Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Rubbish bins rummager, gain

I've just stopped a woman rummaging through my neighbours bins. She calmly asked 'problem? when I asked her to stop.

And then shrugged her shoulders and walked off saying 'sorry'.

No doubt ours were next. But she's diligently carried on down the rest of the street. Maybe it's just another form of recycling and I should accept it but our bins are not communal on public space as in other countries. It still seems like an invasion of privacy somehow.

I thought it was a good thing when I lived in Bulgaria to see stuff being taken and recycled from the street communal bins. We didn't have our 'own' bins then. But I cant get used to it here. I know this discussion has cropped up many times before.

Perhaps this woman needs the money for whatever good rubbish she can find. And she did say sorry....

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Permalink Reply by Ruth on October 23, 2013 at 11:10

Agree. That's why I went out and stopped someone a few weeks back when they were rummaging and started this thread.

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Permalink Reply by Madeline on October 23, 2013 at 12:19

My little motorbike is parked in the front yard right next to our bins, that's why I have CCTV watching there. So when I see an unauthorised person going in there I watch closely in case it's not the bins that they are after.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on October 23, 2013 at 11:20

Not sure why, but the reply ended up here when I was trying to reply to Sharon's comments...hence why it probably doesn't make much sense in isolation.