I always used to think that the hiring of a skip was the reponsibilty of the supplier to look after once its been hired. In 3 months time it was the annual vegetable growing competition. I couldn't wait, I was so excited by this!
I had terrible luck last year. The very night before the comp, a fox came and nibbled on my radishes which had the potential to win it! The fox left the raid on the nearby road after realising he didn't like the taste of my prized radishes allowing passing cars to squash them into slush. This was the day before the big comp!
So this year I decided to start early, and create a disposable fence to keep out the ragamuffins, and them to unveil dramatically my hard work and beauty. I wanted to win so badly I decided it would make a better impression if I did all the work myself. So I went about finding a skip hire company. I needed a skip hire company to provide me with a builder's skip, so I could shovel my old soil out, and lay fresh, nutritious particles for my vegetables to flourish.
I got the skip hire for 2 weeks. However as my driveway was a beautiful garden of petunias, I had to get the skip hire company to lace the skip on the highway. For this I required a permit, I was told. It didn't matter though, I was going to win, it would be worth it.
My skip soon got half full, I had been busy all day and all night to get my prized possessions looking like I wanted them to. I was so keen to get the work done, one night I forgot to place cones and lights around my skip to make road users aware of it. After all there was a huge skip in the middle of the road .
I awoke at 1.53AM to a huge bang; I thought a plane had fallen out of the sky. It was only a top of the range Audi, slam dunking into my skip outside! I rushed out to help, dialling the police en route. The driver was still alive! Praise the lord! The superb design of the Audi had kicked in with various gadgets, to save from exactly this kind of thing.
The emergancy services arrived and took the driver away. The next day I contacted the skip company, they said it was my responsibility to make sure the skip was safe for road users. They had provided me with the skip, the permit and the equipment to make sure it could be seen at night.
I didn't win the competition and was also left with a massive repair bill and the injured man was trying to claim conpensation. Just my luck eh?!
I had terrible luck last year. The very night before the comp, a fox came and nibbled on my radishes which had the potential to win it! The fox left the raid on the nearby road after realising he didn't like the taste of my prized radishes allowing passing cars to squash them into slush. This was the day before the big comp!
So this year I decided to start early, and create a disposable fence to keep out the ragamuffins, and them to unveil dramatically my hard work and beauty. I wanted to win so badly I decided it would make a better impression if I did all the work myself. So I went about finding a skip hire company. I needed a skip hire company to provide me with a builder's skip, so I could shovel my old soil out, and lay fresh, nutritious particles for my vegetables to flourish.
I got the skip hire for 2 weeks. However as my driveway was a beautiful garden of petunias, I had to get the skip hire company to lace the skip on the highway. For this I required a permit, I was told. It didn't matter though, I was going to win, it would be worth it.
My skip soon got half full, I had been busy all day and all night to get my prized possessions looking like I wanted them to. I was so keen to get the work done, one night I forgot to place cones and lights around my skip to make road users aware of it. After all there was a huge skip in the middle of the road .
I awoke at 1.53AM to a huge bang; I thought a plane had fallen out of the sky. It was only a top of the range Audi, slam dunking into my skip outside! I rushed out to help, dialling the police en route. The driver was still alive! Praise the lord! The superb design of the Audi had kicked in with various gadgets, to save from exactly this kind of thing.
The emergancy services arrived and took the driver away. The next day I contacted the skip company, they said it was my responsibility to make sure the skip was safe for road users. They had provided me with the skip, the permit and the equipment to make sure it could be seen at night.
I didn't win the competition and was also left with a massive repair bill and the injured man was trying to claim conpensation. Just my luck eh?!
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