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to go steal my fucking bin back?

91 replies

OohMavis · 24/12/2015 14:32

My neighbour's stolen my bloody bin! It went missing last bin collection, two weeks ago. I left it out for a day after it was collected, but don't go victim blaming

I just thought well, it's probably been taken by some bin-stealing hoodlums or something, and resolved to use bin bags until it was either returned (ha!) or I could order a new one from the council come New Year.

However, I saw the cheeky cow wheeling her bin and MY bin out this morning to the kerb! I know it's mine as it's a darker green than all the rest, and has mud at the bottom from sploshing it up my garden.

I went out to put my bin bags to the kerb and looked inside, and my bin is full of her garden crap, so I couldn't take it back there and then. And I had to leave to get to the shop for some last minute bits, so I decided to get it back once the bin men had been - nobody brings their bins back in straight away.

So I came back and went to get it, and she's taken it back! So obviously intends to keep the bloody thing.

I know where she lives. I want to go nick it back tonight, but DH thinks I'll probably get arrested. He's probably right. I could knock on the door and go 'Oi, you stole my bin!' but I'm a but of a petal and would end up going away after apologising for it being muddy or something.

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Palomb · 24/12/2015 14:35

You should have dumped her garden waste back on her front garden and taken it back. Why don't you go and knock on her door and get it back?

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 24/12/2015 14:35

Get it for sure.

Somene did similar with dds snow boots years ago when we were skiing. Took them from the creche. I saw them through the window of another chalet And with the help of our chalet girl we broke in and got them back!

IMustNotForgetMyPasswordAgain · 24/12/2015 14:35

Have you lived there long? Could a previous occupant of your house have stolen it from her and she just thought it had turned up again?

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 24/12/2015 14:36

Can you get into her garden ok? Just go and get it.

Arfarfanarf · 24/12/2015 14:36

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Goingtobeawesome · 24/12/2015 14:37

Go and tell her you know she has taken your bin. You expect it back by 3pm or you will report her for theft. Then go home.

Obviously if you have to ring for another tell the council what number house has stolen it.

PolterGoose · 24/12/2015 14:41

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Original poster
OohMavis · 24/12/2015 14:49

Polter Grin

I wish I had the ladyballs.

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hesterton · 24/12/2015 14:52

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howtorebuild · 24/12/2015 14:52

Just take it back. in the dark

ottothedog · 24/12/2015 14:55

Just knock on and demand/ask for it back.

Hissy · 24/12/2015 15:05

Knock on her door and ask for it back

Enjolrass · 24/12/2015 15:14

Knock on her door and tell her you want it back.

She knows she doesn't have 2 bins.

Cheeky cow!!

Goingtobeawesome · 24/12/2015 15:14

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greenfolder · 24/12/2015 15:18

You should have just phoned the council for a new one the second the old one disappeared. I did that when ours went and had a new shiny one by the end of the week, which I have now painted our number on!

ouryve · 24/12/2015 15:21

I'd just go and take it back without inviting any brass neckedness by asking for it.

I ended up hunting around for my glass bin, yesterday. Was nowhere to be seen. I was stottin' because I was already furious with the boys for fighting and because one of them had leapt on the sofa with shitty shoes (which is what lead to me going out to get the recycling bins in at that point, as I had an ancient, scruffy and now shitty cushion that I was buggered if I was washing to dispose of in the rubbish bin).

Thankfully, someone found it and was kind enough to put it in our back yard, last night. It only has our door number on it about 6" high!

ouryve · 24/12/2015 15:22

Our council charge for new or broken bins, now, greenfolder

Choughed · 24/12/2015 15:24

Please please please go and get it. I need a nice juicy bin dispute on MN this afternoon Smile

TrappedInAWitchesCurse · 24/12/2015 15:26

Steal it back and then put a stern note through her door lecturing her on the wrongness of bin thievery. Not that I did this when the neighbours stole my recycling box, oh no.

sleeponeday · 24/12/2015 15:27

Buy some paint or some numbers, with varnish. When the bin goes out, paint the correct house info on it. Together with REMOVAL BY ANY OTHER PROPERTY IS THEFT.

Wafflenose · 24/12/2015 15:29

Go and get it! It belongs to you, and she took it! She knows this.

carrielou2007 · 24/12/2015 15:29

My neighbours constantly take my recycling boxes and leave their's outside my house and I have my house number painted on them. Every time I swap them back over they come out and ask what I'm doing as if I'm the bin thief!!

gamerchick · 24/12/2015 15:34

Just go over and take it back. I had to deal with a cheeky neighbour today after I saw her duck out of sight when she saw me. You have to grab it by the tits man.

What's she going to do stop you?

ohtheholidays · 24/12/2015 15:34

Get it bloody back it's your bin.

Honestly I would go fucking nuclear if it was me and that is most probably the very reason that are one arsehole neighbor would never try and nick one of our bins.

sleeponeday · 24/12/2015 15:37

This thread is salutary. I have the loveliest, loveliest neighbours. Reminds me that it isn't always the case!

Get it back, OP. She's really taking the most colossal piss. I suspect she doesn't want to pay the cost of a garden recycling bin (in our area, they are chargeable). It's also shitty of her because she is sending her green waste to landfill, when it could be composted instead.