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How hard is it to pick up a bin, empty it and put it back where you got it.
Why do you decided to dump it 300 yards down the f**g road.
Also, make sure the bin is empty before you decide to dump it somewhere in the postcode.
Then you hang around at Christmas for a f**g tip.
Ours are brilliant - work long, long hours due to council cuts, collect everything (even stuff left neatly with bins) and do kerbside recycling. They even manage a smile and wave at next doors toddler. 8)
They even manage a smile and wave at next doors toddler.
But the ungrateful little shit still manages to launch a tirade against them! 🙂
Ours are flipping useless. I know they have a pretty crap job, but that's no excuse for doing it badly.
one on our road demolished a lorry wing mirror and half a kerbside tree by backing through it.
I do like their cor blimey trousers though.
Ours won't take anything that isn't in the bin - with the lid closed perfectly.
Otherwise they'll walk back to the wagon, get a tag, walk back to the bin, place tag on hinge of bin that states either "overfilled" or "wrong items in bin" or "wrong plastics in bin" etc.
Could've emptied it during that time and walked half the distance too.
Oh - they also won't walk too far either - you have to take the bin down the road to a specified point or they won't empty it.
I personally like the morzine way, probably other euro places as well, with communal bins & recyclers scattered around.
Wouldn't work over here though, some dick would try to put a sofa into in.
or set fire to it for the lols
Every Wednesday, I put my bin on the drive. When I come home it's empty, so I put it back next to the garage.
I might be joining them in that career soon, so no criticism here.
Pretty good here TBH, although the recycle bin has been rejected once because they don't take glass bottles..
Like who knew.
As above. I lived in Geneva and we had large communal bins which were ace.
No problems with fires etc but I know here in the UK it wouldn't work.
I do like their cor blimey trousers though.
and daisy roots.
Not too bad in Selby District, although a couple of the drivers choose the most stupid place to stop and block the whole road.
Although I'd probably do the same or you'd get some knob trying to overtake and running the rest of the lorry crew over.
Ours are useless also. Council Tax at record highs and refuse collection every 2 weeks. People are nice enough, service is poor.
Why don't you try doing their job for a week and then post back here when you have!
have any of you ever tried this job?
they are so busy and so pushed to finish that they have to run/jog/trot to keep up with the truck so they drop the bins where they finish
I am sure, with a hike in council tax prices you wont need to take your bin to somewhere near your house or collect it from somewhere near your house.
Try the job or watch them at work or complain you dont pay enugh to get a good service but dont blame them for them having to work quickly to get the route done
Its also not their fault you overfill your bin
No complaints about our bin men as such, they always do a reasonable job.
My issue is the Council reducing our refuse collection to bi-weekly and me not getting a cut in council tax for the inconvenience.
Every Wednesday...
All the best people have bin collection on Monday - you know that...
DrP
I lived in Geneva and we had large communal bins which were ace.
No problems with fires etc but I know here in the UK it wouldn't work.
Much of Brighton has them now. Only real problem is people sleeping in them.
they are so busy as so pushed to finish that h=they have to [s]run/jog[/s]stroll to keep up with the truck so they drop the bins where they finisj
more closely aligns to anything I've ever seen.
DrP - MemberAll the best people have bin collection on Monday - you know that...
DrP
This. Means you don't have to hold onto the rubbish from the Middle Class Dinner Party any longer than strictly necessary.
Currently, in my garden, I have 9 wheelie bins and a food recycling bin.
It stopped being funny some time ago.
In the US they just drive by your bin and a hydraulic arm reaches out to your bin, grabs it, lifts it up and dumps the rubbish in then places it back exactly where it found it. It's quite something.
Ours are pretty good, bins are always left back where they found them and they usually give my toddler a wave as she loves watching them.
Had communal bins at our old apartment, the bin area was always full of TVs, mattresses etc that the bin men wouldn't touch.
I don't blame the lads and girls who do the job, they are brilliant, but it's the rules and cuts which are the problem.
We are now on 120 litre grey bins on a fortnightly collection.
Bloke I know is a bin man and he's told me about how the council get fined etc if they drop stuff off at the recycling centre which shouldn't be in the bins.
In the US they just drive by your bin and a hydraulic arm reaches out to your bin, grabs it, lifts it up and dumps the rubbish in then places it back exactly where it found it. It's quite something
It doesn't always go to plan...
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our lot have a tendency to put more rubbish on the street than in the back of their truck!
Here's my little bin man rantette...
In our area they don't give out wheelie bins - people just leave a bag of rubbish on the pavement and the bin men come along with their own bin, chuck the bag in, and carry on. This then gets tipped into the truck.
It's an area of lonely old people who make about one tiny bag of rubbish a week.
My wasteful, nappy bagging family have our OWN wheelie bin, just like the bin men. But they still won't take that, instead they grab teh bags out of my bin, fill theirs, and then tip THAT bin.
As such, there's a collection of 'stuff' at the bottom of my bin that, frankly, disgusts me, because it never gets tipped....
What would Jesus do?
DrP
As such, there's a collection of 'stuff' at the bottom of my bin that, frankly, disgusts me, because it never gets tipped....
Do you not have a fella who comes around and cleans your bins once a month?
Mine is great, £7 for all 3 wheelie bins and leaves a lovely smelling disinfectant in them afterwards.
Do you not have a fella who comes around and cleans your bins once a month?
No....
Off to google local bin cleaning services.com
DrP
Do you not have a hose and a bottle of bleach?
Do you not have a hose and a bottle of bleach?
I do. You want to borrow them?
DrP
As for doing their job to see how it feels.
Well, no. They get paid around 30k (where I live) to do their job and they should do it properly.
I'm sure it's so much more stressful than being a nurse or a fire fighter.
you can get massive bags for lining wheelie bins - I bet great for bivvying too, if you're of that persuasion (maybe use for bivvying [i]BEFORE [/i]lining the wheelie bin)
[I]Do you not have a fella who comes around and cleans your bins once a month?
Mine is great, £7 for all 3 wheelie bins and leaves a lovely smelling disinfectant in them afterwards.
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See, now, this is something I just don't get. Why does anyone need the inside of their wheelie bin to be clean? It's a bin, it's where dirty things go.
*gives DrP kudos for having a wheelie bin and some bleach*
Reported for online bullying...
DrP
seems a reasonable excuse for posting this again:
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See, now, this is something I just don't get. Why does anyone need the inside of their wheelie bin to be clean? It's a bin, it's where dirty things go
+! it stays outside you only ever put waste in it of course its going to smell
What would Jesus do?DrP
Use washable nappies, recycle more, generate less waste and preach to others whilst saving their souls
and you call yourself a healer.
Use washable nappies
Actually more wasteful, I believe (or I choose to believe, maybe..)
recycle more
We recycle all we can...
generate less waste
Agreed - need to aim for this...
preach to others whilst saving their souls
Every saturday afternoon, just outside the bandstand, on my soapbox..that's me that is...
DrP
Locally, Calderdale council are doing a really good job. They've just increased the range of recycling options and now have some fancy new hybrid-diesel trucks to collect the stuff. The staff seem cheery enough and they work hard.
The other week they failed to turn up on Tuesday, then Weds etc etc. Saturday morning they came round apologising for being delayed due to local road closures, trucks breaking down and so on, and then collected the stuff they were supposed to collect earlier that week. It's hard to find fault in that level of service when most of it was out of their control.
30K for a binman ?no wonder council tax is high
Here in north Sweden the bins are collected once a fortnight. You are charged around 8 quid per collection, and if you need more collected you are charged for the extra. The Idea is of course to encourage recycling. 95% of glass getting recycled, 85% of newspapers, 70% of metal and 65% of plastic.
I wonder what the correlation is of those complaining about fortnightly collections and voting for brexit 🙂
Edric 64 - Member30K for a binman ?no wonder council tax is high
Stressful job apparently
they are so busy and so pushed to finish that they have to run/jog/trot to keep up with the truck so they drop the bins where they finish
You've obviously never watched the bin men in south Devon then. I can assure you those beys is in no hurry 😀