The Bin men

[Mups]

There was a bit on the telly yesterday about  the Bin men dumping our dustbins all over the place after they have emptied them and the lorry moves on.

They were showing a blind man with his guide dog trying to anticipate where the bins were and manouvre
round them.  It was very difficult for both the man, and his dog as bins were blocking the pavements all along his road.

Also sometimes people on mobility scooters find it difficult to get round them,  especially on narrower pavements, and cars parked half on the pavements too.

Personally it sometimes gets on my wick too,  especially when they leave my bins several houses away.
I don't see why it would take them any longer to just leave it where they found it.  They shouldn't be allowed to block pathways and pavements.

What's it like on bin day where you live?

[klondike]

Often fairly close sometimes a couple of doors away. It's because the lorry moves down the road. They don't always get put on or taken off right outside your gate.

Always very untidy returns. They just get a shove in from the edge of the path.

[muddy]

I have seen this when I visit my son but we are lucky our bin men ( which include bin ladies ) are very  careful and tidy .
My dog loves them he knows the sound of the bin lorry and goes out to greet them .
They always carry treats for him .

[Michael Rolls]

Bless!

[Ashy]

The council informs us that the bins have to be presented on our property. They collect two bins on the same day and I've only got a gate so the bins get in each other's way. When they empty them the men leave the bins on the pavement... but we aren't allowed to. I suggested they collect different bins on different days and they told me that's the day and to suck it up.

I'm thinking of charging them for storage since there are so many bins. I think £250 per bin per year would be reasonable especially seeing as they charge me to park the car in the street.

[Scrumpy]

My bin men are great .. I put the bins just inside my entrance .. no gates..
They put them back on to my property..  They are always friendly...

[klondike]

It used to be traditional to give the postman, milkman, and binman a Christmas tip. Possibly even the coalman. Maybe some still do. I virtually never see any of those and the various courier blokes or women are rarely the same twice. The world has changed. Lot less horse poop in the road these days for starters. My grandad always collected it for his roses.

[Scrumpy]

Throughout covid I left gifts on top of the bins for the men..

[Mups]

Throughout covid I left gifts on top of the bins for the men..

The school kids would probably nick 'em  here.  

[muddy]

It used to be traditional to give the postman, milkman, and binman a Christmas tip. Possibly even the coalman. Maybe some still do. I virtually never see any of those and the various courier blokes or women are rarely the same twice. The world has changed. Lot less horse poop in the road these days for starters. My grandad always collected it for his roses.

I tip them at Christmas 

[Mups]

I tip them at Christmas

I always used to, Muddy,  but they were the same regular faces every week then.
There seems to be different people all the time now.
Anyway,  if they brought my flippin' bin back I might think about a tip!