Sportsbike crushed...

[Vracktal]

...because city council binmen chucked it in the back of their bin lorry, then later claimed they "thought it was a couch."



https://jalopnik.com/5950613/garbage-men-throw-out-a-motorcycle-because-they-think-its-a-couch

STERLING WORK THERE, MEN. SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.

Thought i'd just leave this here. I'm willing to bet they probably backed into it with the lorry, panicked, and tried to dispose of the evidence.

[mysterious_rider]

wtf!

[CaNsA]

just

then

[covent.gardens]

I suggest he punches them repeatedly then says "Sorry, mistook you for a punchbag"

[Llama-Farmer]

wtf

[Magnet]

I could understand if it had been my bike
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[SamWise72]

That's a lie on the level of a kid drawing all over the walls and claiming that "Daddy did it". The words of a man with a paniced, deer in the headlights look, as he gets questioned on something he hasn't planned to answer. A couch. For fuck's sake. He might at least have said a clothes horse.

[U_W v2.0]

only im america could that happen. absolutely appauling.

still, if that happened in england the councils would probably laugh at us and go yeah good luck getting a penny out of us
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[SamWise72]

If it had been a Gold Wing, you could understand it....

[Rogerborg]

Taking bets: they pay him for the bike, then bill him twice that for disposal of hazardous non domestic refuse.
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[Knightsy]

Wow, one of the most bizarre things I've heard about
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[RichieZX6R]

Can just imagine what the guys insurance company said
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[Alpha-9]

Clearly knew it was a bike and still threw it in the truck 'for the lulz'
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[Dave70]

Couldn't happen here. The lazy sods wont even collect a bin if the lid is slightly open or it's too heavy and you'll be damned for eternity if you leave a bag next to the bin if it's full.

[Sir Black Pig]

Probably a Harley, easy to make that confusion.
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[LockyUK]

[Shinigami]

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[st3v3]

We've had binmen refuse to take even bottles that weren't actually in the bin.

They've most likely hit it and tried to cover up, how on earth could they mistake something with an engine and wheels for a COUCH?

Get writing to them, get them to write back admitting it and contact your insurance company.
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[Shinigami]

Harsh, when i did mine it was pretty much as many as we wanted (Manchester) I had tonnes of stuff picked up on loads of occasions when i gutted my old house for doing up/selling.
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[Walloper]

That's what they get for living in a country that calls a Kerb a Curb FFS....

And the driver of the 'Garbage' truck (Bin Lorry) corrected the report and said he thought the Sports Bike was a Shed.
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