A ‘petty’ binman was caught on doorbell camera footage removing a rubbish bag from the top of a bin at Christmas.
A Hull resident posted a video of the incident to social media, tagging his local council with the comment: ‘Remind me why I pay you over £130 a month [Hull City Council].’
The footage begins by showing a lorry travelling down a road as binmen go to collect the rubbish.
When a binman reaches the person’s house, he can then be seen removing a single bin bag on top of the wheelie bin.
After that, he wheels the bin to the lorry and disposes of the rubbish before wheeling it back, leaving the single bag of rubbish.
Furious people online shared their fury over the ‘petty’ move by the rubbish collector.
One person wrote on X: ‘Now an extra bag or the lid being open by 1cm is refused! It’s madness.’
Another said: ‘Count yourself lucky, I pay more than that and they didn’t even touch the bin when I left a bag on top of it.’
A third added: ‘I think councils often forget they are a public service & when this is combined with tendering services to the lowest cost provider, this approach is the result.’
A fourth wrote: ‘I was a bin man in West Sussex for a bit and any out of bin extras we always threw in the lorry. Council need to sort it as bin man must leave it for a reason.’
A fifth also said: ‘Happened to me last Xmas. Two extra nearly tied bags next to the bin. Bin men Left them. I was watching and went out. Bloke thought I was about to argue. I simply picked the bags up and threw them in the van. Neither weighed more than 6 or 7kg. Jobsworths was my only comment.’
However, some argued: ‘Rules are clear. Rubbish has to be in a bin for them to take it. If you’ve run out of room, ask a neighbour if you can put it in theirs or take it to the tip.’
Another also said: ‘And then what happens when someone leaves two bags, and then three bags. Has to be a rule otherwise people in society will take the p***.’
has contacted Hull City Council for comment.