Comments on: Video: BIU President On Garbage Collection

By: Garbage Collection Completed In East End | Bernews.com

Garbage Collection Completed In East End | Bernews.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:50:03 +0000

[...] Ministry wishes to apologize for the inconvenience caused by the garbage collection delay and thanks residents for their patience and will be working to ensure garbage collection remains on [...]

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:46:52 +0000

Nor was mine !!!

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:45:05 +0000

Huh ?

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:41:25 +0000

Coffee is like Mr PLP

By: heh

heh — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:39:43 +0000

Must be a plp supporter ^^

By: Anbu

Anbu — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:33:08 +0000

Lmfao !! Well said mate

By: Standing wrong for Bermuda

Standing wrong for Bermuda — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:58:26 +0000

Loved the part where he states they were winding down for the holiday?? What is that to mean – less work than what they normally do?? My trash was never picked up on Tuesday so heck knows what they did this day.
If it is raining under the CBA they are issued raincoats so the rain should not slow the pickups.

This is screaming for a private firm to run.

By: This is why some departments overspend...

This is why some departments overspend... — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:09:50 +0000

Explain to me why a holiday that comes around every year at the same time and effects the same days with the similar amount of trash every time requires new planning every time? And why do they need overtime to do this? Pull out larger trucks, slot in longer shifts. With standard pay. The amount of overtime and its abuse contributes to the overspending done by this department. I understand it’s more trash, but everyone knows it’s a holiday so pull out the bigger trucks, put on more trucks/men, temporarily extend the shifts, work faster. Yeah, the above will cost more, but standard pay is 3x less than triple time pay. No reason to pay that much for shifts during calendar work days.

By: PRC

PRC — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:44:24 +0000

I’m still here and getting status Alvin.

How you like them apples?

I will be Bermudian just like you!

By: Redman

Redman — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:30:59 +0000

I guess this is what Mr. Furbert meant a few weeks ago by phase two!! Any real or perceived slight is classed as disrespect and worthy of non cooperation.

By anything necessary right?. Thanks got it.

By: Redman

Redman — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:26:24 +0000

@ George Brown?!,

Hammer & Nail come to mind. Right on point.

By: Evie

Evie — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:02:28 +0000

The OBA why do they always wait until things get out of hand before they fix it WTH this party is funny as hell hahahahaha stop blaming others for your willingness to just stay invisible and not respond to anything was that also in the document how to trick Bermuda shame on the OBA SMDH

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:47:54 +0000

Why not have garbage contracted out?
That way people who want to work will work.

By: Archie

Archie — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:47:11 +0000

Thank you, Bernews, for allowing comments unlike the other media

By: Cow Polly

Cow Polly — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:43:14 +0000

Oh pleeze…….. Cup Match was 11 days ago! If one garbage pick up day was missed, it should have been picked up the next time, we’re not talking tons here, mostly two bags instead of one. No this is purely mischief making on the part of the BIU / Government workers who missed out on their overtime.

By: PLP SUPPORTER

PLP SUPPORTER — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:29:06 +0000

GET OVER YOURSELVES
EVERYONE IN SERVICE INDUSTRY HAS TO WORK. Waitress, Doctors, Nurses…. TRASH COLLECTORS
Lazy Bermudians need to start to learn how to work!!
Offered overtime but didnt want to because it was “thursday, friday then the weekend” PLEEEEEEEEEEASE. Those refusing to work should all be fired and then would understand how lucky they are to have a job!!

By: Faith

Faith — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:19:56 +0000

Sounds to me like the BIU leadership failed the workers. They should have had the overtime request in and approved prior toCup Match since they were already aware they would need it.

Some prior planning would go a long way.

By: brigadooner

brigadooner — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:17:54 +0000

“How often have you given them notice at the last minute, to march, down tools or strike!”

“…most situations requiring overtime come about because of necessity and with short notice, not because our employers feel like paying us more.”

Spot on

By: Enough

Enough — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:02:31 +0000

Wow – Furbert is so articulate in the way he speaks………

As entertaining enough as it is hearing Furbert trying to string a sentence together the BIU really do need to pipe down on the majority things.

By: Only in Bermuda

Only in Bermuda — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:01:44 +0000

This is a joke, right? They didn’t want to work overtime on Thursday and Friday because it was the weekend? In the rest of the world, the weekend is Saturday and Sunday and you work overtime when required.

By: Enough

Enough — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:59:36 +0000

If you had any understanding of how the economy works in Bermuda then you should be shedding some tears.

Absolutely clueless……

By: Dr. Dread

Dr. Dread — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:53:22 +0000

Let’s go OBA ‘deal with this small problem before it becomes a big one. – or is it already!
If the running Govt. can’t deal with as something simple as Trash pick up then what chance do we have on something big as the economy.
It seems like the OBA sets themselves up for the PLP to jump on them – every time.
Now it’s Trash Gate ! — how about solve this issue and fix the real problems.

By: TrashKing Furbert

TrashKing Furbert — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:40:45 +0000

Here we are in a first world country and now I’m thinking we are a third world country…….poor excuses.

By: Cleancut

Cleancut — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:56:34 +0000

Now there’s a good name for CF “The Shield”

By: Cleancut

Cleancut — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:45:57 +0000

Whenever there’s some hanky panky going on and the workers get a chance to down tools Chris Furbert turns up. It’s quite evident that these guys on trash collection have a little click of their own. It only takes one or two bad apples to disrupt the whole bunch. Then Chris Furbert can be used as the shield.

By: Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:42:10 +0000

People don’t want to work in an environment where jobs are scarce… clearly people aren’t doing THAT bad…

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:29:31 +0000

Five thousand tax payers Alvin, you know, who keep the damn place afloat. Jesus Christ you are dumber thna a sack of hammers.

By: Creamy

Creamy — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:04:23 +0000

And there you have it. You don’t a damn about the Bermudians made unemployed as a result. Your racism overwhelms everything.

By: Creamy

Creamy — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:24:14 +0000

So Furbert admits it was the “workers” who let the country down.

By: jt

jt — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:22:46 +0000

WTH are you talking about?

By: pressing the flush

pressing the flush — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:32:42 +0000

anywhere else these lazy people would have been terminated and their jobs given to people that want to work and will work.
I have nothing but contempt for these non working Bermudians that somehow manage to have a job and yet complain at anything and everything.

By: Your kidding?

Your kidding? — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:19:25 +0000

This is just part of the long hot summer we were warned about!

By: Alvin Williams

Alvin Williams — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:13:19 +0000

Five thousand foreigners left Bermuda to return to their countries of origin and I am suppose to shed tears as a Bermudian?
It is what it is.

By: Say What?

Say What? — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:51:31 +0000

Mr. Furbert says “they weren’t interested”. Well I know a lot of Bermudians who would be interested in a job so it’s unfortunate that once again a few put self above country. Stop playing petty games and think of the health and welfare of the island.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:50:22 +0000

Totally agree George Brown. The thing that I am confused by is that we normally have garbage collection twice a week. So we eliminated one day of garbage removal for the east and one day for the west. Bearing in mind we used to have only one collection per week and not forgetting these smaller trucks, what is the big deal? Just pick up the garbage. I am sure there are days when employees are finished earlier than normal, no complaining about that.
In essence this whole conversation is garbage, employees just need to do their job. We need to give this topic a rest.

By: somuchless

somuchless — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:21:52 +0000

And I forgot so many gov workers where upset about the furlough day. Well here is your chance to make it up. No wait you’ll rather complain. Smh

By: somuchless

somuchless — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:19:21 +0000

Some have no work while others complain that they get additional work and PAY thrown at them. You can’t win. I’ll take the additional work and PAY anytime.

By: Kangoocar

Kangoocar — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:15:15 +0000

Total nonsense by biu/furby!!! I am sick and tired of all the lame excuses!!!! The last 5 yrs, BDA has seen a man exodus of approx 5000 foreigners ( thanks to the plp ) so we have 5000 less people generating garbage that has to be picked up!!!! This whole thing stinks more than the garbage that has been left to forement because of this sick game the biu/government workers are playing??? When furby can explain without excuses why we have not had this problem in recent memory after cup match and why this year is different, I might listen to him!!! I would like to remind everyone of this fact!!! The only day that should have been a problem was the FRIDAY pickup for the east end!!! And that was okayed by the government for overtime pay on the Saturday to have it picked up!!!! How anyone can even slightly justify what furby is saying is absolutely mind boggling??????

By: Coffee

Coffee — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:08:22 +0000

This OBA is so insensitive to the government workers in this country . Gosh..

By: Quick Sand

Quick Sand — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:07:07 +0000

All this shows is the PLP took 14 years to screw up Bermuda and the OBA well they self destructed less than 2 years. The DUMBEST Government award goes to the OBA for losing members faster than any government in history.

The way things are going the OBA will fall into the sea way before Grand Atlantic.

By: pressing the flush

pressing the flush — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:59:26 +0000

same old garbage,nothing changes ‘cept the stench

By: Blood Sucka

Blood Sucka — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:26:47 +0000

The guy continues to TRASH talk!

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:50:57 +0000

Disrespect.
Irony.

By: George Brown?!

George Brown?! — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:30:26 +0000

Mr Furbert. I agree that yes perhaps they could have been given more notice. However, just as you pointed out, Cupmatch is the same days every year. Therefore, using that same argument – it should come as no surprise that the overtime would be required?! It may have been authorized late, but should have come to no surprise to any of the workers. Truth be told if the workers wanted to, they could have worked – they chose not too. And that is okay I don’t blame them for not wanting to. I think they work hard and deserve a break. I just wish you wouldn’t make excuses for them. How often have you given them notice at the last minute, to march, down tools or strike!

By the way, most of us in the workforce are asked to do overtime with little notice. Why? Because most situations requiring overtime come about because of necessity and with short notice, not because our employers feel like paying us more.