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Bury council defends iPads for binmen ? The Register








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[1of1]

Sick of hearing this kind thing TBH

[Joss]

How does having an ipad help with realtime bin collection?

[1of1]

What next - jetpacks for postmen?

Originally Posted by Joss

How does having an ipad help with realtime bin collection?

"If we all don't get iPads, we're going on strike!"

[ACAPULCO AL]

that's my council tax that's going on those bloody ipads. on the very same day as they've told us our general rubbish bins are going from weekly to fortnightly collection. but ooooh they're giving us a new green bin for paper/card to be collected every 4 weeks instead of a big green bag every 2 whoopee frickin dooo

[1of1]

Back handers all over the place

*goes to make foil hat *

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by ACAPULCO AL

that's my council tax that's going on those bloody ipads. on the very same day as they've told us our general rubbish bins are going from weekly to fortnightly collection. but ooooh they're giving us a new green bin for paper/card to be collected every 4 weeks instead of a big green bag every 2 whoopee frickin dooo

Is it still 1986 up there too

[howell811]

Where's the problem, they think it'll save £170k a year.

[100th_Idiot]

Originally Posted by howell811

Where's the problem, they think it'll save £170k a year.

Bet they don't.

[ACAPULCO AL]

£9k worth of local residents' money just to help the stupid binmen do their job properly?

how about a good borrocking off their boss telling them they're sacked if they miss any bins

Originally Posted by Keithy

Is it still 1986 up there too

Only in Al's wardrobe!

As a public sector employee this sort of rubbish doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I work in a world where instead of buying bic pens that last for months and cost maybe 12p, you buy 4p pens that last 3 days before hitting the bin. You save 8p on every pen you buy but use ten times as many pens.

A true tale from an acquaintance in another department which shall remain nameless: Need an answering machine? Fancy one out of the Argos catalogue? No chance. In the old days you would have shelled out £15 on one and done a miscellaneous expenses claim. It took weeks to get your wedge back and was a total ball-ache but it got the job done. Not any more. All IT and telephony kit has to come from the telephony supplier. You don't buy it, you rent it from them. Thus the £15 machine from Argos arrives in a shiny box and is professionally installed by an IT technician (much like a normal person but with a corporate polo shirt and dubious facial hair I believe). You then pay £5 a month for said £15 answering machine for five ****ing years or more.