Neighbours overflowing bin - to complain?

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Hi folks

Genuine question here.

Neighbours opposite have gone away on holiday and left their overflowing bin at the top of their driveway. There are no bags of rubbish on the street, but the bin lid is at a 45 degree angle because they have overfilled it.

Obviously I’m concerned about the potential for vermin, especially in this heatwave that we’re having. The bins are not due to be collected until Thursday.

Should I contact the Local Authority, or do you think they are unlikely to take any action?

I should also mention that I’ve reported these filthy people before for leaving bags of rubbish out. We frequently have to deal with debris blowing across from their side. If it was a one off, I’d be inclined to let it go, but I feel that they need a warning.

What would you do?

8 months pregnant so unable to pick rubbish up?

OK, so ask husband/partner to oblige as it is stressing you out so much.

Or use a picker-upper gadget like I do (not pregnant, just getting on and have back problems).

So your neighbours have left their bin near the road so it will be collected whilst they are away and you are complaining because the lid was open and it stinks and is attracting flies? This is actually pretty normal behaviour and the unfortunate consequence of hot weather and a fortnightly waste service. I really think the council will tell you to cope until it s collected on Thursday. They are not going to send round environmental health for one overflowing, smelly wheelie bn awaitng collection.

Wow, I can’t believe the level of vitriol.

I hope that everyone who has been unnecessarily rude will find something in their lives to be happy about.

Yes, it's terrible when people are unnecessarily rude and vitriolic. On that note, I'll just repost my list of your earlier comments, OP.

I’ve reported these filthy people
I feel that they need a warning
neither of the adults at the property seem to have to work for a living
I don’t know how long horror family are on holiday
Urgh it makes me so angry to think that this type of thing is accepted!

Slight derail: OP is part of a long parade of posts this week from people who seem to have no self awareness or grasp of irony. Does anyone know how these people get through life?

I've not met many people who would post stuff like the above and then be surprised that others thought they were unreasonable, but they all seem to come to MN.

You should come and live in my house OP. My next door neighbour skank thinks the path in front of her front door is a bin, A fox or badger managed to get the bin bag full of food waste that was on top of her bin and empty the contents all over the place.
Normal people would clean it up, but she has walked in it, stepped over it at least 3 times today.
There was a rat sighting 4 nights ago, currently waiting on environmental health.
To make it worse she works in a kitchen 🤢🤢

Maybe they have private income. Or an inheritance.

Their surnames aren’t Windsor! Anyway, did I already say that this has nothing to do with my original question? You struggle with reading comprehension and that’s fine but just remember not to take it out on other people.

PositivelyPERF is another who struggles with reading. I don’t ever recall saying I thought I lived in a nice area. I believe i said that other neighbours look after their property. Has that invoked some kind of weird class envy in you?

As for the question about taking a bag of their rubbish and putting it in my bin:
I’m just not happy about doing that. Other people may not take as much care as me to wrap up their household waste. It is also important to remember that we don’t get on! If a neighbour who was pleasant and considerate asked me for a favour, of course I’d help. I’m not prepared to bend myself out of shape for people I dislike.

Justabadwife I really feel for you, that sounds terrible. I just don’t understand why anyone would choose to live like that.

OP is part of a long parade of posts this week from people who seem to have no self awareness or grasp of irony.

Now, English is my second language but I’m pretty sure I know what irony is. The only irony i can detect is people abusing me because they assume that because i want to live in a tidy street, i must be some kind of class snob. At the same time, the same people are accusing me of exactly the same class prejudice because i commented that my neighbours don’t work.

BMW6 that’s exactly what will happen. My husband will return home from a long day and will start his evening by picking up other people’s shit. Some on here will tell me that’s entirely reasonable...

Get a fucking grip OP.

Anyway, did I already say that this has nothing to do with my original question? You struggle with reading comprehension and that’s fine but just remember not to take it out on other people

You’re a nasty piece of work OP, it was only fucking mentioned because YOU cast aspersions about the character of your neighbours and made several snide little digs.

You struggle with empathy, courtesy and fucking decency judging by your posts!

Sorted then.

The council in my old area would not take a bin unless the lid was completely shut. Our neighbours (lots of bin cheeky fuckery!) are a couple but manage to fill the bin to overflowing. She is also constantly throwing out rugs, blinds etc. I saw her fly tip her rubbish once, she was trying to throw it into a skip but it was behind a fence so she missed and just left it. She saw me watching her. I have no idea why they generate so much between 2 of them and it’s always attacked by crows and rubbish ends up all over the lane (to be fair they do clear it up).

Has that invoked some kind of weird class envy in you?

That’s absolutely hilarious, you silly, silly woman. I assume you think all the posters, that take issue with your obnoxious attitude towards your neighbours, are suffering from ‘class envy’. Rest assured, I’ve absolutely nothing to be envious about. 🤣

I contacted the council when my neighbour did the same and their bin had no lid so the magpies were tearing the rubbish apart. Environmental health came out and spoke to them - it didn't happen again

ODFOD. Families other than the Royals have private incomes or inheritances. You not being aware of this has no bearing on my reading comprehension.

You are the one who brought it up (quote: neither of the adults seem to have to work for a living) and who has made multiple sweeping judgements on them, as eloquently summarised by donquixote. I work full time from home. Very few of my neighbours know this, because it doesn't fucking concern them. From a curtain twitching perspective, it probably looks like I don't seem to have to work for a living either.

Getting yourself in such a flap over an open bin lid and a bit of blowing rubbish is quite frankly ridiculous.

swashbucklecheer thanks for sharing that - I hope I have the same success. I’m concerned about birds / rodents seeing a banquet, too!

PositivelyPERF I’m only encouraging your idiotic musings by responding to you, so I’m going to stop. I’m not the one who commented on the area in which i live; you did. You also made jokey assumptions about my social status by likening me to a fictional character and attacked me for not wanting to live in a pigsty.

Yet, of course, I’m the nasty, judgemental one here.

I’m just pleased for you that you have this outlet in cyberspace. If you didn’t, I imagine you’d be an even more unpleasant malcontent in real life.

I’d drag the bin down to the road when I put mine out. It’s the neighbourly thing to do!

How do you know it is their litter? Round here if anyone puts their bin out early, other twats come round with their excess waste and top them up. Maybe an opportunist has decided to add extra bags as its out on the road.

Yet, of course, I’m the nasty, judgemental one here

Go back and read all your own posts. Nobody else’s, just yours. That might requiring some humility and self awareness that I’m not convinced is there give you an idea of why you’ve had such a strong reaction,

I don't think anyone is suggesting you put some of their rubbish into your bin as a favour to them, but as a way to solve the immediate problem of the over full bin that is causing you so much anger and distress. It would solve the problem that is upsetting you while they are on holiday in the Maldives no doubt. Or perhaps Maui.

You sure sound nasty for someone who comes out with words like ‘abuses’ and ‘attacks’ in regards to posters telling you Yabu.
Honestly OP why are you even looking at their bin? Sounds weird AF.
You’d hate it where I live, end of long cul de sac- every collection day lots of bits of other people’s rubbish ends up blown in my front garden. You know what I do? Pop on a pair of gloves, pick it up & forget about it. Honestly never heard of a such a first world, middle class problem in all my life. How have you made it this far being so highly strung? Surely you would have combusted from rage a long time ago.

I’m glad I am not your neighbour OP! When we are away for bin day our lovely neighbour puts the appropriate bins out for us and then puts them away again when she walks past our house with her dog. If she didn’t and we were going to miss bin day we’d absolutely put it out on Tuesday morning for a Thursday collection especially if it was full or we’d have no where for the next 2 weeks of rubbish to go!

I wouldn't take stuff to the tip on their behalf but I would try and tidy the bin up, put any stray stuff in bags etc (wearing disposable gloves), and keep an eye on it until it's emptied. Just think the rubbish collectors will be there the day after tomorrow and it will be over.

If you see maggots in the bin after collection, get rid of them and pour boiling water in it, tip it up to drain and then put it back where it should be.

All will be well.

First world problems and all that.......

Ha ha ha ha ha. This is surely a joke thread right?

Hehe OP this is just the sort of thing my MIL would worry about! Neighbours bins are a hot topic with her too.