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AIBU?

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Who IBU? A mundane one

24 replies

GrizzlebertGrumbledink · 15/09/2015 17:27

Person A empties the vacuum cleaner into the bin under the kitchen sink. Person B is not happy because it creates a dust and dog fur aerosol in the kitchen no matter how careful you are.

Person B empties the vacuum cleaner into the outside wheelie bin, person A is too lazy complains that it makes the wheelie bin too dirty and wants the dust bagged.

We are dancing in the no mans land of emptying it into a carrier bag in the garden and putting that in the wheelie bin at the moment but I want conformation that I'm not the mad one here...

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MsTargaryen · 15/09/2015 17:32

No mans land option actually sounds the best to me. I do that anyway so might be biased Grin

catfordbetty · 15/09/2015 17:34

Make the wheelie bin too dirty? It's a wheelie bin. It's going to be dirty. I always empty the vacuum straight into it.

GloGirl · 15/09/2015 17:35

In our house the hoover gets emptied when bin bag is full and straight into the outside bin.

Both A and B are wrong. No man's land is correct.

Summerisle1 · 15/09/2015 17:35

The most reasonable option seems to be emptying it into the carrier bag and putting it into the wheelie bin. I'd not be thrilled by the discovery that my wheelie bun was full of unbagged emptyings.

AnyoneButAndre · 15/09/2015 17:36

Mine goes into the compost bin.

lilyb84 · 15/09/2015 17:37

I personally empty mine into the bin in our kitchen. We live in flats though so not that easy to put to straight into the bin. Doing so sounds like a better option to me though - no mess in the kitchen and less plastic bags in landfill (and wheelie bins are THERE to get dirty surely?).

YellowDinosaur · 15/09/2015 17:37

Make the wheelie bin too dirty? It's a wheelie bin. It's going to be dirty

^ this. I mean honestly who actually gives a shit about the inside of a wheelie bin getting dirty? I mean I know they exist because there are actual wheelie bin cleaning businesses, but that's got to be at the top of the first world problem list, surely? Confused

hesterton · 15/09/2015 17:40

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FadedRed · 15/09/2015 17:40

Buy a bagged (as opposed to bagless) vacuum cleaner? No mess in either bin. Grin

StarOnTheTree · 15/09/2015 17:40

Carrier bag in the garden and then into the wheelie bin. That's what I do.

Though I'd be more annoyed if it was emptied into the kitchen bin than if it was emptied into the wheelie bin!

AgentProvocateur · 15/09/2015 17:41

"Make the wheely bin dirty"?!? GrinGrin I've heard it all now.

StarOnTheTree · 15/09/2015 17:43

I mean honestly who actually gives a shit about the inside of a wheelie bin getting dirty?

Me! Mmmm, how do I find a wheelie bin cleaner? Grin

TheRealAmyLee · 15/09/2015 17:44

I empty into a bag then bin it. I find it easier. The dust can stick to the bin and make it even grosser than usual if it hits anything vaguely wet or the bin is too full and rain gets in thanks to next doors cat trying to climb in the small gap and opening the lid fully

AnyoneButAndre · 15/09/2015 17:44

If you've got wool carpets (or hard floors) you can definitely compost the contents of your vacuum cleaner. If your carpets are mostly nylon then it's not so good.

lanbro · 15/09/2015 17:44

Straight into the wheelie bin, mad not to!

Tiggeryoubastard · 15/09/2015 17:46

Person A is a hypocrite and a filthy one at that. They're happy to do that in their kitchen but not in the wheelie bin. Dirty bastard.

Birdsgottafly · 15/09/2015 17:50

I use a Weelie bin bag, solves that issue.

FunkyPeacock · 15/09/2015 17:53

I do the no man's land option but not because I care how dirty the inside on my wheel bin is (it's mega slimy & foul!) but because like person B I don't like the fog of dust thing when you lift the wheels bin lid

CrohnicallyAspie · 15/09/2015 17:56

I put it in a carrier bag in the garden, then into the bin. I couldn't care less about the bin being dirty, but I don't like the dust cloud that flies up every time you open the bin if you don't bag the vacuumings.

MyFavouriteClintonisGeorge · 15/09/2015 17:56

I mean honestly who actually gives a shit about the inside of a wheelie bin getting dirty?

My mother. If she wrote down her wheelie bin protocol, it would run to about 70 pages.

PigeonPie · 15/09/2015 17:58

Get a vacuum cleaner which has a bag - no mess and can go straight into the wheelie bin Smile

FunkyPeacock · 15/09/2015 18:04

I've always wondered if the folk who care about the inside of their wheelie bin being dirty are the same ones that have colonic irrigation? (I am equally as unlikely to pay someone to clean the inside of my wheelie bin as my colon Grin)

Penfold007 · 15/09/2015 18:04

A & B are both wrong. No mans land is the correct option.

mileend2bermondsey · 15/09/2015 18:06

Person B, presumably you, is being a drama queen. It creates a dust and dog fur aerosol seriously?
I wouldn't want it going directly into the outside bin, it should be bagged.

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