My husband brought our neighbor's trashcan to the curb, without the neighbor knowing. Weird?

[Anonymous]

My spouse regularly takes out neighbors’ trashcans back to the house after pick up. Not sure if to the curb. I’m not that nice but it is definitely a very endearing quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't touch anything on a neighbor's property without their express say-so.

This!

They may have more trash to put in or they may be out of town and will not be home to pull it in.

Your DH overstepped and needs to learn boundaries. I bet the neighbors will be pissed about the intrusiveness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This morning my husband was taking our trash can out to the curb for trash day, and noticed our neighbor's next door hadn't brought their trash cans out. Their trashcans are stored on the side of their house, so we can see them from our yard/driveway. My husband brought their can to the curb too.

We don't know them well, we just bought our house a few months ago.

I told my husband that was weird and he shouldn't have done it. You never know, maybe there was a specific reason why the neighbor didn't want their trash picked up today.

What do you think?

Yeah that's crossing a llne.

Now if they were in the street and empty, then bringing them up to the yard is nice, but beyond that, he's overstepping.

[Anonymous]

It is neighborly. Not weird at all. It is not uncommon in our neighborhood for people to -

- rake the leaves from side lawns of neighbors that abuts their lawn.
- pull neighbors trash can near and to the side of their garage from the curb after the trash is picked up.
- clear the driveway of their neighbors if they have a snow removal machine
- share rented lawn aerator, power washer, seed spreader with other neighbors to offset rental cost
- let other neighbors use their "construction dumpster" to dispose off their construction junk
- have a cooler filled with water bottles and gatorade for delivery people
- replenish the various free libraries in the community
- have community potlucks and garage sales.
- frequently exchange or give away plants and cuttings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I think he was acting neighborly.

However, I would not have done it (unless they had said to him in another conversation "Hey, feel free to grab our bins") simply because it's their bin (and refuse) and maybe they were holding onto it.

Also, I would not tell my husband that his action was weird.

And, not that you asked, I would indeed move the bin back to their storage spot after pickup.

OP here
Yes, he did.
I don't think they were home during the whole day-but I've noticed they do have cameras. I wonder if they will check them when they go to put more trash in the bin and notice everything from earlier is gone?

It isn’t GONE it’s at the curb. Easily locatable and probably within sight.

OP here

The actual bags of trash are gone. I wasn't so detailed in my OP, but it was like this:

Wednesday is trash day in our neighborhood. The trash truck usually comes around to pick up in the early afternoon.
This morning (maybe around 9 or 10 am) my husband wheeled our trash bin to the curb. While he was doing that, he noticed that our neighbor's bin was still in their side yard where he keeps it. My husband went over, looked in the neighbor's bin and saw two bags of trash in there. So he wheeled the neighbor's bin out to the curb. A few hours later, the trash truck came and picked up the trash from both (our's and the neighbor's) bins. Then my husband wheeled the neighbor's bin back to the neighbor's yard and our bin back to our yard.
I don't think the neighbor was home the entire time, because he usually parks in his driveway where we can clearly see his car, and we didn't see his car (but we weren't just staring at his driveway either.)

I'm saying that it's possible that later tonight, or tomorrow, or whenever he next takes trash out to his outdoor bin, he will see that the two bags that were there previously are gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I think he was acting neighborly.

However, I would not have done it (unless they had said to him in another conversation "Hey, feel free to grab our bins") simply because it's their bin (and refuse) and maybe they were holding onto it.

Also, I would not tell my husband that his action was weird.

And, not that you asked, I would indeed move the bin back to their storage spot after pickup.

OP here
Yes, he did.
I don't think they were home during the whole day-but I've noticed they do have cameras. I wonder if they will check them when they go to put more trash in the bin and notice everything from earlier is gone?

It isn’t GONE it’s at the curb. Easily locatable and probably within sight.

OP here

The actual bags of trash are gone. I wasn't so detailed in my OP, but it was like this:

Wednesday is trash day in our neighborhood. The trash truck usually comes around to pick up in the early afternoon.
This morning (maybe around 9 or 10 am) my husband wheeled our trash bin to the curb. While he was doing that, he noticed that our neighbor's bin was still in their side yard where he keeps it. My husband went over, looked in the neighbor's bin and saw two bags of trash in there. So he wheeled the neighbor's bin out to the curb. A few hours later, the trash truck came and picked up the trash from both (our's and the neighbor's) bins. Then my husband wheeled the neighbor's bin back to the neighbor's yard and our bin back to our yard.
I don't think the neighbor was home the entire time, because he usually parks in his driveway where we can clearly see his car, and we didn't see his car (but we weren't just staring at his driveway either.)

I'm saying that it's possible that later tonight, or tomorrow, or whenever he next takes trash out to his outdoor bin, he will see that the two bags that were there previously are gone.

Taking trash like that is legally "theft" and your hubby could be arrested for it.

Imagine also if it was not trash, but something neighbor stored in bags in the container to keep rain off it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I think he was acting neighborly.

However, I would not have done it (unless they had said to him in another conversation "Hey, feel free to grab our bins") simply because it's their bin (and refuse) and maybe they were holding onto it.

Also, I would not tell my husband that his action was weird.

And, not that you asked, I would indeed move the bin back to their storage spot after pickup.

OP here
Yes, he did.
I don't think they were home during the whole day-but I've noticed they do have cameras. I wonder if they will check them when they go to put more trash in the bin and notice everything from earlier is gone?

It isn’t GONE it’s at the curb. Easily locatable and probably within sight.

OP here

The actual bags of trash are gone. I wasn't so detailed in my OP, but it was like this:

Wednesday is trash day in our neighborhood. The trash truck usually comes around to pick up in the early afternoon.
This morning (maybe around 9 or 10 am) my husband wheeled our trash bin to the curb. While he was doing that, he noticed that our neighbor's bin was still in their side yard where he keeps it. My husband went over, looked in the neighbor's bin and saw two bags of trash in there. So he wheeled the neighbor's bin out to the curb. A few hours later, the trash truck came and picked up the trash from both (our's and the neighbor's) bins. Then my husband wheeled the neighbor's bin back to the neighbor's yard and our bin back to our yard.
I don't think the neighbor was home the entire time, because he usually parks in his driveway where we can clearly see his car, and we didn't see his car (but we weren't just staring at his driveway either.)

I'm saying that it's possible that later tonight, or tomorrow, or whenever he next takes trash out to his outdoor bin, he will see that the two bags that were there previously are gone.

Taking trash like that is legally "theft" and your hubby could be arrested for it.

Imagine also if it was not trash, but something neighbor stored in bags in the container to keep rain off it.

Yep, that too.

-OP

[Anonymous]

I think y'all need to look up the definition of theft.
In no way is this theft

[Anonymous]

I would love to have your husband as my neighbor! What he did is commendable.

[Anonymous]

I think it is super thoughtful of him, and you are way overthinking this one.

[Anonymous]

It's weird.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s nice but there are too many weird people nowadays who might just give him a hard time for it. That’s why I wouldn’t do it.

[Anonymous]

That was really nice of him..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is neighborly. Not weird at all. It is not uncommon in our neighborhood for people to -

- rake the leaves from side lawns of neighbors that abuts their lawn.
- pull neighbors trash can near and to the side of their garage from the curb after the trash is picked up.
- clear the driveway of their neighbors if they have a snow removal machine
- share rented lawn aerator, power washer, seed spreader with other neighbors to offset rental cost
- let other neighbors use their "construction dumpster" to dispose off their construction junk
- have a cooler filled with water bottles and gatorade for delivery people
- replenish the various free libraries in the community
- have community potlucks and garage sales.
- frequently exchange or give away plants and cuttings

This is what communities should be!! Can you tell us generally where it is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think y'all need to look up the definition of theft.
In no way is this theft

"Taking other people's property that you think is "trash" is in no way theft!" - DCUM poster.

theft
/thĕft/
noun
The unlawful taking of the property of another; larceny.