Mystery number one - Caution or laziness maybe? Backed out of my driveway a few years back and crunnnch. Didn’t see that car parked behind me. Probably easier to just pull away as opposed to either backing in or out against traffic.

Mystery number two - who knows. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder maybe?

And the another would be? Why do they have to live across the street from you? LOL.

Mystery #1: some people find it quite hard to reverse and park, especially in narrow drives (we have one and it’s a constant battle to avoid hitting the walls).

Mystery #2: maybe they eat a lot of fish/spicy food and the bags get too smelly to be kept indoors? I know when I’ve been cooking a big weekend batch of haddock chowder the bin bags are outside the garage (in a securely lidded plastic bin so that the foxes can’t get in) by the end of the day, even though they’re not collected until Thursday morning.

Don - I’ve tried to think of all the possible reasons why these folks park in the street. We live on a small street that gets no local traffic. It’s so quiet even the kids can go out and play street hockey for hours on end without being interrupted. These folks and I have a long history of this. Especially after snowstorms when the street is so narrow. They park right behind my driveway, making it very difficult for me to get out of mine. I’ve even asked them very nicely if they could just move their cars just a couple of feet. Noooo. Winter is the only time I care. Even the snow plow driver had them towed last year.

J - It must be a karma payback. I musta been bad somewhere along the line. 

Re the early trash hauling...dunno. They are the sweetest people and if they want to haul their trash to the curb a day early, that’s okay with me. It just strikes me as kinda odd/funny. They, of course, never miss trash day whereas...I’ve been known to.

"They, of course, never miss trash day whereas...I’ve been known to."

There’s your answer.  “I’m gonna do this while I’m thinking about it, be damned to whether it’s early or not.”

Clearly, it works, no matter what nosy neighbors say. They have a much better record of getting their trash out on time than I do.

But I did today! Heh. I wonder why. ;)

Extending the concept of getting the trash out early, what’s to prevent someone from just storing the cans at the curb?

As for your across-the-street nemesis, what is their answer when you ask them to move the car over by a couple of feet?  Also, have you ever asked them to watch as you demonstrate the difficulty of backing out?  I’d suggest having them stand at the side of their vehicle while you inch closer and closer and closer.

I discovered that backing straight out of my driveway and into theirs made turning into the street much easier. They *really* don’t like me doing that. It prompted them to move their car a few feet. Remember that I initially asked if they could avoid parking behind my driveway and they said they could if they wanted to. I asked if they could just move their cars a couple of feet because it’s so hard to get out of my driveway when they’re parked so close. They said sure, and then didn’t bother. Not even after the snow plow had them towed (during a snow emergency). Not even after *I* had them towed (during a snow emergency)—I had to get out and I couldn’t.

Re trash cans - I suspect that if someone started storing their trash cans at the curb, the crows would think it was feast day every day—until the cans would go mysteriously missing.