The woman’s husband decreed definitely not, and was appalled by her “embarrassing” actions. Mumsnetters in their hundreds debated back and forth, eventually deciding that she was NBU (not being unreasonable), but more importantly proving that, as a nation, us Brits are obsessed with our bins. The etiquette. The schedule – often so confusing that one resident ends up inadvertently becoming the “binfluencer” everybody copies. We take pride in our bin, mark it with stickers matching our door number to make sure we get it back, even though it couldn’t otherwise be picked out of a particularly dull lineup.