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Intimidating council bin collectors

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  • cherie1122
    cherie1122 Posts: 491 Forumite
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    Our bin men are great. They are council employees not contractors and just have to collect bags from our homes once a week.

    There is a problem with foxes round here and they rip the bags apart overnight if they can so I got a wheelie bin and put the black bags in there so the foxes can't get at them. If the bin men are round before I have got the bags out in the morning the guys take them out for me, even though it isn't their job to do so.

    I wrote to their manager to say thanks

    :T
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    That'll get them a reprimand I bet.:rotfl:
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    battleborn wrote: »
    Not sure, but even its the minimum wage its still good money, and its a job.

    Seriously? You think minimum wage is good money?
  • battleborn
    battleborn Posts: 516 Forumite
    bod1467 wrote: »
    Seriously? You think minimum wage is good money?

    I have made known my opinion on the bin men, I am not now going to go off topic and start discussing wages.

    Thank you
  • Moglex
    Moglex Posts: 1,581 Forumite
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    battleborn wrote: »
    I have made known my opinion on the bin men, I am not now going to go off topic and start discussing wages.

    Too embarrassed to try and defend your rather ridiculous statement? :rotfl:
  • battleborn
    battleborn Posts: 516 Forumite
    Moglex wrote: »
    Too embarrassed to try and defend your rather ridiculous statement? :rotfl:

    I refer you to my previous statement.
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
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    battleborn wrote: »
    I refer you to my previous statement.

    We'll take that as a 'yes', then. :D
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • Moglex
    Moglex Posts: 1,581 Forumite
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    LOL, beat me to it!
  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    I always thought bin men earned far more than NMW.

    Quite a bit more in fact? Or is that urban legend?
    "One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
    Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."
  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    From Google - it seems than £40k plus isn't an unheard of wage for a bin man.

    How is that not well paid?
    "One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
    Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."
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