Someone walking their dog recently came onto my property to use my green bin for his dog’s waste – I hollered out the window not to and he complied after a brief back and forth (he said it was no big deal, I said it’s not his bin to use). I feel kind of bad, the guy is presumably a neighbour, and it’s not that big a deal, although I’ve definitely had dog bags stuck to the bottom of my bin – I’m more annoyed that he came onto my property, the bins weren’t out for collection and set back about 10 ft from the sidewalk, so he went out of his way.
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Someone walking their dog recently came onto my property to use my green bin for his dog’s waste – I hollered out the window not to and he complied after a brief back and forth (he said it was no big deal, I said it’s not his bin to use). I feel kind of bad, the guy is presumably a neighbour, and it’s not that big a deal, although I’ve definitely had dog bags stuck to the bottom of my bin – I’m more annoyed that he came onto my property, the bins weren’t out for collection and set back about 10 ft from the sidewalk, so he went out of his way.
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nta idk idt it’s that deep it’s ur bin🤷♀️
I mean…don’t we want folks to go out of their way to properly expose waste?
NAH.
Like you said, its not a big deal.
NTA — seriously he should respect property boundaries. Those are YOUR bins on YOUR property — and YOU have the right to refuse. He’s the one in the wrong. Doesn’t he have a garbage can he could put it in?
NTA. It’s presumptuous to think that you can just use someone else’s property.
YTA, it’s not that deep. If your issue was him coming on your property, that’s more fair, but your trash can isn’t magically more dirty because it has dog shit in it.
NTA, it’s rude to throw dog poop in other people’s bins unless you have explicit permission, period.
INFO: Is the green bin only for green waste like lawn clippings, branches, weeds, etc? In my city, animal waste is explicitly prohibited in the green waste bin, but it’s not clear from your post what the rules are.
In general, he is TA for going onto your property. If it was at the curb, it’s maybe a different conversation.
not the asshole, but this totally screams of someone who has no real problems so they make on up.
YTA
This is a big deal – where I live someone doing that could result in the bin collectors refusing collection of my green recycling bin. On top of that even in the correct bin this is rude pedestrian conduct. NTA.
I wouldn’t mind it, it’s on the curb, it’s going to the trash anyway 🤷
I live in a city that doesn’t do public trash cans unless homeowners ask for it. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine and I like that I have public trash cans in front of my house (one of the first thing I did when I bought my own place).
So it’s gonna be a NAH, but with the caveat that if there isn’t a easily accessible public trash can on your block, this is going to continue to happen, and if it bothers you so much, you should try to ask your city to put in a public trash bin on your block so people can have a real place to throw away stuff as they walk around.
I use people’s trash bins in alleyways and such, try not to go on people’s properties, but I hate carrying around poop for a mile when I can easily chuck it into a bin somewhere. If I got yelled at like your neighbor I wouldn’t do it again, but if there wasn’t a public option on your street and you’re yelling at me for using your trash instead, I’d be a bit annoyed for sure.
NTA; dog-nutters think they own the world and it sounds like you taught this one a much needed lesson.
NTA. I read a story in here a while back about someone who had to climb inside their green bin (it was tipped sideways but still) to peel the festering smooshed bags of poo from the bottom of their bin so they could hose it out because it smelled so rank. I wouldn’t want to clean up after another person’s dog whether or not they thought it was properly disposed of in the bin or not. Those baggies rupture or get pierced and poo gets on things that you then have to touch.
NAH