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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I know this sounds stupid. But these cans are heavy and they're knocked over onto their side, and it's annoying. And no, I don't get annoyed at everything. But I am annoyed at this! :-) Was just wondering if other people would be too. But I'll let it go most likely! [/quote]

So have you been moving them or do the neighbors? [/quote]

I move them back to get them out of our driveway so we can park in it when we come home. They're often blocking our driveway, at least on one side. I get home first, so I get out of the car, move their cans, and then park in our garage.[/quote]

Okay, OP - do you see the flaw in your logic that leads to your annoyance?

The neighbors put the cans out every week, and every week when they get home - after you - the cans are right where they put them out. They don’t even know that anything is amiss, they think the spot they put the cans is working out just fine.

Nobody is taking advantage of you, it’s a ‘poo happens’ kind of thing. Personally I would use this situation as a means to stretch yourself - either to let go of annoyance, or to meet the neighbors and learn to converse with them. [/quote]

What I meant, is I get home first in my house. And yes, I do see that, which is why I said in my OP that one tactic was "I'm not sure you're aware but..." because I really don't know when they're home, if they're home during the day, etc. I get this. And I was asking if there was any way for me to even have this conversation without coming across like many of you are seeing me as, so I think I see the answer. I don't think as many people responding would be so generous and act like it's no big deal to do this every week, but fine enough. I *am* doing every week, so it's all good I guess. [/quote]

I was going to ask if you are having to move yours, as well. Now I get it - yours are on a different part of your yard, and they are not in your driveway after pick-up. I would absolutely be annoyed and so would every other poster on here. It would be one thing if you [i]also[/i] had to move yours to get in the driveway, but you don't. I also get that they probably don't realize it's a problem, so as some people have suggested, you could leave your car in front of your house so they can see the problem. That would also be inconvenient for you, so I don't know that it's really a better solution. If I were the neighbor, I would definitely want to know if someone had to move my trashcans every time trash picked up and would want my neighbor to tell me![/quote]

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