Sharing a black bin

[0lly]

This is a bit silly but here goes. I live on my own and recycle my cans etc. in the blue bin which isn't a problem, but the amount of rubbish I get (tea bags and chip paper etc.) is so small it doesn't even fill a carrier bag in two weeks, so what I do is that I wait while the neighbours put their bin out and then I put my carrier bag in one of their bins.

The trouble is my neighbours don't like it and sometimes I come out of my front door to find a pile of rubbish on my doorstep.

My questions are these
1. Am I doing wrong? I admit I haven't asked them.
2. Am I committing an offence?
3. Are my neighbours committing an offence by littering. As I understand it bins are there to have rubbish put into them, but to take rubbish out and put it by someone's front door surely has to be an offence. They even put rubbish on my step that is not mine.

I feel I would like to stand my ground and I had an enormous row with them yesterday because two of them like to think they own the drive and I feel that if I give into them, my life won't be worth living.

The bin men simply tip the rubbish out of one bin into another anyway and then simply empty the one bin into the back of the lorry.

What course of action do you think I should take, I could use my bin but it seems so silly and I am 68 years of age but fairly fit. Answers appreciated.
Thanks.

[Mick-Talbot]

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[Bazile]

//100+ thread essentially going around in circles, you are a grown man, read the replies and make a decision. //

Yes , i've just clicked into this thread and was suprise to see 100 + replies , given the subject

[0lly]

Mick-Talbot
No, I'm a good boy and I do recycle. If there was a can of Dr. Peppers, it wouldn't be my can.

[Robinia]

I'd never seen so much discussion about rubbish before the arrival of wheelie bins. I stopped having the local newspaper because sometimes it seemed to be all they had to print. :)

[Mick-Talbot]

Maybe you fall in the bin and your pants come off as they drag you out ?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoR2qr0d3Gc

[0lly]

Robinia
Well it has been good fun, even if it has been a load of old Rubbish. :-)

Thank you all.

[2sp_]

Sorry, 0lly.

In answer to your question.

The worst that can happen if you put your rubbish in your own bin? You feel that you've given in, possibly?

The worst that can happen if you put your rubbish in your neighbour's bin? They don't like it, so could turn it into a huge drama. Do you really want to have that kind of hassle?

[Psybbo]

Your baptism by fire, Olly :-)

[0lly]

Robinia

I think in reality the thread is more about neighbours than rubbish, although I admit, it is hard to tell the difference. (laugh)

[0lly]

sibton
Hey, I'm not comming back on here, they talk too much rubbish. :-)

[0lly]

2sp_

If falling out with your neighbours is the worst that can happen, then it already has. So I may as well do what Sid James and the rest of the "Carry On" crew did and carry on.

[aelmpvw]

I'm convinced only the British could generate so many comments about such a trivial subject. At least two of those comments coming from me.

[0lly]

aelmpvw

I think I will go and have a can of Dr. Peppers.

Bye everyone. :-)

[MichaelZZ]

A story of two people, as told by a local preacher:

Two couples moved to a new area in which they didn't know anyone. The first couple asked the local Methodist minister, "We're new round here. What are the neighbours like?"
The minister's answer was, "What were the neighbours like in the area where you came from?"
"Oh, they were all brilliant. They were always very friendly, polite and helpful."
"You'll find that the folk around here are exactly the same" said the minister.

The second couple asked the same question but in reply to the minister's question "What were the neighbours like in the area you came from?" they replied, "Oh, they were nasty so-and-sos. Most unfriendly, rude and generally spiteful."
"You'll find that the folk around here are exactly the same" said the minister.
Wise words indeed!

[0lly]

MichaelZZ

The trouble is Michael, I have always been dead right with my neighbours, it just isn't being reciprocated.

[chaptazbru]

Awww don't go Olly, I like you ...

[0lly]

And do you know what I have found in life? The only time you get respect is whan you stand up for yourself.

[0lly]

chaptazbru

Thaknk you chaptazbru. Is this a chat forum or is it for serious stuff?

[chaptazbru]

A bit of both.

[MichaelZZ]

and precisely why, 0lly, is it not being reciprocated?

Think hard before you answer!