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Neighbours throwing ciggs in our driveways

StereoSound

Next door neighbour randomly flicks his cigarette butts over our hedge into our driveway.
9 or 10 times the past couple weeks he done it. Came home today to find another of his butts beside my front door. Whats the best way to approach this ? He is a abit of a volatile character, big loud mouth on him to, doesnt work, gets the house of the public housing where I own mine. He just walks around all day doing F all. Should I approach him personally when I see him out and about and tell him to stop or get directly onto public housing and complain about him ? I'm not interested in started a feud with this pr!ck. I think either methods is going to create tension between us to be honest. What would you do ?

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auspicious

Wait a couple of weeks until you save up many, then throw them back over in one go.
Job done.

Be right back

Borrow or buy a leaf blower and blow them back onto his driveway!

Kylta

Be right back wrote: »

Borrow or buy a leaf blower and blow them back onto his driveway!

Maybe the neighbour my lend him one.
But what if the neighbour borrows a leaf blower. Then we could have the leaf blowing wars. I bet nobody had thought of the twigs in all this.

Ultima Thule

Darc19 wrote: »

A neighbours dog sh1ts in my garden about 3 times a week - I simply scoop it up and feck it in the ditch. They don't know he does it, and I prefer not to damage relations, so just let it be.

Your action of dumping it in the ditch, is the worst I've read. Disgusting. You are creating health risks to save relations? Your neighbour must be very sensitive if being asked to control his dog is offensive.

unhappys10

I can't believe the obvious solution hasn't been mentioned yet.
Go next door, kick the sh1te out of him, make him put on a gimp suit and a dog lead and have him crawl hands and knees into your drive where he licks them up.

Feisar

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Take a shïte into a shoebox, wrap it with wrapping paper, and leave it on his doorstep overnight for him to open in the morning.

Yea but what's the etiquette here??

Wanderer78

Some neighbours are just complete and utter arseholes

Ush1

Why do people go instantly passive aggressive? Confrontation is normal and needed, doesn't have to be aggressive. Just talk to them.

I'd call in and say it in a non aggro way, if he keeps doing it then start throwing them back in his driveway.

stevek93

Put them in his letter box OP.

weldoninhio

StereoSound wrote: »

I never spoke to this man in my entire life, he just randomly does this. I didn't provoke him in any way. All I know is what I see, I would never throw crap into my neighbors property for any reason.

There is issue 1.

pgj2015

Id say he flicks them in your drive because hes jealous you own your house and he doesn't. dont take any $hit from this waster.

JeffKenna

You don't even know it's him for definite do you? Could easily be someone else throwing them in to wind you up.

2ndcoming

JeffKenna wrote: »

Let's start bashing people on the dole. Good for nothing fag smoking lazy bollocks.

Let's start :pac::pac:

After Hours was the inspiration for Leo's ill-fated "Dolehunter" character him and his spin doctor came up with a few years ago.

king_of_mayo

That happened to a friend of mine a few years back. He was annoyed but like you, didn't want trouble.

So one night he snuck over the fence and salted the neighbours plants.

blackbox

Lots of smokers are terrible for littering.

They don't even seem to realise they are doing it.

They don't think that throwing a butt out the window of a car is littering.

I bet your stupid neighbour thinks they have completely disappeared when he can no longer see them.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

i bet hes doing it on purpose , and prob thinks you dont notice .

but i digress,
the best solution is to keep the butts and build them into a wicker man , then trick him inside it.

StereoSound

Sardonicat wrote: »

If you've never spoken to him how do you know his business?

Actions speak louder then words, I'm self employed and I am in and out of the house and he is always standing around outside somewhere doing nothing. I see him in the post office collecting his dole for years now. I don't need to utter a word to him to know what he is about. I also seen him dumping old furniture from his house on a green behind where we live. He is a a clear waster doing that so why should he think twice about flicking his ciggs over at me. .I really don't know what to expect by talking to this man. He crosses me as a volatile and defensive type of person. He might roar at me and start swearing at me, but I won't stand for that if he does ! I'll be straight onto the public housing about him if he shows any sort of aggression towards me.

The plan is to catch him when he is outside his house or when he is walking past with his dog and I will tell him firmly to stop throwing his butts over. Anything after that is entirely up to him....

Leg End Reject

StereoSound wrote: »

Actions speak louder then words, I'm self employed and I am in and out of the house and he is always standing around outside somewhere doing nothing. I see him in the post office collecting his dole for years now. I don't need to utter a word to him to know what he is about. I also seen him dumping old furniture from his house on a green behind where we live. He is a a clear waster doing that so why should he think twice about flicking his ciggs over at me. .I really don't know what to expect by talking to this man. He crosses me as a volatile and defensive type of person. He might roar at me and start swearing at me, but I won't stand for that if he does ! I'll be straight onto the public housing about him if he shows any sort of aggression towards me.

The plan is to catch him when he is outside his house or when he is walking past with his dog and I will tell him firmly to stop throwing his butts over. Anything after that is entirely up to him....

Do you follow him around? You know a lot about the habits and temperament of someone you've never spoken to.

StereoSound

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Do you follow him around? You know a lot about the habits and temperament of someone you've never spoken to.

He stands outside talking to his mates a lot, and he has one of those voices that travel. You could hear this man from one end of Dublin to the next. It's hard not to hear his conversations at times. His favourite word is "cnt" and his favourite expression is "WTF". He also laughs like Dustin the Turkey, Hurrahhhh Hurrahhhh Hurrahhhh.

Nice neighbour what ?

[Deleted User]

StereoSound wrote: »

He stands outside talking to his mates a lot, and he has one of those voices that travel. You could hear this man from one end of Dublin to the next. It's hard not to hear his conversations at times. His favourite word is "cnt" and his favourite expression is "WTF". He also laughs like Dustin the Turkey, Hurrahhhh Hurrahhhh Hurrahhhh.

Nice neighbour what ?

Maybe he IS Dustin the Turkey, did you ever think of that?

Risingshadoo

Get cctv evidence of him doing it. I don't know if you can raise up a littering fine from such evidence, but it might be one way to stop it without getting thick headed about it. Don't get angry get even

Oh the joys of living in Dublin. You couldn't pay me to live there.

LuasSimon

Risingshadoo wrote: »

Get cctv evidence of him doing it. I don't know if you can raise up a littering fine from such evidence, but it might be one way to stop it without getting thick headed about it. Don't get angry get even

Oh the joys of living in Dublin. You couldn't pay me to live there.

There’s scum in housing estates all over the country at this stage not just Dublin , outbreeding the law abiding folk hand over fist from cahirciveen to Coolock

MadYaker

Politely mention it first. If it keeps happening collect all the buds for a few months and then spread them all over his garden in the middle of the night.

punisher5112

Had anyone mentioned start smoking yourself and throw twice as many back....

Rezident

corner of hells wrote: »

My elderly father, in his later years had similar problems with neighbours, loud parties, cigarettes being thrown into his garden and so on.

He surprised me with his level of deviousness but he managed to flood the neighbours garden one winter after noticing his neighbours garden was lower than his and then by re-directing rainwater from drains via a cement gulley he created .

Brilliant! Love it. Beware the fury of a patient man.

Nevin Parsnipp

Fuirst of all ignore all the keyboard Rambos on here telling you to mention it...from the description you give the lad is not into rational debate !

You want and probably deserve a quiet life with no aggro with you layabout neighbour...perfectly understandable...

So bets advice is to throw / flick the butts back when you find them...maybe throw in a ashtray full together so he can't miss the message.

If he keeps flicking them into your drive you will KNOW u have a real gold standard ar$ehole next door.

If he stops ..happy daze....mission accomplished.....

GreeBo

Feisar wrote: »

It’s a bit like when people drink tea outside throwing the last drop out.

Hold the phone, you think throwing tea on the ground is littering?

/edit
In fact give me the phone, I don't trust you to hold it.

StereoSound

Risingshadoo wrote: »

Get cctv evidence of him doing it. I don't know if you can raise up a littering fine from such evidence, but it might be one way to stop it without getting thick headed about it. Don't get angry get even

Oh the joys of living in Dublin. You couldn't pay me to live there.

I setup a small camera on the window sill just now, I suspect I will catch him on this very easily. When I do I wont tell him I have it unless things get hairy. I will have evidence if I need to contact the public housing about his behavior. Its an old car dash camera but it will work perfectly as it has time and date stamp on it. I'll leave it running when I'm at work tomorrow as it has a hefty SD card which should cover my working hours until I get home. Only need to catch him doing it once and I'm done with it then.

JJayoo

Murder him

blade1

A catapult and some stink bombs would go a long way.