City Council Bullies

The Moldy Gowl · 06-02-2015 10:21PM

I love when threads go like this.

Op has axe to grind. Gets shot down.

dmc17 · 06-02-2015 10:22PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Dear Sir/Madam,

I received a letter today in relation to the waste management at the following address:

Address

This letter is in relation to a survey, about the the waste management at the above the address.

I no longer live at this address, and have not for the best part of 2 years. And furthermore when i did live at this address all that time ago, i have no input into the waste management of the household...

I feel that your have wasted tax payers money(of which i'm one) to send a letter to me about this topic...despite me not living at the address.

I'm also not impressed with the treat of legal action. While I am partial to the occasional treat, the treat that is legal action does not appeal to me at this current moment in time. is this all you people at the limerick council have to do all day...Fill your days with treats against people at address' they no longer live at.

I expect an email and a phone(my number) call monday morning to comfirm the resolution of this situation.

I can be contacted between 9am and 9.15am, 2.15pm and 2.45pm Monday. As i'll be busy at work paying taxes and thus your wage.

I am currently sitting at home shaking my fist angrily at your letter. If only you could see me now. You'd surely think I've lost it but I assure you I haven't lost it as I still have the letter in my possession. Suffice to say, I've also gone online and voiced my anger with my fellow internet users. If this most urgent of matters is not resolved between 9am and 9.15am, 2.15pm and 2.45pm Monday, I regret to inform you that I will have no option but to shake my fist some more.

Best Wishes
Sober "Pays Your Wage" Paddy

It's a pretty sweet letter. It just needs the odd extra line here and there to get across your true feelings. Keep working on it!

brownej · 06-02-2015 10:22PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Yeah wasting tax payers money the colour of roof tiles

Haha Irish people deserve what we get.
We complain about how the rules weren't enforced and the country is in a state, planning, mortgages, banks, politicians etc. Then when the rules are enforced it's terrible and "don't they have better things to be doing"
No wonder this country is a joke!

Ranting at the council isn't going to get you anywhere. Be matter of fact in your reply. Highlight what you view as the councils errors and consider the matter closed.

WoollyRedHat · 06-02-2015 10:23PM

jameshayes wrote: »

I think your letter is overfilled with anger, there are more important things in life, bin it and move on..

It's all about that waste, all about that waste, no land fills.

HeidiHeidi · 06-02-2015 10:24PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Received a letter at my mothers today by registered post.

It is about the waste management at the house, a house i no longer live at.

The letter threatens legal action if i don't reply...

Here is the letter
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I was pretty annoyed to receive this letter so I've considered the following response

What ye think?

So, back to the original opening question, OP - do you still think it's a good idea, or will you take note of the fairly unanimous opinions that it's NOT a good approach?

padd b1975 · 06-02-2015 10:48PM

Real whiff of "student radical" off that letter.

Totally clueless as to how the real world operates.

A_Sober_Paddy · 06-02-2015 10:58PM

Rosemary Loud Typhoid wrote: »

What?

Who said you did?

Give me strength!

Time to have a sensible conversation with the dog.

Tobybournewild's post may imply it

end of the road · 06-02-2015 11:35PM

brownej wrote: »

Haha Irish people deserve what we get.
We complain about how the rules weren't enforced and the country is in a state, planning, mortgages, banks, politicians etc. Then when the rules are enforced it's terrible and "don't they have better things to be doing"
No wonder this country is a joke!

Ranting at the council isn't going to get you anywhere. Be matter of fact in your reply. Highlight what you view as the councils errors and consider the matter closed.

it was only some tiles. nothing to be wasting money on

06-02-2015 11:43PM

Does Ireland have a central register of where everyone is resident? I cant remember ever filling out anything while I was a student, all my post went to my house at home and utilities where always in the landlords name

brownej · 07-02-2015 10:38AM

end of the road wrote: »

it was only some tiles. nothing to be wasting money on

I know! Right!
I don't know why Ireland doesn't just dispense with the pretence and have a list of laws and rules and put a little note next to the ones that are just for show and won't be enforced, with a further note next to the ones where if you know the right people you don't need to worry about complying.

mynamejeff · 07-02-2015 02:06PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

But my taxes pay them and your taxes

no your taxes don't pay their wages , just no .... sigh

Manach · 07-02-2015 02:12PM

The state exists for the purposing of supporting the state. To image that the general public has any meaning way of influencing or stemming the power of the largest entity in the country is naive. The laws are crafted by such so as to insure maximum compliance in revenue gathering and in a manner which throws significant hurdles for individuals to understand even a small segment on them. Thus the bully action of the council would have cowed most except it seems the rather courageous OP. Well done.

kneemos · 07-02-2015 02:19PM

Manach wrote: »

The state exists for the purposing of supporting the state. To image that the general public has any meaning way of influencing or stemming the power of the largest entity in the country is naive. The laws are crafted by such so as to insure maximum compliance in revenue gathering and in a manner which throws significant hurdles for individuals to understand even a small segment on them. Thus the bully action of the council would have cowed most except it seems the rather courageous OP. Well done.

He wasn't bullied.He got a reminder.

Venus In Furs · 07-02-2015 02:40PM

"Bullied". :rolleyes:
Reminds me of the Irish Water protesters who are fighting against bullying... by bullying call-centre workers and meter installers.

Just wondering OP:

How do they have your mother's address? Or was it forwarded there? If so, are you still registered at that address?

If you had no input into the waste management, how was it your name they had?

Venus In Furs · 07-02-2015 02:42PM

Manach wrote: »

the rather courageous OP. Well done.

There aren't enough lols.

dmc17 · 07-02-2015 02:57PM

Should have called the thread "City Council Blues" :pac:

Woke up this morning
Letter come through the door
Said, you didn't complete no survey
But I ain't livin' there no more

City Council they sent it
Nothing better to do
I'm paying their wages
I just might be paying yours

Well they said they'd put me
In front of the judge
But I'll stick to my story
I ain't one to budge

So I wrote them this letter
To express my disgust
And without punctuation
I swore and I cursed

Said I need a resolution
To my situation but then
I'm only contactable
Between half nine and ten

So, I'll wake up some morning
To the blues and the twos
And I'll sit in my cell
Singing, City Council Blues

Teyla Emmagan · 07-02-2015 03:10PM

Everyone must be able to prove they are signed up to a waste disposal service. It's in the DCC bye laws as well. And I'm delighted because the purpose is to stop illegal dumping by people who won't pay for their rubbish to be taken away.

What's the problem with just responding to a letter?

ressem · 07-02-2015 03:33PM

I empathise, the similar threats that underlie those 9 page national business surveys from the CSO on 'critical' topics like 'e commerce and ICT usage, social media usage' wind me up.
Having to do multiples of them on behalf of employees that cannot make head nor tail of them; on an arbitrary deadline, alongside normal work; does one's head in.

But you should ensure that you're able to provide the details on behalf of your mother's household, to save her the same rubbish. They aren't going to forget about the house just because they incorrectly assumed the head of household's name.

Venus In Furs · 07-02-2015 06:25PM

ressem wrote: »

I empathise, the similar threats that underlie those 9 page national business surveys from the CSO on 'critical' topics like 'e commerce and ICT usage, social media usage' wind me up.
Having to do multiples of them on behalf of employees that cannot make head nor tail of them; on an arbitrary deadline, alongside normal work; does one's head in.

But you should ensure that you're able to provide the details on behalf of your mother's household, to save her the same rubbish. They aren't going to forget about the house just because they incorrectly assumed the head of household's name.

It's not in relation to waste disposal from his mother's home, it's in relation to an address he used to live at. The letter may have been forwarded to his mother's house.

Why would they address the letter to him if he no longer lives there? If he never de-registered from that address, the Council can hardly be blamed for assuming he still lived there. I have already asked for clarification on this, and currently await it.

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