OT: Trashy Neighbors

[Hey Adrien!]

Time to stoke up the OT: Summer Threads.

Since April, like clockwork, every morning there is a discarded bag of McDonald's thrown onto our yard: large drink with mostly finished food items. Our house is on the corner of a 3-way stop sign, so the litterer is likely doing a trash dash out the driver’s side window, throwing the bag across the street onto our berm.

The aim of the discarder is remarkably Greg Maddux-esque, the bag usually resides within a two foot radius of the corner of our rustic style fence, mostly with not enough force to make it over the three-foot apex, but generally in the same area.

When it first happened, I was like who litters anymore?, but as the day passed and the routine remained, my anger morphed into general curiosity as it feels as if this is less of a mindless littering and more of a part of this person's morning routine. I don't take it personal anymore, but now I want to learn more of the backstory of this person's consistency.

 

[CL82]

$60 and you'll have your answer.

 

[prankster]

Everybody on here is being punitive.

Be proactive.

Put out a garbage can with some kind of target in place.

After a week or so, add the scoreboard.

Reward the behavior you want to see.

 

[CL82]

Everybody on here is being punitive.

Be proactive.

Put out a garbage can with some kind of target in place.

After a week or so, add the scoreboard.

Reward the behavior you want to see.

I love the idea, but does anyone else think that that would result in a big pile of trash there as more and more people excited to see how they could do hitting the target?

 

[Deepster]

And while they're focused on shooting garbage into the trashcan, you pull a "slippin' Jimmy", jump out of the bushes and launch yourself into the side of his car and sue him for $500,000. Instant lakehouse.

 

[Windham4th]

Well if they are eating McDonald's every day, they will probably be dead soon so you shouldn't have to worry about it much longer.

 

[husky429]

I want vengeance on your behalf. I know some people getting out of a nickel right now who would be happy to extract said vengeance on your behalf for a modest price. Gofundme?

 

[superjohn]

My dad used to get so pissed off at the garbage on the side of the lawn, I would always go out to clean it up with him and what started as cleaning up our lawn/driveway always turned into cleaning the entire street and the street next to us. The whole time my dad complaining about these arseholes in their pickup trucks.

Me being a smartarse I would always make fun of him for blaming everything on "guys in their pickup trucks" when I knew the majority of it was guys in pickup trucks.

 

[jibsey]

I too cleaned up litter in the woods by my house. Culprit? Bear took a bag out of the trash can and he got it only 30 minutes after it was out just before pickup. I guess I can stand next to the can with bear spray…..

 

[Deepster]

I too cleaned up litter in the woods by my house. Culprit? Bear took a bag out of the trash can and he got it only 30 minutes after it was out just before pickup. I guess I can stand next to the can with bear spray…..

I live in bear country and see one in my yard/neighborhood every day. A spray bottle with ammonia will keep them off the garbage cans.

Or a really big can of tuna with antifreeze.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

 

[RuffRuff]

Look for an early onset diabetic.

If you want to f with them put a garbage can in that very spot with a giant picture of Ronald McDonald on it giving them the finger.

 

[prankster]

I dated a girl, years back, who insisted that it was OK to litter In a "nice" neighborhood . Her perspective was that, if your bag of McDonalds leavings ended up on the lawn of an upscale lawn, it would be properly disposed of, toot sweet.

On the other hand, toss the bag in some low class urban neighborhood, it becomes just one more piece of the increasingly large pile of crap that could go a year or more before being tidied up.

In some ways, her perspective is correct.

 

[Deepster]

I dated a girl, years back, who insisted that it was OK to litter In a "nice" neighborhood . Her perspective was that, if your bag of McDonalds leavings ended up on the lawn of an upscale lawn, it would be properly disposed of, toot sweet.

On the other hand, toss the bag in some low class urban neighborhood, it becomes just one more piece of the increasingly large pile of crap that could go a year or more before being tidied up.

In some ways, her perspective is correct.

You dated a girl? How about that???

 

[Fishy]

 

[DogMania]

I love the idea, but does anyone else think that that would result in a big pile of trash there as more and more people excited to see how they could do hitting the target?

Um, yes!

Just hearing about that idea, if implementated, makes me want to find out where you live, and throw my Five Guys bag...I have standards...at the target from at a minimum 3-Pt range, then give the three finger sign out the window regardless if I hit the target or not.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I dated a girl, years back, who insisted that it was OK to litter In a "nice" neighborhood . Her perspective was that, if your bag of McDonalds leavings ended up on the lawn of an upscale lawn, it would be properly disposed of, toot sweet.

On the other hand, toss the bag in some low class urban neighborhood, it becomes just one more piece of the increasingly large pile of crap that could go a year or more before being tidied up.

In some ways, her perspective is correct.

I’ll take that as a compliment.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I’ll take that as a compliment.

Don’t you live in Stamford or am I making that up?

 

[CL82]

I dated a girl, years back, who insisted that it was OK to litter In a "nice" neighborhood . Her perspective was that, if your bag of McDonalds leavings ended up on the lawn of an upscale lawn, it would be properly disposed of, toot sweet.

On the other hand, toss the bag in some low class urban neighborhood, it becomes just one more piece of the increasingly large pile of crap that could go a year or more before being tidied up.

In some ways, her perspective is correct.

I suspect you may have dodged a bullet, my friend.

 

[Yardigan]

I love the idea, but does anyone else think that that would result in a big pile of trash there as more and more people excited to see how they could do hitting the target?

only one way to find out?

 

[Devland]

I'm under the theory that 90% of litter comes from the lazy poeple who use drive through windows. They are too lazy to park and walk in, you know they're not getting out of their car to throw out trash.

 

[Northbound]

I live in a rural area with a lot if working farms nit gentlemen farms. A friend had repeated in incidences of someone in the corn field. Some long boards with large spikes hammered in and flipped over stopped that quickly.

Maybe this approach -

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Don’t you live in Stamford or am I making that up?

Close, Norwalk.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I had trashy neighbors. When they moved out (house got foreclosed), they left an old refrigerator in the driveway. I'd never seen a cockroach in my life. The house must've gotten fumigated and the cockroaches fled to my house! I had to call an exterminator. Hated those neighbors.

 

[husky429]

I'm under the theory that 90% of litter comes from the lazy poeple who use drive through windows. They are too lazy to park and walk in, you know they're not getting out of their car to throw out trash.

Does anyone actually go inside fast food restaurants any more? I used to go to a Mcdonalds playscape with my grandfather but you never see things like that any more

 

[david]

I'm under the theory that 90% of litter comes from the lazy poeple who use drive through windows. They are too lazy to park and walk in, you know they're not getting out of their car to throw out trash.

I went to Dave's Hot Chicken in Newington the other day. I walk in and I'm 3rd in line so I place my order. Took them 45 minutes because there was at least a dozen uber eats, door dash and online orders ahead of me. I watched the same door dash driver walk in, grab food and leave, then come back 20 minutes later, grab food and leave.