Bin Men Getting Even More Lazy

Mr_baldybikerboy

hollydays wrote: »

I had always been happy with my bin collection,until one day,someone put an empty gallon glue container in my bin when it was on the street (one of my neighbours i guess and probably accidentally).It caused the bin to emain open by about3 inches.

For this they did not empty my bin.So it did not get emptied for a month.My local councillor contacted the council-but they still did not empty it.

The Council I work for does not concur to the open lid rule but if it did then its the binmen following guidelines. Its not their fault. You could argue "it was only open an inch" but in fairness its either open or its closed.

Wig

MRBBB
Hopefully you don't work for a council which insists the bin lids are firmly closed, - how pathetic is that? And if you do, hopefully you ignore this stupid rule.

hollydays

Mr_baldybikerboy wrote: »

The Council I work for does not concur to the open lid rule but if it did then its the binmen following guidelines. Its not their fault. You could argue "it was only open an inch" but in fairness its either open or its closed.

My councillor also said they were one of the most militant departments.
What did fairness have to do with it?
Its fair to use common sense,not blindly follow rules.

Mr_baldybikerboy

hollydays wrote: »

My councillor also said they were one of the most militant departments.
What did fairness have to do with it?
Its fair to use common sense,not blindly follow rules.

On a daily basis, a binman deals with a multitude of types of people with differing levels of intelligence. If your neighbours bin was allowed to be 3 inches open and it was emptied then you would have a valid argument to have your own bin emptied even though your own bin lid is vertical. Not everybody has the common sense to be able to tell the difference. The rules have to be in Black and White so as to minimise even the slightest confusion.

hollydays

..are you serious?

Mr_baldybikerboy

Of course I'm serious. One objective in a refuse department is to reduce waste (we are running out of landfill areas) All councils now are promoting recycling. If this is done properly then there should be no need to overflow your bin to any degree.

hollydays

..did you not read my post...

hollydays

Someone else put stuff in my bin-even when this was explained-they didn't rectify it.

Mr_baldybikerboy

Yes I did. Which bit is it which you think I am confused with?

hollydays

..well my bin was overflowing (by your definition),need had nothing to do with it.Think I am wasting my time here..