These bin collections for the over 80s

Just put another £1 on everyones council tax

 

Sounds a bit steep.

 

Exactly, but my point is that they'd have more than enough

 

Who's had more than enough, the council or the old folk?

 

If rest of us just spent a few.pennnies extra then the council would not need to implement this savage attack on the elderly


It shouldn't come as a suprise because sor Steve did say we'll hurt the vulnerable first

 

Didnt the goons in charge all get a 4% increase in their renumeration recently...

 

Not sure

 

Where do you suggest cuts are made?

 

With the red tape .

Fir example you used to be to collect a replacement bin , which you paid for. Now the have to deliver it

 

As a former bin man myself albeit in Selby I'm not quite sure how this will save them money... And to be fair if I was still on the bins and this sort of thing came in and I knew the elderly Person wouldn't be able to get the bin out I would still go get it.

You get to know people on your round and it would take a complete heartless person to walk by a house knowing somebody has got rubbish piling up because they are to frail to drag the bin out especially this time of year when it's slippy. I know all to well what can happen after finding a lady in an awful state still holding her bin on the freezing ground a couple of Christmas's ago after slipping.

 

Surely people with elderly neighbours help them with stuff like this. If not then they should be paying the f-ing charge.

 

At the bottom of my parent's street is an 'old people's estate'. There must be nearly 70-80 houses there with 99% of the people well over 70 (probably closer to late 80s-90s). Everyone's neighbours are old. With the best will in the world, no-one is going to run down there every week and start putting everyone's bins out and back again. My nan used to live there but has sadly passed away now, the binmen used to collect her bin for the last 5 years of her life.

 

Services need to be paid for, people moan when services aren't available and seem to think they should be free when they are available. I for one would much sooner pay more tax and get better public services and helping those who can't manage themselves should be priority spending.

 

What a lovely way to treat our elderly folk

 

Fair enough. It is a similar situation in some bits of Headingley. Local counsellors should be doing something about this to make the bin collectors deal with this. I was just making the point that in many cases neighbours can help. I live in a flat now, but was living in a terraced house in Meanwood for a few years and had a 90 woman lived 2 doors on from me. A few of us on the street made a point of trying to help her. She had lived in the house all her life & had some interesting stories to tell.

 

What charge? You have to walk an extra 20 yards pull the bin out then put it back it to very little extra time to do and is a real help to those who need it.

Working in pairs regularly you get into routine where one does the pull outs and one bins while you get them ready and then carry on.

I really don't know why the council have done this the saving will be miniscule and hardly worth the hassle and time it's going to take to sort it out.

 

Great point JP. I help my neighbours already. I put their bin back on their drive when I go get mine and if a neighbour is on holiday I will put them out and bring them back in. They're not elderly but if they were I'd do whatever I could to help. Surely it's something most of us would do if we could.

 

This, and John Peachy's earlier post. I do likewise and my neighbours return the favour. Quite sad that the sense of community that was second nature is now a rarity it seems.

 

Same here wit bins and clear snow for em too, thats if he ent bet mi too it.