Here’s the situation - on bin day, I put out my bins with the draghandle facing outwards, because in my mind that means all the bin man has to do is grab the handle. My neighbour however, contends that it is more appropriate to have the bin lid facing outwards as some bin men like to check what’s in the bin before they drag it to the truck. I’ve never seen a bin man do this. To me, their way means extra work for the bin man but my neighbour says its my way that causes extra work.
In the grand scheme of things I doubt the bin men give a fuck which way round the bins are but I’m interested in what you all think. Handle facing out or lid facing out?
Previously our binned had a lad they sent ahead of the lorry who had a quick glance inside and then brought all the bins to the edge of the kerb and aligned them with the handle facing the house. So from that I surmised that handle in was the way.
However our current binmen perform a delicate ballet where they whip the bin from the driveway while flipping the lid up for a quick glance and spinning it around to land on the machine’s hooks in one deft movement.
I honestly can’t tell which way round is most convenient for them, they seem equally happy either way.