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Our electric kettle welded it's self to the socket and melted the plug last night.
So I thought I would do the right thing recycle it and not put it in the bin .
With kettle in hand I set off walking to pick the kids up from school with a little diversion via the
household recycling center
When I got to the very small recycling center I was refused access onto the site on health and safety grounds ,they would not take it from me and place it in the small appliance skip.
As the jobs worth walked away I noticed the writing on the back of his Hi vis coat HERE TO HELP
I did think about throwing it over the fence into the skip but it could have landed on this head !!!
The site has a strict no pedestrian access so you can only recycle if you have a car then
and when I got to the school gates I got the question why are you carrying an electric kettle ??
It's now in the neighbours scrap metal bin
So I thought I would do the right thing recycle it and not put it in the bin .
With kettle in hand I set off walking to pick the kids up from school with a little diversion via the
household recycling center
When I got to the very small recycling center I was refused access onto the site on health and safety grounds ,they would not take it from me and place it in the small appliance skip.
As the jobs worth walked away I noticed the writing on the back of his Hi vis coat HERE TO HELP
I did think about throwing it over the fence into the skip but it could have landed on this head !!!
The site has a strict no pedestrian access so you can only recycle if you have a car then
and when I got to the school gates I got the question why are you carrying an electric kettle ??
It's now in the neighbours scrap metal bin
I agree with Ananke, at the landfill site where I work he'd have had his a*$e kicked for being a lazy b&^*er. 
If ever you are confronted by a jobsworth at a landfill site, just cast your eyes around. Sometimes there will be a nice little pile of salvaged tools etc for sale at the workmen's bothy (very unofficially of course), in just about any case I'd imagine they will have a little stash of scrap brass or copper that is a nice little earner for them - but of course, a sacking offence. Mention this, and you might find they come over all co-operative, and suddenly believe in give and take...
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