Binmen blockaded by furious householder after they refuse to take garden waste... because it had five stones in it | Mail Online: "Mr Bilton saw red when the rubbish collectors refused to empty his neighbour's wheelie bin because it contained five small stones and a sweet wrapper. The council workers were collecting garden waste to be turned into compost – and according to the rulebook the stones, none bigger than a golf ball, and the wrapper were household waste. Even when Mr Bilton, 39, removed the offending items, the dustmen still refused to empty the brown bin. It was apparently 'contaminated' with the household waste. Stunned by such petty bureaucracy, Mr Bilton wheeled two bins into the road, trapping the lorry and its crew in the cul-de-sac in Royston, Hertfordshire. Mobile phone footage shows him leaning on one bin as the binmen look on."
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The Brits have such civilized disputes. In the US this would have turned into a gunfight or a hostage situation around the contaminated household waste stage. At least, if it was my trash.
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Such a twit.
Yeah, or something involving pit bulls.
This scenario is pretty close to the start of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It has an Arthur Dent and a local bureaucracy. All it needs is a Vogon Constructor Fleet and Ford Prefect.
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