To think this level of pettiness is embarrassing?

[alwwyd]

My next door neighbours are just very inconsiderate people. They need their own thread.

Our houses are attached but we have separated driveways with a clear line of gravel between them and a partial hedge.

We both keep our bins on the driveway and today I’ve gone out to put my bin back and they’ve shoved my (different) bin and placed their bin on my driveway. I moved it back and it’s heavy so it didn’t blow across.

I know this is a none thread, but it does annoy me how petty some people are. Like just why do it? 🙄 anyone have other petty neighbour stories?

(yes I’ve been sad enough to go a diagram)

Thats not the law. You have to OFFER the cuttings back, but just putting them back without offering is actually fly tipping.

Maybe they moved it to do something and forgot to move it back. But yes, it is a dick thing to do. BTW - best diagram ever!

For the record, some people were confused by what the OP meant.

So I feel helpful, not smart.

Yes, this is the northern English (and presumably other places) way. I'm originally from the South and they sound like done/don.

Hey up, I’m in the frozen north and about to go to the foot of our stairs because of ‘nun’ and ‘non’? Who knew?
Here ‘non’ and ‘none’ both rhyme with ‘gone’ (and ‘scone’).
OP, the bin is on your land and has adopted you. Enjoy. Sneak another until your neighbour has none (non/nun).

I liked your first diagrams. When you clicked between them the boxes moved into place.

This updated one makes it look like they don't like how their bin smells so they've put it in front of your front door?

I don't understand any of this thread, but thanks for pointing out that's a hedge as I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was

Still none the wiser about the rest of it. The neighbour put her bin on the OP's drive but it was very heavy?

I like your diagram!

I wish there was a gallery of all the diagrams.

Very much enjoyed the diagram.

What you need is an actual amphibious/reptilian type fence (as depicted), then they can’t pull this shit anymore.

I've only ever heard 'none' pronounced in a way that it rhymes with gone.

Could it be the dustbin men placing the bin back as they're not conscientious of which house it's come from??

I've had my neighbour's bin before & they've had mine even though it's got my house number on it, I know it's not my neighbour doing it on purpose.

I hope to goodness your scone doesn't rhyme with gone. Unless you meant to pronounce it as scon. Scone should rhyme with bone.

Non and none are the same as nun 😀

Still loving the green casper (just to keep the thread on track).

It's not incorrect to pronounce none the same as non though it's just different from the way it is pronounced in the south. Just as it is not incorrect to pronounce bath with a short instead of as though it has an additional r as in barth.
The way if speaking in the south east is not automatically 'the correct way"
(Sorry to derail your post OP)

My scone rhymes with gone. As do non and none.
scone
gone
non
none
ALL RHYME 😂😂

@MasterBeth

The prefix "non-" means "not" or "the opposite of."

The word "none" means "not any".

It's on Mumsnet that I first saw this confusion and I guess it comes from people who pronounce these two words the same.
How condescending. Pretty sure I’m not personally responsible for the confusion of others’ understanding just because of how I speak 🤨 🤨

Nah, you’re not talking proper @LittleGreenDragons! 😂
Yeah, scon, as in the bus’s scon - I’ve just missed it - or would you say “The bus has scoan”?
😂
”Nun”: a woman who has dedicated her life to religious service and contemplation, usually living in a monastery or convent.
Nowt to do with non or none. Hecky thump, LGD!

I would wheel their bin to the next street, put my own back where it was, and then disclaim all knowledge if they ask where their one is.

I don’t think they were honey.

They just didn’t understand what the thread was about or the bin the drama - no one was confused about non vs none. And I’m with the other northerners - they’re pronounced the same!

I care.

I’m enjoying a cup of tea and toasted tea cake while having a scroll. Your post really did make me laugh out loud, not something that usually happens to me!

They probably just moved it to get to something or to manoeuvre something big into or past the car and forgot to put it back. I doubt it would be deliberate, what's the point?

I suggest getting a hobby then.

To be honest I would have just put the odd bramble in my own bin. Hardly take up any room.

Maybe a teenager moved it to get a ball or something?

@PuddlesPityParty How rude

I had these really snobby neighbours. They used to leave their garbage bags (we don't have Wheely bins) alongside my railings, even though their house was three times the size with railings all across the other side.
When I wrote a note politely asking them not to. They got their cleaner (yes they had a live in cleaner) to dump three massive sacks full of used cat litter on my fucking doorstep!!
I got my revenge by blocking their planning application so they lost money on the sale. New neighbours are absolutely lovely!