Lazy Binmen
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Back in the days of coal fires and steel dust bins the bin men had to lift the heavy bing shoulder high and tip it into a lorry, no complaints then, just happy to have a job as the benifit system wasn't as easy to get onto as it is today.
Anyway back to the modern age (?) Our bin men are OK they come through our gate for the wheelie bin and replace it afterwards no complaints, we did have big "A" on the bin because we are OAP's but the bin has been replaced and no "A" is on it. The driver has a print out in his cab and the men know who should have the bins taken out and returned. The "A" system was replaced, so I am told, because some old gent who lived in a council bungalow for the elderly complained that robbers would know an elderly person lived there, in a bungalow for the elderly.
Gremlin R.T.
Oh I forgot to mention that my wife always gives the binmen a tenner at Christmas out of her old age pension.
Anyway back to the modern age (?) Our bin men are OK they come through our gate for the wheelie bin and replace it afterwards no complaints, we did have big "A" on the bin because we are OAP's but the bin has been replaced and no "A" is on it. The driver has a print out in his cab and the men know who should have the bins taken out and returned. The "A" system was replaced, so I am told, because some old gent who lived in a council bungalow for the elderly complained that robbers would know an elderly person lived there, in a bungalow for the elderly.
Gremlin R.T.
Oh I forgot to mention that my wife always gives the binmen a tenner at Christmas out of her old age pension.
Good question, and the honest answer is that I can't remember the sites that were stated. It was during a conversation with someone that certainly had their facts right, however.
I'll find out and start a thread as it's a subject that affects us all.