We don’t do sensible…

Spare a thought for the unfortunate folk across the water, near the ‘other’ ferry, they don’t get just ordinary silly from the council, they get special silly.

Having been told that their road wasn’t suitable for the council’s rubbish lorries (the nasty, naughty, loose road surface might damage them):-

“We were aware some time ago that there was a threat to the rubbish services, and in view of that we actually carried out quite a lot of reinstatement to the road surface ourselves. However, no-one came to see what we’d done, or to check whether we’d rendered the surface fit for the uplift to continue. They simply sent out a letter saying that they were going to discontinue the service.“

Last Thursday was the first day of the amended service – if that’s the right word.

The rubbish lorry got to the end of the road, where the bin had been sited in an area used as a car park for the forestry trail.

“However, they then discovered that because of parked cars, they couldn’t turn the lorry. So they drove up our road – the very road that council officials had condemned as unfit for purpose – turned at the top and drove all the way back down.”

They asked them if it wouldn’t be sensible for the rubbish to be uplifted on the way.

The answer they got was; “We don’t do sensible“…..

“I couldn’t agree more. We’ve now got the ridiculous situation whereby they drive past our house to turn their vehicle, but can’t actually stop to pick up our rubbish on the way. And to rub salt in the wound, their lorry is wearing out the road surface that we’ve tried to put right.”

“Who’s idea was this – Alice in Wonderland?”

Story from the Dunoon Observer, 9th March.