!

YesimstillwatchingNetflix · 02/05/2019 10:34

Don't lie about the bin workers not taking it, that's really dishonest and unfair to the workers.

Has your husband always been this daft or is this possibly a medical thing you should be attending to?

adaline · 02/05/2019 10:40

Don't report it to the bin men - it's not fair. It wasn't missed as it wasn't there to collect - definitely not right to get them in trouble.

Just get him to drive it to the tip.

HappyLife21 · 02/05/2019 10:42

Strategic incompetence?

Jess499427 · 02/05/2019 10:43

My DH did a similar thing last week. We were both on leave (usually at work when they come) and heard the bin collection lorry come down the road, so afterwards I asked him to bring the empty bins in.

The next day he said “weirdly, when I brought the bins in yesterday, they hadn’t collected the black bin.” (Which gets collected every 3 weeks!). Turns out he brought it back in full! Even though he noticed it was full, and all the neighbours black bins were out so definitely the right collection day.

Luckily the bin men had taken our full bin off our front garden to empty it!!

FleurNancy · 02/05/2019 10:44

Good heavens. He made a mistake. I can't quite believe you are so outraged as to post online about it!

81Byerley · 02/05/2019 10:46

I think you should leave him as soon as possible... divorce is the only answer.Wink Here's some Gin and Flowers

MadSweeney · 02/05/2019 10:51

DH fell out of our recycling bin doing the bin dance once. It was very funny.

NewSchoolNewName · 02/05/2019 10:57

DH did this once. He came home from work early and thought he’d be helpful and take the bin in. Only problem was he’d got home before the binmen had got to our round, and he didn’t think to check whether the bin was empty Hmm

Anyway. At least in your case it’s recycling rather than stinky non-recyclable waste.
Our council has a refuse rule that says binmen will take away extra recycling as long as it’s in clear bin bags - anything like that in your area for your next bin day if you / DH can’t do a tip run?

handslikecowstits · 02/05/2019 10:59

Looks like someone's going to be making a trip to the local tip with it then?

I'd be telling him to start bagging it all up.

TheInvestigator · 02/05/2019 11:10

Don't report it as missed. Do you think just because they're binmen they are not worthy of your respect so you can just get them into trouble for not doing their job? Who cares right, they're just binmen?
That's a disgusting attitude. If they didn't do that job then you'd be running to the dump every week with a car full of stinking rubbish.

Your husband made the mistake so don't put the blame onto the people doing a tiring job which they never receive praise for. It could impact their employment and it's completely selfish just because you want your bin emptied.

TheWernethWife · 02/05/2019 11:25

We have 4 bins, 1 for general waste, 1 for plastics, glass and tins, 1 for paper and 1 for food waste. They are emptied on a 3 week cycle except for the food which is done every week. How could he mistake a full bin for one waiting to be collected, wouldn't the weight have given him a clue.

Lemoncurd · 02/05/2019 11:34

Pet hate of mine that the children get in the car leaving bins in front of it on bin day.

One day I decided to make a stand and insisted that put them away while I was locking up the house - later discovered, that was the one morning the bin men had been late!!

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MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 02/05/2019 11:44

TheInvestigator - I have no intention of reporting a missed bin - I agree it's not the bin men's fault! It was a suggestion put forward by several PPs!

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