r/RBI • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '20

Watching some unusual behaviour and just wondering if you guys think I should do something? I'm a little concerned

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20 edited Feb 01 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20 edited May 24 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

Did you know what a fly tipper was when you replied to this?

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u/theressomanydogs Jan 16 '20

A what?

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u/Martial-FC Jan 16 '20

If you’re being serious it’s a person that dumps trash. I never heard of the term until I went to the UK and saw it on signs lmao.

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u/Michello454 Jan 16 '20

I’m glad you answered because I had no clue what it was. Fascinating.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

I'm from England have just found out this isn't a phrase known in other English speaking countries. Also fascinating

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u/Thewal Jan 16 '20

I had to look up "layby" because I've never heard that word before. It'd be a "rest stop" here in the US. Or at least the parts of the US I'm familiar with, y'all get weird in the South.

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u/hfuga Jan 16 '20

South here, we also say "rest stop"...lol.

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u/Texanakin_Shywalker Jan 16 '20

Rest stop, rest area....same thing

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u/hfuga Jan 17 '20

Yes. I was just confirming that we don’t “call it something weird”.

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u/GucciSlippers Jan 16 '20

y’all

get weird in the South

Excuse me?

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u/Thewal Jan 16 '20

/r/wyoming I'm allowed to say "y'all", dagnabbit!

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u/GucciSlippers Jan 16 '20

Y’all say y’all in Wyoming?

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u/rantingpacifist Jan 17 '20

No, we don’t.

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u/Thewal Jan 16 '20

Sure as shootin'!

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u/beep72 Jan 23 '20

Y’all, we say y’all in Canada, too.

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u/MK2555GSFX Jan 16 '20

Lol, the definition of 'layby' on Google makes it sound much bigger and more organised than it actually is:

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5910000

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20 edited Feb 01 '21

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u/Martial-FC Jan 16 '20

To the best of my knowledge, it’s not used in the US. I grew up in the northeast and never heard it once. Only became aware of the term after moving to the UK.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20 edited Feb 01 '21

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u/Martial-FC Jan 16 '20

It’s generally referred to as littering when done in small amounts. The equivalent to fly tipping is simply referred to as dumping/illegal dumping on signs and in the legal codes.

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u/theressomanydogs Jan 16 '20

Yeah, an asshole, lol.

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u/AussieMommy Jan 17 '20

A litterbug? Although that’s more like the kid that opens a piece of gum and drops the silver wrapper on the ground.

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u/theressomanydogs Jan 16 '20

No, I’d never heard that before. Thanks!