More on Binmen - and postmen

Last week the binmen came at about 6.30am but today they didn't come until after 11!!!  Last week I asked the council why there was this discrepancy and was told it was because of all the relief drivers they use.  Each one has a different work pattern. 

Now, is this a problem?  For us, the collection isn't a problem , but putting away is as dustmen don't seem to worry about where they leave the bins once they've emptied them, so sometimes we have to go and look for ours.  Once, we completely lost our food waste bin, so I had to phone the council for another one.  And the wheelie bins can be right down the road if we don't retrieve them quickly - or even in another road!

I should have thought that with a little ingenuity it would be possible for both binmen and postmen to come at roughly the same time for each collection/delivery, so I shall continue to look into this.