“Sarah-go back in your box, your so boring!”

“quote.'Sita had told the council they had done our street that very morning'

yet they did not leave to go back to the yard till 12.30 and i know that for a fact because i work for them.

so in affect more lies from sita saying it was done. how can it be done that morning if it was left halfway thru the street. (12.30) when they downed tools and all went back to the yards.

and you public wish to back 'sita' and blame the binmen when these lies are happening

sita trying to cover their ass with the council and trying to look inocent. i also know they claim for x amount of money for trucks and full crews to go out and either knock truck off of the road or send out trucks with 1 man down (surley a health and safety aspect their) then tell the council that that paticular truck has run that day and claim the money for it.

before you say 'oh operational needs' please be aware that the guys working at sita know that this is not the case and you cannot comment unless you are 100% this is the case . just plain greedy management as usual trying to get their bonus for end of yr.”

“MARK you never vseem to miss an oppurtunity to make snidy comments about people in hartcliffe on benefits , this strike has affected all of bristol ,and has occured by men who are employed so what on earth has this got to do with hartcliffe ,and read the paper properly and you will find there are many of the so called posh parts of bristol with more problems than we have ,and my bin was emptied sunday and by much tidier and cheerier men than the usual mob”

“The council brought in crews from other areas. Well done to these men and women. It can't be nice clearing rubbish that's been there for some weeks. Hope they had some nice overtime.”

“The bins in our street had been left out since last Wednesday, the normal emptying day. I had given up on their being emptied until the strike is settled. Like us, most people in the street had left them out, in hope rather than expectation.

Imagine our surprise when at 8am today (Sunday!) a bin lorry came along the street emptying all the black bins. I don't know who the crew were but they sped along at a much quicker rate than the normal crews.

I've criticised Sita, the union and the council on here in recent days but fair's fair so well done and thank you to whoever was responsible for this morning's clearance.”

“It's a shame when you only get the story as reported by the paper. No, they obviously didn't present the whole picture but they're limited as to space, so we are commenting on what the story does present. For the record, I have not surmised anything about the personal situation, job or otherwise, of the residents of Hartcliffe. I would say, however, that by doing such newsworthy things, we are giving the binmen exactly what they want, chaos and disruption. If we want them to get back to doing the job we pay for, then getting our act together and being a little more self sufficient will help to reduce the impact of the strike. We live in such a coddled society it's like noone can cope at the first sign of a dispute. I sympathise with your situation but don't agree that what you resorted to was acceptable. Or hygienic.”

“Quote "You mind find your point comes across a lot better rather than coming across as, possibly, the sort of idiot who thinks it's socially acceptable to dump your rubbish in a heap and blame everyone else for the problem. "
tut tut Sarah. That wasn't actually very nice. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.”

“The article doesn't tell the whole story Sarah. After several calls trying to get the bins emptied... remember they hadn't been done for 4 weeks, (The bin men went on strike half way through our street). My argument with the council was this, when the bin men resumed work after that initial Friday, they should have come back and finished our street. But they didn't. They did other areas.
I called Thursday to ask what had happened to be told Sita had told the council they had done our street that very morning. I told them they had not but was then told there was nothing I could do. They had said the street was rubbish free and we wouldn't be revisited for another 2 weeks. There was intense frustration. We were having gas mains replaced at the time. The gas people asked us to move the black bags as they wanted to dig up the path and front of the houses. We placed our bags on the grass and others followed. A sign was set up. Mainly to let people know we weren't just being pikey. This was serious. As for taking rubbish to the tip. We are the only ones with a car. There were about 60 black bags of stinking 4 week old rubbish. Would you take your neighbours dirty nappies to the tip after 4 weeks in your vehicle? I am a staff Nurse at Southmead Hospital. Let's not surmise that the residents of Hartcliffe are all unemployed and uneducated. We have a wonderful community going on here. We are kind and care about each other but crikey we were extremely frustrated by the attitude of the council. Anyways 2 hours later they came and collected the lot. Guess it worked.”

“Farelly. 1. I'm not picking on anyone, Hartcliffe or otherwise, merely commenting on a group of people who are clearly too lazy to use a little brain power, common sense and social responsibility. I couldn't give a damn where they live, I'd say the same if they were Clifton residents. 2. If you're going to 'have a go', learn to spell. You mind find your point comes across a lot better rather than coming across as, possibly, the sort of idiot who thinks it's socially acceptable to dump your rubbish in a heap and blame everyone else for the problem.”

“are people actually aware that it's Bristol City Council who actually pay the bin men, SITA just manage the process!”