Ever since the introduction of " wheelie bins " the posting of Wollongong council mid-year rate notices have included a very handy calendar with a magnet to attach to the fridge. This calendar has weeks printed in either yellow or black - to alert residents whether it is garden waste of recycling bins that need to go kerbside.
This year that calendar was missing - because the people that gave us parking meters decided on a cost cutting measure.
How strange ! We did not need - and we certainly did not want parking meters, but the " Three Stooges " inflicted on us by the state government forced this issue. Perhaps they should be the called the " Three Scrooges " for ending that inexpensive calendar that put an end to bin day confusion.
Apparently this act of stealth has a silver lining. A call t0o council will get an offer of them posting you such a calendar - but once again the "Scrooge " mentality has been at work.
What arrives in the post is a pale shadow of it's former presentation. Instead of light cardboard this calendar is printed on flimsy paper - and that fridge magnet has gone missing.
Welcome to the " el cheapo " version, but without any publicity to warn the public that they now need to ask to have it provided !
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