Observe: the communal recycling bins!
Victory, however, tastes rather bland: Also received a letter with an apology, but no proper explanation (sorry they weren't there, and later we ordered them and the record shows they were delivered but perhaps then they weren't or they 'disappeared'). Ironically enough, the letter also states that the communal recycling will now be in place until November when my block of houses will all get individual recycling bins. ... ... Individual bins, you say? The ones I've already had for two months? NOT ENOUGH FACEPALM IN THE WORLD. In the meanwhile, I'm not entirely sure how I'm supposed to put the bins onto the street each week as I don't have the lock to the back gate... Shall enquire with the landlord. On the other hand, since nobody else probably won't recycle here, I'm unlikely to fill the bins on my own over the month. How I'm expected to get the contents of my full individual bin into the empty communal one is also a puzzle... Possibly I can just leave it since the individual collection apparently starts in November... BET YOU A MILLION POUNDS THEY'LL DELIVER A NEW PAIR OF INDIVIDUAL BINS WHEN I ALREADY HAVE SOME AND I'LL END UP WITH TOO MANY.
When you open a thesaurus and look up 'incompetent' one of the options it'll give you is 'Manchester City Council'. You can also find them under 'fatuous'.