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Bin men! are yours sometimes idiots too?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Put our bin out this morning ( yes it was two foot on our path) I asked them why he wouldnt take two extra steps he said the two extra steps on every house soon adds up. So I asked how come at Christmas when we forget they walk to the bottom of the path and tap on window ( just to check it needs taking?) he looked at me a bit daft. Until I clarified that at Xmas they walk the extra and even say hello to us when usually they grunt and don't even look at me. And could they be doing it for a tip that may not be coming anymore! He just said "whatever mate" and stormed off. Let's see how my next bin collection goes? |
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My house is still on the list of "needs assistance" from the previous person who lived here 15 years ago! So if I forget to put it out they take it anyway and return it (kind of) to the bin shed.
I have to say it's been very useful over the last year or so as I've been very ill. Now that I'm better I put it out. |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack! |
Bournemouth recently had new food recycling bins. You had to put your kitchen caddy inside an outdoor bin and put the whole thing out for collection. The first time they were emptyed, the bin men simply threw the kitchen caddys into the truck instead of keeping them to return to the customer. There was then a big panic to try and retrieve all the kitchen caddys from the tipping place so they could be returned! Sounds like a crap system anyway! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The bin men here are rubbish, they always and I mean always block the path with the bins even though it takes two seconds to put the bin against my wall :/ they really are very very lazy |
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"I leave ours on driveway as we are told not to block pathway so why when they have collected it do they leave it on the path? "
Quite right too, bloody nightmare on bin day here. Neighbours leave them at end of drive and bin men leave them all over path really dangerous for me  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine decided to completely barricade me onto my driveway yeasterday. They took the entire streets red and green bins and lined them up across the entrance to the drive. Not one of them could understand my anger, not even when they could clearly see my kids in their school uniforms getting into the car. |
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"My house is still on the list of "needs assistance" from the previous person who lived here 15 years ago! So if I forget to put it out they take it anyway and return it (kind of) to the bin shed.
I have to say it's been very useful over the last year or so as I've been very ill. Now that I'm better I put it out."
Lucky you I'm on the needs assistance list but inevitably I end up ringing every week to complain it's not been emptied!! Idiots  |
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they take it
but then leave it anywhere
but I will forgive
cos ,,one of them is the hunkiest sex bomb imaginable
and in this weather he just wears a vis vest with his firm muscular arms to be drooled over |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
Ours are fine. The big wheelies can't go anywhere but the street (terraced with no front gardens).
The recycling is easy and collected every week. The rest is every other week. I'm out of sync as I missed a week but it will sort itself out.
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"Ours are fine. The big wheelies can't go anywhere but the street (terraced with no front gardens).
The recycling is easy and collected every week. The rest is every other week. I'm out of sync as I missed a week but it will sort itself out.
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That is the thing in London, but they have issued more and more bins. If they leave them pushed up against the wall it is ok, middle of paths is the leg breaker or you feel like you are in a pin ball machine. Even the new housing is bad with little or no space for bins/bags  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"i think waste disposal teams generally do a cracking job.. thumbs up from me  "
For all their fuck-ups we shouldn't really slag them off. It's one of those jobs that's really quite important yet looked down upon by many people. Some of them may be Muppets but we'd soon be complaining if the rubbish was piling up in the streets. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i think waste disposal teams generally do a cracking job.. thumbs up from me
For all their fuck-ups we shouldn't really slag them off. It's one of those jobs that's really quite important yet looked down upon by many people. Some of them may be Muppets but we'd soon be complaining if the rubbish was piling up in the streets."
thats my thinking too.. ive had one or two mishaps with them, but i dont have to take my own waste to landfill and never encountered rats due to poor waste management on our streets. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dont get me started on Bin men, aarrggghhh
Ours are bloody useless so and so's.
Has anyone else notice now how they just pull up outside everyhouse and block the whole street of, and when you moan they say they have jobs to do, so do i if i get a chance to pass them.
Made me late a few times and now i tend to drive around the block just to by pass them.
I wouldnt mind but when they did have to carry the bags they at least seemed to move over in the road to let traffic pass, but now its even easier as less rubbish to collect at one go and the bins are on bloody wheels yet they still block the whole street arrrggghhhhh  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dont get me started on Bin men, aarrggghhh
Ours are bloody useless so and so's.
Has anyone else notice now how they just pull up outside everyhouse and block the whole street of, and when you moan they say they have jobs to do, so do i if i get a chance to pass them.
Made me late a few times and now i tend to drive around the block just to by pass them.
I wouldnt mind but when they did have to carry the bags they at least seemed to move over in the road to let traffic pass, but now its even easier as less rubbish to collect at one go and the bins are on bloody wheels yet they still block the whole street arrrggghhhhh "
if they have a certain route im guessing the arrive at the same kinda time .. if you know this why not leave a smidge earlier to avoid them? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dont get me started on Bin men, aarrggghhh
Ours are bloody useless so and so's.
Has anyone else notice now how they just pull up outside everyhouse and block the whole street of, and when you moan they say they have jobs to do, so do i if i get a chance to pass them.
Made me late a few times and now i tend to drive around the block just to by pass them.
I wouldnt mind but when they did have to carry the bags they at least seemed to move over in the road to let traffic pass, but now its even easier as less rubbish to collect at one go and the bins are on bloody wheels yet they still block the whole street arrrggghhhhh
if they have a certain route im guessing the arrive at the same kinda time .. if you know this why not leave a smidge earlier to avoid them? "
because i work all over in Blackpool so i could be anywhere to and fro from work |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i think waste disposal teams generally do a cracking job.. thumbs up from me
For all their fuck-ups we shouldn't really slag them off. It's one of those jobs that's really quite important yet looked down upon by many people. Some of them may be Muppets but we'd soon be complaining if the rubbish was piling up in the streets."
During the recession when I was looking for work and becoming bored being told I was "over qualified" I astonished the job centre folk by insisting on becoming a bin man. In the end they agreed with attitude that I would challenge anyone to tell me that again when my last paid employment was on a dust cart. I am relieved to say it worked and my spell as a refuse collector was brief. Hellish, but brief. The local authorities put so much pressure on the service that to stand any chance of getting the bins emptied corners need to be cut. How much more council tax would you be willing to pay to get a decent service? It is easy to snipe at a soft target, but as an articulate, reasonable person with I wager more first hand experience than 4/5ths of the posters here, I believe something needs to be said for the defence. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i think waste disposal teams generally do a cracking job.. thumbs up from me
For all their fuck-ups we shouldn't really slag them off. It's one of those jobs that's really quite important yet looked down upon by many people. Some of them may be Muppets but we'd soon be complaining if the rubbish was piling up in the streets.
During the recession when I was looking for work and becoming bored being told I was "over qualified" I astonished the job centre folk by insisting on becoming a bin man. In the end they agreed with attitude that I would challenge anyone to tell me that again when my last paid employment was on a dust cart. I am relieved to say it worked and my spell as a refuse collector was brief. Hellish, but brief. The local authorities put so much pressure on the service that to stand any chance of getting the bins emptied corners need to be cut. How much more council tax would you be willing to pay to get a decent service? It is easy to snipe at a soft target, but as an articulate, reasonable person with I wager more first hand experience than 4/5ths of the posters here, I believe something needs to be said for the defence. "
My post was actually in their defense if you care to read it properly. I always say that you may not notice if your managing director has gone away for a two week holiday but you ALWAYS know when the cleaners have missed your bin. Think about it, there's a certain irony to people's views on menial jobs. |
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"Mine decided to completely barricade me onto my driveway yeasterday. They took the entire streets red and green bins and lined them up across the entrance to the drive. Not one of them could understand my anger, not even when they could clearly see my kids in their school uniforms getting into the car."
That's when driving a Landrover comes into it's own  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mine decided to completely barricade me onto my driveway yeasterday. They took the entire streets red and green bins and lined them up across the entrance to the drive. Not one of them could understand my anger, not even when they could clearly see my kids in their school uniforms getting into the car.
That's when driving a Landrover comes into it's own "
I drive an Alfa the would have been a write-off! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They're a laughing stock round these parts. Refusing to take wheelie bins because the lid is slightly open, leaving emptied bins nowhere near where they picked them up, spilling rubbish into the street.
When we moved house we had one extra bag that couldn't fit in the bin. Left it out (in hope, not expectation) in front of the wheelie bin. They actually picked it up and moved it out of the way to get to the wheelie bin, but left it!
Doesn't generally cause problems for us but some common sense from time to time helps in any job. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"I always say that you may not notice if your managing director has gone away for a two week holiday but you ALWAYS know when the cleaners have missed your bin. Think about it, there's a certain irony to people's views on menial jobs."
Cleaners in York can charge a fortune as there are so few people willing to do it, but so many places need cleaning.
On topic, my bin men are fantastic. I put out the bin on bin day, and when I get home its empty. Even when bin day clashes with a Bank Hol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ours seem OK. Its the recycling rules that do my head in! "
yes
here unsure elsewhere we have to pay now since last spring for the use of the brown
wheelie bin for garden waste etc many
won,t pay for it i have no choice but to
thats the council rules now did not go
down very well at all with the folk
Round here apparently it had been a
freebie before we knew it was free
most folk includeing myself kept the
smaller blue one as a water carrier
includeing myself from earlier this
year when the council came round
with bigger ones.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"ours are quite good and sometimes come down the drive if we've forgotten to put the bin out.
They are probably Bin curious.  "
or laden with work...bin laden
sorry about the r...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Terrible leave recycle boxes behind or obscure drives with bins drop plenty and leave in the street "
I,ve often seen bins over on their sides
after high winds mostly because of no shelter rubbish strewn everywhere along
with foxes pulling what they can get hold
of all over the shop. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i think waste disposal teams generally do a cracking job.. thumbs up from me
For all their fuck-ups we shouldn't really slag them off. It's one of those jobs that's really quite important yet looked down upon by many people. Some of them may be Muppets but we'd soon be complaining if the rubbish was piling up in the streets.
Oops, seems I am getting caught in friendly fire lol. Yes your post clearly is in defense of former colleagues..... and that is why I appended my comments to yours. Solidarity
During the recession when I was looking for work and becoming bored being told I was "over qualified" I astonished the job centre folk by insisting on becoming a bin man. In the end they agreed with attitude that I would challenge anyone to tell me that again when my last paid employment was on a dust cart. I am relieved to say it worked and my spell as a refuse collector was brief. Hellish, but brief. The local authorities put so much pressure on the service that to stand any chance of getting the bins emptied corners need to be cut. How much more council tax would you be willing to pay to get a decent service? It is easy to snipe at a soft target, but as an articulate, reasonable person with I wager more first hand experience than 4/5ths of the posters here, I believe something needs to be said for the defence.
My post was actually in their defense if you care to read it properly. I always say that you may not notice if your managing director has gone away for a two week holiday but you ALWAYS know when the cleaners have missed your bin. Think about it, there's a certain irony to people's views on menial jobs."
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"They're a laughing stock round these parts. Refusing to take wheelie bins because the lid is slightly open, leaving emptied bins nowhere near where they picked them up, spilling rubbish into the street.
When we moved house we had one extra bag that couldn't fit in the bin. Left it out (in hope, not expectation) in front of the wheelie bin. They actually picked it up and moved it out of the way to get to the wheelie bin, but left it!
Doesn't generally cause problems for us but some common sense from time to time helps in any job."
We have had several problems over the years, this is one of them, the bin is slightly open because the bin is full. They waste more time and energy taking out of the bin, leaving it on the street (and it could be sat there all day) and then they empty the bin. Someone explain that one to me because I don't understand it. |
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