27 December (Part 1) - Bad Santa
Bexley
has a rubbish rubbish collection service, strike riven and poorly managed by the
contractor and Bexley Council which work in unison to ensure nothing works properly for very long.
The latest excuse for more than a week of disruption was
icy footpaths. Good
enough, safe enough, for the unimportant people who pay the bills but not safe
enough for refuse collectors to venture out.
As a result I left my bins out last Saturday, eight days after the due collection
date, when I departed for Christmas elsewhere. Upon my return in the early hours
of this morning I discovered that Santa had visited and deposited unwanted gifts in the green bin.
I am done with beating around the bush on this subject, the constant abuse
of the nearby bins is not helped by SloppyStyle’s preference for leaving bins
unlocked and facing the wrong way but the problem would not be there if it was
not for cultural diversity. Someone has spent Christmas replacing a floor,
chucking out the old coverings and miscellaneous furniture and filling the paper bin with plastic.
The plastics bin is now completely inaccessible so things can only get worse.
Any bets on how long SloppyStyle will clear the mess or better still, repair the broken and missing bin locks?
Currently I am not inclined to empty my bin (†), I will just dump my black sack on
top of Santa’s paper and if it gets labelled ‘Contaminated’ there is an obvious
place not far away where dumping is encouraged. Thames Road, Foot’s Cray and Coptefield Drive.
† It is not really my bin, it is the property of Bexley Council, it says so on the bin.