Who Had The Bright Idea...

[ditzyscrap]

Alright, so our town switched to a new garbage system this week. Yippee. Anyhow, the new system is "automated" so it picks up our bin and dumps it then sets it back down, but the bins are SMALL and they only pick up every 2 weeks in the winter - so they said if we needed a bigger bin, we could ask for one and for the next month they'll pick up "overflow" if we place it next to the cans. OK, great. I called for the bigger bin, it'll be 8 weeks until we can get one. Grr.

Then today is our first pickup day, so DH takes the bin, puts it EXACTLY where they said to put it, etc. Puts one bag of garbage next to the bin like they asked (the lid has to be closed on the bin in order for them to pick it up).

The truck comes around, dumps our bin, puts it back down and drives away...then our bin FALLS OVER. Oiy. Whatever, not really a big deal, they're not THAT heavy, lol. And they drove away without picking up the "overflow".

Without really thinking, I let the neighbor's dog out...he stays outside all day usually, but because she leaves at 6 am, she asks me to let him out in the mornings. A few hours later, I see that the garbage guy STILL hasn't come back for the extra bag, and OH...our garbage is strewn all over the place (and the bin is still on it's side, lol...I never picked it up yet). I went out and picked it all up, figured at this point the garbage guy wasn't coming back, and put the bag into the bin for next time. Whatever.

Yeah, guess who JUST came by to pick up the extra bags of garbage (which, obviously, is no longer sitting by the curb, so therefore did not get picked up)?! It's like 6 hours later. WTH?! Yeah, cause the animals aren't going to get into the garbage in the meantime. Mmmhmmm. Some people just don't think, and it pisses me off. That I had to go outside and pick up the bin, and pick up all my garbage, while I was feeling sick. Not cool, people...just not cool.

I feel like calling the town and giving them a piece of my mind, lol. 6 HOURS? It's ridiculous. Argh, I'm grumpy, lol.