Neighbors turn homeowner's private front yard bench into a public bus stop seat, then complain when homeowner removes after finding trash and dirty diapers: ‘Nobody asked me if they could use it’

After the district moved the school bus stop in front of the homeowner's front yard, parents started sitting on the wooden bench inside his property line that his grandfather built years ago. Just a couple of weeks later, the homeowner decided to remove it because people left trash behind, sparking neighborhood drama. 

Why leave something that's important to you only because your neighbors count on it?

There's a difference between being generous with your neighbors and pretending you don't care when they mistreat your things. The wooden bench that was built years ago by the homeowner's grandfather had a lot of sentimental value to him, and when he realized that parents would leave trash, and even dirty diapers, while waiting for their kids to come home from school, he decided it was time to remove it. What he didn't expect was how much drama this action would cost him, because people started calling him selfish.

Now, I lived in a neighborhood before, and I would always respect others' property. Actually, I never would have sat on the bench if it were inside the property line, so you can imagine my surprise when people reclaimed it and put it back where it belonged. In the end, it's the homeowner's property, and if people aren't going to be careful, why leave it behind?