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.

 

[M.S.G.]

Just one point on the McDonalds slander, one hill I am willing to die on is that McDonalds Coke is ELITE compared to any other fountain option.

If you know the history, it’s clear why.

 

[Scoe]

Well, if that's your concern, your Amazon driver or neighbor could be a serial killer too. You better build a gator filled moat to be safe.

For what it's worth I don't do online order only for tickets, definetly not any deliveries for sure.

Anyone on the boneyard a serial killer?

 

[CL82]

Just one point on the McDonalds slander, one hill I am willing to die on is that McDonalds Coke is ELITE compared to any other fountain option.

If you know the history, it’s clear why.

They use real cocaine?

 

[CL82]

For what it's worth I don't do online order only for tickets, definetly not any deliveries for sure.

Anyone on the boneyard a serial killer?

Probably easier to just weed out the ones that aren't.

 

[Deepster]

For what it's worth I don't do online order only for tickets, definetly not any deliveries for sure.

Anyone on the boneyard a serial killer?

Oh good!

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[RuffRuff]

Just one point on the McDonalds slander, one hill I am willing to die on is that McDonalds Coke is ELITE compared to any other fountain option.

If you know the history, it’s clear why.

McDs is hard to eat - their food looks like it’s made of plastic. The buns look like they’ve been laquered in polyurethane, meat looks like it’s processed dog cr@p. They’re well below the Mendoza line in terms of edible. Wendy’s ain’t exactly Grade A but at least their food seems real.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

They just opened a Roy Rodgers a few towns over from me. Think the last time I went there was about 40 years ago in Milford(?). I had no idea they were still around/making a comeback.

 

[Scottzer]

My brother noticed a dog owned by his neighbor a few doors down doing it's business on his front lawn. He went out with a shovel and threw it in the woods behind his house and asked the neighbor to make sure his dog doesn't do it again. Next day, same thing. My brother cleaned it up and again spoke to the neighbor. Next day dog did the same thing. My brother shovelled it up and walked it down to the neighbor's house and left the mess on the front steps. Never happened again.

This is how you deal with idiots.

 

[mauconnfan]

OPs topic had me nervous as to where this was going.

Interesting nonetheless.

 

[M.S.G.]

They use real cocaine?

It comes in metal tubes as opposed to most fountain sodas that come in plastic bags in boxes, the “soda water” is filtered way more than most, and the big one is wider straws, more carbonation in each sip

 

[RuffRuff]

It comes in metal tubes as opposed to most fountain sodas that come in plastic bags in boxes, the “soda water” is filtered way more than most, and the big one is wider straws, more carbonation in each sip

Quite the McDs aficionado - not sure what to make of that.

 

[Chuck]

My brother noticed a dog owned by his neighbor a few doors down doing it's business on his front lawn. He went out with a shovel and threw it in the woods behind his house and asked the neighbor to make sure his dog doesn't do it again. Next day, same thing. My brother cleaned it up and again spoke to the neighbor. Next day dog did the same thing. My brother shovelled it up and walked it down to the neighbor's house and left the mess on the front steps. Never happened again.

OK, this is a big point of conflict in my town.

When walking your dog, is it okay that the dog poops and/or pees on someone's lawn vs the curb grass on the street side of the sidewalk? Of course, I'm not talking about leaving the poop. I mean, are you violating that person's lawn by allowing the dog to pee or poop on the lawn part?

I have no way to get my dog to exclusively poop/pee on the street side of the sidewalk. Maybe I could've trained him as a pup, but I didn't even know this was a controversial issue. People put no pooping dog signs up and my dog seems to think that means he should poop there. To be fair, he can't read. If I'm the trashy neighbor so be it.

 

[Deepster]

I don’t own a dog. And I don’t think people should be required to grab up a steaming pile of dog doo and carry it around in a bag. If the dog goes somewhere, it goes there and stays there until it rains.

I have bear crap in my yard every week. No one comes over with a dumb little baggie and cleans that up for me.

 

[prankster]

For what it's worth I don't do online order only for tickets, definetly not any deliveries for sure.

Anyone on the boneyard a serial killer?

I am certain there are more than one.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don’t own a dog. And I don’t think people should be required to grab up a steaming pile of dog doo and carry it around in a bag. If the dog goes somewhere, it goes there and stays there until it rains.

I have bear crap in my yard every week. No one comes over with a dumb little baggie and cleans that up for me.

Anyone have Deepster's address?

 

[Deepster]

Anyone have Deepster's address?

I’ll give you mine if you give me yours.

 

[Kolumbo]

OK, this is a big point of conflict in my town.

When walking your dog, is it okay that the dog poops and/or pees on someone's lawn vs the curb grass on the street side of the sidewalk? Of course, I'm not talking about leaving the poop. I mean, are you violating that person's lawn by allowing the dog to pee or poop on the lawn part?

I have no way to get my dog to exclusively poop/pee on the street side of the sidewalk. Maybe I could've trained him as a pup, but I didn't even know this was a controversial issue. People put no pooping dog signs up and my dog seems to think that means he should poop there. To be fair, he can't read. If I'm the trashy neighbor so be it.

I feel bad when my dog poops in someone's yard but I always pick it up. I do feel like it is a violation but as long as someone picks up the poop from my lawn, I am fine. I don't have one of those meticulously manicured lawns. I'm more like, if it's green, that's cool.

 

[Kolumbo]

Another tactic. Get a nice video of the perp in action. Then go to your local facebook group page, such as "I Love Norwalk CT!," and create a post including the video, something along the lines of:

"Shout Out to this kind stranger! Every day, rain or shine, he takes the time to fertilize my lawn by recycling his McDonald's garbage. I'm not sure this is as effective as using compost, but it's the effort that counts! Thank you Mr. Driver of the blue Toyota prism eater of Egg McMuffin's and hashbrowns!"

 

[superjohn]

My brother noticed a dog owned by his neighbor a few doors down doing it's business on his front lawn. He went out with a shovel and threw it in the woods behind his house and asked the neighbor to make sure his dog doesn't do it again. Next day, same thing. My brother cleaned it up and again spoke to the neighbor. Next day dog did the same thing. My brother shovelled it up and walked it down to the neighbor's house and left the mess on the front steps. Never happened again.

It's still better than a high school principal pooping on your lawn/driveway. There seemed to an epidemic years ago where principals were pooping in peoples driveways.

 

[bdbdbdbd]

I don’t own a dog. And I don’t think people should be required to grab up a steaming pile of dog doo and carry it around in a bag. If the dog goes somewhere, it goes there and stays there until it rains.

I have bear crap in my yard every week. No one comes over with a dumb little baggie and cleans that up for me.

If people don't want to pick up the steaming pile out of someone else's yard, they ought to walk their dog in circles around their own yard and wait for the rain. Nobody wants those piles in their yard, and bears aren't crapping in the same yards day after day.

 

[UKemba15]

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.

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Wow Adrien, just wow. Three months of generously sharing my “mostly finished” breakfasts with you, and this is the thanks I get? A public shaming? I hope you realize some of those bags had limited-edition Grimace plushies in them, you ungrateful swine.

 

[bdbdbdbd]

OK, this is a big point of conflict in my town.

When walking your dog, is it okay that the dog poops and/or pees on someone's lawn vs the curb grass on the street side of the sidewalk? Of course, I'm not talking about leaving the poop. I mean, are you violating that person's lawn by allowing the dog to pee or poop on the lawn part?

I have no way to get my dog to exclusively poop/pee on the street side of the sidewalk. Maybe I could've trained him as a pup, but I didn't even know this was a controversial issue. People put no pooping dog signs up and my dog seems to think that means he should poop there. To be fair, he can't read. If I'm the trashy neighbor so be

OK, this is a big point of conflict in my town.

When walking your dog, is it okay that the dog poops and/or pees on someone's lawn vs the curb grass on the street side of the sidewalk? Of course, I'm not talking about leaving the poop. I mean, are you violating that person's lawn by allowing the dog to pee or poop on the lawn part?

I have no way to get my dog to exclusively poop/pee on the street side of the sidewalk. Maybe I could've trained him as a pup, but I didn't even know this was a controversial issue. People put no pooping dog signs up and my dog seems to think that means he should poop there. To be fair, he can't read. If I'm the trashy neighbor so be it.

When you see that your dog is about to go, why not just yank him/her across to the grass along the curb?

 

[Deepster]

If people don't want to pick up the steaming pile out of someone else's yard, they ought to walk their dog in circles around their own yard and wait for the rain. Nobody wants those piles in their yard, and bears aren't crapping in the same yards day after day.

DM me your number and I’ll text you the weekly update.

I’ll have days where i see 4-5 bears a day in my yard.

 

[Waquoit]

I only go for the playscape.

Many a truth spoken in jest.

 

[Leebo]

Here in Japan I've had trash issues with people who live across the street. On trash day, you're supposed to put your trash bags out under nets or in some kind of container, so that crows don't attack them. The people that live across the street from us put out the unprotected bags every time, and every time we end up with trash strewn all about. Other neighbors often come and clean up the trash again before the collectors come, and so there's never any incentive for it to be done right the first time. Super irritating.