This beggars belief!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

neighbour and I have been putting in a real effort to clear the path on our side of the road to make it safe. Theres a reasonable stretch that is ice free now.

I've just looked out of the window, and down the road theres a couple on the opposite side who are digging out their cars from their driveway.

They are walking across the road with shovels full of snow and ice and dumping them across the pavement on our side.

I don't know whether to fly out with rage and tell them what selfish idiots they are when elderly people are really really struggling to walk anywhere or whether to pointedly get out my shovel and move their snow back on to their property!

Wait until they've gone out, then put it all back on their drive

God I would like to shove their shovels where the sun doesn't shine

Just stand in your window and stare. Shame them into removing their snow.

mistle.

you know I am so very very tempted. I am really having to hold myself back from not going out and interfering

have phoned my helpful neighbour to discuss the situation with him. But he tells me he is giving up. (he did spend 2 hours helping me clear a deadly bit of the school run path this morning. I think he has done his due) (I also think I need a proper job asap!)

chicken, they seem oblivious to staring. I may have to set my cat on them.

perhaps I should offer help and tidy up their snow into a pile that wouldnt block the entire path?

perhaps they read mn cos one isnt in site and the other is now stuffing snow down the side of their drive.

at neighbours (please tidy up the snow across the road!)

site=sight!

Yes, set the cat on them.

offering to help would be a very good and moral thing to do.
Are you that saintly?

nope. they are back to putting it on our side of the pavement again!
grrrrr.

ok am going to be brave (I think!) I am a saint!

Why not just go out and ask them why they are doing that? Go on DO IIIIIT DO IIIIIIT!!!!

Why would you not say anything? What they are doing is inconsiderate and dangerous. Why can't they just put it in their gardens?

right. I put my coat on, gathered my courage and grabbed my spade.
they are nowhere to be seen now. I think they have finished.
so I was nearly brave!

Don't try any staring, sending bad vibes or hinting. Just go and tell them not to put their snow there. They have a choice about where to put the snow (since they are moving it anyway), so they should put it to the side (or whatever you did.

Don't get psyched up for this conversation, as it may mean getting ready to be aggressive, whereas what the situation needs is a calm word.

(if they are doing it then and there): "Hang on a moment, could you just stop that and put the snow over there instead? [point] We have made an effort to clear our snow to the side, and it's a bit unreasonable for you to undo all our work! [and, without missing a beat] Thanks so much!"

(if they have gone back inside): knock on the door and say, "Could I ask you to not put your snow on the path that we have cleared? I've got to do that bit of it again, and I'm a bit pressed for time today. [again, without missing a beat] Thanks so much!"

Aggression only justified after they have had this one chance! Then, by all means, get stroppy (but don't dump snow until 3rd offence. And then get other neighbours to dump snow, too!)

to be fair, they havent got a garden out the front, its all driveway and two cars. I know it is difficult knowing where to put all the blasted stuff, we have loads and loads left.

but. if they had piled it up along the hedge, that would have left enough path for people to walk along.

I could just clear it all up. I wish I hadnt noticed, I am getting very stiff and sore with shovelling snow but worryingly obsessed with it too.

still be brave. shovel it back to their side of the road!

winged - fortunately it wasnt on a bit we had actually got round to clearing yet. else I would have been somewhat more livid!

not sure how much English they speak

oh I should have just gone out instead of coming on here but I have spent two hours today and 2 1/2 hours yesterday doing shovelling.

ok. next time. I'll be more assertive.

lol Heqet!!

OhYouBadKitten, even if if was on a bit you hadn't cleared, it's still unreasonable to give you the extra work, so YANBU, don't worry!

And if they don't speak much English, so what? For one thing, interacting with neighbours (pleasantly) is a good way to start, and for another, they shouldn't have made things difficult by crossing the road (re-read your post!) to dump the stuff! Why couldn't they have started neighbourly interaction on a more friendly note, rather than getting out of the depth of their English unneccessarily?

On a lighter note, the "interaction" could improve their English PDQ; during my year abroad, I had a huge motivation to learn, in order to be able to respond to my obnoxious host-mother, who had some really nutty and quite offensive ideas. Eventually, my motivation and work paid off and I was able to snap back at a comment of hers. I felt really good for not letting her get away with that particular remark!

if I see them out again I shall tackle them in a helpful and educating manner. perhaps they don't realise that the council will never ever get round to clearing up the paths?

was a bit though