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AIBU?

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To say remove your bloody rubbish from your front garden!

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lasttimeyoucalledon · 11/06/2022 02:53

It's not even a front garden. Just a bit of grass at the front of the house, next to the porch.

The house in front of me, to the side, has loads of rubbish building up there.

This is a new build estate and it looks lovely. Then you walk by this neighbour and they have things like crisp packets on the grass at the front? Empty plastic bottles?

It's so chaotic. Last week, I walked by and picked stuff up. Binned it, in my own bin as it was bin day. Neighbour rushed out to ask what I was doing? I said oh just picking these up for you! I was really nice about it. Didn't really bother me at all

She said 'my son left that there. He just drops stuff when he gets out the car'

I said oh haha, something my son does too! I'm forever picking stuff up'

She said 'can you leave it please' so I did... thought it was an odd response.

Fast forward to this week and even more rubbish is there and some of it blowing near my house!!

She came out when I was binning it, again bin day and on my property actually, she said 'I thought I said to leave it there? It's no problem just being there'

I said it's on my property and it's no trouble. She said 'it isn't yours to clean up' then went inside and shut the door.

AIBU? Why the fuck is she acting like this?!

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Onwards22 · 11/06/2022 17:56

It sounds like you and the neighbours think the area is too posh for her.
Is she a single parent?

I’m betting someone complained about something minor and now she’s going out of her way to make her property look messy to wind people up.

It was rude if you to pick up her rubbish but you should absolutely carry on picking it up if it blows over to yours.

Can you take a photo to show how much rubbish there actually is? (House number erased obviously).

girlmom21 · 11/06/2022 19:00

It sounds like you and the neighbours think the area is too posh for her. **
Is she a single parent?

Any area is too posh for her if she thinks throwing rubbish on the floor is fine.
My just-turned 3 year old knows better.

Hummingbird1974 · 11/06/2022 19:15

My kids always put rubbish in the bin but we have someone like that in our road

lasttimeyoucalledon · 11/06/2022 20:21

Onwards22 · 11/06/2022 17:56

It sounds like you and the neighbours think the area is too posh for her.
Is she a single parent?

I’m betting someone complained about something minor and now she’s going out of her way to make her property look messy to wind people up.

It was rude if you to pick up her rubbish but you should absolutely carry on picking it up if it blows over to yours.

Can you take a photo to show how much rubbish there actually is? (House number erased obviously).

Yes I think she is a single parent.

So am I Confused

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Agapornis · 11/06/2022 20:37

Round here you can report dirty front gardens to the council, especially with litter blowing around, give it a go! A friend's neighbour was giving 2 weeks to clean it or get a fine, that sorted it.

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