My bin bother (From York Press)
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My bin bother
10:03am Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Letters
I COMPLAINED to City of York Council on January 20 concerning wheelie bins blocking the pavement after refuse collections, forcing mothers with prams to negotiate roads to pass the bins because of pavement obstructions.
I have received a reply saying the complaint has been passed to the refuse department and another reply from the council’s frontline department after I had enquired as to why no reply after ten days, telling me to be patient they need ten working days to investigate – a month on still no answer.
But then again I only pay rates to them to do a job properly why should they bother what I say or think?
Dr Brian Welsh, Holgate Road, York.
Comments(9)
alfie
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2:05pm Wed 22 Feb 12
Sillybillies
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7:53pm Wed 22 Feb 12
Dr Brian
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1:22am Thu 23 Feb 12
And Sillybillies - why should a mother pushing a pushchair have to stop leave the push chair and move a wheely bin merely because a council official is not doing the job they are paid to do - it is called standards - obviously some of us have higher standards than others
Buzz Light-year
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9:36am Thu 23 Feb 12
But then again I only pay rates to them to do a job properly why should they bother what I say or think?
Another one.
Why indeed should they bother what you say? No reason at all.
You pay council tax because you have to pay council tax. It's not a retail model, you can't demand what "your money" is spent on and until you apply for and land the job of head of the waste department you most certainly can't tell the binmen how to do their their jobs.
Too many self important moaners think that paying tax entitles them to tell everyone else how to go about their day.
bolero
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1:26pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Corran
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1:27pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Push-chair pushers complaining about stuff being in the way, yet they're happy to block aisles at supermarkets or pavements with there super-massive buggies and others have to walk round them. They should think about their own "standards".
Yorkie Girl
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3:26pm Thu 23 Feb 12
bolero wrote:I feel your pain. I live in a terraced street where we can either put bags out the front of our house or wheelie bins down the alley.
There is a set of rules laid down by the Council in regard to times and placing of `wheeled bins` in the street. However, it is apparent that the rules are purely one sided. When it comes to emptying and replacing they can be put anywhere within a twenty metre radius of one's property.I have given up on the boxes idea because they can finish up anywhere, particularly on a windy day. Even the waste department are unable to tell the binmen how to do their job or so it appears.
The bin men used to walk up the 150 meters or so to collect the wheelie bins from outside our back gate but now we need to wheel them to the bottom or they don’t get emptied. I do this happily as it’s no hardship.
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However on recycling days we have to put them out the front and as Bolero mentions, the boxes and lids get scattered all over the place, lids often right outside the door which could be dangerous if you don’t notice it when stepping out!
there is always shed loads of rubbish left over littering the street and now I’ve had 2 of my boxes taken and the council cant replacer them till April!!??
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I would love to get a job as head of waste as the person in charge now clearly is useless!
bolero
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4:42pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Corran says...
12:23pm Wed 22 Feb 12
On the road?
On the grass verges?
On the pavement where they were left originally by the household?
Wherever they're left, someone will complain about it. Maybe they should just get rid of rubbish collection alltogether and make households take them to the tip.