to think it's twattish to leave your unwanted crap outside your house for passers-by to take?

[TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot]

I probably am being unreasonable because the person I know who does this is someone I just can't stand for no discernible reason and everything she does annoys me.

Every so often stuff gets left on the pavement outside her house. Sometimes with a note saying "Free to a good home! :)" but usually just left there. Books get soggy in the rain, and seriously, is anyone going to pick up a dog-eared picture book from the pavement and give it to their baby anyway? Wheelchair users can't get past (very narrow pavement) and stuff just sits there for days looking sadder and sadder and I was sure there were more reasons to be annoyed by this but as I type I realise it pretty much boils down to it's annoying because it's her.

But why doesn't she offer her things to friends or donate it to a charity shop or sell it or freecycle it?

I bet she's smugly thinking "I'm being so kind and generous letting anyone who needs my unwanted crap just come and take it. And everyone can see how kind and generous I am every time they pass my house. I bet they talk about how lovely I am all the time."

YOU'RE NOT BEING KIND AND GENEROUS YOU'RE JUST CLUTTERING THE STREET WITH RUBBISH

I'm being unreasonable, aren't I?

[mathanxiety]

articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-04-27/news/0404270223_1_winnetka-scavengers-spring-cleanup

Same sort of arrangement...

[AllotmentyPlenty]

I got a free garden table and six chairs this way. So I am going to go with YABU. Depeneds what the stuff is though.

We sometimes put things out about two hours before DH is going to the dump. Anything not gone in two hours, he loads up and takes away. An awful lot if usually gone before that.

[mathanxiety]

www.elmhurst.org/472/Spring-Clean-Up
Another special cleanup day. The list of verboten items is at the bottom.