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Original poster

To think the bin men should have knocked on the door and apologised?

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Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:15

We've been having lots of problems with our bin collections... The last two times our black bin has been missed... We have to log it online..
Had to log it twice this time as it missed the first time. Went out this morning withy NDN blackberrying.. Mum was at home.. Came home to find our over the road neighbour coming out looking shocked. Evidently the bin lorry came when neighbours wife was in the garden. The lorry picked up the bin and tipped the rubbish in, not only that the bin went in and got crushed...
I only knew because my neighbour told me... As my Mum said we would have wondered what had happened to it..!
I've rung the council up and ordered a new bin. I did also say that it would have been courteous for them to ring the bell and explain what had happened to Mum... AIBU??

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TheQueef · 23/09/2020 11:16

Are you sure the bin has gone?
It can't fall in it hooks on the lift.

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Original poster
Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:18

Neighbours wife was in the garden and saw the bin go in and he crushed!

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Original poster
Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:19

@damnthatanxiety was explaining why I wasn't at home...!

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TheQueef · 23/09/2020 11:19

Bonkers Confused the bin person would have to manually throw it in!
Was it a wheelie bin too?

FiveShelties · 23/09/2020 11:19

Do you have to pay for a new bin?

FourPlasticRings · 23/09/2020 11:20

I spent a good minute trying to figure out what 'blackberrying' was a euphemism for.

Picking blackberries, surely? I think they probably didn't bother trying to apologise because people tend to be out when the binmen are about but they ought to have left a note.

GreenLeafTurnip · 23/09/2020 11:20

Why was the neighbour shocked? I was expecting someone to have been hit by the bin lorry or something!

RubyAberdeen · 23/09/2020 11:21

Has over the road neighbour nicked your bin?

JamieLeeCurtains · 23/09/2020 11:22

It's not possible for wheelie bins to be hooked onto a lorry and to fall in and be crushed, surely? I love watching ours get emptied Grin I've made quite a study of it.

Plus I don't think binmen are supposed to be knocking on doors.

Hobnobsandbroomstick · 23/09/2020 11:22

Way too much irrelevant detail. It's pretty impossible for the bin to have gone in and been crushed, bet your neighbour has nicked it.

Original poster
Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:22

Neighbours are definitely not the type to nick our bin... Hope we don't have to pay for a new bin... Mum's car is on the drive so they could have guessed someone was at home!

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Hwory · 23/09/2020 11:23

At my council when that happens (and yes PP's it can happen) the bin workers will report it and order you a new bin so you don't have to pay for one.

JamieLeeCurtains · 23/09/2020 11:23

Yeah, your 'shocked' over the road neighbour is covering up a bin theft.

lughnasadh · 23/09/2020 11:24

You and your neighbours are easily shocked.

Order a new bin. No drama. Job done.

fellrunner85 · 23/09/2020 11:24

Anyone else feel really sorry for refuse collectors?
Working throughout the pandemic for low wages, in a not-exactly-Covid-safe environment. Loads of complaints to deal with, from people expecting a usual service in decidedly unusual times.

Yeah, they should probably have knocked on, to explain. But I understand why they didn't.

treetopss · 23/09/2020 11:24

They can fall in. Friend caught it happen on a cctv camera. Bin men just drove off too. Council will have to replace free of charge.

Original poster
Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:24

Well the bin is nowhere in site... Man I spoke to didn't seem surprised when I said it had been crushed...

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Hobnobsandbroomstick · 23/09/2020 11:24

Hope we don't have to pay for a new bin

Didn't you ask when you rang up the council to order the new one?

PiggyPlumPie · 23/09/2020 11:25

This happened to my mum! She watched open-mouthed from the bedroom window. I seem to remember the bin men were pretty shocked too and scuttled away embarrassed.

JamieLeeCurtains · 23/09/2020 11:25

@Hwory

At my council when that happens (and yes PP's it can happen) the bin workers will report it and order you a new bin so you don't have to pay for one.
How does it happen? Describe the physics of it, with a diagram. (6 marks)
TheQueef · 23/09/2020 11:26

@JamieLeeCurtains

It's not possible for wheelie bins to be hooked onto a lorry and to fall in and be crushed, surely? I love watching ours get emptied Grin I've made quite a study of it.

Plus I don't think binmen are supposed to be knocking on doors.

Sorry to BOAST. I've had a go of our bin lorry (more a demonstration but for bragging purpose) AND one of our bin men dresses like Elvis (Not his hiviz obs but always a duck quiff and smartly turned out)

Oh yeah I live on the edge.

Original poster
Elderflower14 · 23/09/2020 11:26

I didn't ask... I'll private message them and ask on Twitter...

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AriettyHomily · 23/09/2020 11:28

Our bin men empty our bins into a huge bin that hooks on the back of the lorry and gets emptied on hydraulic.

They can't just toss a bin in the back.

Yecartmannew · 23/09/2020 11:28

My DH is a bin man.

Yes it happens now and then, and no they don't have time to stop and knock but they should automatically log it and you will be sent a new one.