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I have an alley behind my house, and while I love it for easy access in and out of my driveway, it can also be really annoying if you have inconsiderate neighbors who clutter up the alley with trash bins, junk they want to get rid of, or items they’re too lazy to put away properly.

In this story, one person whose house is next to an alley is really annoyed when large trash bins are knocked over in the alley. He isn’t sure who’s responsible, but he has a theory.

Apparently, he’s not the only person in the neighborhood who’s annoyed by the trash bins, because one day he witnesses the consequences of some pretty epic revenge.

Let’s read all about it.

Can’t drive thru that

Back in 2004 we had those big plastic round garbage bins in our back alley, about 6 of them down every alley in my neighbourhood.

They were huge, about 4 foot tall 4 foot wide at the top.

They got emptied every Thursday around 8 in the morning.

This sounds annoying.

I lived half a block down the alley from the local bar and every few weeks I’d go out in the morning to see all the bins knocked down.

Some drunk idiot was driving his beater home around the time the bar closed at 2am, I figured he was hitting them on purpose just for laughs.

Once winter came the plastic got more brittle and every bin that was hit got cracked and/or destroyed.

The city never did anything other than just replace the bins but it would take a few weeks and it was irritating to have to pick them up all the time or use a farther away bin cause the nearby one was toast.

A neighbor had an idea.

So this continued for months and winter gets cold here in Canada. We had a solid week of -40.

One Saturday night I saw red and blue lights flashing through my curtains, walked out to see a completely totalled mid 80s Buick wrapped around a bin.

One of my neighbours decided to fill the bin with water which froze into a solid block of ice.

I don’t know for sure which neighbour did it but they are absolute heroes in my mind.

I hope the guy learned his lesson.

Guy got arrested so I assume he was charged with drunk driving at the least.

Tow truck took away what was left of the car.

But the bin stayed there for a couple months as a monument to stupidity filled with ice cause it was too heavy to move and also wasn’t in the least bit damaged by the collision.

Wow! I wish OP knew which neighbor it was. He deserves a thank you.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

It’s cold either way.

This person explains why this revenge works.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a neighbor who steps in to stop illegal driveway construction for friends down the road.

Another person couldn’t resist a pun.

Yes, this is kind of similar.

The guy who had been knocking over the bins definitely got what he deserved. That neighbor had a really smart idea that sounds like it was very effective.

Some problems are easy to solve when you think creatively.