Dustmen/women...earliest legal start time

Dustmen seem to be like Santa Claus, everywhere at once in the early morning, although taking away rather than delivering. Anyone got an afternoon collection? Usually about 7am here.
 
It derives from the 'night soil' cart driving around in the small wee hours of the morning.

Historical precedent. :p
 
ColdAsIce said:
Yes everyone in the UK works 9-5 and we all have Sunday off as a day of rest you know (sarcasm)
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I think you missed my other post, dear.

Scam said:
You mean so they can go to the pub in summer? It's just annoying. Heck, I used to do nightshifts so I'm well aware that a huge proportion of people don't do a 9-5. But the fact remains that builders/binmen etc. are working in and around people's houses and the fact remains they disturb people. Like I say, especially on a Saturday.
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Anyway, the OP has a fair point which I'm supporting. Isn't it against the law to work heavy machinery or make excessive noise before 7am and after 11pm? :confused:
 
haha this made me laugh.

My choice yes but I have 3 children who take turns getting up each night for any number of reasons thankfully this is happening less as they get older. 2 dogs that bark at anything that comes remotely close to the house and the last random is the fox that sounds like its being attacked just screaming down the road 3 times a week :D I live in a quite area so normally I don't mind. But I've gotten very used to broken sleep.

I knew a girl at work who would honestly call in sick if she wasn't asleep by 11:30 and if she had a bad night sleep she would use that as the reason for being off. Ahh the days of helpdesks many years ago she wasn't in the job for very long.

Glass collection day is the worst we have compared to the noise the bin men make which is very low to be honest.

Hard job so if they wake me once every other week I honest don't care but #firstworldproblems #lettertomymp etc.
 
Kingdom34 said:
Sorry i dont experience rush hour traffic down side streets mate....i very much doubt 1 dustcart is going to create such heavy traffic in the place i live. Sorry to burst your bubble of sarcasm

As i said whats your number il be sure to wake you up at 5am...hell make me a cuppa mate...theres a good girl
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They are not ringing you at 5am to just **** you off though are they? and neither are they picking your **** up to **** you off at 5am, they are doing their job, there is a huge difference.

If it is illegal, ring the council, if you are peeved, ring the council.

You will have a worried and troublesome life if being woken at 5am once a week at min turns you into this :)

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Cern said:
Dustmen seem to be like Santa Claus, everywhere at once in the early morning, although taking away rather than delivering. Anyone got an afternoon collection? Usually about 7am here.
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It has been this way all my life where i have lived, i think all dustmen across the UK pretty much start as early as possible, they always have, especially Friday.

Not a problem.
 
I suggest one or more of the following:

- Better windows - thick air gap double/triple glazing
- Studio style sound insulate your bedroom (air gap false walls/ceiling/floor with acoustic materials etc)
- Ear plugs
- Sleeping pills
- Mental conditioning whereby you train yourself to fall asleep to the sound of bin lorries then when they do actually come early, you'll be fine.
- Move house
- Set your alarm to get up at that same time every day (go to sleep earlier if need be) so that when they do come you aren't 'inconvenienced'
- Take everyone's bins and move them to a different street in the middle of the night so when the lorries come early they won't stop because there are no bins
- Campaign to get everyone on your street to stop producing rubbish that requires bin lorries
- Contact your council to stop bin lorries coming down your street
- Stop whining.
 
JOSH86 said:
Emergency binmen?
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Worse than that... but we still have a job to do and you can bet your last penny that if we didn't do it, the likes of the OP would be screaming down the phone to us, their MP, their solicitor and anyone who would listen...!!

Kingdom34 said:
Sorry i dont experience rush hour traffic down side streets mate....i very much doubt 1 dustcart is going to create such heavy traffic in the place i live.
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How nice for you.
Others of us have been stuck in our own driveways for 45 minutes from the traffic tailbacks that such things can cause... and at least one of us has brought three-quarters of the M25 to a complete standstill just because we did some itty bitty roadworks down a tiny little side-side-side-street in London.
Unless it's a cul-de-sac, sidestreets are often essential rat-runs during commuter traffic!
 
Lol at this thread.

I love how OP solution to binmen making noise every fortnight is to quote legislation to the council. Why not use earplugs or shut the windows on that night?

Those guys have a lot of houses to go through and someone has to get the early slot. What a snooty thread :p

These are the sort of issues a young, stressed, new mother complains about or a retired grumpy man who has no one to moan to. Dont deny it OP, you lied about having a job!
 
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Avenged7Fold said:
Lol at this thread.

I love how OP solution to binmen making noise every fortnight is to quote legislation to the council. Why not use earplugs or shut the windows on that night?

Those guys have a lot of houses to go through and someone has to get the early slot. What a snooty thread :p

These are the sort of issues a young, stressed, new mother complains about or a retired grumpy man who has no one to moan to. Dont deny it OP, you lied about having a job!
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Great post

Is op a bum? dah dah dahhhh :)

This, GD must know.
 
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RobTheMonk said:
They used to come at around 6:00am where I am. It wouldn't of been so bad apart from the fact that the dustcart sounded like a climaxing transformer.
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That is the nub of it.

It isnt the bin men, its the bloody lorry!

Surely in this day and age it should be possible to construct a Bin lorry whose operation doesn't sound like a Steam Calliope being slowly and excruciatingly tortured to death!
 
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