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alferret · 23-12-2009, 17:39

[RANT]

Ever wondered how you will find out something if your not told?
Our local council decided to move the bin collection day forward by one day (I can see the sense in that this Christmas week) but instead of the usual big sticker on the bin telling us that they have changed the day, they put a little footnote on the quarterly newsletter that there has been a change and when I phone up and ask "Why wasnt my bin emptied" they told me that there was an item in their newsletter stating the change in collection days.
So they expect me to read unsolicited crap that comes through my letterbox to find this out! (I wonder how long it will be before we are made to read all council correspondense that is delivered and provide detailed proof that we have read said items and if we dont we'll get a civil enforcement officer knock on the door issuing us with a fixed penalty of £80 for not reading the rubbish that I didnt ask to be pushed through my letterbox)
In actual fact it's more like a cost cutting exercise, as a by line in their gumph & crappy newsletter cost's a lot less than the stickers on the bin. (But obviously they wont admit that will they?)
I was told that the sticker (<notice what they are called) tend to fly away in the wind as they do not stick (but councils still put stickers on your bin if you put the wrong type of recyclable items in the recycle bin) or that when it rains it becomes unreadable due to the ink running.
A, They should wait for them to dry before putting them out in the rain

B, Dont they print the stickers on a "waterproof" plasticy coated paper which is impervious to even the harshest of British winters.
Bloody cheek of them I say.
So upon returning home I have a full bin and a 2 week wait till the next collection and still no idea how this new fangled thing called telepathy works. (Anybody with an inklin as to how this works pls contact me)
I have had to make a trip to the tip with the contents of my wheelie bin decanted into MANY fag paper thin “Heavy duty” (contradictory description I know) refuse sack’s so that I can have room in my bin to put my “NEW” household waste in.
GRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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23-12-2009, 17:39	#1
alferret Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mansfield Age: 59 Services: There is no destination to life, the journey is everything! Posts: 5,532	Telepathy will never catch on. [RANT] Ever wondered how you will find out something if your not told? Our local council decided to move the bin collection day forward by one day (I can see the sense in that this Christmas week) but instead of the usual big sticker on the bin telling us that they have changed the day, they put a little footnote on the quarterly newsletter that there has been a change and when I phone up and ask "Why wasnt my bin emptied" they told me that there was an item in their newsletter stating the change in collection days. So they expect me to read unsolicited crap that comes through my letterbox to find this out! (I wonder how long it will be before we are made to read all council correspondense that is delivered and provide detailed proof that we have read said items and if we dont we'll get a civil enforcement officer knock on the door issuing us with a fixed penalty of £80 for not reading the rubbish that I didnt ask to be pushed through my letterbox) In actual fact it's more like a cost cutting exercise, as a by line in their gumph & crappy newsletter cost's a lot less than the stickers on the bin. (But obviously they wont admit that will they?) I was told that the sticker (<notice what they are called) tend to fly away in the wind as they do not stick (but councils still put stickers on your bin if you put the wrong type of recyclable items in the recycle bin) or that when it rains it becomes unreadable due to the ink running. A, They should wait for them to dry before putting them out in the rain B, Dont they print the stickers on a "waterproof" plasticy coated paper which is impervious to even the harshest of British winters. Bloody cheek of them I say. So upon returning home I have a full bin and a 2 week wait till the next collection and still no idea how this new fangled thing called telepathy works. (Anybody with an inklin as to how this works pls contact me) I have had to make a trip to the tip with the contents of my wheelie bin decanted into MANY fag paper thin “Heavy duty” (contradictory description I know) refuse sack’s so that I can have room in my bin to put my “NEW” household waste in. GRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [/RANT]