Bin collectors shouting c*nt and sh*t at 6:30am

[Carrotcakefiend]

We're on a street of terrace houses of mainly young families and over 65s. Our bin collection happens 6-7am on a Wednesday morning. The bin collectors do a good job and I have no problems with them talking loudly cos bin collection is never quiet anyway! But recently there's a new man, and he swears and swears at the top of his voice. This morning, he wife is a cnt apparently, and some other things are sht. It also sounded like he had a full on argument with one of the other collectors.

Aibu to ask them to stop yelling, or to mention it to the council?

I feel bad reporting someone doing a tough job, especially during the lockdown, but at the same time I feel it's really not ok to be speaking the way he does, yelling and shouting down the street. What would you do? Please help!

Thank goodness I don’t have to work in that team. Can’t believe you are proud of it.

I occasionally work with people who swear like dockers. They don’t do it outwith our group and i wouldn’t hear a word said against them. They are kind, considerate, thoughtful and helpful. They work so hard and go the extra mile. They do try not to swear in my company but sometimes it comes out. I care not. I am super proud of them.

The quiet spoken never sweary super religious but anti -everyone and everything person made my life an absolute misery at work and out of it.

When I lost my hair thanks to that horror, the ‘troopers’ went and bought me a hat and a wig. A fancy dress type wig but they thought it would make me smile. And it so did.
When I had to go away for a week, they made sure my parents had everything they needed.

I know the company I’d rather keep.

Wirh all due respect, what has your pleasant wig story got to do with a loud binman, shouting about his wife being a cunt?
I would not want to keep company with a man that is so disrespectful to his wife in such a way.

So no respect then. I’m not the first to digress slightly from a thread and I won’t be the last.

Just saying that because someone uses foul language (and I include myself in that) doesn’t make them a bad person.

He should absolutely not be calling his wife a cunt - in the street or otherwise. But sometimes people do swear. Would it be a complaint if he’d sworn if something sharp had pierced him or something heavy fell on his foot? The op seemed to have more of a problem with the shouting and yelling and using foul language in her first post. There wasn’t much Upset about him calling his wife a cunt.

As I said above - I would ask him to tone it down. I wouldn’t complain for one incident. He could just be having a hell of a day. Plenty on here call their other half using choice words. Maybe he isn’t on mumsnet And hasn’t an outlet?

But if I had to listen to a barrage of language from good people rather than look or work at that snide stalking git, I have no doubt which I’d choose.

And a ‘pleasant wig story’?

Not a story. Real.

When you have massive bald patches (more than half my head) and skin like a flaky lizard because of stress it was a little bit of sunshine.

But fine.

But you don't know he is a good person? You are basing him being a good person on being a bin man and taking about his wife in a derogatory way. I don't know if he is a good person or not not does op, but no one should have to listen to that on a public street.
I didn't mean to sound dismissive of your wig, I apologise if I came across that way, just that I think the two things are apples and oranges.

I didn’t say that he was a good person based on him being a bin man and calling his wife a cunt though.

I said our bin men were gentlemen and he should not be calling his wife a cunt.

He is certainly not a peach in my eyes because of what he said about his wife.

What I am saying is that some good people swear. I didn’t say he was one of them.

I use bad language myself but not at work in a customer facing role, with my friends I can swear like a sailor. It is not appropriate and I would expect to be reprimanded at work, we shall have to agree to disagree

I would want the litter taken away and if I had to tolerate someone shouting and swearing early in the morning to achieve this, I'd suck it up

The litter would still get taken away. 🙄 No need to suck it up.

No matter what job you do, binman, construction worker, politician, teacher - it's unprofessional to be swearing: you're being paid and are representing your employer.
Report to the council.

Binmen aren't doing us a favour by collecting the rubbish - it is their job. I swear, but only in company that I also know swear and won't be offended. The one word I never use though is c**t and wouldn't put up with hearing it from anybody who is at that moment at work.

Compared wiht the amount of swearing on this forum our bin men are absolute saints:)