To be pissed off with neighbours

[Bookeatingboy]

Have been catching up with some work at home whilst dc are at sports camp. I finished early so before I pick the dc up I decided to sit in the garden for an hour peace.

Just sat down and neighbour decides to light a fire right up near the house (very long gardens) and the wind is blowing the smoke over to ours forcing me indoors and having to close doors/windows to stop it filling the house. Along with taking washing off the line that had just been put out.

Is it just me that thinks it rude to start a fire very close to the house in the middle of the day without even checking with neighbours first. They can see it billowing over into my garden FFS.

I don't understand why people don't just shred garden waste & compost it. I think bonfires are very anti-social - they stink and it sets off my asthma. Thank goodness none of my neighbours have them.

I've just spoken with them and basically got the "oh, we didn't realise" . No of course you didn't see the smoke

They are both secondary school teachers so I guess intelligence doesn't equal common sense and courtesy in this instance!

Hopefully they will realise for next time. Sometimes it's a bit of a knee jerk reaction to minimise someone else's complaints.

Do you feel better for saying something?

So have they put the fire out now they have realised?