Comments on: the trials of not-quite-suburban living

By: cz

cz — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:25:24 +0000

hey jule. blue bags tuhmarruh. bye.

By: kdiddy

kdiddy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:30:15 +0000

ohh, I did not know of this 311 that you speak of. thanks! and don’t you agree that there should be some specific ordinance against Creed?

By: jive turkey

jive turkey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:37:27 +0000

Ugh. Shitty neighbors are the worst. We have some that always put out their trash, like, 4 days before the pickup (luckily they keep it on THEIR property), and they’ve had a pile of huge dug-up (and now dead) shrubbery in the alley for weeks (trash guys won’t take it). Even more charming was earlier this year, when their yard was entirely coated in dog shit. I’m talking, there were 4-foot weeds growing out of visible piles of shit, and when the wind shifted, it nearly knocked you out. Eventually they took care of it.

I recommend calling 311 – it really works. After all, like Cassie said: CREED.

(Oh, and the online 311 form works too. Personal response and everything.)

By: [mark]

[mark] — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:09:49 +0000

oh yes. it would totally be back on their front porch. aflame, if the mood struck me properly, or if they continued their poopy-diaper assault on your senses and sidewalk.

i know it’s a cliche, and overused at that, but whoever said “hell is other people” could not have been more right.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:32:28 +0000

I would totally have my husband throw the trash back in their yard late at night. Trust me, they will get it. You can even attach a note– I used to work for the Community Law Center and we used this tactic all the time. You already know the types of issues that stem from not putting your trash out at the proper time. Trust me, it’s a big deal, especially if the trash men are not picking it up.

Once you throw the trash back in their yard, call 311 and complain about their backyard.

BTW, I wouldn’t have suggested the note or the call to 311, but CREED?? Come on, they totally deserve it!

By: NGS

NGS — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:52:41 +0000

I don’t know how it works around your parts, but we get charged extra for extra bags of trash, so if neighbors were all putting their trash out with ours, we’d politely walk it back to their house with a note letting them know that we didn’t want to, you know, pay for their trash.

But, ummmm, maybe I’m bitter?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:14:40 +0000

We have neighbors that we refer to as ‘the garbage people’ because they always have shit strewn across their lawn after every pickup. Everyone else seems to be able to keep their garbage in check, but somehow there is always shreds of tissue and a condom lying in front of their house.

You should enact some garbage retaliation!

By: sweetney

sweetney — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:36:13 +0000

dude i feel you. our neighbors like to sit white kitchen trashbags full of rank on the curb THE NIGHT BEFORE trash day, so squirrels and rats and other vermin and get into them and spill everything out onto the pavement, depositing wads of trash up and down the block. IT MAKES ME ALL STABBY. HOMICIDAL RAGE: I HAS IT.

TRASHCAN. LOOK INTO IT. how fucking hard is it to get a stupid trashcan? GRRAAGHHH!