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next door just put dirty nappy in my bin!!

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ghostspirit · 12/03/2015 16:23

next door keep their bin inside their gate. i keep mine just outside my gate. they had to pass their bin to get to mine. They then put a dirty nappy in my bin!! and ran back in their house.

do i... A) knock on their door tell them use their own bin.... B) ask them why they dont use their own bin for nappys... and wait for answer. C) do a poo in their bin.... D) do nothing and stop moaning... E) when i have my baby throw every nappy in their bin....

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ShadowsShadowsEverywhere · 12/03/2015 21:03

We share bins round ere when ours are full and someone else has tonnes of room ... So no I really wouldn't care. I also don't consider the dustbin my property, nor do I clean it! Weird thread full of possessive angry bin lovers

gunnsgirl · 12/03/2015 21:03

Obviously different councils have differing rules but it's still your bin, Blue Bananas. It's not a communal one is it. Each house has their own and it's rude to use your neighbours without asking, especially if you have to go past your own unfilled bin first. I've had this with neighbours. Usually just removing said item and placing on their door mat works.

BlueBananas · 12/03/2015 21:07

gunns no you're right they're not communal and if someone was putting so much rubbish in that I couldn't get mine in then I'd be pissed off, but for just one nappy I really don't think it's a big deal
Once the bins have gone out the night before collection if mine is full and next doors isn't I might have put something in their bin sometimes, it's all going to the same place?
I'm really struggling to see the issue here tbh

Piratespoo · 12/03/2015 21:10

Oh my goodness, call the police! Or, maybe just get a life! It's that's the worst thing that has happened to you this week, count yourself lucky. If my neighbours did that, I would just think, oh, odd, and then it would never enter my brain again!

ShadowStone · 12/03/2015 21:10

Can you take the nappy out and put it in their bin? And then mention it to your neighbours and ask them to use their own bin in the future? Possibly consider moving your bin behind your gate it make it less accessible to the neighbours too.

This would bother me. Not because I'm precious about dirty nappies in my bin - there's enough of them produced by DS2 for that - but because we are often getting short of space in our rubbish bin by collection day. If my neighbours started putting their stuff in our bin, we could end up without enough room for our own rubbish.

And yes, I know it's just one nappy we're talking about now. But it could be the beginning of a slippery slope where more and more of the neighbours rubbish ends up in OP's bin if they think she's okay with them using her bin.

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ghostspirit · 12/03/2015 21:11

yeah i dont overly care who throws things in my bin. mine is on the public path, as i dont bring it in my gate. so people often throw cans take away boxes and stuff in there. rather that than on the floor... it was more the fact he walked past his own bin that in his garden to put it in mine.

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gunnsgirl · 12/03/2015 21:11

Maybe because without discussing it with your neighbour - if my bin is full is it alright to use yours for the odd item - is disrespectful. Just go ahead and assume they aren't needing to fill it with their own stuff before collection is plain selfish when you do have a bin of your own. (Oh I'm not meaning you personally, btw I'm meaning general situation - Blue Bananas)

Reenskar · 12/03/2015 21:14

shadow at possessive angry bin lovers. Don't actually clean it myself. Am too lazy. But DH does, it gets seriously manky in summer otherwise. Actually loads of our neighbours pay a man to do theirs. Weird to some perhaps. Anyway back to point... I could let one well wrapped up and bagged nappy go if their bin was full. Otherwise I'm afraid my angry possessive side would be unleashed .

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ghostspirit · 12/03/2015 21:17

oh dear i think some posters think im very upset about the situation.

it was really just something to post out of boredom.

in general though it might cause a problem for some people. not a nappy but rubbish in general. i have heard some councils wont take the bins unless the lids are closed. that makes it difficult. here we can over flow the bins as much as we need to.

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TeddyBee · 12/03/2015 21:19

Suggest neighbour uses cloth nappies as they have a problem with disposing of the disposables?

This actually was a godsend when we had two in nappies for two years. We have a very small wheely bin

lindsaybobs · 12/03/2015 21:27

I'd have sneaky peek in their bin. If it's full then fair enough. If there is room I'd think that they were being shitty ?? and I'd be mildly irritated. In which case I vote C.

LongHardStare · 12/03/2015 21:31

You should definitely put it in their bin and say no more about it. You may not be bothered about it now but they will keep doing it if you do nothing. No need to make a big thing about it or talk to them about it, just move the nappy.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 12/03/2015 21:47

Knock on theoir door tomorrow (very early) walk past them into their bathroom and have your morning constitution (ie- take a dump ) in their toilet. Wash your hands, wipe them dry on their nightie and walk out, closing the door behind you.

They'll think they dreamed it.

Spadequeen · 12/03/2015 21:56

Wtf?! I would definitely take it out from my bin and put it theirs. Weirdos

JoffreyBaratheon · 12/03/2015 22:45

What is it with bins bringing out the nuts neighbours? I saw mine walk out of his garden, past his own bin (so not checking the bin men had been, then), walk into my garden, look in my bin, contemplate its contents for a minute then walk away.... wtf? At least he didn't donate me one of his baby's nappies.

My kids are too old for nappies - have been for a few years, but I used to put their nappies in the bin in them poo bag things, tightly knotted so no stink escaped. And once I overheard a weird looking binman say how there shouldn't be dirty nappies in the bin. WTF? Not long after I saw a picture on the news of an exbinman for our council, gone on a murder spree. He didn't half look like that nuts binman who was bitching about nappies.

CupidStuntSurvivor · 13/03/2015 00:11

In my group of flats (8 flats total) we all technically have our own set of bins each. But we all use the same set until they're full then move on to the next set. And at least one of the occupants remembers to put the full bins out on bin day and bring them in after.

It's not prearranged or something any of us has ever discussed. We just aren't weirdly possessive over our bins.

Do you really care about a nappy? One nappy???

RocketInMyPocket · 13/03/2015 00:39

Can't believe someone actually put a shit on your mat Dontbugme

I'm sorry, I thought everyone was joking by saying 'shit outside their door'.

Obviously one or two are not.
Absolutely ridiculous!!

kbbeanie · 13/03/2015 00:57

We only get our (very small) general waste bin emptied every 4 weeks due to some annoying new council initiative to reduce waste and improve recycling. I do have a child in nappies this scheme is an absolute pain in my behind atm because 4 weeks of dirty nappies stinks as much as it fills my bin before ive got another piece of rubbish in it.
If i didnt have a child in nappies id be pretty annoyed as well if someone put dirty nappies in my bin...the flipping smell when u open the lid of the bin !

BertieBrabinger · 13/03/2015 01:05

THIS IS A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM AND YOU MUST GET OUT MORE.

Lweji · 13/03/2015 01:08

Calm down dear, it's just a silly thread.

NobodyLivesHere · 13/03/2015 01:30

I wouldn't be bothered, but I WOULD very much need to know why??!

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ghostspirit · 13/03/2015 07:56

yes its just a shitty thread

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FitzgeraldProtagonist · 13/03/2015 07:58

Eh? It's a bin! Rubbish goes in. It gets collected. If not compromising your bin space why does it matter? Like, "But I know it was in there"

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ghostspirit · 13/03/2015 08:03

why does it bother them/neighbour not to put it in their own bin

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Lagoonablue · 13/03/2015 08:05

No. I'm possessive about my bin. I pay to have it cleaned and I don't want my neighbours using it when they have a perfectly good one themselves.

In our old house someone kept putting manky bin bags in full of cigarette ends and half eaten take aways in our bin, in half open bags that would leak everywhere. Drove me mad.

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