Ann,
I wanted to correct the serious misinformation about L&I rules
immediately last night. But I'd also like to reinforce Joe's good advice.
It's never good to approach new neighbors while you are angry. Look at
this as an opportunity to get to know these student neighbors and simply
go over the facts with them. Like Joe said, they might not understand
how much their actions bother you even if it seems obvious. If you
initiate good neighborliness, it might be easy to resolve this problem,
and you may become friends with some of them.
For example, it could be that only one member of the household uses your
trash and the others will take steps to help you.
I have good neighbors. (The block bully is up the street.) If we annoy
each other, we can still talk to each other without assuming that the
annoyance was deliberate or that it indicates some permanent character
flaw. Then, it's easy to solve almost any problem.
You can control being a good neighbor, which means that you need to
start by giving the benefit of the doubt. Start there before you even
plan for the worst. Engaging in negative thoughts prior to engaging
the facts with these kids will sabotage your efforts for an easy
resolution and the potential for good relations. If they don't respond
to your cordial approach, you will have been a good neighbor, and then
you can reevaluate your follow-up.
Good luck,
Glenn
On 1/5/2011 5:39 PM, Ann Mayer wrote:
Anyone know what the best way is to handle my student neighbors who
dump their trash both in my
trashcan (both before it is put out on the sidewalk and after it is
placed out for collection) and in
my recycling bin? What they often do is COMBINE recycling material
with trash, and I am
worried that I am going to get in trouble with the city for not
recycling properly.
I just came back from the holidays to find my trashcan (on my
property) stuffed to the brim with
a combination of their trash and materials that we are required to
recycle.
These are exceptionally piggish students, who are also inconsiderate
in other ways.
Since they are not nice peoplet to begin with, I am anxious not to get
into a situation where I
unduly antagonize them, which would likely result in more hassles.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Ann
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