I just broke into every garden on our street

[LaurieFairyCake]

Climbing over gates and everything. In my pyjamas and dressing gown with a torch in London. At 10.30 at night.

tell me why I did this (I’m not Batman or a burglar)

I don't have sympathy for you anymore. Knock on people's doors in the daylight. Like a normal person.

You're assuming that the neighbours are normal people who will own up.

I've twice had to rescue a bin (from different neighbours). Both times, they pretended to be out.

🤣

I guess I am and that's fair to say, but is it ok to do it overnight with a torch? Because there will be people who absolutely are not to blame and the OP made out that she's been in a fair few places - in case I read wrongly, in which case I apologise.

How does one 'break in' to a garden by climbing over the fence? 👀

In my case, I got one during daylight. The other time, I had a good idea where it was and found it...but they'd locked it in their garden. I switched on my phone torch and then took a pic. I did not attempt to climb over...not with my knees.

I only got the second one on bin day, so I went round again and complained. The culprit claimed to be a police woman and threatened to have me charged for 'alarming her child'.

Arlayanmor

they’re all Mumsnetters and don’t answer their door

no seriously, they’re all flats with like ten bins apiece, entire gardens filled with bins - none MINE

you can’t ring the (5-10) doorbells per house and expect someone to know what the hell you’re talking about

😂 Did you fucking find your fucking bin?! 😆

Thank you! This is what I need to know!

Nope!! No fucking bin!

and I’m now on the site attempting to order another and it’s not working 🤦‍♀️

Actually, you're training for a new reality game that's being shown after Squid Games, but bins, theft, and how crazy our lives are is the theme?

Paint something big on the lid. Get a drone.

@LaurieFairyCake how did you get into every single garden? I'm impressed. (Editing to add. I wouldn't do it myself, but the physical agility required is what impressed me).

Sorry about your bin though.

I wasn't saying you should ring doorbells at night, but jumping into people's gardens is bit creepy don't you think? Maybe I am wrong, but I am more a 'daylight call out' person I guess?! (Didn't know I was until today!) No but honestly creeping around gardens in night is generally bad unless you have a majorly good excuse... lost animals, escaped criminal... purloined bin... not so much. But that's just my opinion, no on has to agree with me. Good luck!

Of you ever get the site to work, and my council's was impossible too, you might get lucky. They replaced my medium sized bin which they broke, with a mahoosive one. Which we immediately painted a number on and I regularly end up dragging back to the house as the bin men like to dump it in random places having used it to decant other less capacious bins into while filling the lorry. Still, big bin for the win.

If or when you retrieve it, go to somewhere like Etsy, Ebay, B&M or Home Bargains and buy the biggest, tackiest, identifying decals you can find

That way, when it's out, it can only be identified as yours

I'd love thrown over a fence! I found a parcel in the dustbin. For some reason I just looked inside and there it was. Luckily dustbin emptyish.

My husband is like you OP. He goes berserk when the bin goes walk about. So his new, middle aged, post Covid jolly is tracking the freaking bin, via the air tag (bin was missing twice during Covid and his mind melted!) Yes Ladies and Gentlefolk a ruddy Air tag.

Let’s hope none of your neighbours get burgled tonight because your pyjama fluff and dna are everywhere

If I came across someone in my garden at night, I would turn the hose on them.

ok the person who air tagged their bin is a genius. Also, anyone remember shiny bin thread? Wonder if he’s still shiny.

I get your rage op, my noisy next door enighbours stole my recycling box. I waited and on recycling week waited till the bin men had been checked it was mine - yes the rubbish stuck on the botton had been ther for 6 months and stole it back and painted it brightly!

They did ahve the gall to ask me if is saw anyone take it- said no, had to get myself a new one because some fecker had taken mine.

I do like the word feck budgie though - has made me smile

You don't paint your house number in big letters on it? With HS for High Street for example?

But just because some fucker stole your bin. It does not make it ok for you to break into everyone's garden, damaging stuff, scaring pets & people.

behave..

My door number is in huge letters on the bin, there’s no mistaking it’s mine

i am 100% buying an Air tag - that is the most genius idea I’ve ever heard !!! I’m so excited about that ! Black Friday sale here I come

I’m menopausal so frankly got the bloody mindedness that goes with it. My legs are knackered from climbing over walls and gates. I took my kitchen steps with me so I could peer over too