We don't get much mail in our letterbox nowadays. In fact, I think the number of letters has dropped off so much in recent years that the postie doesn't come every day. I have no proof of this but I can't remember the last time I had a letter on a Thursday. Perhaps I should take note of when mail comes; make a chart with the days of the week across the top and note in the columns how many letters come in.
Most of the mail I get is official: reminders that my registration is due, that my insurance has gone up (again), that I have an appointment with some other government department or other. There was a lot of junk mail every day during the recent election but I don't count that.
Yesterday, there was an official looking envelope from the council. Inside was a letter accusing me of putting contaminated material in the FOGO bin. 'The bin is only for clean biodegradable materials' it sternly reminded me and included an information sheet 'showing what is acceptable. What a cheek!
I've seen the bins being collected. The truck picks each one up and drops the contents into the container on the back where everything gets mixed together. How can they identify what stuff comes from our house and not from next door?
Oh, the note says the 'Contractor has conducted an audit ... and has identified that your bin has been identified as contaminated'. What a cheek! Did a little man in a dustcoat come along with a torch and a clipboard, peering into the bins and making notes? And how do they know the contamination didn't come from some random passer-by cleaning up after his dog and dropping the dirty tissue in the nearest bin, ignoring the colour of the lid?
Anyway, once I get over my outrage, I will read the Information Sheet and try to do better in future.
They have a camera watching everything going into the back of the truck and it registers any problems and notes the address. I put an old laptop in the recycle bin and got busted.
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