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Leviathant t1_iumeh8l wrote

Reply to comment by cold_toes_poe in neighbor leaving trash in front of my work? by cold_toes_poe

People are terrible. The worst trash offender on my block is a $1.2M single family home with a garage. They bring the trash to the street corner and dump it in the public trash bin, or leave it on the ground for the rats to get at.

I went so far as to get a sign made: Don't put household trash in the public trash bin, please don't put it out until the day before it gets collected. During the citywide cleanup day, I caught the guy who was doing it in the process, and asked him - perhaps this is aggressive - if he understood English, and pointed at the sign. He looked at me and said "Nope" and put his trash bag in the public trash bin and walked away.

Turns out the real trash is the people who live in that house.

311 and fines might get the trick done. I haven't gone that route yet.

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cold_toes_poe OP t1_iumfepi wrote

Exactly! The wifes like "well my car blocks the trash bag so they miss it" .... You're telling me that on this block that has 20 other residential properties - all with cars in front - that the trash truck manages to gather all of their trash and just skips your house?!

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Leviathant t1_iumymc8 wrote

In this case, the truck genuinely doesn't stop at their house. But those motherfuckers have a garage, and a stay-at-home adult son. There's literally no excuse for putting trash on the curb the day after it's been picked up.

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cold_toes_poe OP t1_iun9f5v wrote

Oh no- these asshats are putting it out on actual trash night just four properties away from their house.

Also! I was here early enough to see the truck pick up their fucking trash! So - truly - they can suck a bag of dirty dicks.

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