Well this week our 6 month wheelie bin contract came up for renewal so I rang up and cancelled it. The last few months between trying to reduce waste, reusing and recycling more we have ended up with quite a small amount of rubbish at the bottom of the wheelie bin most weeks. There are cheaper companies around and we probably only need a smaller bin picked up every fortnight so I’m going to see if there is a company who will do that. I was surprised when I rang up to cancel my contract from Waste Management that the employee just said “OK”. I would have thought at the moment that companies would be trying harder to hang on to their customers. If she had asked me why I was cancelling my contract she might have been able to have signed me on to another contract that better suited my needs. With unemployment figures rising it would seem to be a sensible self-preservation technique for employees to help their employers stay in business.