Cameras and Neighbourliness

[schoolbusdriver]

Heh, heh, heh.... I sense a severe arse-kicking followed by a court appearance and fine in the pipeline . Handy things, these cameras

-----Original Message-----
From: (schoolbusdriver)
To: Street Scene
Subject: Fly Tip at the rear of xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Road

Fly Tip - possibly commercial from a pizza or chip shop - at the rear of xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx. About 20 black bin bags + what looks like furniture and hedge trimmings. Picture attached.

----------Reply----------
Dear Sir

Thank you for raising this issue. The Enforcement team will be viewing the fly
tipping waste on site AM Thursday 28 May to seek any line of enquiry for
investigation.

You can view progress on the 'www.xxxx-xxxxxx.co.uk website.

Kind regards,

Xxxx Xxxxxx
Project Coordinator, Street Scene
Environmental Management

-----Follow up-----
(schoolbusdriver), Good Morning to you.

You may be interested to know that I attended this job yesterday.

We have cleared the majority of the bags, and we have found some evidence to a house nearby on Xxxxxxxxxx Road.

I shall be paying these people a visit !!

Xxxx Xxxxxxx. Q.P.M.
Enforcement Officer.
Environmental Action Unit.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Sorry SBD, but did they actually follow up with "I shall be paying these people a visit !!" in bold?

You need to be 100% clear on the font weight.


Many happy birthdays to you.

[schoolbusdriver]

Yep, bold it is, as well as "!!". I reckon the guy is absolutely certain he's got a prosecution and is going to take great delight in chasing it up.

The rubbish was actually collected on thursday afternoon, and probably rummaged through on friday. I got the email on saturday, which for the "Environmental Action Unit" would be overtime....

[mendhak]

What is a fly tip?
What did you report?
He found some evidence to a house nearby - of what?

[schoolbusdriver]

What is a fly tip?

A snippet of information provided by flying insects.

What did you report?

He found some evidence to a house nearby - of what?

Letters I'd planted in the bags addressed to the house.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Good effort

[wossname]

What is a fly tip?

A very agreeable Rap tune.

[demotivater]

A very agreeable Rap tune.

word

[kleinma]

must be a UK thing??

[BillGeek]

I suppose.

[SJWhiteley]

The phrase is defined as dumping your trash in an other place other than an authorized disposal site. However, it covers where the tipper (the person dumping their trash) is authorized. Hence it is illegal to dump your trash in someone elses trash collection receptacle, uless you are authorized to do so.

It's (or was) quite common if you were doing building renovations for example, and had a 'tip' (a large truck-size bucket) outside you house to collect the waste, to find it full of someone elses trash the next day. You'd have to empty it before you could use it.

Oddly, it's not so much of a problem in the US as the UK. Perhaps Americans are more environmentally conscious than the Brits

[wossname]

must be a UK thing??

Yo, homes. You Americans just ain't wid it no mo. Aight? Where yo mans at ese? Step wid da heaters up in da spot y'all.

To the max.

Yeeeah.

Uh huh.

What?
What?
What?
Yeeeeaaaah.

Brap.

[wossname]

Perhaps Americans are more environmentally conscious than the Brits

You just broke my Satire-O-Mat 4000. It was diesel powered too.

[SJWhiteley]

You just broke my Satire-O-Mat 4000. It was diesel powered too.

Just leave it behind the chip shop (wait 'til after dark, of course)...

[Ah, the old chippy: about the only think I miss from the UK...]

[schoolbusdriver]

Oddly, it's not so much of a problem in the US as the UK. Perhaps Americans are more environmentally conscious than the Brits

It may be a financial decision. In the UK you're charged by weight for disposal of commercial waste at landfill, so pikeys will charge for removal then dump it anywhere.

Those involved in this case have a negative IQ, as a little creative thinking could have resulted in it being removed by "Environmental Services" for the price of a phone call. (But that would have deprived me of the pleasure......)

[wossname]

[Ah, the old chippy: about the only think I miss from the UK...]

You're not missing much. New EU legislation means that chip shops are not allowed to serve more than 47 individual chips per customer (62 chips if you also order a cod fillet).

[TheBigB]

You're not missing much. New EU legislation means that chip shops are not allowed to serve more than 47 individual chips per customer (62 chips if you also order a cod fillet).

Back off with the crazy British law
You with your pesky pounds... Talk about solidarity.

/rant

[mendhak]

At UK airports, British nationals don't need to produce a passport to re-enter the country, simply a cup of tea and a top-hat.

[BillGeek]

At UK airports, British nationals don't need to produce a passport to re-enter the country, simply a cup of tea and a top-hat.

Thanks for the idea...