Poll: Let my brother in law use my brown bin - is he taking the wee or am I overreacting ?

Is the OP overreacting?

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I would say he is taking the wee. If someone asked me to use my garden waste bin, I'd assume it would just be for some grass/hedge clippings about a bag full or so at most. Not to completely brim it with garden clearance type waste.

Anyway, I don't have a garden waste bin as the council charge an extra £26 a year for it and only collect between March and October. They get enough council tax as it is. Local HWRC is free.
 
JohnnyG said:
Our problems aren't problems when that phrase is used usually, like this one for instance.
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If he's spent time thinking about it, and didn't know how to proceed, then it's a problem.

Whether others would consider it a problem is irrelevant. It's a problem to him.

The "first world problems" retort implies that any problem not involving food/shelter/survival is of no significance. It's a nonsense.
 
FoxEye said:
If he's spent time thinking about it, and didn't know how to proceed, then it's a problem.

Whether others would consider it a problem is irrelevant. It's a problem to him.

The "first world problems" retort implies that any problem not involving food/shelter/survival is of no significance. It's a nonsense.
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Wise words mate.

So, can I use your bin?
 
FoxEye said:
If he's spent time thinking about it, and didn't know how to proceed, then it's a problem.

Whether others would consider it a problem is irrelevant. It's a problem to him.

The "first world problems" retort implies that any problem not involving food/shelter/survival is of no significance. It's a nonsense.
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He has a bin which has stuff in it and he agreed for stuff to be put in it by someone else. Because he didn't say the level of stuff which can be put in the bin he now has a disagreement because people can't second guess what you mean if you don't say what you mean.

Conversation A

- "Can I use your bin?"

- "Yes, but leave some space for me because the collection isn't for [x] days and I might need to add some of my own bin stuff."

- "Ok, sounds good. Leave some space for your needs. Got it."


Conversation B

- "Can I use your bin?"

- "Yes."

- "Ok, sounds good."

Can you guess which conversation would have avoided this petty nonsense, ignoring, if we can, for a second how this could ever be something which an actual adult would post on an internet forum instead of speaking to the person who they have this 'issue' with.
 
[QUOTE='[FnG]Can you guess which conversation would have avoided this petty nonsense, ignoring, if we can, for a second how this could ever be something which an actual adult would post on an internet forum instead of speaking to the person who they have this 'issue' with.[/QUOTE]

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OP ridiculously overreacting. He's filled up one of your bins for gods sake, which he asked to do. He's not exactly done a Ryan Giggs on you as he.
 
Wheel it to his house and do this:


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That'll learn him.
 
Those bits look pretty low density, half of that bin is full of air. Your grass cuttings are tightly packed, just sprinkle them into the bin and agitate every now and then to pack it down so it displaces the air further down in the bin.
 
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