If this doesn't seem too Partridge-like, I'm leading something of a bins crusade in the Bethnal Green area. In its infinite wisdom our council has given a blanket permission to all businesses to store its rubbish on the pavement, permanently, not just when the rubbish people are coming.
Even if these businesses all gave more than a flying fuck, this would seem like a strange way to make shopping in the area pleasant. In some places, the pavement is quite narrow enough. Anyway, lots of businesses routinely overfill the bins (which are very scruffy and need a wash) and some, for good measure leave the lids of the bins open all the time. Nothing like that sun on rubbish effect, is there?
Anyway, I've complained to the council, and the helpful officer has admitted that the policy isn't the best and vowed to go up and down a couple of streets and crack down on the worst with a view to getting the whole policy changed. My recently re-elected councillor is also on the case, and sick to death of this shite.
So today, I went past a charity shop, a nice place. The bins were overfilled, wedged open with shit, and the public (not surprisingly) were bunging bit of food into it. I thought I didn't want to see the book chucked at this nice shop, so would explain about what was going down.
I asked to see the boss, who responded that it was OK because there was no food in it (not true), the street looked shit anyway, and bizarrely the unemployed could tidy it up "like they do in America where there's no mess". All the staff came to argue with me and the boss (like thick people do, or at least people feeling a bit defensive) eventually hit on a clever sounding phrase- "your comments have been noted". It was then decided that it was OK because the rubbish people were coming "on Friday".
Anyway, is your street full of shit? Does anyone care? Should I just take a photo and grass the fuckers up next time? And fuck the charity.
Even if these businesses all gave more than a flying fuck, this would seem like a strange way to make shopping in the area pleasant. In some places, the pavement is quite narrow enough. Anyway, lots of businesses routinely overfill the bins (which are very scruffy and need a wash) and some, for good measure leave the lids of the bins open all the time. Nothing like that sun on rubbish effect, is there?
Anyway, I've complained to the council, and the helpful officer has admitted that the policy isn't the best and vowed to go up and down a couple of streets and crack down on the worst with a view to getting the whole policy changed. My recently re-elected councillor is also on the case, and sick to death of this shite.
So today, I went past a charity shop, a nice place. The bins were overfilled, wedged open with shit, and the public (not surprisingly) were bunging bit of food into it. I thought I didn't want to see the book chucked at this nice shop, so would explain about what was going down.
I asked to see the boss, who responded that it was OK because there was no food in it (not true), the street looked shit anyway, and bizarrely the unemployed could tidy it up "like they do in America where there's no mess". All the staff came to argue with me and the boss (like thick people do, or at least people feeling a bit defensive) eventually hit on a clever sounding phrase- "your comments have been noted". It was then decided that it was OK because the rubbish people were coming "on Friday".
Anyway, is your street full of shit? Does anyone care? Should I just take a photo and grass the fuckers up next time? And fuck the charity.
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