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AIBU - bin lorry nightmare

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Fedupwithteenagers24 · 23/12/2024 08:21

Usually our bins are collected in the afternoon, today they turned up at 7am to collect! We hadn't put them out yet and it was too late to catch them.
Husband is beside himself, had not stopped going in about it. He is considering calling council to complain. It is now being referred to as the great bin disaster of xmas 2024.

I think I may have to ltb - AIBU?

OP posts:
Londonrach1 · 23/12/2024 08:26

Phone the council and say you've had a missed bin collection. You might get lucky

WonderingWanda · 23/12/2024 08:25

Oh dear, poor man. Give him a Baileys and put him in a corner to cool off!

UndeniablyGenX · 23/12/2024 08:25

It is now being referred to as the great bin disaster of xmas 2024.

😃

CyranoDeBergerQuack · 23/12/2024 08:25

Fedupwithteenagers24 · 23/12/2024 08:21

Usually our bins are collected in the afternoon, today they turned up at 7am to collect! We hadn't put them out yet and it was too late to catch them.
Husband is beside himself, had not stopped going in about it. He is considering calling council to complain. It is now being referred to as the great bin disaster of xmas 2024.

I think I may have to ltb - AIBU?

A couple of days ago there was a poster who asked why bin lorries were so "flashy and shouty"...
You DH and she should set up a support group!

BoobyDazzler · 23/12/2024 08:24

We totally forgot to put our bins out last week… woke up at half 6 to the sound of the lorry rattling down the hill 😫

No idea where we’re going to put all our Christmas rubbish 😆

YoNoLoSe · 23/12/2024 08:24

No advice but if it helps, I just missed mine too. Although it did say in the leaflet that they need to be out before 6, but I forgot because it's not the usual day 😭

Sirzy · 23/12/2024 08:24

Complaining will be pointless. They will have a “have your bins out by x time” rule. Ours are nearly always picked up later in the day but they have to be out by 7am.

cant change what has happened! Just do a few tip runs.

PianoPiarno · 23/12/2024 08:23

Let him huff and puff and crack on, I'm sure he'll get over it soon. And if not, as you say, it will become a scintillating story he can tell for Christmases to come!

mnahmnah · 23/12/2024 08:23

Well, they do go rogue on timings sometimes. Especially around Christmas, bank holidays etc when days are out of sync. We are advised to put them out the night before. HOWEVER, ours is usually lunchtime too, so I would never expect them to turn up that early either! Do you have a tip handy to take the rubbish to?

WillowTit · 23/12/2024 08:23

you can email the council that you havent had a collection, a missed bin
afternoon collection sounds odd

LadyDanburysHat · 23/12/2024 08:23

Bins should be out by 7am as that is when collections can start. He needs to get a grip. It is a pain, one of our collections started coming really early after being much later. We sucked up a missed collection. Obviously not ideal before Christmas, but you would not BU to ltb.

nonbinaryfinery · 23/12/2024 08:22

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