We're all encouraged to recycle and in the UK and hopefully, around the world, we have separate bins for household waste. Our local Council specifies that the recycle been should be green and this along with our grey general waste bin is emptied every other Thursday. Now sadly it's got to the stage that homeowners need to watch the binmen through the windows of their homes like hawks just in case the refuses collectors decide for some pathetic reason not to take your waste away which I might add you pay to be done in the Council Tax charge although the actual legislation says they have to remove it for free but we all know nothing is free in this life.
Our Recycle binmen generally arrive at around 7 am and so, as always, I watched out my front room window. A mountain of a man lifted the lid and peered inside, he then produced a yellow ticket and started writing on it.
"They're not going to take the bin!" I exclaimed. "What have you put in it now? I keep telling you about this." said the wife. "NOTHING!" I bellowed and lept outside.
Me: "Why are you not taking my bin?"
1st Binman: "Dunno mate, you'll have to ask him."
Scurrying towards the cab of the dust cart (Refuse if you're American) was Mr Power Mad
Me: "Excuse me, why are you not taking my bin?"
Mr Power: "It's contaminated mate."
Me: "Contaminated?"
Mr Power: "Yeah, its got the wrong waste in it."
Me: "What on earth are you talking about?"
Mr Power: "There's a washing up bowl in it."
Me: "And? It's plastic!"
Mr Power: "We don't take hard plastic."
Staggering backwards slightly
Me: "You don't take hard plastic? Are you serious? It's plastic for Pete's sake!"
Mr Power: "We don't take hard plastic."
Grasping the plastic washing bowl I threw it on my drive however this didn't seem to placate him as he started to peer inside the bin scouring the contents like some determind bloodhound. Realising what his game was I thrust my hand and arm into the contents and started whirling the waste around like an old agitating Twin Tub.
Me: "THERE! Happy?"
Mr Power trundled off with our bin muttering under his breath.
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