Neighbours throwing ciggs in our driveways

StereoSound

Next door neighbour randomly flicks his cigarette butts over our hedge into our driveway.
9 or 10 times the past couple weeks he done it. Came home today to find another of his butts beside my front door. Whats the best way to approach this ? He is a abit of a volatile character, big loud mouth on him to, doesnt work, gets the house of the public housing where I own mine. He just walks around all day doing F all. Should I approach him personally when I see him out and about and tell him to stop or get directly onto public housing and complain about him ? I'm not interested in started a feud with this pr!ck. I think either methods is going to create tension between us to be honest. What would you do ?


Thanks

Beechwoodspark

The first thing that comes to mind is simply flick the cigs back into his garden

El Gato De Negocios

Randomly flick a molotov cocktail at his front door.

suicide_circus

you're going to grit your teeth and keep all that rage festering inside you

Deub

Throw them back on his driveway?

If he asks you about it, you say you don’t smoke so you don’t know.

Lundstram

Burn his house down. If it's a semi-d, remove your belongings and burn it down. Or burn his shed.

Just burn something.

But don't kill anyone.

Spanish Eyes

StereoSound wrote: »

Next door neighbour randomly flicks his cigarette butts over our hedge into our driveway.
9 or 10 times the past couple weeks he done it. Came home today to find another of his butts beside my front door. Whats the best way to approach this ? He is a abit of a volatile character, big loud mouth on him to, doesnt work, gets the house of the public housing where I own mine. He just walks around all day doing F all. Should I approach him personally when I see him out and about and tell him to stop or get directly onto public housing and complain about him ? I'm not interested in started a feud with this pr!ck. I think either methods is going to create tension between us to be honest. What would you do ?


Thanks

Take time out from your rants and scoop up the butts and gently fire them back into his driveway. Overnight if necessary. And breathe.

ThewhiteJesus

Perhaps he has a similar opinion of you, as you have of him. Why don’t you grow a pair and talk to him instead of calling him names on the internet.

looksee

He probably hasn't enough brain cells turned on to realise what he is doing. Flicks butt, butt gone, no further thought.

Gather them up and return them, over the hedge - don't bother having a confrontation, you are wasting your time.

degsie

Ask for tips on how to lounge about all day, not as easy as it appears.

Spanish Eyes

I enjoy rants and posts like this. The obvious solution doesn't require anything awful, just a bit of common sense. Flick the butts back.

StereoSound

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Perhaps he has a similar opinion of you, as you have of him. Why don’t you grow a pair and talk to him instead of calling him names on the internet.

I have to live here for the rest of my life that's why, and I don't want someone next door effing and blinding at me everytime I get in the car to go to work and when I come back again. Also, I never lived nextdoor to a cnt before so any advice is welcome.

StereoSound

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I enjoy rants and posts like this. The obvious solution doesn't require anything awful, just a bit of common sense. Flick the butts back.

This is one thing I'll be doing for a start.

JeffKenna

Let's start bashing people on the dole. Good for nothing fag smoking lazy bollocks.

ThewhiteJesus

StereoSound wrote: »

I have to live here for the rest of my life that's why, and I don't want someone next door effing and blinding at me everytime I get in the car to go to work and when I come back again. Also, I never lived nextdoor to a cnt before so any advice is welcome.

It’s your language and cowardice that I find distasteful. I’m also not convinced it’s him.

Spanish Eyes

StereoSound wrote: »

I have to live here for the rest of my life that's why, and I don't want someone next door effing and blinding at me everytime I get in the car to go to work and when I come back again. Also, I never lived nextdoor to a cnt before so any advice is welcome.

Stand up to Bullies is the only advice I can offer.

Had it once when I dared put up a trellis. The mad neighbours thought it would encourage burglars WTAF.

I carefully said that their security was not my business, and jog on.

Honestly, some people just think they can own the world and its occupants for their own satisfaction. Stand up for yourself and your home and family!

Bullies can be extinguished with a few chosen words, do not be bullied.

JohnnyFlash

Take a shïte into a shoebox, wrap it with wrapping paper, and leave it on his doorstep overnight for him to open in the morning.

StereoSound

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

It’s your language and cowardice that I find distasteful. I’m also not convinced it’s him.

I never spoke to this man in my entire life, he just randomly does this. I didn't provoke him in any way. All I know is what I see, I would never throw crap into my neighbors property for any reason.

17togo

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Take time out from your rants and scoop up the butts and gently fire them back into his driveway. Overnight if necessary. And breathe.

I had a similar problem with people that lived in an apartment above my house. Constantly flicking cigarettes down into my garden. I asked them to stop a couple of times but didn't do any good so I gathered them up one day, there was about 30 butt's in the garden, and left them at their front door. They got the message from that. My next move would have been to feed them in through the letter box, or post them back to them! And then a few weeks later were ****ed out of the apt!

Boom_Bap

StereoSound wrote: »

I never spoke to this man in my entire life, he just randomly does this. I didn't provoke him in any way. All I know is what I see, I would never throw crap into my neighbors property for any reason.

Time to start pebble dashing his gaf with little balls of sh*te.

corner of hells

My elderly father, in his later years had similar problems with neighbours, loud parties, cigarettes being thrown into his garden and so on.

He surprised me with his level of deviousness but he managed to flood the neighbours garden one winter after noticing his neighbours garden was lower than his and then by re-directing rainwater from drains via a cement gulley he created .

NSAman

corner of hells wrote: »

My elderly father, in his later years had similar problems with neighbours, loud parties, cigarettes being thrown into his garden and so on.

He surprised me with his level of deviousness but he managed to flood the neighbours garden one winter after noticing his neighbours garden was lower than his and then by re-directing rainwater from drains via a cement gulley he created .

I like your dad already!!!

You might be surprised how reasonable people can be.

I to this day only talk to my next door neighbor through gritted teeth, he's a businessman, married with kids, nothing untoward but we can't stand each other. It's about ten years now and we have only defrosted enough not to actively sabotage each other's painting of the walls.

On the other side I had a settled travelers. Had a reputation as a drug dealer and hard man in his day. He used to park his van clogging the footpath, you now where people face into the drive but are on the path? That really grinds my gears. Anyway, I stopped him one day as he was walking his dog and he couldn't have been more receptive. Never did it again, not a bad word and looked after his dog and always cleaned up after it. One of the nicest neighbors I ever had and I know the other side felt the same. He ended up moving a while back as the landlord sold up. New family are nice too.

Take a chance but don't be confrontational, if he's a dick then back off and we'll all come up with a suitable evil and devious plan B

corner of hells

NSAman wrote: »

I like your dad already!!!

It didn't take much planning, other than have to do it without being noticed. My mother was horrified but he didn't give a fcuk .

NSAman

corner of hells wrote: »

My elderly father, in his later years had similar problems with neighbours, loud parties, cigarettes being thrown into his garden and so on.

He surprised me with his level of deviousness but he managed to flood the neighbours garden one winter after noticing his neighbours garden was lower than his and then by re-directing rainwater from drains via a cement gulley he created .

corner of hells wrote: »

It didn't take much planning, other than have to do it without being noticed. My mother was horrified but he didn't give a fcuk .

It doesn't matter, that is genius.

Bobblehats

What kind of alternate reality do you operate in. You need to remember life’s a movie; and you’re the hero catch that cigarette mid-flight and use it to light the fuse that’s going to reduce his plot to rubble

Standard Toaster

corner of hells wrote: »

My elderly father, in his later years had similar problems with neighbours, loud parties, cigarettes being thrown into his garden and so on.

He surprised me with his level of deviousness but he managed to flood the neighbours garden one winter after noticing his neighbours garden was lower than his and then by re-directing rainwater from drains via a cement gulley he created .

Excellent, best thing I've read today.

Feisar

Some people are oblivious to cig butts being rubbish. I know smokers that wouldn’t dream of dropping a bar wrapper on the ground flick a butt away. It’s a bit like when people drink tea outside throwing the last drop out.
I’d say pop around and ask him not to do it politely. However make sure he doesn’t get a whiff of condescension/passive aggression/I’m better than you.

Doctors room ghost

Ignore the fcukers.them are the sort that thrive on annoying people.sweep the butts into a dustpan and fire them back into their garden but don’t engage them in conversation.
Ignore them like they don’t exist and they won’t be long getting bored.
There’s a pond rat like them in every parish in the country.

Lucy8080

Buy him a pipe for Christmas. He will think you're a grand neighbour altogether and the added bonus is that nobody fcuks their pipe away .

I bet you are looking forward to Christmas already, giddy with the excitement,like. The look on his face,eh?

No need to thank me.

Feisar

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Time to start pebble dashing his gaf with little balls of sh*te.

Can we not deescalate and blast it with piss instead?

Feisar

StereoSound wrote: »

I never spoke to this man in my entire life, he just randomly does this. I didn't provoke him in any way. All I know is what I see, I would never throw crap into my neighbors property for any reason.

Really, your next door neighbour? Never spoke?

Standard Toaster

Pour petrol on all over your drive, put a line of it going up to his drive & garden, and around where he normally loiters, sit back and enjoy. (from a few meters away as you undoubtly destroy both houses)

Bobblehats

Feisar wrote: »

Can we not deescalate and blast it with piss instead?

Free powerhose?! That’d only descale it

buried

You have to be wise about all this if this guy lives right next door, you have to engage with him on a level he will understand, and you already know one of his levels which is smoking cigs so Just look out for the next time he has a cigarette, then go out and have one yourself, have a friendly chat with him about the joys of modern living like the whole covid craic, ask him how he is getting on, $hite like that and then when you are finished your cigarette fling it on your driveway, then immediately say "fahk, I shouldn't do that, the wife hates it when I do that, Ima pick it up and keep it off the driveway for a quiet life" He probably won't do it again. Going for confrontation won't solve nothing, well, up to a point. If he continues to fling his cigs onto your driveway after you engage with him on his level, well then you know he is out for war, then you are fully entitled got to go all out this sort of craic -

chrissb8

Tar him. Nothing like a good Ol' Tarring.

Kylta

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Take a shïte into a shoebox, wrap it with wrapping paper, and leave it on his doorstep overnight for him to open in the morning.

To do the above properly you need to set it on fire and bang on his door, when he stamps out the fire the rest is sh!t has the say

Park a leaking diesel car/truck/boat in his driveway- he'll love that.

Kylta

You need to talk to your neighbour for all you know he could be accidentally flicking the butts in your driveway. He could apologise and you could become good neighbours. If he's an asshole well then you'll have to decide what action to take yourself. I don't want to tell you to hit him in case he's cute whore and you end up in court.
I don't want to advise you to destroy his driveway with rubbish. Because he'll go on boards and all these posters will be telling him to burn your gaff etc.
seriously if it was me I talk to him but be confident when talking instead of whining, if it doesn't word threathen him not his house his driveway but him. Tell him that they don't allow smoking in the ICU.

Darc19

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Perhaps he has a similar opinion of you, as you have of him. Why don’t you grow a pair and talk to him instead of calling him names on the internet.

You'll find that people like the neighbour are not the type that will talk in an adult manner.

I'd almost just ignore it as if he's home all day and the type I think he is, there could be worse issues.

A neighbours dog sh1ts in my garden about 3 times a week - I simply scoop it up and feck it in the ditch. They don't know he does it, and I prefer not to damage relations, so just let it be.

corner of hells

chrissb8 wrote: »

Tar him. Nothing like a good Ol' Tarring.

Jayzus ,, we haven't had starring round these parts in a while.

I'll get my pitchfork and flaming torch ready , no point in half measures.

Phil.x

Put them in an envelope and stick it through his letter box.

corner of hells

NSAman wrote: »

It doesn't matter, that is genius.

There is an end part to the story.

Both my parents spent their last few years in nursing homes , during this time the marriage of the neighbours whose garden he flooded broke up with the house being sold.

When it went sale agreed , I had to break up the cement gulley my dad made to stop the garden flooding on the new neighbours.

pconn062

Move to the countryside and avoid having neighbours at all.

I Am Nobody

Collect enough of the butts to build a pyre in his front garden.Set it alit and dance around it in your sheepskins and facepaint.

pconn062

pconn062 wrote: »

Move to the countryside and avoid having neighbours at all.

I think you can still get Network 2 in the schticks

McDermotX

Smokers are jokers

the14thwarrior

he knows what he is doing.
he just doesn't care.
just flicks the butt anywhere, your driveway, his driveway, the street, the road.

or simply he flicks them in your driveway so he doesn't have to clean up his.

you could always use an excuse like your dog / cat / wife / child keeps picking them up and eating them. jokingly ask him not to do it

or you could sweep them up

really you probably know the answer yourself.
not always the smart thing to piss someone off living next door, if they are capable of crap like this...... what is next?
and obviously your letter to the council would go straight in the bin

endacl

Flick him back, on the butt.

Leg End Reject

Take your driveway in.

Esse85

Is communication completely dead and buried?

What's wrong with saying 'sorry John can you stop flicking cigarette buts in my garden as I find it disrespectful' and don't say anymore. Let him respond.

Unless you live in this estate in Mullingar, then your screwed https://youtu.be/T510plixPcg