SUMNER HOUSEHOLD GETS THREE COUNCIL LETTERS ABOUT RECYCLING — ALL CONTRADICT EACH OTHER
One says yellow bin Tuesday. One says fortnightly. One says the yellow bin is under review.
A Sumner household has received three letters from Christchurch City Council in the same week about its recycling. Each one contradicts the last. None are signed by an actual person.
Homeowner Aroha Sefton, 44, said Monday's letter told her the yellow bin would go out weekly. Tuesday's said fortnightly. Wednesday's said the schedule was "under review pending consultation" and to check the council website, which is currently a 404.
"I've read all three twice," Sefton told The Daily Yarn, holding them out on her kitchen bench. "One's got a different logo. One's addressed to the previous owner, who died in 2019. The third one just says 'Dear Resident' and lists the wrong street."
A neighbour up the hill, Pete Calderwood, said he'd received four. "Mine had a flowchart on the back. I followed it. Told me to put the bin out Thursday the 34th. Doesn't exist."
A council spokesperson said the letters were part of a "transitional communications rollout". Residents should disregard "any letter that contradicts the most recent letter". Asked which letter was the most recent, the spokesperson said that was also under review.
Sefton has put all three bins out on three different days. As of Friday, none of them have been emptied.
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Reader Letters
Margaret_F
Typical council nonsense. Reminds me of the time they planted two 'Gerald's Lupin' gardens on the same street. No one can tell them it's wrong.
BarryBishopdale
@Margaret_F Mate, pretty sure the lupin thing was in Papanui, not anywhere near Sumner. You always mix these things up.
tired_in_riccarton
Sumner problems, eh? Try living in Riccarton where they forget your street in the first place.
couchgremlin
Lol, letters from the alternate dimension of council operations.