Dustbinmen, you all suck

We have 3 bins. Green for recycling paper, Grey for cardboard/plastics and Black for normal rubbish.

Most people just throw it in whichever bin. I doubt they're bothered.
 
Gilly said:
We have a grey bin for stuff, a green bin for all recycle stuff and a brown box for glass.

Works really well.
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That's what they told us we would be getting. Yet we only got the big plastic wheelie-bin and then loads of grief from the Council because we weren't recycling. Not a week goes by where we don't get some irate letter through the mail-box complaining that we're not leaving our recycling boxes out for collection, even though the Council hasn't even given them to us. :rolleyes:
 
Tefal said:
Find out hen your council is having a meeting, get some mates and walk in dump all the bags on their big table and tell them its their problem now.
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Haha now that would be fun. Unfortunatley i don't think i would put on their table. A swift throw towards their heads may suffice though.
 
Not emptying the bin KNiVES posted is utterly ridiculous imo, if he had sacks everywhere and all over the floor then fair enough but thats a couple of inches extra and no where near a health hazard.
 
If our bins are overflowing, they don't take them. There is one guy who gives the binmen cups of coffee every time they come, his overflowing bin gets emptied..
 
Bigstan said:
Binmen are surely allowed some dignity. I'm damn sure I wouldn't expect another human being to sift through the rubbish I create because I can't be bothered to do it myself. How much effort is it anyway? If I have a tin can or a plastic bottle, I give it a quick rinse and bung it in the plastic box - takes about 10 seconds longer than chucking it in the bin - oh noes, I missed 10 seconds of Coronation Street.
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Your'e under the mistaken assumption that a good number of posters on here give a flying toss about anyone but themselves :(
 
Gilly said:
Isn't that what everyone does these days? We've been doing that for years.
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Nope, we've still got metal dustbins and the binmen come and get the rubbish out of them. Actually to be fair our binmen are quite good :)
 
They got our bin stuck in the lorry last week, i watched them ,laughing, for half an hour while they tried to unstick it. Was quite funny actually :)
 
KNiVES said:
So that makes it alright for them to refuse the bin I posted earlier? I don't quite think so. Oh I'm lazy I didn't push the lid down. Actually it should be - oh the binmen are lazy they can't be bothered to just take the bin to the truck and sling it over anyway. You and I both know that tiny amount of overflow actually makes no difference. This is a farcial situation no matter which way you look at it.

Don't call me lazy, I have my own flat, I work, I pay my bills, I go through a lot of waste because I'm a busy man - and I really don't need to put up with this lax attitude by binman who simply put, can't be bothered. I now have to make amends for the next two weeks, and a few trips to the tip.
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I agree that it does seem slightly OTT to refuse to tip the bin in question. That wasn't the point I was trying to make however.
You call the binmen lazy for not tipping a bin which is open and technically overflowing. They probably have instructions not to move bins in that condition, meaning they have an excuse for not moving it (a bit jobsworth of them not to mind you, but an excuse nonetheless). What's your excuse for not closing the lid properly? Were you so busy that you couldn't spare 5 seconds to push the rubbish down a bit so that the lid would close? I think not. Let's be honest, you didn't do it because you couldn't be bothered, could you?

Looks like your "lax attitude" means you'll have to head to the tip a couple of times. I bet you won't leave the lid open again, will you? ;)
 
Does anyone have any sort of a relationship with their binmen? I keep hearing all this business about needing a degree to be a binman these days so they should be quite intellectual...
 
Can't see the binmen's problem with that 'overflowing' bin. I've had mine where I could barely get the lid to stay on top of the rubbish, but it seems round here that as long as it stays in the bin, they'll take it.

Just out of interest, how many ppl complaining voted in their council elections?
 
Viper² said:
needing a degree to be a binman these days so they should be quite intellectual...
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Thats definately not true, my parents binmen are now a couple of the ***** kids i went to school with who used to smoke dope in the woods all day.
 
KNiVES said:
Don't call me lazy, I have my own flat, I work, I pay my bills, I go through a lot of waste because I'm a busy man - and I really don't need to put up with this lax attitude by binman who simply put, can't be bothered. I now have to make amends for the next two weeks, and a few trips to the tip.
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But it's ok for you to blanket insult everyone who is a binman?:/

Youv'e had sloppy service so you're perfectly within your rights to complain, will you, or just rant on here?
 
Dustmen seem pretty sweet around here. Overflowing bins, split bags, they'll sort it all out. You get jobs worth in all walks of life, abusing all bin men is a little unfair.
 
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