Early Morning Refuse Collection

AllForIt · 09-06-2017 07:34AM #1

These garbage collectors are really getting on my wick.

They rock up with their noisy vehicles anywhere between 5am to 7am waking ppl up in the process, disrupting the sleep of the locals.

In the small town I live in I can't see any reason that they can't carry out their activities in the evening when there is hardly any traffic that would be held up while they carry out their duties, while they block the road for a few minutes.

What do I do? Talk to a politician or what. It's really pissing me off now. Ridiculous when one considers that most ppl pay for the privilege of having their garbage disposed of. Paying for this noise guys. Wept.

corner of hells · 09-06-2017 07:38AM

Someone's forgotten to put their bins out again.

Barry Badrinath · 09-06-2017 07:52AM

You suck it up like everyone else.

the_sonandmoon · 09-06-2017 07:53AM

I'm with you. I live in a small house on a small, narrow cul-de-sac, with no front garden, so my window is right on the street. The bin trucks have to reverse down the street because they have nowhere to turn at the end. There are 3 different bin companies in operation in the city, and all 3 service different houses on the street, so between 6-7am 3 different trucks come down, with the reversing beepers on, make a huge clatter rolling the bins around the street, mechanically lifting the bins, big loud engine as the truck inches along, only for the next ones to do it in a few minutes time. Why can't they wait until after 9am to start? There'd be way more room for them as most cars would be gone fur the day.

Allinall · 09-06-2017 07:54AM

Double glazing.

Alf Veedersane · 09-06-2017 07:56AM

I'm sure if you ask the waste companies to have their staff twiddle their thumbs until 9am, they would oblige.

In Dublin they can collect after the time specified in the by laws

Alf Veedersane · 09-06-2017 07:58AM

the_sonandmoon wrote: »

I'm with you. I live in a small house on a small, narrow cul-de-sac, with no front garden, so my window is right on the street. The bin trucks have to reverse down the street because they have nowhere to turn at the end. There are 3 different bin companies in operation in the city, and all 3 service different houses on the street, so between 6-7am 3 different trucks come down, with the reversing beepers on, make a huge clatter rolling the bins around the street, mechanically lifting the bins, big loud engine as the truck inches along, only for the next ones to do it in a few minutes time. Why can't they wait until after 9am to start? There'd be way more room for them as most cars would be gone fur the day.

Get everyone in the street to use the one company. The only one truck comes down

Peregrine · 09-06-2017 08:00AM

Run for Sanitation Commissioner.

kub · 09-06-2017 08:01AM

Surely at that hour of the morning they are distributing the peace, I wonder would a query to the Gardai help?

lazybones32 · 09-06-2017 08:02AM

Go back to sleep after being woken. Most people do.

Erik Shin · 09-06-2017 08:06AM

kub wrote: »

Surely at that hour of the morning they are distributing the peace, I wonder would a query to the Gardai help?

They're collecting rubbish, not distributing it

corner of hells · 09-06-2017 08:07AM

OSI wrote: »

the_sonandmoon wrote: »

I'm with you. I live in a small house on a small, narrow cul-de-sac, with no front garden, so my window is right on the street. The bin trucks have to reverse down the street because they have nowhere to turn at the end. There are 3 different bin companies in operation in the city, and all 3 service different houses on the street, so between 6-7am 3 different trucks come down, with the reversing beepers on, make a huge clatter rolling the bins around the street, mechanically lifting the bins, big loud engine as the truck inches along, only for the next ones to do it in a few minutes time. Why can't they wait until after 9am to start? There'd be way more room for them as most cars would be gone fur the day.

Would ye not all just put your bins at the top of the road?

Oh just look at you with your fancy ideas.

Allinall · 09-06-2017 08:07AM

kub wrote: »

Surely at that hour of the morning they are distributing the peace, I wonder would a query to the Gardai help?

And people wonder why you can't get the gardai when you need them.

bonzodog2 · 09-06-2017 08:09AM

When I lived in Galway I was deprived of a sleep-in on 3 days a week by competing bin companies collecting on different days

Neon_Lights · 09-06-2017 08:13AM

OP there's a freight train track directly beside my house with trains running through the night.

Add to this garbage collection and my estate being used as a car park for ignorant office workers arriving from 6am and I still manage to sleep like a log.

I think there's no hope for people like you.

corner of hells · 09-06-2017 08:14AM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

When I lived in Galway I was deprived of a sleep-in on 3 days a week by competing bin companies collecting on different days

How much sleep did you lose?

boardsuser1 · 09-06-2017 08:15AM

I work in this industry for a well known national company.

I start at 4.30am and finish between 4.30/5pm every day.

Complaints will always happen, it's part of the job.

But your suggestion OP, that we carry on into the evening is absurd !

Do you think that just because we are bin men/ rubbish collectors that we have no lives?

I have 4 kids and wouldn't dream of working on just to please individuals like yourself.

Now, if you personally want to pay my wages to do as you request, I'm sure we can work something out in that case. :pac:

corner of hells · 09-06-2017 08:30AM

KC161 wrote: »

I work in this industry for a well known national company.

I start at 4.30am and finish between 4.30/5pm every day.

Complaints will always happen, it's part of the job.

But your suggestion OP, that we carry on into the evening is absurd !

Do you think that just because we are bin men/ rubbish collectors that we have no lives?

I have 4 kids and wouldn't dream of working on just to please individuals like yourself.

Now, if you personally want to pay my wages to do as you request, I'm sure we can work something out in that case. :pac:

No way , do you get to drive the truck ?
Does it go beep , beep ,beep ,beep , beep ?
Can you hang off the back of it and bring it home at night ?

Beep , beep , beep , Beeeeeeeeep.

The Backwards Man · 09-06-2017 08:51AM

If people got up in the morning they wouldn't have this problem. It's far from burning daylight I was reared.

Are Am Eye · 09-06-2017 09:04AM

Your argument is littered with inaccuracies.

oxygen · 09-06-2017 09:05AM

If Im still upstairs getting ready when I hear the bin truck, I lose the competition in my head. If Im downstairs and ready to go, I win.

OP, what about getting earplugs?

Lollipops23 · 09-06-2017 09:06AM

One of the companies in my area does their collection at 8am on a Saturday. A SATURDAY. Always get woken by them and often don't get back to sleep.

boardsuser1 · 09-06-2017 09:16AM

corner of hells wrote: »

No way , do you get to drive the truck ?
Does it go beep , beep ,beep ,beep , beep ?
Can you hang off the back of it and bring it home at night ?

Beep , beep , beep , Beeeeeeeeep.

The answer to all of the above is yes!

One thing though, in relation to the beeping, and i can only speak for my own company, there is a switch on the dash of the truck that allows me to turn off the beeping, which in the early hours i do.

But even this isn't good enough to some people.

boardsuser1 · 09-06-2017 09:18AM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

One of the companies in my area does their collection at 8am on a Saturday. A SATURDAY. Always get woken by them and often don't get back to sleep.

You're lucky, it's 6am here!

Before i went into the industry though i would have been the same, woken up early and unable to get back to sleep, but Saturday's didn't bother me too much.

A Sunday is totally different altogether.

biko · 09-06-2017 09:41AM

If you don't sleep in OP you won't be woken up.
Get out there and milk those goats!

Galwayguy35 · 09-06-2017 09:42AM

KC161 wrote: »

I work in this industry for a well known national company.

I start at 4.30am and finish between 4.30/5pm every day.

Complaints will always happen, it's part of the job.

But your suggestion OP, that we carry on into the evening is absurd !

Do you think that just because we are bin men/ rubbish collectors that we have no lives?

I have 4 kids and wouldn't dream of working on just to please individuals like yourself.

Now, if you personally want to pay my wages to do as you request, I'm sure we can work something out in that case. :pac:

I do usually be up early and see the binmen at work, the guy on the back emptying the bins must be freezing in winter.

Obviously I don't know what you are on but I'd hope employers would pay a reasonable salary for that kind of work.

boardsuser1 · 09-06-2017 09:43AM

biko wrote: »

If you don't sleep in OP you won't be woken up.
Get out there and milk those goats!

:pac::pac::pac:

boardsuser1 · 09-06-2017 09:46AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I do usually be up early and see the binmen at work, the guy on the back emptying the bins must be freezing in winter.

Obviously I don't know what you are on but I'd hope employers would pay a reasonable salary for that kind of work.

Yeah i've only been on the back one day as they were badly stuck. not nice i admit!

I'm on over 30k a year, on a 4 day week.

I'd do the odd 5th day here and there.

Only for the money, i wouldn't have taken the job, stayed in the job.

It must be the easiest, best paying job i have had.

And in case people wonder, no the smell of rubbish doesn't go home with you, it's all a myth.

Galwayguy35 · 09-06-2017 09:50AM

KC161 wrote: »

Yeah i've only been on the back one day as they were badly stuck. not nice i admit!

I'm on over 30k a year, on a 4 day week.

I'd do the odd 5th day here and there.

Only for the money, i wouldn't have taken the job, stayed in the job.

It must be the easiest, best paying job i have had.

And in case people wonder, no the smell of rubbish doesn't go home with you, it's all a myth.

Thanks for the info, I often thought of applying for a job with one of the companies here in Galway, work in a coldstore at the moment so I'm used to the cold and that's a lot better money than what I'm on.

Alf Veedersane · 09-06-2017 09:50AM

KC161 wrote: »

Yeah i've only been on the back one day as they were badly stuck. not nice i admit!

I'm on over 30k a year, on a 4 day week.

I'd do the odd 5th day here and there.

Only for the money, i wouldn't have taken the job, stayed in the job.

It must be the easiest, best paying job i have had.

And in case people wonder, no the smell of rubbish doesn't go home with you, it's all a myth.

Do you still get Christmas gifts from customers?

I remember being on a truck maybe 10 years ago as part of an EPA project and one house had left out a bag of fresh scones at the gate with an envelope in it cos it was about 2 weeks to Christmas!

seamus · 09-06-2017 09:52AM

4 day week, early finishes, no real stress to bring home with you. That's pretty peachy for 30k!

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