Neighbour drama can come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes it isn't clear why those living close to you can take such a dislike to you.
One woman is seriously frustrated with her neighbour who she claims is purposefully taking her designated wheelie bin. She was growing so fed up with the repeat offender that she "painted even bigger numbers" on the bin to make it more obvious - but it made no difference and "they stole it again."
The woman said that it felt "personal" as it was only her bin being taken, but she didn't know what to do to resolve the situation.
Taking to Reddit to vent about her issues, She said: "This has been going on for months.
"A neighbour has been stealing my wheelie bin - despite it having my number clearly on it, in fact when this first started I stole it back and painted even bigger numbers. It made no difference because next time I put it out for collection they stole it again.
"It's only my bin they take. It feels personal to me."
She then went on to explain that she isn't sure which of her neighbour's is taking it, saying she has a "photo of him" but he's not on her street so she's "unsure of his address."
She continued: "It looks like he stole mine as an extra bin for their house, which makes it worse that I'm left without a bin. He takes it back in long before I get up too.
"I'm disabled so can't afford to get it replaced, even if I could they'd possibly steal that one too - currently using a broken bin that was abandoned.
"It's also the principle of it, the thought of letting them get away with stealing my bin so blatantly just really upsets me. It feels like being a kid in school being bullied. It's a stupid little thing but it's genuinely really upsetting me. Is there anything I can do?"
In the comments, people were really helpful and made some suggestions to help her.
One wrote: "Have you asked the council for assistance with your bins as you're disabled?
"In my council, you apply and they give you an orange sticker to put on your bins which tells the collectors you're disabled and they will put your bin back in its place for you."
Another replied: "As someone disabled myself, I wasn't aware of this. I don't happen to need it but I imagine there are thousands who do."
Someone else reiterated the advice, commenting: "Please contact your borough council to get assisted bin collection - you'll get a big disabled sticker you apply to bin that states assisted collection and bin men will put it back in your garden where they collected it from Ie. Leave it nearer your window/house with the sticker side facing outwards
"Also if it continues, talk to the council that someone keeps stealing your bin and they use it instead and don't return it. The bin men will know who is taking it as it'll have a big disabled sticker on it as well as your house number."
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
