Intimidating council bin collectors

shammyjack

fin7 wrote: »

If the lids a bit up you can tell the bin men are in a bad mood, good mood they'll take it, bad mood they won't :rotfl:

And we must have the filthiest specimen of a bin man here, he is absolutely filthy, his fluorescent jacket is black, his hands don't look like they've seen soap in a hell of a long time but what makes me feel physically sick is, he wanders down the road pulling wheelie bins with one hand and eating his sandwich with the other! If two hands are needed he stuffs the whole sandwich in his mouth, so he's either got sandwich hanging out his mouth or he's looking like a hamster!


Fin

Ours is called Scruffy Eric , Hunchback of Notre Dam crossed With Rigsby . Stinks like a polecat !

Fire_Fox

Recycling collection, what is that?

will.i.amnt

oliveoil99 wrote: »

I had an incident where (1 dandelion) had been put on top of my household waste and a note was put through my door to not do it again or I would be fined. The next bin day I put a note on my bin saying anymore notes put through my door and you will be fined signed the dandelion bin dropper (you idiots). Never heard no more.

So you heard something more then?

scutley

I had something similar happen to me and someone put a flower stalk in my recycle bin and it caused me a lot hassle.

The bin men refused to empty my bin and when I rang to complain, they said it was my fault and basically it was tough and I'd have to wait another 2 weeks for it be emptied.

And yet sometimes my bin men can turn a blind eye to my bulging black bin and will take extra bags that wont fit to throw on the back of the lorry, so I know it depends on who you get

artbaron

All my recycling goes in with my standard rubbish. When I moved in I separated it all out but nobody collected it, even after I'd rang the council, so now it all goes into one bin and that's that. Nobody's said anything and if they do I'll kick them in the balls.

Dave_C_2

When I first saw the title of this thread I thought "At last! a means of getting a small bit of revenge on the bin men" Imagine my disappointment when it just turned out to be the usual vent

I will of course withdraw my Christmas tip to the binnies this year

Is it only me that sees "Council refuse collections" as the council refusing to collect rubbish?

Dave

VitaK

Whilst the message the bin collectors/ supervisor(?) was delivering is true, the way it was delivered were less than satisfying. A complaint could be sent to both the waste management company and the council.

The collection teams can and sometimes do refuse collection if the waste fraction is/ or thought to be contaminated.

SnooksNJ

topsales wrote: »

JimmyTheWig- google harpy?

I don't blame the OP's Mom for being scared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy

JimmyTheWig

topsales wrote: »

JimmyTheWig- google harpy?

I did. Didn't bring up anything that I could relate to this post.

JimmyTheWig

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Im a bit confused by your last comment. If were only using two purple bags each fortnight, then the council wouldnt need to supply us with as many bags

They wouldn't need to, but I doubt that they keep a record of how many bags each household has used. So they will still, presumably, deliver the same quota to all houses.