Entitled neighbor uses snowblower to dump 16 inches of snow on couple's front yard as revenge for trash can dispute: '[He] covered everything we shoveled!'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 2, 2026 8:00 AM EST

There's nothing like a snowstorm to get you in the mood for petty revenge on your neighbor.

This neighborhood curmudgeon had previously gotten into a dispute with a couple who lived on the same quiet street. The initial disagreement happened over trash. The grumpy grouch had six trash cans all to himself, and yet for some reason, he also felt the need to use the one trash can that belonged to the couple.

It got to the point where there wasn't enough room in the trash can for the couple to put their own garbage, so they felt like they needed to say something to the curmudgeon next door. After all, he had six bins of his own. Why did he need an additional bin that didn't belong to him? How much trash can one resident accumulate over the course of a week? I suppose the answer is… a lot. 

Eventually, the husband decided that enough was enough, and he dumped the trash that the dude next door left in their bin right in his front yard. Finally, he stopped using their bin, but when the recent snowstorm struck, the curmudgeon figured it was time to enact some payback.

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  • Now, the only person on the street who had a functioning snowblower was the grumpy guy. The couple had to deal with 16 inches of snow on their own with good old-fashioned shovels, as the curmudgeon refused to help them. 

    However, it only gets worse from there. The grouch decided that his next order of business would be to use his snowblower to dump all the snow on his front yard right back on the couple's yard, just after they did all that manual work in clearing the front of their home. 

    Clearly, he was not over the whole trash business, and he thought he was justified in his retaliatory actions. However, the couple seems savvy and empowered enough now to ensure that this man doesn't get away with his antics… not without consequences, at least. The good news is that it sounds like the couple has the support of other residents in the neighborhood on their side, including a beloved elderly couple who seem to have been living in the area longer than anyone.

  • A man uses a snow thrower on his front yard.
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  • "Neighbor repeatedly used snowblower and covered everything we shoveled"

    The winter storm over the weekend dumped 16 inches of snow on us. I have a sinus infection but still joined my husband to shovel our cars and the sidewalk.
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  • We live on a city street with row homes, which means all the houses are connected and the front yards are pretty small.
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  • This neighbor has the only semi- detached house on the block. We went out a few times to shovel, since waiting to do it all at once would be impossible.
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  • Each time we finished shoveling, the neighbor would come along and snow blow his 3 cars and sidewalks, blowing the snow directly onto my car and our sidewalk.
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  • He also helped every single neighbor other than us. We shoveled everything by hand and everyone else hardly lifted a shovel.
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  • We helped our elderly neighbors dig out their car because they couldn't do it on their own.
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  • The neighbor with the snowblower watched us the whole time and never offered to help. As soon as we finished, he started up his snowblower and blew snow all over everything we had just shoveled.
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  • The reason he doesn't like us is because he kept throwing his trash in our trash cans.
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  • We asked him to stop, because the cans are small and we can hardly fit our trash in there.
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  • Plus he has 6 cans all together and we have 1. He kept throwing his trash in our can so my husband dumped his trash in his yard.
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  • Suddenly he remembered which cans are his. Now he gets his revenge with his snowblower because he has nothing better to do.
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  • Physical_Ad5135 Time to get a snowblower. Make sure to sneak out in the night to cover his car.
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  • TriumphDaytona Put water into his keyholes a little at a time, give it a chance to freeze up.
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  • Cyrano4747 Film it, call the cops. Done. If they don't do anything go pour buckets of water on his driveway at night.
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  • Lisa_Knows Best Shovel his snow back into his yard. Then spray water on it. Record him vandalizing your property. Lock your trash bins.
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  • lostnsocal213 have hubby return the snow back to his driveway. make sure he has to step over it to get by. id take before and after pics.
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  • Theslowestmarathoner I would just walk out with your own snow blower. What a loser.
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  • Bart457_Gansett Figure out what jams a snowblower, and make sure it's in the snow on hose sidewalk next time you get snow. He might have an extra shear pin, but eventually he'll run out and get the message.
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  • Traditional-Towel592 What a terrible neighbor to have to deal with. Sorry about that.
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  • TermPractical2578 Karma has NO expiry date!
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