# My neighbor threw tuna fish in my recycling can **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567 "2013-12-05T12:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/41 "2013-12-06T02:17:50Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > I can’t imagine any circumstance which would compel me to clean my recycling bin. Who has time for that? Seriously. I think we’ve only cleaned out the garbage bin like five times in 20 years. > [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > That’s okay, but I’ll be weeping a little since you validating me was really all I wanted out of life lol Get real! I wanted opinions, but from people who actually read/UNDERSTOOD what I was mentioning in my post. It seems like most people didn’t get it at all. No, I imagine most people don’t get worrying about the cleanliness of their bins at all. Our bins are almost directly under our bedroom windows, but since they have lids we _very_ rarely smell anything odors coming from them. Yes, the neighbor should have rinsed out the cans. However, the fact she didn’t isn’t worth a second thought. You feeling the need to scrub your recycling bin is your problem, not hers. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/42 "2013-12-06T02:18:52Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > If she was jealous and catty, why the hell would she volunteer to feed “your” friendly stray cat? Because I didn’t want her to starve. And, no one else was around at the last minute. If my other neighbor had been around, I would have asked him. The cat needed food. Period. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/43 "2013-12-06T02:20:01Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Seriously. I think we’ve only cleaned out the garbage bin like five times in 20 years. > > No, I imagine most people don’t get worrying about the cleanliness of their bins at all. Our bins are almost directly under our bedroom windows, but since they have lids we _very_ rarely smell anything odors coming from them. > > Yes, the neighbor should have rinsed out the cans. However, the fact she didn’t isn’t worth a second thought. You feeling the need to scrub your recycling bin is your problem, not hers. Ridiculous. I don’t think me being a clean person is a PROBLEM at all. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/44 "2013-12-06T02:24:03Z")
> [@turtlescanfly](#): > > +1. I’ll also add another of my favorite sayings: “We wouldn’t worry so much about WHAT people think about us if we realized how seldom they actually DO.” > > And I’m also with **WhyNot** …this could be some passive/aggressive posturing, but offering to take care of your cat just to be able to cause you a little grief? Seems like a stretch. If she has a problem with you, seems easier to just not offer to help. Your projecting your feeling and motives on her (and stealth bragging besides). I never got a good vibe off of her and I think her ‘niceness’ is really just a front. There are tons of other women in my neighborhood who I don’t feel this way about. Unfortunately, they were not around the day before Thanksgiving. I do think that deep down she is passive-aggressive, but I also could be wrong that she did it on purpose. I would not call what I said ‘bragging’ as I personally don’t think being younger or in a relationship makes me better than anyone. If she hadn’t consistently said catty things about younger women in the neighborhood, the thought would not have entered my mind. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/45 "2013-12-06T02:46:08Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > Maybe I’m just overreacting. Yeah, I would say so lol. ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/46 "2013-12-06T02:48:08Z")
Let it go. If it was an honest oversight, its just not worth the hassle. It doesn’t sound like you have much of a relationship to worry about maintaining, so no harm in going your separate ways. If it was on purpose, the fact that you’ve obsessed over it even this much already means she has WON. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/47 "2013-12-06T02:49:40Z")
For fuck’s sake, she’s a neighbour who did you a favour and was your last resort at the last minute, by the sounds of things. You’re an obsessive-compulsive neat freak who bleaches your goddamned recycle bin. These are all your problems, not hers. Grow up. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/48 "2013-12-06T02:58:38Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > Because I didn’t want her to starve. And, no one else was around at the last minute. If my other neighbor had been around, I would have asked him. The cat needed food. Period. The question wasn’t asking why you asked the neighbor. The question was asking why the neighbor, if she was so catty and shallow and a crummy person, said yes. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/49 "2013-12-06T03:34:50Z")
This thread started with me thinking the OP was a slightly paranoid cat owner. Now after reading all the responses where she attemts to justify her reasoning towards her neighbor,I can only conclude that she’s a drama queen. All this anghst over some dirty tuna cans in a recycling bin. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/50 "2013-12-06T03:37:15Z")
She could have thrown smelly food in your bin without going to the trouble of feeding the cat if that was her aim. She does things differently to you. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/51 "2013-12-06T04:32:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For fuck’s sake, she’s a neighbour who did you a favour and was your last resort at the last minute, by the sounds of things. You’re an obsessive-compulsive neat freak who bleaches your goddamned recycle bin. These are all your problems, not hers. > > Grow up. You sound like a terrible person. I bleached my ‘goddamned recycle bin’ cause it stunk like rotting fish. Only a dirty person would think this is ok, which makes you seem like filthy/arrogant scum. Eat a dick. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/52 "2013-12-06T04:33:15Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The question wasn’t asking why you asked the neighbor. The question was asking why the neighbor, if she was so catty and shallow and a crummy person, said yes. Do I really need to explain this again. Christ, does anyone listen on here? ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/53 "2013-12-06T04:35:05Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > This thread started with me thinking the OP was a slightly paranoid cat owner. Now after reading all the responses where she attemts to justify her reasoning towards her neighbor,I can only conclude that she’s a drama queen. All this anghst over some dirty tuna cans in a recycling bin. They weren’t placed inside the bin. They were DUMPED inside purposely. There’s a huge difference. I guess people on here don’t mind the smell of rotting fish. If that makes me a drama queen in your eyes, so be it. Some of you just sound like a bunch of bullies with no lives. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/54 "2013-12-06T04:35:53Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > But you clearly didn’t come here for opinions, you came here for validation. Yep, looks like you got it square on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/55 "2013-12-06T04:37:02Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > You sound like a terrible person. I bleached my ‘goddamned recycle bin’ cause it stunk like rotting fish. Only a dirty person would think this is ok, which makes you seem like filthy/arrogant scum. Eat a dick. I like tuna and don’t think it smells. In fact I just made a tuna sandwich for my lunch tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/56 "2013-12-06T04:37:05Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > She could have thrown smelly food in your bin without going to the trouble of feeding the cat if that was her aim. She does things differently to you. Well…judging by how much food was thrown in the bin, it doesn’t seem like she really fed the cat much anyway. Whenever I feed her, there is NO food left in the cans, which makes me wonder if she even left the food out to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/57 "2013-12-06T04:37:16Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > Ridiculous. I don’t think me being a clean person is a PROBLEM at all. You aren’t a “clean” person, you are obsessive. You don’t need to bleach a garbage can to get it clean, FFS. Even if it did stink like rotting fish, which I have a lot of trouble believing, since it hasn’t been all that warm here recently. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/58 "2013-12-06T04:38:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I like tuna and don’t think it smells. In fact I just made a tuna sandwich for my lunch tomorrow. Wow. You probably smell bad, so it wouldn’t really matter if you rubbed rotten tuna all over yourself. Have fun with that. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/59 "2013-12-06T04:40:36Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > You aren’t a “clean” person, you are obsessive. You don’t need to bleach a garbage can to get it clean, FFS. Even if it did stink like rotting fish, which I have a lot of trouble believing, since it hasn’t been all that warm here recently. It did stink and the bleach helped. Why the hell would I lie about it stinking? Rotten fish smells regardless of how warm it is outside. You must be dumb. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567/60 "2013-12-06T04:44:21Z")
I came on this board to get away from gross Yahoo Answers people, but realize that people on here are worse. So what if I don’t want shit smelling around my house? Is it that big of a deal? Some of you need to grow up and stop being bullies. If you don’t agree with me, fine, but don’t be assholes about it. She’s a catty woman. I didn’t say I was going to go blow up her house. I never said I was a model that everyone is jealous of. I just don’t like her vibe. If you don’t mind cleaning rotten fish out of a recycling bin, you’re probably gross. I may be anal, but at least I’m not gross. Anyway, to everyone else who actually read what I wrote and tried to be helpful, thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-threw-tuna-fish-in-my-recycling-can/675567.md?page=4)