My friend (who’s an engineer) is so fed up with a neighbor doing this he’s building an electric dog whistle that’ll automatically go off. Seems a bit petty to me but 🤷
Even dog shit in a trash can is super polarizing. This was the first comment I saw even mentioning asking the person nicely to stop first. Like maybe put up a sign saying ‘No dog poop please’ before making a threat or a thing meant to bother the dog.
Oftentimes, these kinds of people don’t bother to check if the bins have already been picked up or not, so you get a bin that smells like dog shit for the next week.
Your friend sounds very creative, I’d personally go for gluing a piece of velcro to the inside lip of the handle with razor blades on it. Of course, I’m also not an engineer, just somebody whose grandfather was friends with the #2 Hell’s Angel for a state who would ask if he wanted him to “take care of” problems like that. The old razor blades and broken glass in the root ball trick worked wonders when somebody was repeatedly stealing the shrubs out of my grandfather’s pots.
Maybe try asking them nicely first, or putting up a sign that doesn’t have a threat in it? Like, I get it, someone slighted you so you got to make them think twice before crossing you again, but going straight to building a trap with razor blades is a bit extreme and will probably land you before a judge.
I surely don’t know what you mean. They’re to keep the raccoons out! That’s why they’re on a piece of velcro, so they’re removable!
Sarcasm aside, absolutely. Even if you wouldn’t get in trouble for people hurting themselves by going into your bins, you could probably get in trouble for messing with town property or something. It’s just the kind of thing I immediately think of after growing up with stories of “Let me take care of that for you” about a guy who’s probably doing 30 to life for prostitution and selling heroin/whatever else the Hell’s Angels get up to.
This has “I chose to buy or rent in a high foot traffic area and am now mad at the side effects of living in a high foot traffic area” energy. I am on a street corner by a dog park. I picked this spot because I want to be near the dog park. I also drop a $.10 paint tray liner in the bottom of my trash can every week. Over ten years that’ll add up to roughly $50. How much is he spending on his dumb ass contraption.
I also sort my recycling for the homeless guy so he doesn’t whip my trash into my yard anymore when digging for cans.
Adjust to your surroundings or pick somewhere different to live. You aren’t going to change other people.
My friend (who’s an engineer) is so fed up with a neighbor doing this he’s building an electric dog whistle that’ll automatically go off. Seems a bit petty to me but 🤷
If he asked nicely first, he’s not in the wrong. Post vids, sounds hilarious.
Even dog shit in a trash can is super polarizing. This was the first comment I saw even mentioning asking the person nicely to stop first. Like maybe put up a sign saying ‘No dog poop please’ before making a threat or a thing meant to bother the dog.
Oftentimes, these kinds of people don’t bother to check if the bins have already been picked up or not, so you get a bin that smells like dog shit for the next week.
Your friend sounds very creative, I’d personally go for gluing a piece of velcro to the inside lip of the handle with razor blades on it. Of course, I’m also not an engineer, just somebody whose grandfather was friends with the #2 Hell’s Angel for a state who would ask if he wanted him to “take care of” problems like that. The old razor blades and broken glass in the root ball trick worked wonders when somebody was repeatedly stealing the shrubs out of my grandfather’s pots.
Maybe try asking them nicely first, or putting up a sign that doesn’t have a threat in it? Like, I get it, someone slighted you so you got to make them think twice before crossing you again, but going straight to building a trap with razor blades is a bit extreme and will probably land you before a judge.
That’s just asking for a lawsuit in many states.
The dogwhistle… not so much.
I surely don’t know what you mean. They’re to keep the raccoons out! That’s why they’re on a piece of velcro, so they’re removable!
Sarcasm aside, absolutely. Even if you wouldn’t get in trouble for people hurting themselves by going into your bins, you could probably get in trouble for messing with town property or something. It’s just the kind of thing I immediately think of after growing up with stories of “Let me take care of that for you” about a guy who’s probably doing 30 to life for prostitution and selling heroin/whatever else the Hell’s Angels get up to.
Ya. Also asking to hurt innocent people in somewhat unusual situations.
Neighbor noticed your can blew over or the garbage truck spilled some of your trash setting your can back down…
… or a moltov
This has “I chose to buy or rent in a high foot traffic area and am now mad at the side effects of living in a high foot traffic area” energy. I am on a street corner by a dog park. I picked this spot because I want to be near the dog park. I also drop a $.10 paint tray liner in the bottom of my trash can every week. Over ten years that’ll add up to roughly $50. How much is he spending on his dumb ass contraption.
I also sort my recycling for the homeless guy so he doesn’t whip my trash into my yard anymore when digging for cans.
Adjust to your surroundings or pick somewhere different to live. You aren’t going to change other people.