It was a glorious sunny Friday in Perth on 30 October 2026, and locals marked it the traditional way: by listing everything that annoyed them this week. Someone pinching things from front yards topped the list.
Hands off the verge
One parent's entire complaint was a single line about whoever stole their child's Halloween pumpkin. Others had lost plants from verge gardens, two decorative logs (the council green-waste crew were the prime suspects), and $20 worth of straps tied down outside a workplace.
"Some crazy old lady has been stealing natives from our verge garden." - Perth local
'No junk mail' means no junk mail
Real estate agents stuffing flyers into letterboxes clearly marked "no junk mail" got plenty of attention, especially with Perth's property market cooling. Tips included a "no real estate" sticker, and one person leaves an open box under the letterbox where the flyers can rot "in full view".
Phones, dogs and utes
People walking along staring at their phones without ever looking up were another big one. So were dog owners who don't manage their dogs at the park, or let them off the lead where leads are required, and drivers of big utes who can't park between the lines.
Photo: Orderinchaos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). File photo.
A tow truck driver on the Kwinana Freeway who pulled out across traffic, then had to stop because the parking brake was still on, also earned a mention. And the person who started it all paid an old school friend $65 to polish their resume, only to get back what they called AI-written corporate filler that turned "trades assistant" into jargon.
Sources: comments from Perth locals.
Main photo: Kwinana Freeway traffic, by Orderinchaos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). File photo.
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