Neighbours throwing ciggs in our driveways

blacknight83 · 06-07-2020 11:30pm

Deposit them back in his letterbox!

chrissb8 · 06-07-2020 11:35pm

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 .

That is just magnificent.

JustAThought · 07-07-2020 12:28am

OP -
he sounds like a total knacker and could make your life really hard.

Do you have an idea when he takes his ‘smoking breaks’ - film him doing it a lode of times on your iphone /gadget and then just ring the local council and ask for the litter warden - say you have an ongoing problem and evidence of him doing it multiple times and tell him to come out and give him a fine. Make sure you get him half a dozen times throwing it in the public street too - might cool his enthuiasm. Litter wardens lwats want evidence.

Sympathies over freeloading scumbag neighbour.

old_aussie · 07-07-2020 12:35am

I found tipping cigarette ash from an ashtray onto a damp car surface works a treat.

No if's no butts!

Blush_01 · 07-07-2020 12:45am

The number of people who think they know the guy from the OPs description is embarrassing.

OP, talk to him.

If it doesn't work, the flaming sh!te in a shoebox is a memorable escalation path.

This only gets solved one way. You choose the kind of communication you use to get that resolution. But do something productive.

radiata · 07-07-2020 1:03am

Phil.x wrote: »

Put them in an envelope and stick it through his letter box.

Or stick your arse in the letterbox after a feed of Guinness

Capt'n Midnight · 07-07-2020 1:15am

Flood his driveway and yours with petrol.

Next time he flicks a fag away WOOOSHHHHHH!!!

I Am Nobody · 07-07-2020 1:16am

In all honesty If it were me,I'd tell him Look I don't smoke but I know you do.So I would appreciate it if you wouldn't flick your butts in my driveway.At the moment he has no respect for his neighbours so call him on it and then go from there.

Sardonicat · 07-07-2020 1:22am

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.

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

I Am Nobody · 07-07-2020 1:26am

Sardonicat wrote: »

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

I must have missed that.Not even a hello the odd chance meeting in the driveway?Thats strange.

auspicious · 07-07-2020 1:31am

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

Be right back · 07-07-2020 7:22am

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

Kylta · 07-07-2020 7:28am

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 · 07-07-2020 7:35am

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 · 07-07-2020 7:45am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:20am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:25am

Some neighbours are just complete and utter arseholes

Ush1 · 07-07-2020 8:49am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:51am

Put them in his letter box OP.

weldoninhio · 07-07-2020 8:53am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:55am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:56am

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 · 07-07-2020 8:59am

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 · 07-07-2020 10:24am

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 · 07-07-2020 10:29am

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 · 07-07-2020 10:36am

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 · 07-07-2020 12:05pm

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 · 07-07-2020 12:13pm

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 · 07-07-2020 12:18pm

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 ?

AndrewJRenko · 07-07-2020 1:13pm

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 · 07-07-2020 1:22pm

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 · 07-07-2020 2:10pm

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 · 07-07-2020 5:33pm

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 · 07-07-2020 5:35pm

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

Rezident · 07-07-2020 5:38pm

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 · 07-07-2020 5:55pm

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 · 07-07-2020 6:03pm

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 · 07-07-2020 8:23pm

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 · 07-07-2020 8:25pm

Murder him

blade1 · 07-07-2020 8:27pm

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

07-07-2020 8:32pm

Mention it to him politely, with a lot of courtesy.

Believe it or not, most people don't realise they're being morons of the highest order. People like this fella (and we all know what I mean by that) generally have a lower opinion of what is considered bad manners, so likely doesn't even realise he's being a tit.

Politely, and nicely will get you off on the right foot. Going in with a 'listen to me you waster' attitude will just put him on the defence straight away and you'll get off on the wrong foot. However, if you ask politely, and it falls on deaf ears, then look into escalating it.

punisher5112 · 07-07-2020 8:41pm

Collect them all and plant them at any crime scenes you can find...

Miri5 · 07-07-2020 8:55pm

I had the exact same issue ages ago. House next door is rented out. Never had issue with any of the tenants until a weird family moved in, parents and daughter. I started finding cigarette butts on my back patio, I don’t smoke. The dividing wall is also about 6 foot high. So they were throwing them over not just flicking. Got seriously pissed off but was on my own so did not want to confront them directly. So every time I found a butt I threw it back over the wall. I think they eventually got the message but if they hadn’t, I knew the house owner so was going to complain to him. If I was you, I’d do the same thing, flick them back. If he causes any hassle, contact the council.

StereoSound · 07-07-2020 9:10pm

Some good advice here, thanks

Cupatae · 07-07-2020 9:13pm

StereoSound wrote: »

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 ?

Thanks

Gather up all the butts he threw into your drive way, wait for him to go out walking around doing nothing and drive beside him flicking fag butts at him.

riclad · 07-07-2020 9:27pm

It's not worth getting into a argument over a few butt's, it's like people who litter, some people are just thick, I doubt that he is doing this to annoy you.
He probably smokes outside and has just got into the habit of throwing away butt's.
You will see him everyday.
It sounds like you moved in recently so you have not spoken to him at all.
Be grateful he does not stay up late playing loud music or having party's in his gaff til 2am
every week
So you think he's a lazy, eejit, so you probably don't want to talk to him unless you have no choice.
My advice is do nothing for the moment

Leg End Reject · 07-07-2020 9:53pm

StereoSound wrote: »

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.

I think you need to have a sign stating that CCTV is in use if you want to use it as evidence.

You also don't want people to think you're the neighbourhood pervert over cigarette butts.

skooterblue2 · 07-07-2020 11:13pm

Has anyone mentioned getting a nail bomb from John Connors and paying Nidge to do the job?

riclad · 08-07-2020 10:12am

This is a very trivial problem. The local authority have to deal with people dealing drugs, loud music, party's ,serous antisocial behaviour, they are not gonna evict him over throwing butt's over a hedge no matter how many videos you have.

punisher5112 · 08-07-2020 10:59am

Smoke his missus...

Neighbours throwing ciggs in our driveways

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