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Who's the most badly behaved here?

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Seasonaldisorder · 03/01/2020 19:04

I'm neither of the people in this scenario but live opposite them and have heard been forced to listen to both sides...they're both being unreasonable wankers but who's the most unreasonable?
Neighbour A was going away over Xmas. Asked neighbour B if he could pull his bin to the property boundary on bin day otherwise it wouldn't be collected. Neighbour B agreed and then asked is they could use A's mainly empty bin for their Xmas rubbish overflow. A agreed as long as it was bagged up and not loose (they are very houseproud and this obviously also extends to their bin!)
Anyway neighbour B filled up the bin with a load of unbagged shite (including food waste!) and then FORGOT TO PUT IT OUT.
Neighbor A was furious on his return to find a full uncollected bin, and told B to empty it out and clean it. He asked him on NYD when B had a horrific hangover. B said he'd do it the next day. A waited until 5.00 the next day and, after no sign of B coming round, rolled his wheelie bin round to neighbour B and upended it on his path.

It's been carnage. Foxes and cats spread the rubbish as B didn't notice for a while so the other neighbors are furious. B actually called the non emergency police number (according to his son who's friends with my son and is MORTIFIED) but apparently they were VERY short with him.
I think A was entirely in the right but he lost the moral high ground when he emptied rubbish everywhere. DH thinks A is the hero he's been waiting for but I think this is because hes mild mannered and diligent with our bins so this whole fiasco is amazing to him!
So... who's the MOST idiotic?

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Lunafortheloveogod · 03/01/2020 19:30

B is a twat..

I’m probably A though (not literally this time)

Surely as he seen his wife take their bin out he could’ve said “oh grab A’s too!” Otherwise he must believe the fairies deal with his rubbish.

Back in my “youth” I re-barricaded my disgusting neighbours door twice with the bin bags they chucked into the main hall. Bins were next to the door where they left them so 5 seconds more work. The second time I slashed each bag as I stacked them. If they were in they’d have all fallen on them as they opened the door, if they were out they’d have to dig their way home.

TigerOnATrain · 03/01/2020 19:31

So come on @Seasonaldisorder which one are you? Grin A or B???

ErickBroch · 03/01/2020 19:32

B, for literally -every- single thing he did. A is the person I wish I could be!!

candycane22 · 03/01/2020 19:32

Go A

Brefugee · 03/01/2020 19:35

also #TeamA

beanaseireann · 03/01/2020 19:35

B is a user. He remembered to put stuff in A's bin but not to bag it up or leave it out as requested.
A lost the plot but I can't say I blame him Smile
I wouldn't be brave enough.

Seeingadistance · 03/01/2020 19:42

Yay for A!

Minky35 · 03/01/2020 19:42

Just seen the update, B is even more of a twat then.
He could have switched bins for a week with A to make up for his mistake, but he chose to do nothing (then called the police).

Daisy7654 · 03/01/2020 19:42

You should remind A and B that they can have their bins emptied privately for £25 per bin.
I'd be furious with A though.

Seasonaldisorder · 03/01/2020 19:42

Honestly I'm neither of them! Frankly they are both gigantic PIA. B is loud, revs his car stupidly early in the morning, has loud BBQs where guests park in considerately and is dim and a bit boorish. A is fussy, anally retentive and prone to "having words" with neighbours about minor infractions. DH hates him as he "had a word" with us about our hedge encroaching the footpath. Fair enough except the path is wide enough for 2 buggies, the hedge was overgrown by about 25 cm AND I was 8 months pregnant and DH had a broken arm.

Basically I'm loving this....

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doublebarrellednurse · 03/01/2020 19:42

I'd not care I would just be happy to watch it all unfold

Mlou32 · 03/01/2020 19:43

"after no sign of B coming round, rolled his wheelie bin round to neighbour B and upended it on his path."

I love neighbour A!!! Your DH is right, A is a hero!!!😂

Seasonaldisorder · 03/01/2020 19:44

Doublebarrellednurse I'll be honest. It's glorious.

Except when I find bits of discarded turkey carcass in my hedge....

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Tombliwho · 03/01/2020 19:45

Absolutely team A and I love this kind of shit. We have bin wars round here and I love to watch it all.

GiveHerHellFromUs · 03/01/2020 19:46

Except when I find bits of discarded turkey carcass in my hedge....

Just post them through B's door. You know it belongs to him, after all.

PPopsicle · 03/01/2020 19:46

A wouldn’t have reacted like that if B had done as he promised.

I love A.

A is amazing and everyone should be like A.

GorgeousLadyofWrestling · 03/01/2020 19:47

Having cleaned out maggots from open food left to rot in my bin that was put there by other people - I don’t blame A one bit!

Nonnymum · 03/01/2020 19:47

A is more at fault but I don't think I would like to live near either of them

Seasonaldisorder · 03/01/2020 19:48

Most neighbors are broadly team A as B is despised due to ongoing parking/ driving/ noise CFery. A would have a lot more support if he wasn't also so generally annoying!
We're all mainly fishing bits of Christmas detritus from our front gardens and gossiping about it.

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CherieBabySpliffUp · 03/01/2020 19:53

#TeamA all the way

Nonnymum · 03/01/2020 19:57

If B is well known for being unreliable and generally annoying why did A ask him to put his bin out on the first place? he should have realised he wouldn't do it.

aroundtheworldyet · 03/01/2020 19:57

Who doesn’t put rubbish in a bin bag. That’s so odd.
I mean do you carry out a bit of raw chicken and half a carrot to the outside bin?!
It just doesn’t make sense

NameChangeNugget · 03/01/2020 19:58

They both sound like melts

Celticrose · 03/01/2020 19:59

I feel for A. Living in a new house and we had only had our recycling bin a few months so think brand new bin which had only clean dry recycling put in it. Then one bin day whe DH was bringing in our bin I knew immediately looking at it that it was not our bin. Confirmed when I looked at it closel Dirty on the outside and shock horror when I looked inside as it was filthy and and had been used for stuff other than recycling. It had a decaying banana skin and other stuff. I seethed inside but never found out who took our bin though I have my suspicions. I am still minded to buy a new bin. Dh is not bothered but it is only recently that thinking about it doesn't get me all het up. I do like to keep my bins clean inside. Not hard if everything is bagged up.

goodwinter · 03/01/2020 20:02

Absolutely on A's side and I wish I had balls that big.

Not only did B ignore the original request, he then didn't bother to put the bin out (leaving a turkey carcass in for A to come back to? 🤮) and then ALSO didn't bother to sort it out when A asked?! Hell no.

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